* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: It's amazing how many times the author has written something into the series that later appeared in the Bleach manga that he could not have possibly forseen at the time of implementing them. Namely:
** Unohana letting down her braid when she fights and being an absolute monster in the past. [[spoiler:Failed to connect her to Zaraki Kenpachi but close enough.]]
** Yamamoto and Sasakibe [[spoiler:dying]]
** Kenpachi learning the name of his Zanpakuto.
** [[spoiler: Rukia getting Bankai; she doesn't quite manage it in time here, but it's pretty clear she'll do it.]]
** the author may have gotten the fact that Isshin [[spoiler:lost the shiba name '''wrong'''. BUT he ''did'' get right that Isshin is a branch family, was captain of squad 10 and Rangiku and Toshiro were 2nd and 3rd seats of the division around the time of his captaincy]].
** Only in an omake, but Chojiro having Bankai.
* AscendedFanon: The reason Ryou Keshiba was made the orange phantom was because a fan wrote how he reminded them of Jeremiah.
** There's a reference to this in ch 78 where his Zanpakuto's release command is "Show Your Loyalty"
** The final nail in the coffin, see the quote above for [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
* CreatorBacklash: Downplayed. Draconichero ''loves'' Fanfic/SoulChess, but it has eaten away all the time he could be spending on other projects to the point where now he just wants to complete the series and move on.
** Sort of downplayed OldShame now; he describes it as 'I can do better'.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Downplayed. Depending on what the author has been up to lately usually influence the [[ShoutOut references]] made or [[{{Expy}} expies]] created. Example: Early on we got a lot of references to VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins and in recent chapters there have been a lot of Manga/FairyTail references here and there.
* TrollingCreator: Considering the very large WhamEpisode list...
** the author freely admits to being this.
** [[spoiler: The question of who marries Lelouch being the most glaring example; he put it to a reader's poll, then discarded said poll and chose the one who was LEAST POPULAR. Cue backlash]]. A few about faces also count.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The author toyed with several concepts before scrapping them, including: Making Ichigo a visored early, and having Soifon kill Yammy.
** Originally the author was going to have Gantenbainne fight more than just Uryu and Lelouch and have Urahara be the one to beat him to pulp, but due to some [[{{Leitmotif}} recently downloaded music]] he changed it and gave the asskicking honor to Yoruichi.
** After the lemon in Susannas path in the alternate Chapter 33, we get this little beauty.
-->'''Susanna:''' So, was this a one time thing?
-->'''Lelouch:''' This? Perhaps. Us? That's up to you.
-->'''Susanna:''' I want there to be an us.\\
'''Lelouch:''' Then there can be an us.
** The author reveals that he was set up and ready to [[AnyoneCanDie kill]] [[spoiler:Toshiro Hitsugaya]], but backed out on it because he couldn't think of a good way to write the ensuing scene following the character's death.
** Originally Rukia was going to [[spoiler:replace Chojiro Sasakibe as the new squad 1 lieutenant]], but fan demand saw to it that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Vera]] wound up taking that honor. Rukia got squad 3 instead [[spoiler: under her sis Hisana.]]
** [[LateArrivalSpoiler After her death]] Yuna was going to be reincarnated as Shirley, but the author changed his mind.
** In drafting an idea for Mashiro's shikai the author originally opted to give her a CoolBike and model her Shikai to make her something like an Expy of Comicbook/GhostRider or Lobo only to realize the time frame in which she would've had to have gotten said Shikai and realized how AwesomeButImpractical the idea was and therefore scrapped it.
** The author admits that he was all set and ready to go and kill Hitsugaya off for real, but decided against it since he couldn't write the scene where he [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] to wind up the way he wanted it properly.
** Chapter 152 was originally penned to have Cornelia in prison awaiting trial, but circumstances and [[ShownTheirWork research to]] [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism realistically represent]] the Britannian Empire had it altered and turned the whole charade into a big poltiical bout between Cornelia and her older half-sister Guinevere.
