User blog comment:Nick D Wolfwood/Routing for Ichigo, the power stat analysis/@comment-1454424-20100820045855

That's what Kubo is getting at. He had editors to whom he has revealed the story that is coming in greater detail. His editors are employed by Jump and have a vested interest in making Bleach last as long as possible. His editors also have knowledge of Shonen as a genre and knowledge of the only market that matter: Japan. If his editors are greenlighting him and from Kubo's manner of speaking, he editors are fine with his direction, and continuity isn't a problem. Kubo has already thought of a way to continue the story, with or without Aizen and with Ichigo at his new power-level.

Besides which, Kubo's attitude is sink or swim based on what he wants to do with the manga and is unlikely to change it based on reader whining. Even if his series is facing cancellation.

俺がRTしたことで雑言を見てしまった織姫のファンや、気楽にBLEACHを楽しんでる読者のみんなも、申し訳ない. ただ、他人の意見で俺の描き方が変わる可能性はゼロなので、そこは心配しないで下さ い.

If I had replied with foul language and an Orihime fan, or any reader who comfortably reads Bleach saw that, I'm sorry. Remember, a stranger's opinion has ZERO chance of making me change my story, so please don't worry about it.

一部だろうが全部だろうが、受け手に媚びて漫画を描くという事は、責任を受け手に押し付けるという事です. 自分が心から面白いと思っていない作品で、他人に金を払わせる事は、詐欺です. それが俺の考え です.

Whether it's one part or all of it, saying that I draw to flatter a reader is to abuse my responsibility to the reader. If it's a work that I knew from my heart is not interesting at all, or just a way to force money out of other people, then it would be a fraud. This is what I think.

人によります. 10年の間に色々見てきて今の考えに至っています. RT @saskimah: @tite_kubo たとえ有名な漫画家さんでも多少は編集(?)の意見（こうしてしまったら読者が離れる、とか）に左右されて 描いてらっしゃるのかと思ってました. 少し安心しました.

That, even more. In ten years, I've seen pretty much everything, but that just now was extreme. RT @saskimah: @tite_kubo I was thinking, what if it was a famous mangaka or some editor who had more or less the same opinion(that way, it'll be different from just a reader), would that have an influence on what you draw. I'm a little relieved, though

(Translation credit: Maaru of FLOL)