User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH Anime: Why Did It End?/@comment-999343-20120403174000

I honestly think the anime should have ended with the Arrancar arc. This what I think they could have done, ended the series with Ichigo and Rukia saying good bye and have the show end with Ichigo living the rest of his life as a normal boy. Then, 3 years later make a "Bleach 2" with The Lost Agent arc being like the setup arc for "Bleach 2" and it wouldn't have too much of the filler padding because the manga would be quite far ahead. The anime ending with The Lost Agent Arc kinda sucked because to me, It felt like "Hey look Ichigo is older, has his powers back, everyone looks different and is now stronger! Could you imagine their adventures?! Too bad you don't get to see them!" I know they had no choice but to end the series and least they didn't cancel in the middle of the arc, but that's just how I feel :)