@Impel:
I absolutly cannot WAIT for the arrancar anime arc! It's tearing me apart!
Random speculation: Okay, since there are 13 shinigami captains and three left, now there are 10 captains, right? Well, there are 10 espada too. See what I'm getting at?
Yes, but at the same time, it sounds more like Kubo if Ichigo beats 5 of them by himself, that leaves one for Renji, Rukia, Chad and Ishida and the last one will either turn good without a fight or get his ass kicked by the sudden appearance of Keigo/Tatsuki/Mizuiro, now with 10% more powers.
If Kubo would start using decent characters instead of Chad and the boring 4 (aka Ishida, Ichigo, Renji and Rukia)…I don't know, it wouldn't be Bleach anymore, I mean, it would be good again, all of a sudden...that's like Kishimoto using Shikamaru more in order to turn Naruto back into a good manga...oh, wait...