User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 611 - The Soul King Dies (edgy as ever, Kubo)/@comment-6073876-20141226213028

i bet Ichibe and Oetsu cannot die in this series because if both of them die... then there is no zanpakuto left for the rest/new of shinigami..and if there is zanpakuto (oetsu still alive) but it has no name, since Ichibe who the one give those name in all soul society...