I know last week I said the SS was ****ed but even then I didn't truly take in the gravity of the situation our beloved characters are in. I don't know where to even begin to rant about this chapter. It's a hard transition to go from reading a manga where you don't ever expect good guy characters to die to one where you expect one of them to die every new chapter.
What's the deal with the enemy doppelgangers on page 16 and 17? The one on page 17 to the left looks like Unohana's evil twin sister. The girl in the middle reminds me of Loly or Riruka, the guy on the right looks familiar but I can't place where I might have seen him before or why he looks familiar. Then there's the guy in the middle of page 16, he looks like Yammy, and the guy to the right of him looks like Ikkaku. Last but not least there's the guy who was telling the Shinigami to shiver in fear, he looks like Kisuke. I'm not sure if there's any significant to the look a likes but I think we can predict the match ups based off looks.
Unohana vs. her evil twin
Rukia vs. the girl with the heart belt buckle
Ikkaku vs. his mohawked doppelganger
Byakuya or Kenpachi vs. Yammy look-a-like
The rest we'll just see I don't feel like guessing and being wrong right now.
Right now I am just terrified that Toshiro is going to get killed horribly, he's my favorite character and all but he's not that strong and his attacks just don't get the kill. He and Rangiku will get annihilated.