User blog comment:Otakubookworm/Bleach Narrator/@comment-Is Bleach actually in past tense/@comment-2047046-20100621174116

Actually I dropped the anime just before the sealed sword arc, so no I didn't. He does narrate, it could be but twice it has occurred, it just makes me wonder if it could actually be in paste tense. And Lia has one reference, I'll go back to the manga and try and find the first time. It is shortly before they leave for the soul society I believe.