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Originally Posted by Sabaku Kyu
The real "purpose" of the arc was to get Ichigo his powers back so he can go on shinigami adventures again.
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Exactly. This entire arc was just one massive contrived plot device.
But what
ronin myael was asking for was not a Doylist answer you know. It's actually bad to have to resort to Doylist logic to answer things.
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Originally Posted by Sabaku Kyu
But the story did flesh out Soul Society's initial hostility towards Ichigo. Also, it's worth mentioning that just because Ginjou is dead doesn't mean that details about his past won't ever be brought up. Kubo does reference past events, even if it's just in snatches.
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At which point we probably won't care anymore.