User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH Anime: Why Did It End?/@comment-3521993-20120331212425

I reckon it's true about what has been explained but in the end: This final Arc is clearly special, not for being the last, but it seems to be based completely separate from everything else. It's almost like the past has been completely forgotten about (Very little flashbacks), and really, the future is what to think about. If the anime were to do filler arcs, they would have to do a couple, which costs way too much, and then the arc wouldn't seem special. If Kubo does it completely different from the rest of the series, it emphasises the uniqueness that this Arc brings. Such an example is the sudden appearances of Nel, Harribel and the fact that the Vandenreich leader is clearly one who knows a lot about what he's doing, compared to the Espada, for example. I think that the leader is really the Soul King, and is using the Vandenreich to take Soul Society back as his own territory, instead of being part of "that dimension". Oops, went off topic there.