User blog comment:Otakubookworm/Bleach Narrator/@comment-Is Bleach actually in past tense/@comment-1248963-20100621084324

Actually, the part of Ishida "narrating" happens in the manga too http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/347/04/ (see next page too). I'm not stating anything, it would be very speculative of me to do so. It's just a very rare occasion in which the narration gets out of the story. Who knows.