User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/423: Farewell Swords/@comment-28861328-20101007061423/@comment-28861328-20101008155612

@Lia: You're right. Ichigo can get his powers back and I honestly hope he does, but I think we're in for a good long wait until then. I doubt that Kubo is going to come back and do it immediately, nor do I think he'll even do it mid way through. It just wouldn't make sense for Rukia to say "This is farewell." if she knew that somehow Ichigo would regain his power. Urahara has no intent of doing it, or he would've told Rukia and the others about a way to restore it. The final two arcs will take at least 2-3 years to complete according to Kubo himself so it's possible but if he does, I'm betting it'll be close to the end.