[quote=Thread Generator SIN]
 To maintain continuity between the thread and the series, all events that have taken place in the manga are set to have taken place a century or two before the beginning of this thread.
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... not an AU? A thread based upon an unknown ending, and in the future [i]and[/i] with most of the current captains (possibly lieutenants in some spots) too... um.

This is a recipe for disaster. Rank paralysis is only the most minor symptom.