Noblesse Oblige.

After the captains save Ichigo, Kenpachi proceeded to engage Yammy in combat after remarking how weak Ichigo is. While they are fighting, Byakuya urges Ichigo to head back to Karakura Town, but Ichigo offers his help in fighting Yammy. Byakuya also remarked on how weak Ichigo is by noting that his power does not add significance to any of the captains in Gotei 13. Furthermore, as the representative Shinigami of Karakura Town, it is also his duty to be there. This argument got Ichigo sold.
Now how will Ichigo get back? It seems Mayuri experimented on the defeated Syazel Poro and now can activate Garganta. Unohana is going to accompany Ichigo back to Karakura Town.

Thoughts:
Unohana going back means that all the critically injured people back in human world will get healed, such as Ukitake, Matsumoto, Hinamori, and Machiro. Also, the writers are having Ichigo evade the Yammy fight to get him back to Earth just so he can respond to Shinji's call for him.

Next, I didn't like how Kenpachi and Byakuya talked down on Ichigo. If they forgot, Ichigo managed to beat Kenpachi in his Shikai and Byakuya with his premature Hollowfication. I guess this can be attributed to Ichigo surprising with his main character hack. In both cases, Ichigo was defeated (unconscious on the ground from Kenpachi and immobilized and about to get sliced by Byakuya) get he managed to get a power boost in the last second. In Kenpachi's fight, he learned his Zangetsu's name which allowed him to tap into more of Zangetsu's power because now they are better in sync. In Byakuya's case, Hollow Ichigo finally appears and catches Byakuya off guard. Nevertheless, despite these explanations, Ichigo is still much stronger than he was back in Soul Society with his controllable Hollowfication. I guess it can be justified that neither Byakuya or Kenpachi has seen Ichigo Hollowfied (post Soul Society) so they don't know how much stronger he is.

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