Except with Bleach it was literally the opposite problem, Kubo listened to his editors more but... They weren't good editors.
Except for the first batch, who actually did their jobs.
The editor's job is to keep things on track and editorial demands are almost always associated with a worse product—leaving anime aside for example, one of the most Infamous Storylines in American superhero comics was done because Marvel's Editor in Chief didn't think a married superhero was relatable and demanded the marriage be split up.