User blog comment:Godisme/The Lost 3/@comment-1538219-20111228014822/@comment-1747976-20111229063002

Really, if we wanted to pay closer attention to the details, then we could surmise that somewhere, somehow, Kuugo is still alive and that the shinigami came and claimed him and took him somewhere. It does not seem that he could die from such a wound and that with a hollow in him similar to Ichi's, he should be capable of high speed regeneration. That said, if they could not find anyone of them then this means SOMEONE claimed the body. Jackie buried Giriko and was with Yukio in the end. Tsukishima was dying on Sushi's back as he carried him(what's keeping him alive, IDK!), Riruka is with her love-Ichi... but where is Ginjo? I am telling you, this has significance... We will watch and see.... If they put dude in a prison in the vicinity of Aizen, this could prove to be something else as his quest for power to destroy the shinigami will coincide with Aizen's ultimate plan(I do not think we have seen the last of him....) and we will perhaps see Ginjo in a more perfect form between his shinigami, hollow and fulbring powers. By the way, I so called it that there was a composite mix btwn all three......