User blog comment:Godisme/relics/@comment-3521993-20121108200331

Things I never understood about the injuries during this arc: First of all, Byakuya. There is no doubt that he will never become a captain again. In fact, I doubt he'll ever wake up, and will end up like Yushima, in a vegetative state. If not, it's clear that his pride is more than smashed and will end up as a depressed man. He won't even care about Rukia. Next, why is Kenpachi in such a state? It seemed to be that all happened during his battles was this: He killed 3 Stern Ritter on his own without even an injury, got hit with a Reiatsu blast, and got strangled. To me, Kenpachi has been able to fight after such attacks. Has he gotten weaker? Next, Sui-Feng. Why did she care so much for Byakuya and Kenpachi, but not Yamamoto? The man held Gotei 13 together for 1,000 years and kept the academy standing another thousand before that. Did she have sexual relations during her life with either of them? The most curious one: Shunsui. A man, slashed in the eye and then smashed with thousands of arrows, relatively unharmed. How strong is this guy? The most mysterious: Renji and Rukia. As far as I know, both of these simply got stabbed and smashed into rocks, etc. There seemed to be no serious injury at all, and yet had to go into intensive care.