User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 352: The Flame's Voice, Review./@comment-4449950-20130921084301/@comment-4449950-20130921091925

I agree. I don't agree with all of the people who are saying that the village will be restored and everyone will leave and the arc will end, and then a new one will start.

I don't know if it is going to be, like you said, a tangled transition, or if all hell suddenly breaks loose (punny XD) but I don't see this just being dropped and forgotten.