Bleach done :(

[DarthEnderX]

but I'd like to hear specifics (even if just rumors) about how they 'destroy him'..

Well sure. Who wouldn't. But I seriously doubt we ever will.

I'm guessing that either was more than 3 weeks, or that the editors saw what he had in plan and said 'no, that's too much. this is as close as you ever was to having a finale, finish it".

Hmm, I hadn't considered that. I assume he has to give them chapter outlines. So if he was already fighting the big bad of the arc, it's possible the plan was for the arc to end in 3 chapters anyway and they simply didn't extend him for another.