#Bleach ch416: couldn't think of a more cliched scenario in shounen material, but I am anxious for the next chapter. #manga 

I know my last tweet on this subject was pretty spoilerish. Hopefully too many people didn't see my spasm. Regardless, I have to assume that Gin was officially eliminated after the evisceration he suffered at the hands of Aizen.

Now the question that gnaws at me is whether there were actually two Hougyoku... And I didn't forget about Ichigo. I'm sure that the perfected (it better be perfected by now) union of his Hollow and Shinigami sides will make for an interesting fight.