Bleach 414: A Couple Of Theories

First of all, I'm sorry that I skipped 413. I've been really busy the past three weeks. Second of all, I'm don't really feel like doing proper liner notes for 414 right now, so I'm just going to but out a couple of theories and then proceed to cheer on Gin from the sidelines.
And just for the record, it's called Decide 16.

Bleach 414: Decide 16
Note: Onemanga.com is about to close down (sad...). So this link won't work for very much longer. But here it is for now.

Ok, so first of all (again):
I can't really decide if this is where Aizen is going to die. I mean, it most certainly looks like it, but Tite Kubo has always made it clear that Aizen can second guess pretty much everything that you do. He kind of plots and schemes and always comes out on top. He defiantly appears to be dying, and if Gin is as smart as he currently appears to be, Aizen is dead and there's not avoiding it. But if Aizen knew about his Ban Kai all along, Gin is screwed, and I'm going to be crying next chapter.

Next point:
I don't think Rangiku is dead. Now I want you to think back, back to when Rukia was first taken back to the Soul Society. You'll notice that instead of Byakuya killing Ichigo then, he destroys his Saketsu chain and his Hakusui soul sleep. This removes all of his spiritual powers and his reiatsu (do you see where I'm going with this?) Why would Byakuya have done this? I mean, Ichigo is a criminal according to the Soul Society, and we all know how closely our dear little Bya-kun sticks to the rules. The only reasonable answer? This was all a huge plot device.
My second point of evidence is that one fight between Uryuu and a really stupid looking Shinigami near the beginning of the Soul Society arc. (The only reason I remember this is because I'm re-reading Bleach. You have no clue how happy I am that I chose to do this now.) It was a fight where the Shinigami was clearly out matched and Uryuu won by destorying his Saketsu chain and his Hakusui soul sleep and then stating that this person would no longer be a Shinigami and therefore have no reiatsu. Sensing a pattern? And again, why would Uryuu, proud hater of Shinigami spare one's life? But enough of that, let's move on to where I was taking all of this.
In this chapter, when Gin says that he killed Rangiku, Aizen confirms it by saying that her reiatsu disappeared. I sincerely doubt that Aizen would be so stupid to forget all of this, but the long and the short of it is that Rangiku isn't dead. Evaluate the evidence as you will.
I'm going to go play in a quintet now. I'll post liner notes for the next chapter of Bleach and maybe of Naruto. Good night.