User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/420: Deicide 22/@comment-1272757-20100916035857

Several months ago, Kubo said that following this was going to be a short arc, then another long one. I'm guessing that the "short arc" is going to show the aftermath of all of this. The recovery, the grief, and the mourning. We'll see what all the characters take from this battle and how they'll move on, as well as probably a set-up for the driving force of the next arc. Ichigo losing his powers (temporarily) is a given; of course there would have to be a power-down to keep this going. However, something that has come to my mind is this: while Ichigo will be starting over power-wise, he won't be starting over in terms of knowledge, experience, and relations to other characters. I'm curious to see how all of these changes compared to the beginning will affect Ichigo and the plot.