I've read the spoiler, the small one, anyway.  While I was desperately hoping for something on Rukia I wasn't expecting it, and it seems like I was right in not expecting anything.  But I'm digging my nails into the palms of my hands!  

I really, really want to be given something, anything, even just a little bit of something about what is going on with Rukia, and Chad, for that matter.  I know Rukia isn't dead, Kubo won't kill her.  Bleach would not be Bleach without Rukia because Rukia is half of Bleach, plain and simple.  I am a little worried about Chad.  Chad, in my opinion, wouldn't be a hard character to kill off.  People seem to like him but he doesn't seem to have a huge following in the fan base.  Killing of a liked character that wouldn't leave a massive hole behind is just what Bleach needs in my opinion.  I honestly do.  Though I am worried about Chad I think he's safe because of his recent power-up, that fact alone makes me feel a little bit more at ease about him.

On the current path of character death I would like to put this out there for anyone who reads this.  I feel deep down in my heart that my favorite character, Urahara, will die... I'll say some time during the winter war.  I will seriously be completely devastated if it happens and I'm trying to prepare myself for it.  I have no evidence nothing too suspicious to point out from the manga, it's just a strong feeling I've had since the Vizards came around.

On to something else I've been hoping for during this arc is a Gin and Rukia reunion of sorts.  Gin is probably one of my favorite villains ever, he's just so sly looking and you can never tell what the slimy bastard is thinking!  We all know how Rukia feels about Gin and I'd love to see what would happen between them.  I've always thought about that scene that Kubo put the two in, when Rukia speaks about feeling strangled in fear around him, I wonder if it was just to show us and give us more insight into Gin being a villain or if it meant more. 

Something else I would love to learn about is the whole Gin and Matsumoto relationship.


Uhg.  I wish Kubo would just give us more.  A lot of times I wish Bleach came out in monthly installments because there would be so much more content in the chapter.  It's okay I guess I'll just have to wait.  

:/