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kr bleach twitter is a cursed place and people keep putting up screenshots of their favourite ship moments from wdkaly, and it just keeps reinforcing to me that ih’ers and rr’ers genuinely just, cannot read....? Last year I saw two pages of the novel where RR go to lodge their official marriage certificates, and it was a pretty chilling read. Today I saw a screenshot of the ih page (the ‘give me some time inoue’) page, and while it’s not quite as ‘what the fuck’ as the RR pages, it’s still. Uh. Y’all, I just feel sorry for them. THAT’S all they get??? THIS is their pinnacle ‘ih is canon’ moment??? I JUST FEEL SORRY FOR THEM SAKDJFHKAJSDFHAJHFDA

“Kuchiki-san was so pretty...” 

Orihime, who had no idea of Ichigo’s current mindstate, murmured seriously. 

“And the veil looked so good on her, too... haaa.....”

As though she was reliving the emotions of the moment again, Orihime had tears in the corners of her eyes. 

“Kurosaki-kun, thanks for taking the camera today! I’m looking forward to the photos.... I’m going to make an album and send it to everyone!” 

Orihime said, while smiling. Ichigo just replied “Mm,” with a hard expression. 

“.... What’s wrong, Kurosaki-kun?” 

Orihime asked with a worried expression. Ichigo shook his head and told her it was nothing. 

As they made small talk, the senkaimon came into view. The other three who had gone on ahead were already chatting in front of it. 

Ichigo took a deep breath. 

“Hey, Inoue.” 

He stopped, and looked at her. 

“Hm?”

Orihime tilted her head, and looked back at him. 

“I have.... something to say. Will you give me some time later?”

MA’AM. Granted, this is not as fucked as the rr excerpt that I saw, but MA’AM. THE AMBIGUITY.... THE DOUBLE MEANING...... i mean obviously ichigo being Gruff and Pained and A Man Of Few Words is supposed to show just how PRECIOUS she is to him and how he’s so afraid of fucking this up or whatever trite nonsense, but THE FACT THAT THIS COULD SO EASILY BE READ AS ICHIGO IN PAIN BC ORIHIME KEEPS MENTIONING RUKIA AND THAT VEIL AND THEN HE’S JUST STEELING HIMSELF TO DO SOMETHING UNPLEASANT.... AND HE COULDN’T EVEN GO THROUGH WITH IT SO HE JUST ENDED UP PUTTING IT OFF TO LATER WITH SOME AMBIGUOUS PHRASE. 

I mean i just don’t get it. I am really SERIOUSLY contemplating actually getting my hands on this novel because SURELY, in 200+ pages or something ridiculous, SURELY these pages aren’t the ‘GOTCHA’ that the ih’ers and rr’ers are losing their minds over???? in 200+ pages you saw THIS and you thought ‘ah yeah, the most IH page in the whole novel, showcases how cute they are together PERFECTLY, I’ll fangirl over this in public so other shippers can also see how perfect they are’???? If, in over 200 pages, THIS is your pinnacle IH moment and THAT was your pinnacle RR moment, then I’m not sure this novel is IH and RR at all. There’s a phrase in Korean, ‘intelligent anti’, and it basically means someone who pretends to fangirl over something but does so in an over-the-top manner that 1) puts other people off the thing and 2) points out the flaws of the thing, thereby subtly putting it down and honestly??????? WAS THIS NOVEL WRITTEN BY AN IH RR INTELLIGENT ANTI BECAUSE THE EXCERPTS SURE DO READ LIKE IT!!!! 

(I mean, I’m joking about this, but considering matsubara-san wrote honey dish rhapsody...) 

I think what I’m most incredulous about is the fact that they thought THIS was the moment most worthy of being screenshotted and put on twitter. Like I keep saying, I haven’t read the novel, I don’t know if the rest of the novel is chock full of them making gooey eyes at each other or something. But if it is, why would you screenshot this part and fangirl over it???? Would you not screenshot the blatant gooey-eyes scenes??? Would you not want to rub it in our face that look, yes, they’re in love! after years of being told otherwise?? Would you not want the most obvious confirmation of their fatedness or whatever other bs???? And instead, you screenshot this? Orihime prattling on as usual and Ichigo acting constipated and barely replying to her???? You really thought in 200+ pages this was the BEST interaction they had, worthy of being screenshotted and fangirled over????????

anyway man at this point i genuinely just am sorry for them. Like damn. my condolences for the loss of your reading comprehension. I know it died like 20 years ago, clearly, but damn. Shit still sucks.