Interviews with Kubo Tite?

[debbiechan]

Popular speculation has included Cirucci and Doldoni with some saying maybe the body on the right is what's left of Luppi after Grimm cero-ed his top off. That would explain why the body's short and wearing hakama (Doldoni's pants were rather tight if I recall). The body on the left sure looks like Circucci.

In any event, Szayel's reiatsu-collecting experiment may have some role in the story or maybe these bodies will be brought back to life by Orihime! Don't forget--Kubo-sensei promised a more evil Aizen too!

oh, and more from the interview, Kubo said that the Isshin mini-arc is coming up after the next one after this one. This one is still the Arrancar arc, he called it. Then will be another one (?) and then an Isshin arc (?) Someone else needs to listen to the Japanese in the videos and report to us!

[Annie]

This is what Pikeish told me:

Q: When is Ichigo's father going to play an active part?

A: Hmm, currently it's the Arrancar's arc.. It's the next of the next series after it.

(He says he's going to draw something short--like mini arc--then the thing after that's where he plans to make Ichigo's father play a role)

So I guess we will see something similar to TBTP first then Isshin will appear in the arc after?

[ch1mera]

I always though those bodies were IllForte and Cirucci, because Szayel collected data of Renji and Ishida's fights and those seemed to be the only ones that fought against them.. But now that it seems they will play an important role in the story, I'm not so sure anymore XD

I really can't wait to see some revelations about Isshin

[Sunomomo]

Popular speculation has included Cirucci and Doldoni with some saying maybe the body on the right is what's left of Luppi after Grimm cero-ed his top off. That would explain why the body's short and wearing hakama (Doldoni's pants were rather tight if I recall). The body on the left sure looks like Circucci.

I can understand the right one being Luppi, but the left one (and I'm not trying to nitpick here) didn't Cirucci originally had a skirt on? And I'm sure Szayel isn't the type to just take them off just for kicks (and I'm not trying to imply anything!).

The picture looks like the girl is on tights, but the boots/shoes are left intact.

[Silverkun]

ZOMG we finally get to see the Isshin moments we've all be waiting for soon? I can't wait!

And I like how he originally only said he was going to draw Ichigo and, in the end, he couldn't draw Ichigo without Rukia by his side. =3

[TMV]

BAD ENGLISH

Yeah but after Arrancar Arc and it looks like it's not going to end in this year...

[GChan]

Oh God...what more could be done with the Arrancars?

I mean Stark's on his way out probaly, Halibel and then there's Yammy, who's as smart as rocks. The only one who's a question mark is the Retard.

[TMV]

Every week we get about 1/4 of fight, 2-3 weeks for Stark, then 4-5 for Yammy and like you said, don't forget about retard and the 3 Bad Boys.

[Minerva]

(He says he's going to draw something short--like mini arc--then the thing after that's where he plans to make Ichigo's father play a role)[/I]

So I guess we will see something similar to TBTP first then Isshin will appear in the arc after?

Dare I hope for a TBTP for the Arrancars? That would make my whole year if Kubo does that.

It sounds like there's still a while to go with the Arrancars, in any case. That bodes well that we might get some survivors out of this.

[Silverkun]

Yeah, basically all we got left is Harribel, Yammy, Starrk, and Wonderweiss for the Arrancar arc. Wonderweiss doesn't seem to be as powerful I at first thought... And one reason I doubt he's as powerful as everyone is thinking is simply the fact that, as hollows get more powerful, they're supposed to get smarter. That's the law of things. It got explained, it's a fact that the more powerful an arrancar gets, the smaller, more powerful, and more human-like they become. Human-like in form, of course... Unless they become arrancar or get purified they can never regain their heart, at least not permanently. Sora kinda did but it was only for a short time. Wonderweiss being adjuchas is stretching it. Vasto lorde is a definite no. He'll have his butt kicked by Mashiro and that'll be that.

Anyways, Harribel and Starrk look like they're toast quite soon. Then we'll find out that Aizen was just in the fake karakura to stall for time and that he accomplished his objective and didn't care how many of his subordinates died, he doesn't give a crap about any of them anyway. He's probably already got some subordinates at the real karakura, and perhaps he's already there as well and has just been fooling everyone with Kyoka Suigetsu.

The end of this arc will probably be with Aizen creating the King's Key and successfully removing Karakura from existence. Ichigo's past life will be completely gone (except for the friends he has in HM) and he'll have plenty of reason to be the one to beat up Aizen after that, plus it will finally give Bleach the whole apocalyptic feel which I personally think is epic... And since Karakura will be gone anyway, and Ichigo's already a shinigami... He'll most likely go live in SS. And thus the boundary of worlds between Ichigo and Rukia will be broken down. >.>; Hey, we can all hope right?

One thing that would make me sad about this though... This would likely mean the death of Tatsuki. Isshin is already confirmed to have a big role later on so he would have escaped Karakura in time before they put everyone to sleep and moved it. And if Isshin escaped, Karin and Yuzu are probably with him. Which means the only person I care about left in Karakura at the time of the creation of the King's Key is Tatsuki... I mean, Urahara isn't there anymore, he was the one who setup this giant karakura-sized hole between dimensions, obviously he knew of the plan, so he's not stuck there asleep.

Anyways, back to Yammy. Since he's apparently more powerful than Starrk now, I don't think any of the members of our little HM brigade are able to bring him down. The only one who might be able to is Unohana, but even though she's had as much experience as Ukitake and Kyoraku, she's specialized in helping people, not hurting them.

I can't figure out how Yammy is going to end up dying here. Even with the captains there, most of them are new captains, and not experienced enough to take down someone like Yammy if he really is as powerful as someone who's higher than Starrk should be. Even if they all attack together, I dunno...

Besides, Ichigo's worn out from so many fights. He just fought Grimmjow, Nnoitra, and then Ulquiorra, and nearly died to the latter two. He's not in any condition to fight... Unless his inner hollow really did just recover him instantly. That would be so hax. xD