User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 545 - Blue Stripes/@comment-5657895-20130709152835/@comment-1351982-20130709233745

Ah after a hard day of work. My overall opinion it was an OKAY chapter, did fill in some gaps, but nothing to write home about. Also, the Soul Society would be the worst place Ichigo could go to now. It appears that Ichigo is one of the individuals that could both defeat Yhwatch and could lead him to victory. As strong as Ichigo is, if he returned to the SS, he would just be a sitting duck. The SS has been breached multiple times, along with the human world, honestly the Royal Realm is the safest place for Ichigo to be at the moment. As for what Shunshui meant, I'm not totally sure and I agree with the statement that Ichigo becoming a captain would not only contradict his character, but would contradict everything Tite Kubo has stood for and represented for the last 10+ years. If anything, this would be a good opportunity for Kubo to make the other humans shine (as he intended to do earlier in the series, but got cut short due to editors wanting "more action."), and have them become stronger so that they don't have to say goodbye to Ichigo.