Kind of foreshadowed him not being able to return seeing how they ALL got soul tickets. But that's okay, Ichigo can start a new era of peace between Hollows, all type of hybrids, Quincy (after Ishida takes over and rallys anyone who survives the battle), and shinigami.

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So we have 6 weeks now. Why not make it 9 to go along with the 9 theme even more?
Well it does return on 9/9 ... that's good enough.