Anime discussion - Finally Naruto manga has come to an end

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MohammadBadir said:

Maybe so, but in the case of Bleach, there's been a build up ever since the manga started, and frankly Ichigo's not gonna live with Chad and Inoue in the real world anymore after this whole Quincy thing.

I assume this a reference to Kyoraku's (or was it Oetsu's? can't remember) warning earlier in the TYBW arc. Personally I took that as more artificial tension, something Kubo thrives on, rather than actual foreshadowing. Kubo might lock Ichigo in SS due to his new power, but he's no more obligated to keep him there than he was to keep him without Shinigami powers. 

My personal theory is that Ichigo's either going to join the Royal Guard or go back to his family as a permanent Substitute. Now that he has Quincy, Hollow, and Shinigami powers, I can't see him choosing to stay in SS any more than HM or the Quincy Palace. Basically, he'd either reach a point above everyone permanently, or he'd come back to the point he started the story at. The fact that the human nakama are still being brought to the forefront, while Ichigo's closest Shinigami companions, Renji and Rukia, are stuck fighting fodder with the likes of Ikkaku and Shuhei, tells me that Kubo still intends to emphasize his bonds with the human nakama.

As for the pairing stuff...I honestly can see it going any which way, or no way at all.