User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 584 - THE HEADLESS STAR 3/@comment-2243814-20140611190705/@comment-5398287-20140611221133

I read an explanation on FB of why Candice survived: she DID dodge, but at the very last second, and so only lost her arm. I'm not sure if it's true, but it WOULD make sense, since both Ichigo's words and what ended up happening to Candice's body after avoiding most of the attack seem to imply that Candice would have been WRECKED had she not dodged.