User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/395: The Burnout Inferno 3/@comment-1248963-20100312214525

I'm not sure about Grimmjow anymore... I thought he was kept alive in order to open the Garganta for Ichigo. He had some sort of "code" after all so repaying for his life would be opening the Garganta. But he wasn't necessary for that. Maybe he'll aid Byakuya and Kenpachi to bring Yammy down? But that's unlikely, because Ichigo is not there and his debt is with Ichigo, he has no reason to help Byakuya and Kenpachi.

Now I'm tired of people saying "Surely the Zero squad will pop out for no reason and there'll be BANKAI showdown!!". The Zero squad will only show up if the King is directly threatened, which is, if Karakura is destroyed (Karin, Yuzu, Keigo, Mizuiro, Tatsuki and ALL Karakura inhabitants must necessarily DIE for this) and Aizen creates the King's Key. NOT going to happen. Until Aizen figures a new way to access the King's realm, there is little chance to see the Zero Squad in the near future.

I forgot to mention how much I loved that panel of Aizen practically FLEEING. His face showed that he couldn't conceive how the old man was still capabe of outstanding his expectations. EAT THAT! That's what you get when you underestimate all of your opponents and OVERestimate yourself. HA!