User blog comment:Godisme/Swords of Origin/@comment-1248963-20130117091404/@comment-1393830-20130117155222

It could be, it could not be. Frankly, seeing as how Kubo has been sporadic with his killing characters, (One shotting Yamamoto, saying Byakuya was going to die 5 times before having him live), it could go either way.