Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24189673-20131120064700/@comment-6746577-20141206183317

I had to post this here cuz its about my dude, Shunsui.

1. Does anyone notice that Ichibei's shikai is eerily similar to the possible suggestions of what we thought Shunsui's bankai would be? Ichibei has some kind of darkness/shadow power and he can eliminate powers by tagging Yhbach with his brush. (which is kind of like a game rule) I beginning to wonder if there is some relationship that will be revealed?

2.I believe Shunsui was chosen to be the new Captain Commander cuz A) he is one of the oldest active Captains, with only Unohana at the time with more senority. B) and most importantly, Shunsui character was a fresh new angle to the Gotei 13. Everyone else outside of Ukitake would have left Gotei 13 as status quo. Take Byakuya, he is a rule follower. Shunsui is all about hope. Like when he consoled Urahara when his vice-captain went missing. He helped free Rukia from death even though it meant going against Yamamoto. He is very liberal with his decisions, IMO