User blog comment:Njalm2/Fanon Canon - Grimmjow's Espada!/@comment-2089817-20150116144217/@comment-136273-20150116165619

SCB has made a valid point. I don't think Captain-class beings are supposed to grow on trees. Let's keep their numbers at a more reasonable and managable level.

Furthermore, given the way the ranks seem to be going to turn out I'd say dispense with them altogether. If they don't denote authority or prowess, they don't have any meaning. Why bother at all?