User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 496: Forward, Review./@comment-27337151-20160803065130/@comment-4945830-20160805044034

I can understand that some people are not fans of the final arc, I personally liked it with some moments being uninteresting or just plain bad with the plot hole here and there. With 26 Sternritters obviously not all of them would get alot of characterization and be interesting, but some of them really were good characters imo, like: Bambietta, Gerard, Mask De Masculine, Nakk le Var, Bazz B and a few more.

The biggest gripe I had was the Nanao bullshit and while it was not really foreshadowed, it explains why she never even had a zanpakuto.

As for Ichigo getting his bankai broken, Juha devoured the Soul King guys, he was basically the god of the Bleach universe so it makes sense for him to be able to do that shit and be op. Turns out that the method of obtaining alot of his power was used against him as a weakness and that was a decent way for the amount of time Kubo had.

Also keep in mind that Kubo and Shueisha were not on the best of terms for a long while. Whens the last time Bleach got a cover on Shonen Jump? They have obviously been waiting to get rid of him for a while. This was a decent last arc and while it did have its problems, for all we know he initially had great ideas but Shueisha disapproved of good stuff to make him look bad, that is possible right? Its like how Mashima's editor cut some good stuff out from Tartaros, given that was because of time.

Honestly I hope the announcement is that Bleach will continue in Seinen Jump or something, because todays chapter hinted that Juha is still around. Remember when he told Ichigo that he would find the future where they were all happy and had peaceful moments and he would return to destroy that future? Yeah the Bleachverse looks very happy and peaceful atm, so perhaps he foreshadows this stuff and continues in like a Bleach Cycle 2 or something in a different magazine, where he isnt rushed or hated by his bosses.