#buttt arc 2 im thinking about already and i am absolutely introducing more

[zanguntsu]

i suggest dangai ichigo as a potential ichiverse au, i feel like that form is fairly unique compared to ichigos other forms, you don’t see fullbring ichigo or eos ichigo cutting mountains despite those forms being implied to be stronger. kubo also never had him do a getsuga tensho in that form; the form in general just seems out of place in the wider bleach canon and even aizen had the wrong idea about it, being under the assumption that ichigo traded in his spiritual power for physical strength. on the same note, ichigo is uncharacteristically inexpressive which i think contributes to the forms unique-ness for lack of better word, but you do see him drop the facade post mugetsu^^

there was a line i found interesting in deicide i can’t remember what ch it was (around 410-20 ish?) where aizen planned to kill ichigos human friends just to gauge ichigos reaction. i realize this is turning into a what if aizen won scenario au which could also also a potential ichiverse au idea

(you don’t have to incorporate these ideas btw, i just had to get my fixation on this form off my chest bcuz i barely see anyone talk about it 😭)

OOOOOH I LIKE THIS IDEA! theres so many different variations to explore. theres some fun ideas here especially concerning how i want the main theme of arc 2 to go. dangai ichigo is severely underrated somehow bc he gets overshadowed by mugetsu we dont even have a second dangai ichigo unit its so sad