User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 616 - Mimihagi-sama/@comment-1268838-20150219125744/@comment-24153155-20150219152713

I think both hypotheses are awesome! Though I have no idea what it could possibly be with Matsumoto. I've always assumed that what Ichimaru meant was that Matsumoto kinda lost some sort of child's innocence, despite living in the Rukongai. But I think the idea that Aizen may still have what belongs to Matsumoto could just be the answer now she is zombified.

The problem I have with the Soul King as of now is that it almost seemed too easy to kill him. I certainly expected more of the Zeroth Division, I mean, you can't possibly mean that they are that powerful, but defeated mainly off-panel, or?! Same goes for the Soul King itself. Although it remains unclear of what exactly happened before, I think "dividing" or "sealing" a God's power is a good strategy, and it would be awesome if that is done through the war potentials. I am not sure whether you should see it as a "right hand for a right hand", but I do believe it might very well be something in the fashion of powers coming back together into one functioning Soul King. Somehow Ukitake giving back his life to Mimihagi-sama reminds me a bit of the Quincy and Yhwach. It's just that this whole eye-thing is kinda bugging me ;)

Another cool thing about this chapter is the actual appearance of a god like Mimihagi-sama. I can't help but think of (Asian) folk tales. What if before the primordial Soul Society was the only world present, in which it was superstition to believe there were gods like Mimihagi-sama, although they kinda lived alongside regular souls (thus enabling Ukitake to be helped at the time). What if Yhwach was some sort of sacrifice to save the world it had been?