Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5398287-20130529215258

The following was posted by Chaospariah in a blog post. Please keep in mind that blog should not contain speculation, and if you want to theorize about future events, do so in the forums. Thank you.

So as you guys know, crazy stuff is going down with the Vandereich, Ichigo's backstory, and other things. First of all, I'll do a run down on the "unresolved stuff" before we get the ball rolling. Here we go:

-The mysterious stranger in Hueco Mundo (although we're all pretty sure who it is) -Said deal with mysterious stranger -Kenpachi's Zanpakuto, and Retsu's confirmed death (we're all sort of just saying she died right now) -The mysterious thing Mayuri and Nemu are working on -The purpose of the rest of the Royal Guard -The current status of: -Harribel, Apache, Rose, Sun Sun, Loly, Melony, Izuru, Nel and her fraccion -Hisagi's Bankai -Ryuken's knowledge of how his wife died, if he knows that is -Uryu's motives -Why Ichigo's bankai couldn't be stolen originally -The "soul king" and his awakening...remember that? So now that being said, we've got a few captains lacking their Bankai's due to them being pilfered -Soi-Fon -Hitsugaya -Komamura -Byakuya

There are also a few Bankais that people have been said to have that have not been seen: -Shunsui -Kisuke -Isshin -Apparently Aizen has one <--? Will he come back?? -The visored (Shinji and Rose) apparently have one

"Active Bankai's" (ones that were not stolen that I can think of off the top of my head) -Kensei -Renji -Ikkaku -Mayuri -Ichigo

These are including the ones that were "never seen."

Possible candidates for Bankai (Just a few, too many would be a bit much) -Rangiku said she was working on it -There were rumors that Yumichika might get one -Izuru rumors were around too -It'd be awesome if Rukia got one

So now the matchups. Let's explain who vs who and then why it might happen:

The big baddie: Yhwach: Possible people who fight him: Isshin and Kisuke: Isshin gets killed, Ichigo takes over. Kyoraku might join in as well, I'm not sure. But all I know is at some point Isshin will reunite with Rangiku and Hitsugaya, and possibly the rest of the Shiba Clan.

Ganju and the Fullbringers vs ? Possibly Various Stern Ritter Soldiers

They're going to fight, according to Kukaku so it'd be a shame for them not to take some people on. I'm sure some Arrancar will be part of the Stern Ritter, but some might be on the other side as well. There will be new characters from the Vandereich, that's for sure.

Kenpachi vs ? <-- He might fight at one point Yhwach, but he might not. He might end up fighting someone almost as big as he is, but he will play an important role due to his new shikai. So I'll just say vs Important Person in Vandereich.

Ichigo (and possibly Grimmjow) vs Ishida

This is going to happen. Ichigo and Ishida are going to fight at some point. I saw someone saying Sado and Orihime would fight him but Ichigo is going to see this and feel betrayed. If Orihime and Sado do take part, they'll be on the sidelines except I expect a lot of long conversations between all of them like "why are you doing this?" and "didn't we mean anything to you?"

Since As Nodt is already dead, Rukia can't "avenge Byakuya" but she is also going to be an active part.

As for other theories:

The confirmed war powers: Aizen Ichigo Kenpachi

My thoughts on possibles: Isshin Uryu Kisuke

Characters due for a return: Yoruichi The Rest of the Visored we Haven't Seen Yet That one Espada, the afro guy, that survived

Just my opinion. 