User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 685 - THE PERFECT END/@comment-1747976-20160816155519

Sadly brothers and sisters...it is at its end. People moving on is always good. I don't know how it got to this point where Kubo decided to rush it but, I hope and pray that he 'writes' his Bleach the way he wants to, no matter how long it takes and then finds himself a good publisher and presents the finished product. Next gets it published with a storyline that 'finishes' Bleach properly. I would definitely PAY to read that. I wouldn't allow my contract coming to an end with Shueisha to kill my baby if I were him because Bleach is not just important there. Rather it is important everywhere the it universe has spread to. I am extremely sad about these events but he should know that there is more than one way to skin a cat. With the way media is today, he should have gone out in style. I would have said goodbye to Shueisha and hello to independence. So what if the ratings for Bleach dropped from the top 3 or 5. There are still more than enough people interested in Bleach to keep it afloat if Kubo just took his time and truly wrote the story out himself, put it in book form and drew what he needed to draw. Maybe he will see our blogs, concerns, and hopes and look at his baby from a new vantage point and a different light. Perhaps some time off will help him look at it again and realize that more story needs to be told. Personally, I would like to see him animate this last arc. There is enough material to keep the animators busy while he writes the parts that are needed to fill in the gaps. Explaining many plot holes and making Bleach solid. Saying this and moving forward, this one was okay and I look forward to seeing how he closes the curtain.