Anime discussion - Finally Naruto manga has come to an end

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MohammadBadir said:

(1)He wouldn't want to join the Royal Gaurd because he'd be unable to see his friends and family and/or protect them, He wouldn't want to stay in HM because that place's a living hell, He wouldn't want to stay in the Quincy Palace because the Quencies are him enemy (not to mention the fact that they're responsible for his mom's death), and from what I'm seeing, he wouldn't want to stay in the Human world because his now massive power would harm those who are around them, in this case where else would he go besides Soul Society? The Shibas are his cousins, The entirety of SS are his friends, etc.

(2)I don't think Kubo would do something so drastic as a means of "artificial tension", Everybody and their mother expected Ichigo to eventually stay in SS, and I honestly think that that would be the most logical thing for him to do.

(3)I don't know how exactly the Nakama bonds are supposed to strengthen here (Besides potentially Ichigo and Ishida), because Ichigo's the only one who stand a chance against Juhabach, I don't think the guys are capable of doing much. Besides, This is most likely not gonna be the final battle, Bleach is still a ways away from ending.

(4)Regarding the pairing debacle, There's been too much stuff for Bleach to end without a canon pairing, or without one that's not IchiRuki.

(1) I wouldn't really agree with that. Throughout his time in SS, he became close with Rukia and Renji, and somewhat close with Byakuya, Hitsu, and Division 11, but that's only one small chunk of it. He only really found out about the Shibas recently, and they've been absent from the story for years, so I'd hardly say they're a pulling point. Other than Rukia, his human nakama are still far for more important to him. This is the group he starts every arc fighting alongside, and judging by the current manga, it's the group that Kubo plans to keep bringing Ichigo back to.

(2) He temporarily killed off Hitsu, Rangiku, Kensei, and Rose off-panel, turned Zangetsu into a Quincy spirit, and created a whole new race just to give Ichigo his powers back. Don't get me wrong, I love the manga and all...but I think you might be underestimating Kubo's ability to create asspulls. XD

(3) I wouldn't say it's about strengthening their bonds, but about emphasizing them. Ishida in particular tends to get more focus than almost every recurring character, bar Ichigo and Rukia. Chad and Orihime suffer from being the Krillins of the series, but Kubo keeps bringing them back, so like I said, it doesn't strike me that he plans to move away from this group.

And personally, I'd be happy if Bleach kept going for a while longer, I've just become a bit jaded based on how the manga has been flowing lately. 

(4) I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one, as I still don't see the romance as being something indispensibile to the main story. Though I personally think, if Ichigo/Rukia is intended as the end pair, it'd far more plausible for Rukia to live in the human world, than for Ichigo to leave behind the people he originally gained powers for.

Heh...I think we derailed another Nardo thread xD;