Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24074672-20131020202254

The Star Knights outnumber the Captains with basically a 2:1 ratio. (20 to 12 to be exact) Not including Uryuu & Ichigo.

---Match-Ups-

Confirmed ( As of 10/12/13 )

---Bazz-B/Cang Du vs Hitsugaya--- Even with his Hollowfied Bankai, he has no chance. I, and everyone else, believes Isshin will save his former Squad 10 and save them. But he wont be enough for 2 Star Knights with Holy Forms. Remember when Aizen cut down Gin and Rangiku came running in? I believe Gin will do the same for her. It was never confirmed he died..he just passed his wishes to Ichigo to defeat Aizen.

--BG9 vs Soi Fon/Omaeda-- Getting her Bankai back won't be enough. Yoroichi will eventually come in and save the day, some how or some way.Her eternal Shunko is probably 10x stronger and perfected than Soi Fon. Not to mention her zanpaktou was never shown, but she was a captain so that hints she has a Bankai.

--Jugram Haschwald vs Shunsui Kyoraku--- Ok this match-up here pretty much hints that there are 2 other people stronger than the captain commander..since this is the case for haschwald. He's the B Sternritter and Uryuu and Juha Bach are both the A's. Which could only mean that the other 2 people are Ichigo and Kenpachi. But I believe that this fight will be very interesting. Kyoraku was almost forced to use his Bankai against starrk, but was stopped by Utikate. Since he didn't want any other people to see it.

Unconfirmed (But Highly Likely)

--Ichigo/Zaraki vs Uryuu/Juha Bach-- First off, we all want to see and expect Ichigo to fight Juha Bach. At the same time, I cannot and don't see Zaraki fighting Uryuu..i just dont. Zaraki IS called Kenpachi for a reason. Strongest Shinigami vs Strongest Quincy??

--Re-Inforcements-

1.) Royal Guard / Soul King

2.) 13 Lieutenants (2 have Confirmed Bankai) Renji (Confirmed) Ikkaku (11th Divison, 3rd Seat) - Confirmed Hisagi (STRONGLY HINTED)
 * Yachiru
 * Yumichika (11th Division, 5th Seat)
 * Genshiro (1st divison, 3rd seat)

3.) Karakura Group: Urahara (Bankai) Yorouchi (Bankai/Eternal Shunko) Tessai (Former Kido-Corps Captain) Isshin (Bankai) Chad Inoue**

4.) Fullbringers: Ginjo (Bankai/Fullbring) Giriko (Time Tells No Lies) Tsukushima (Book Of The End)

5.) Remaining Vizards: Hiyori Lisa Hachigen (Kido Master) Love (Bankai)

6.) Arrancar Army Grimmjow (Segunda Resurrecion) Harribel Ulquiorra** Starrk** Nelliel Loly & Melony Sun Sun, Mila Rose, Apacci Rudebone (Exequias Army) Tesra (Nnoitra's Fraccion) Gantenbainne Mosqueda**

7.) Aizen / Unohana / Old Man Yama** Unohana and Kenpachi fought in the lowest level of the Prison, where Aizen resides. Old man yama can be brought back with Orihime, since his zanpaktou was at his funeral.

Now for the asterisks. You're probably wondering like WTF at this point..but let me explain.

50% of these asterisks has to do with Orihime

Anyone that is dead weather it be Espada, Shinigami or Arrancar can be brought back with Orihime AND Hachi's powers.

What i'm saying here is that Orihime's fairy that died and obliterated completely by Yammy, was brought back by Hachi, who stated AND I QUOTE " Our powers are very similar ". The fairy, Tsubaki, was brought back from nothing, Orihime didn't have a single piece of him and Hachi brought him back to life. Just like Orihime did to Grimmjow's arm, and did to Melony when Grimmjow killed her with a Cero. Which is why I think she, maybe with the help of Hachi, can bring back Ulquiorra.

Espada

--ULQUIORRA-- I kid you not, i rewatched the ending to Ulquiorra's final fight with Ichigo like 3-4 times to see if I missed something. I know there is more to Ulquiorra's "death" than that. He mentioned to Ichigo " if you don't finish this and kill me now, this will never end" Whatever that means..we'll know soon enough. Before he turned to dust he stuck his arm out at Orihime and asked her if she was afraid. Remember, his aspect of death was Nihilism. This meant he only believed in what he can see. Friendship, bonding, having a heart, loving someone all meant nothing to him. My theory is, before he disappeared, he realized something, b/c in the manga AND Anime he had a SHOCKED expression. Other than that, I didn't find anything wrong with him, he was just very loyal to Aizen. In contrast to the other Arranar/Espada and even Hollow in general, he wasn't bloodthirsty or evil.

--STARRK-- It was never mentioned or SHOWED that he DIED. He was hit by Kyoraku's Shikai and took a considerable amount of damage. Just like Harribel, he fell to the ground after being slashed apart. Nothing was shown after that. Just like Ulquiorra and Harribel, he was not bloodthirsty and he was very loyal to Aizen. All he ever wanted was strong comrades. So in the same essence, Orihime could have healed him just like Harribel (her Fraccion) and Grimmjow.

--HARRIBEL-- Just like Starrk, she was cut down, unlike stark she was confirmed alive and enslaved by the Quincy. Ever since the defeat of Kirge "The Jail" Opie, and the Hunting Unit, the Arrancar most likely retaken Wall Hueco Mundo (Attack On Titan reference). Afterwards, she could have been freed by her fellow Espada...per say Grimmjow? Starrk?

--NELLIEL-- (Stronger than Nnoitra to the point in which the latter pushed the Eye-Patchless Kenpachi to the point of using Kendo.) So i guess you can say she is as strong as Pre-Time Skip Kenpachi without his Eye Patch. And that's IF she hasn't gotten stronger over those 17 months.

Lieutenants

Genshiro -- not much is known about this guy but.. If the lieutenant the late lieutenant,Chojiro Sasakibe, who, this whle time, not only had a bankai, but could also control the fuckin weather [just like toshiro], who knows what this guy can do

Yachiru -- Even though not much is known about her but the fact that she is only one of the few that can withstand Kenpachi's reiatsu. You got to remember this though : she IS Lieutentant of the Strongest Divsion, and if the 3rd seat and possibly the 5th seat can go Bankai there's no doubt about her having one as well. If she does have one, it would be a little far-fetched..for like a said we know little to nothing about her.

Yumichika -- Same as Ikkaku and the other captains which Bankai were never seen. Just like he didn't want to show his True Shikai was because it's Kido-Type and he would be frowned upon and scolded since he's in the 11th Division. If he does have one, he will refuse to tell anyone or show it, just like Ikkaku.

OTHER ARRANCAR

--Gantenbainne Mosqueda-- (Priveron Espada with the orange afro whom fought Chad with honor, when he was defeated he mentioned the arrival of Nnoitra, he was then healed by Unohana).

--Rudbornn (Rudebone)-- His Ressureccion allows him to summon an infinite amount of soldiers, which "gives him a godlike ability" stated by Aizen. The last we heard of him was him being frozen by rukia's shikai. Before he was frozen he mentioned his ultimate ability which we have never saw yet. On top of all that it took Renji (Bankai), Rukia, and Chad to fight him. And they barely won.. 