User blog comment:Godisme/The Lost 3/@comment-1904799-20111227070538

I'd be more disappointed with this chapter if I were sure that it signifies the end of the arc. Surely, the arc is coming to a close, but I'm not sure everything is entirely wrapped up just yet. The biggest question I have currently is "what do we do now?" Apart from clarifying the events that took place with the Gotei 13, I'm not sure there's much for the characters to really do at the moment. In particular, the entire thing about Ichigo restoring his powers "for the sake of protecting those close to him" seems to have fallen a bit flat now that there are no outstanding threats to deal with. Furthermore, since Orihime seems to have forgotten about Tsukishima altogether, I assume that he's faded from the memories of everyone else as well. I suppose the focus might now shift to Riruka, or maybe to Urahara and Isshin. Either way, I think someone, or some sequence of events, needs to give the Fullbringers and this arc in general a bit of closure, and I'm pretty sure that there's going to be a more definitive end in the near future.