User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 542 - THE BLADE IS ME/@comment-11051098-20130619142823

I agree, a good chapter, and a nice power display. I didn't understand what happened until Nimaiya said the sea dried up. It will be interesting to see more, to find out how Ichigo's new Zanpakutô works, and what Yhwach has to tell the Stern Ritter.

Will-O-Wisp:

EDIT: I can't remember Ichigo killing any Stern Ritter, but the unnamed Stern Ritter with the mohawk that ambushed Yamamoto alongside NaNaNa Najakoop and Äs Nödt, apparently survived. As for the 2 named ones, it seems they died. So Kenpachi killed 3 Stern Ritter, and Yamamoto killed 4, so at least 7 Stern Ritters are dead.