Judge
They are looking again.
Again, they are judging him.
But when you are the prodigy of the Gotei 13 and when you also wield the strongest ice element zanpactou in all of soul society, people are sure to stare.
When all your past mistakes are still held against you after all the years that have passed, people won't take their eyes off you.
He will admit that he was young and naive and he used to listen to his heart more than his head. But that does not give the people the right to scrutinize him for mistakes that should long be forgotten because he is now one of the most respected captains.
He now understands himself and that should be enough.
With his head held high, he looks dead ahead, doing his best to ignore as he makes his way to meet with Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
He is scowling again.