User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1268838-20100818200828

Of course not. Either way, it would have been uncharacteristic of a noble to become a captain using the crude method Zaraki used. Perhaps if he stayed in sync with Muramasa, his combined power would have been enough to reach captain level. Anyway, this is all besides the point.