User blog comment:Godisme/Bleeding Guitar Blues/@comment-1268838-20120606225530

It was only a matter of time before this came to pass. With the Stern Ritter powerful enough to wipe out so many grunts with little to no effort, the captains were the only ones who really seemed to stand a chance. It looks like we'll be getting an FKT-style battle royale soon enough.

Interesting to see Hisagi have his own opponent. I believe Kubo mentioned him as one of the possible candidates for attaining Bankai, so that could be interesting.