User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 546 - THE LAST 9DAYS/@comment-1351982-20130717110017

I'm so happy Kubo included Soul Tickets, what I nice homage to the beginning of Bleach. For those of you who don't know, in the pilot or one-shot chapter of Bleach, Soul Tickets were how Shinigami sent souls to Soul Society, instead of Konso. Oh Xi, if you remember back in the ss arc, there is a barrier around the Seretei, hence why Ichigo and his friends entered via canon. Also, Kubo should take all the time he needs, I mean all the times Hiatus X Hiatus goes on hiatus, this is probably nothing to the Jump editors and I wouldn't be remotely concerned. Bleach is still one of Jump's best selling titles and easily sells over 500,000 copies each volume. Also, Oda takes little breaks here and there to get his act together (rumor is One Piece might be going on a short break too) so why shouldn't Kubo. Finally, if this point on is in fact the start of the final fight, lets not forgot how long the battle of Fake Karakura Town was, so Bleach still has a little ways to go.

To me this is the pacing Kubo had more in mind for the arrancar arc and this is so far my favorite Bleach arc, because Kubo has clearly put a lot of thought and heart into this and wants to end on a good note, not only for his fans, but for his own self-esteem. If he needs two months to organize himself, let him, he deserves it.