Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26830922-20150813040021/@comment-26830922-20150905223049

Before this arc, Ganju Shiba had not been canonically seen (he appeared in some filler arcs) for 335 chapters. Therefore, this illustrates the point I am trying to make: just because a character has not been seen in a long time it does not mean he will never return or have no future role in the plot.