Forum:Will There ever be replacements?

Ok I know that their in the middle of battle or war or what have you but will their ever be replacement Captains for the 3rd, 5th, and 9th divisions. I mean its been stated that the true power of soul society lies in the captains. but their short 3 of 13 you would think they would try to fill those positions as soon as possible. I mean when Amagai filled the 3rd position i was like cool a new captain but then i remembered he isnt gonna last this is a filler. On top of that how many years has gone by and Ukitake still hasnt got a lieutenant yet, i mean really we all mourn kaien even though we only know him from flashbacks but this is getting ridiculous, if Byakuya would stop worrying about his sister being placed in dangerous situations (which considering what she has been through recently couldnt be any worse) Rukia could easily be placed in that well deserved position. Instigator545 19:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Major changes
I think that Gotei 13 will experience major changes, as Aizen wants to meet the king of Soul Society. We know that captains move to the royal guard (Hikifune), but we hardly even know anyhting about the king or the royal guard. The structure of Soul Society is also very strange, as Central 46 is mercyless (and dead by now :P). They decided to kill Rukia, they tried to kill the vizards, who were once captains, and they didn't care about Urahara and Tessai, even though they tried to rescue their friends. Even though Aizen deceived them, I think he knew, that they would act this way and used this mercyless feudal state. We also know that Seireitei does not care for Runkongais poor districts and they threw the Shiba Clan out of the noble houses. In the Turn Back Pendulum, Urahara states, that a member of Gotei 13 is not allowed to leave and those who want to, are imprisoned without further interest. They say, that those would harm Seireitei. I wonder if Aizen really is the bad guy here or if he just tries to change things in Soul Society to make it a better place. Also Gin says, that he is glad to see Kira doing so well and Tousen has a high sense for justice. I also think that Arrancar aren't that bad. (Ulquiorra getting a heart, Stark hating fights, Halibel and Neliel caring for their Fracción, Dondo Chakka, Pesche etc.)Soul Society has a clear Black/White view on Hollow.

Therefore I think, before there are new replacements, Soul Society changes in some ways, so that Bleach might be over, after the Soul Society experienced a revolution (even though General-Commander Yamamoto will never ever accept that, for him being one of the founders and I can imagine that he might be killed by Aizen, Gin and Tousen together in the end).

But your right, Rukia might become vice-vaptain of the 13th squad. About new captains: we don't have anyone who might even be captains class, except Ikkaku and Renji and both of them still lack experience concering Bankai. (Hitsugaya too, but he is a genius and is known to have the potencial power, having the strongest ice type zanpakuto.) Many people also forget about the kido corp. They don't have a captain and vice-captain and that for a 100 years since Tessai went with Urahara. Every other captain got replaced, but we never got to see replacements for Tessai or Hachigen.