Pandarenboy said:
Ukitake was praying at the shrine over a year ago and later on we saw the kamikake so 2*.
The hogyoku affects causality based on it's will and the will of others and the Soul King and Yhwach can see the future. I would almost think about it but this was already done in the SS arc. Nothing is even a coincidence, like Kyoraku visiting Aizen and Aizen, one of the SWPs, will go there also... Going to call that the Soul King planned to die so that all the SWP that Yhwach wanted to get to join him will all gather at the SK palace so that he can use them all as vessels for his limbs, maybe.
Can you tell me what chapter this was? Him praying at the shrine I mean.
I feel like Kubo walked into a wall over how he can advance the plot and this (the Soul King's death and the Kimihagi) was the best he could come up with. Not trying to bash the guy's writing skills, but the praisal he gets confuses me.