** The author said that he was considering rewriting the ending of chapter 163 if people weren't too happy about the OfficialCouple being [[spoiler:Lelouch and Susanna]]. Let's just say most readers thought otherwise.
*** This, however, did not stop him from [[spoiler:creating an OT3 by adding Shirley into the mix]].
** Originally the Wish Fulfillment arc was going to be much longer and feature other [[LotusEaterMachine dream realms]]. The author bailed on it for the sake of the plot.
** Naoto Kozuki, Dorothea Ernst, Andreas Darlton, and other minor characters that died in the Anime/CodeGeass series were supposed to have some screen time during [[spoiler:Kasumi's HellOnEarth]], but got cut to move the plot forward.
** The same can be said for the True Chessmaster arc. The author has admitted to just wanting to finish the series.
!!Misc. Trivia
* Several of the characters in Soul Chess have either debuted in the author's other known work ''FanFic/TalesOfBleachUnrealSociety'' or have debuted here and later appeared in the other fanfic either naturally or [[spoiler:during the AlternateUniverse arc created by Album Atrum, which is essentially a rebooted reality and a zig-zagged [[BadFuture Bad Present]]]]. They are as follows with the following changes (if any):
** Mari Akari debuted in Soul Chess first. In ''Blades of Destiny'' she is still the captain of squad 10 [[spoiler:in an AlternateUniverse]], but she acts as a powerful Antagonist towards our heroes [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller And offs three of them]]]]. By WordOfGod Mari's power is the on the same level across both fics.
** Naomi Libra debuted in ''Blades of Destiny'' first as a ditzy, hired assassin from Aselia rather than as a Soul Reaper. She's as she was ''before'' her Fanfic/SoulChess character development.
** Yuna Homura appears alongside Mari [[spoiler:minus her Bankai]] and is as she appears in her initial Fanfic/SoulChess appearance with UndyingLoyalty to Mari and, like Mari as an antagonist to our heroes.
** Kasumi appeared in ''Blades of Destiny'' first as well. Somewhat unlike her incarnation in this series, in ''Blades of Destiny'' she is the daughter of [[spoiler:Talbumosuke--calling himself Album Atrum--and ''Nemu'' of all people who made a FaceHeelTurn and [[LoveMakesYouEvil fell in love with Talbumosuke]]. Kasumi grew up as a Soul Reaper and, as far as we know, is full blood Soul Reaper and, also, never wound up in hell
** Talbumosuke Atrumier appeared in ''Bldes of Destiny'' first as the BigBad of it. He is also Aizen's Apprentice, but his Zanpakuto is way different than his Fanfic/SoulChess incarnation. In fact his Zanpakuto here is more attuned to his [[spoiler:God mode in the AlternateUniverse he created where he is the Elder God of Time and Space]].
** Yosei Samakura appeared in ''Blades of Destiny'' first as the captain of Squad 3, replacing Gin, in place of Rose.
** May Stowa appeared in ''Blades of Destiny'' first as the captain of Squad 5, replacing Aizen, in place of Shinji.
** Stefan Lusca and Kendra Otmachi both appeared in Fanfic/SoulChess first. In ''Blades of Destiny'' they have their current abilities and positions [[spoiler:in the AlternateUniverse]] with [[spoiler:Kendra]] supposedly being from Aselia and knowing something about Yuan. [[spoiler:She also has Elven blood]].
** [[spoiler:Yachiru]] Hekira appears in ''Blades of Destiny'' first. She is the vice-captain of Squad ''One'' as [[spoiler:Aizen's]] vice-captain in the AlternateUniverse [[spoiler:and she has Bankai and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] a good portion of the [[HeroKiller heroes and flat out kills them]]. Her victims are: Yosei, Love, Izuru, Mashiro, and Renji. She is still respected by Kenpachi, heavily and she's even stronger than his current iteration]].
** Treva Hoshima appeared in Fanfic/SoulChess first too. He is mentioned in ''Blades of Destiny'' [[spoiler:as being the captain of Squad 3 in the AlternateUniverse]], but gets defeated offscreen so no further details are available.