User blog comment:Avolling/Retrospective: Chapter 478. THE LOST 3/@comment-117598-20111228205645

Here's a question: if the Gotei 13 were planning on helping restore Ichigo's powers at some point, and that was Kubo's ultimate goal, why did he even get a Fullbring or even have Fullbringers involved? I'm talking about from a writer's perspective. He could've just saved the ink and had Ichigo regain his powers after 2-3 chapters. I still agree that this arc seemed rushed and not really thought out entirely, since people are spotting lots of plot holes and inconsistencies. The idea of Fullbring looked really interesting, but it needed to fleshed out much more before actually putting it down on paper. I heard that Kubo tends to write spontaneously, and sometimes it works out. This might be the case where that didn't work out so well. I'm hoping for future applications of the Fullbringers and maybe backstories and questions answered. Though we don't always get that. *cough, cough, Kensei, cough, cough* And also, I'm totally fine with every fight ending as quickly as they did because like Salubri said, they're the Gotei 13. I'm actually mad that Ikkaku's and Byakuya's lasted as long as they did. Ikkaku should've ended that fight in 2 panels and Byakuya should've aced Tsukishima in 3. Speaking of Tsukishima, how didn't he get his spine destroyed from where Byakuya's attack came out? How isn't he crippled? We can dispute Shinigami and Hollows because they might have different physiology. But last time I checked, when you have a football sized hole in your chest that you can see clean through, you're dead.

Anyways, I'm just disappointed in the execution of this arc as the last few chapters made all the previous ones seem pointless.