User blog comment:4everNura/I have some questions/@comment-4795193-20120404161001/@comment-3492796-20120404222601

He'll probably return at the end of the season. The entire plot is basically Zero Kurogane training to become stronger so that he can defeat Gingka one day. It'll be a huge FAILURE if he never gets to battle him... So I think Gingka will return.