User blog comment:Sicarius001/Royal Guard and Eighth Division Captain/@comment-4207271-20130419010418/@comment-1904799-20130421015321

I don't think it's productive to cling to a character that is stated to be dead. There are occasionally exceptions like Byakuya, who was stated to have died but is now recovering, or Harribel, who was brought back by Orihime, but Yamamoto and Unohana, barring story-breaking plot twists, are dead.