Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20160713041052/@comment-28540184-20160715011523

Primarch11 wrote: You know I just realize that over half the Sternritters were killed by their own comrades rather than the Shinigami.

Killed by others: Pernida, Askin, As Nodt, Quilige, Driscoll, Berenice, Jerome, Mask, Gremmy, Nianzol, and Loyd (11)

Killed by allies: Haschwalth, Bambietta, Lilotto, Bazz-B, Cang Du, BG9 (Though he's not definite since we did not see him killed), Pepe, Gerard, Robert, NaNaNa, Royd, and Giselle (12)

So you see, over half of the Sterrnitters were killed by other Sternritters or Yhwach. Hell not even the Arrancar killed so many of their own Well, the Quincys are true masters of rationalisation ! :D But seriously: It would have been a pretty long arc if all Sternritter would have been killed in fights against the Shinigami. On the one hand it would have been cool because it would have helped many characters to get a better amount of serious screen time (like Hirako - what did he do lately ?), on the other hand it could have overextended the story and the current chapters would have been placed somewhere in the 900's, I would assume.