Forum:How much longer will Bleach be at this point

Ah pretty simple. How much longer do you guys think bleach will be. I dont know if their have been any interviews with the creator recently so if their have been just let me know but other than that what do you guys think:)Vandiir (talk) 11:46, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

In a recent interview, Kubo stated that he considered Bleach only half-way through. I don't know if that means that he's actually aiming to let Bleach go on for another ten years but Kubo has previously stated that he told his editors that there would be a short arc, followed by a longer arc after the Arrancar Arc. The Arrancar Arc ended with Volume 48. We are currently in the "short arc". Assuming that "short arc" = less then a year and a "long arc" = anything from 1-4 years (which was the length of the Arrancar Arc), Bleach will at least go for 5 more years.


 * Last but not least, Ichigo is currently 17 years old in the manga. He's birthday is in June and it's the month of April in-manga. So Ichigo will soon be turning 18 in-manga time. This is significant because the "Shonen" demographics is 12-18 year old boys. Now I am not saying that shonen manga cannot have protagonists that are over 18 but I get the strong impression that Kubo isn't interested in writing a shonen manga that stars a senien age protagonist. So, I don't really see Bleach continuing past Ichigo's graduation from high school. However, there is a lot of story that Kubo can cram in before Ichigo graduates AND there is a lot of flashback chapters Kubo can write to fill in the history of multiple characters whose age is measured in hundreds of years. In short, Bleach isn't going to end anytime soon. 12:19, December 30, 2010 (UTC)