User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 573 (Let Unohana return plz)/@comment-24153155-20140320091659/@comment-1747976-20140320175032

If at all. If she is dead at all... In the sense that people are thinking. We know that he DID NOT HATE HER... like he said or it was translated... He clearly had feelings for her even if it was because of the organic feeling she gave him letting fight at full power and matching him. She kept stabbing him and unlocking his power... If it was a battle of wills or reiatsu, the she would have certainly won. But she was there to unlock his full power so it required a sacrifice on her part. She had to let her Yachiru side go... So like I said, if at all. We'll see.