User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 553 - Frozen Cross/@comment-11003280-20131019070415/@comment-11051098-20131019120001

Ok, got it. So what he said was that he wasn't strong enough to feel prideful? Either way, his Zanpakutô is still broken as far as we know, but Nimaiya could perhaps manage to fix it even if it's shattered.

Then there's the question about the Shin'eiyaku-pills - Akon confirmed that they managed to get in touch with all the captains "inside and outside of Seireitei" - does that mean they managed to get in touch with Byakuya too? And if his Zanpakutô is still shattered, will his Bankai still return to him?