User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/423: Farewell Swords/@comment-1268838-20101007130205

It's nice to know that Soul Society had a plentiful supply of d-bags to replace the Central 46 with. For all that he's done, Aizen gets only 18,800 years, yet for one snide remark, someone wants to jack it up to 20,000? I imagined that Aizen would fail to keep his mouth shut, and end up getting a 100,000 year sentence or something. And what the hell was with the bondage chair? Bind his eyes and mouth!

I had honestly though that Yama-ji would be dead, but I never stopped to consider that his arm was the only part of his body that exploded. Makes me feel better about the fact that Itto Kaso didn't do jack against Aizen (because Yama DEFINITELY didn't need to be Chiaotzu'd). All in all, I'm pretty glad about it - Ukitake hit the nail on the head.

I agree that the Ichigo/Rukia scene was the saddest in the series, yet given gigais and whatnot, it isn't like they'll never see each other again. And of course, Ichigo getting his powers back is a given. Which makes me think - given how long Shinigami live, the length of Aizen's sentence, and the amount of time it took for Isshin to regain his powers, if Kubo really wanted to, he could make a time skip of any length. Ichigo could regain his powers, and Toshiro/Renji/Shuhei would all have mastered/gained Bankai. Ugh, maybe that sounded borderline crackish.

Anyway, one of the best chapters yet.