User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/423: Farewell Swords/@comment-28861328-20101007061423

I have to jump on the banwagon; I was getting teary eyed when Ichigo and Rukia were saying their goodbyes....but that's just because I'm a Rukia fanboy and she looked so sad to know that Ichigo was loosing sight of her :'( The Aizen scene was priceless. They must've really been scared of him. Look at how tightly he's bound to that chair xD It's like they know they're screwed if he gets loose. On a side note; the Central 46 were annoying and I liked them better when they were....Aizen'd. I've been wondering since I read the spoiler yesterday what Toshiro's Bankai would look like if he mastered it, so I really hope we end up seeing that before Bleach ends. It was nice to see Ukitake alive. I was worried he was a goner. The Yamma, Kenpachi, Byakuya, and Shunsui scene was amazing. I laughed when I read that portion. Overall, good chapter. Still wish I didn't have to see Rukia fade. I think it'll be awhile before she and Ichigo reunite. Lets face it, even if he does get his power back, Kubo won't come back in the next few chapters and reunite them after such an emotional goodbye and honestly, from what I read in an interview with Kubo awhile back (do NOT ask me to find it. I'm not going Googling for five hours to find the dang link) in one of the Shonen Jump interviews that he planned to introduce a new protagonist, which seems likely given that Ichigo has lost his powers totally. It'd be pretty cool if Kubo came back with a timeskip that introduced a new protagonist with a new story. Don't get me wrong, Ichigo was a good protagonist....well at least towards the end he was, but a new guy definitely would be cool to see.