User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 684 - The Blade/@comment-3430033-20160730000611

Not sure if any of you have realised, but Ichigo killing Yhwach with his old shikai was actually foreshadowed/setup in chapter 672 (pointed out by Forneverworld), when Yhwach has a dream right after Gerard gets his head blown off.

As for the chaoter itself? One word: trash. So a fight with a chicken lasts 10 chapters but the final battle with the maim villian lasts 2 chapters..OK m9. There is so much more I want to rant about but it's being rushed to end and there's nothing we can do about it. As for the people comparing Bleach to Naruto's ending: Bleach has gotten so bad especially with the state it is in, now that it's being rushed, it's gotten so bad and it's not even comparable to Naruto. At least Naruto concluded everything. But I know, you're just trying to keep a positive attitude about it.