User blog comment:Godisme/THE SQUAD ZERO/@comment-1268838-20121114164050/@comment-5606268-20121115015348

I'm betting the plump lady is Kirio because of Hiyori's description of her (motherly type). Hitsugaya's Bankai hasn't been broken yet, the blade at least, and he did say that as long as there is water in the atmosphere it will regenerate.