Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-5355747-20130313062554/@comment-5657895-20130709201904

It's strange indeed that so many people missed the connection between Isshin's disappearance and Ichigo's birth as well as the resemblance between Kaien and Ichigo without putting two and two together.

Then again, back then it seemed that the Gotei wasn't as well connected to each other and the squads were mostly independent. Could be a reason why no one else knew Isshin and didn't think much of his leaving.

I do like that Ichigo is indeed related to such a once great family, which were clearly at the height of their power when Kaien was Vice-Captain of 13th and Isshin was Captain of 10th. Guess that makes Isshin head of the clan, which is strange. Still, it's cool that Ichigo and Kaien are related. Kubo set that up rather well and they mirror each other rather well. With Ganju training to get stronger and possibly learning Fullbring to use against the Vandenreich it'll be a fun couple of chapters when they make the connection.