I heard from someone (was it here?) that though this was a filler it was based on something Kubo Tite actually wanted in the manga (the whole Menos Forest thing- though he might've done it somewhat better) but didn't have time to do!
So if Ashido atleast might feature again- probably just in the anime (and the manga will allow for this), if only to die valiantly or say that he'll stay and always keep on fighting or something. |