User blog comment:Avolling/The Good Guys Will Not Die (Because Tite Kubo Is A Pushover)/@comment-1706259-20100323024245

You just contradicted yourself: "I'm not trying to say that Hinamori and Ukitake could reasonably be dead or Harribel alive; they could be, but that's not the point I'm trying to make."

Im not sure how deceased Character Y is going to be Fan-Favorite Protagonist if they are deceased. Unless Character Y was a former protagonist and it is only after their death that they become a fan favorite.