User blog comment:Yoruichigoddessflashes/Ichigo, the Savior/@comment-1268838-20100805210154

Ooh, I just have to comment on that ending because I see something like it mentioned all the time. XD

I believe that is called "Deus Ex Machina." Nowhere has it ever been said that captains are made Royal Guards because of their strength, so saying that they are that much stronger would be ridiculous. If it is really THAT unbelievable that Ichigo is capable of succeeding, and that the job is supposed to fall to a bunch of brand new characters, wouldn't it be even MORE ridiculous if they beat him? Wouldn't that, you know, defeat the purpose of over half of what has gone on in the series. I might have accepted that scenario if it happened back in Deicide 5 or something, but we're almost at 20.