Candor said:
I've been wondering about these pages in addition to a sketch from repeat & reboot I can't find now (a guy with spiky hair's sketch). The first guy your post looks like a Quincy, Hiyori smelled a Shinigami, so I'm not sure it's the same guy, but one of these 2 (if they're not the same person) is probably the one who attacked Kirge, since as I mentioned previously opening a Garaganta is not simple and few are those who know how to open one.
About Bach's theory, I think I'll put it aside for now since there are still some mysteries and I'll think of the original Juha Bach as a person or just a mystery until we get further plot-points. As many people mentioned, the blondie will be the one to take control of things for now, he's not a normal subordinate after-all.
Yeah but since the true Juha has been alive for more than a thousand years we can safely say he's a shinigami and since both shinigami and quincy are teachings there's no reason why a soul who learned the shinigami teachings can't learn the quincy ones as well.
Hyori did smell a shinigami yes but it was prob his shinigami part...has Hyori even "smelled" a quincy before?
I no, then what she smelled was only "half" of him sort of speak and since the guy is both he prob found a way to open garagantas as his ass pleases.
Yamamoto did recognize the fake Juha as Juha but who's to say when the war broke down, this guy didn't just stood in the shadows and ordered fake Juha back then to fight Yamamoto so that we would remain unknown.
Kubo needs an ultimate villain to end this arc and what better boss than half shinigami and half quincy....he prob even has hollow powers.
And like Grimmm pointed out that guy looks like the guy in the middle
As for the blondie, he's prob this guy's right hand and the overseer of the "invasion"...he'll most likely take his leave once all the "pawns" die.