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I'm glad too that Byakuya is alive, but I agree that seeing how brutally he was attacked and defeated with his own Bankai, he should have died. Not even a Shinigami should be able to survive what he was exposed of.

But, Unohana and Kira are apparently dead, so in addition to Sasakibe, Kubo might already have killed 3 "good" characters.

But if this arc is animated, the massive attacks Äs made on Byakuya before leaving him in the bloody crater in the wall, will definitely be toned down, not just for minor censorship, but also for the sake of his survival being possible after those attacks.