#ikumi unagiya

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Dayum!! I'd gladly be a good boy for her and just do as she said...

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Seireitei Smashability Showdown: (Loser's) Round 5, Match 256

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Posted about Bleach a few times recently and it got me thinking about Ships for it so here are mine off the top of my head (may edit/add in more later).

Ichigo x Orihime: I like how the series didn't start with her already liking Ichigo but actually being afraid of him before her feelings did a 180 after getting to know Ichigo better and learning about him as a person.

Chad x Isane: Big man meets big(er?) woman. It must be so hard for Insane to find someone not intimated by her height, I found a height chart of just the shinigami and not counting the dog or the dead kenpachi there are very few characters taller than her.

Renji x his own hand: because he can fuck himself.

Ichigo x Yoruichi: She is a big tease / older woman & he is a hormonal teenager, which the series has absolutely depicted him as, usually when dealing with her teasing.

Ichigo x Rangiku: tried to seduce Ichigo, who has been depicted as the hormonal teenager he is, for a place to stay in the world of the living.

Ichigo x harem: as a descendant of the Soul King, via his mom, and the noble houses of Soul Society, via his dad, Ichigo has the most royal/noble blood in the series. A series where a third of reality has a very old mentality on nobility, so if they hadn't "made" a replacement (& the series wasn't pure Shonen), I could absolutely so Soul Society making Ichigo the new Soul King and forcing a harem on him in order to preserve the royal bloodline. I don't think he'd like it but I could see it happening.

Orihime x Tatsuki: in cannon best friends and I've had the errant thought that Tatsuki wished she was the one groping Orihime instead of Chizuru.

Orihime x Chizuru: I've had the errant thought that Orihime would chastise Tatsuki for stopping Chizuru with physical violence, because Orihime liked getting groped (& maybe even how public it was, she could be perverted, I rarely kink shame)

Tatsuki x Chizuru: I've had the errant thought that Tatsuki got so mad at Chizuru for groping Orihime because she wanted to be the one Chizuru was groping.

Tatsuki x Orihime x Chizuru: Poly Yuri + a combo of my reasoning for their individual pairings.

Yoruichi x Soi Fon: in cannon I think Yoruichi knows Soi Fon likes her but, despite being a flirt, she chose to keep their relationship professional due to the power imbalance of their families...but if Yoruichi didn't care about that...

Chizuru x (only when she's older) Yuzu: I always get budding pervert vibes from Yuzu so I can see her getting together the biggest pervert in the series.

Mizuiro x Ikumi Unagiya: He likes older women and she IS the series' resident MILF.

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Bleach Girls | Bleach TYBW Episode 10-11

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I love that Ikumi's first ever apperance is her beating the shit out of every gang member that were ready to throw down with Ichigo with 1 arm and then slamming Ichigo in her truck, kidnapping him in the process.

And Uryu is like: 🧍‍♂️

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She's just the best!

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Settei Bleach Thousand Year Blood War | Kisuke/Ikumi

⚠ None of these are mine; you can find them here :

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If WWX didn’t come back to life, I would’ve personally brought these two to Jin Ling.

Get him back upon the right path or whatever Left Eye said

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My top 5 Bleach women and why I love them: Part 1

(Some of this based on what makes them awesome, or how they're written. Also, this is Part 1 of the entire post, so it'll only show the first 3 characters, due to Tumblr's limit on how many links/media I can use.)

5/5. Ikumi Unagiya \~ Owner of Unagiya Shop

Why?

It’s an unique choice since she doesn’t get that much screen time compared to the others but I really think she’s got a fun personalty and somewhat of a good adult character in a shonen manga that doesn’t have many adults that’ll be there for the MC on an emotional level.

In the Fullbringer arc, she’s one of the only adults in Ichigo’s life who tries to be there for him even with her unawareness of shinigami and hollows. Ikumi still reminds him that he is a kid and he should be able to rely on her, and I think it’s really profound that she says this but Ichigo hasn’t ever really believed in that for most of his life.

Another underrated moment is her getting Ginjo to stop subtly upsetting Ichigo and made him leave her shop. Ginjo wasn’t even a villain at this point but Ikumi still knew the questions he was saying about Ichigo’s dad and his family were screwing with Ichigo’s mind. Maybe I’m giving her too much credit for being a reliable adult for a shonen manga, however it still puts her in my list.

Even in the TYBW arc, she’s still there to be a form of stability to Ichigo who goes through hell before visiting her. Her personality between a dependable, intuitive adult and a stubborn woman who kidnaps teenage employees in broad daylight is what stands out to me as a character.

4/5. Tier Harribel \~ Tres Espada

Why?

Her whole look with the jacket and the hollow mask is honestly pretty cool to see in the series and her serious, calm personality is nice to see among the Espada. Plus her motif as the ‘Espada of Sacrifice’ adds a whole new layer of her concern for her Fraccion, like Nel who was the former 3rd. Her sword release is also dope, “Tiburon”.

In the Arcancar arc, she only gets one main fight (which she got done dirty on) and then gets betrayed by Aizen, but at least I have to appreciate the moments throughout the arc that build her character.

Again, it’s really rare here to see an Arcancar care about their own considering the whole process of Hollows devouring each other from Menos Grande - Adgjunchas - Vasto Lordes. Plus, having the balls to go up to Head-Captain Yamamoto and say you’ll avenge your subordinates is pretty insane.

There is no world without sacrifice. Are you unaware? We are in a sea of blood, ashes floating in hell crying the name of a fading world. - Bleach Vol. 42

The series could have used her more outside of the Arcancar arc but in TYBW arc, she was the ruler of Hueco Mundo and saved Nel & friends from Yhwach. However, they forgot about her for the rest of the TYBW arc which I’m hoping the anime will fix, maybe adding a scene. In the timeskip, she’s adjusted to the role of it all and looks OP af, I personally love this look on her.

Appearance-wise, it’s obvious how stunning how she is honestly.

I used to think “Harribel” was her first name but Tier is actually her first name.

https://twitter.com/jessjessdraws - Artist who drew the Harribel sketch on bottom right panel.

3/5. Unohana Retsu \~ Squad 4 Captain and First Kenpachi

Why?

Almost every Bleach fan loves Unohana but besides the obvious mommy vibe she gives, I really appreciate the dual traits she's had. I really love how she’s a healing captain whose committed to the Gotei 13, and how it’s revealed later that she was one of the original Gotei 13 and the First Kenpachi. The way she holds herself from the beginning of her debut to her death, she always been caring to those she healed and worked with but held a intimidating demeanor around her.

Battle is everything - Bleach Vol. 59

Kubo’s character design is something that took me a while to realize there’s certain symbolism in it. Unohana’s mainstream design is much more meaningful when you find out the core of her character and how she started. The braid she puts her hair in resembles chains that Unohana put on herself to hide away her past of immense bloodlust as the First Kenpachi like the scar on her chest.

At the core of her character, fighting is everything to her considering the environment she’s grown in. The Soul Society and Yamamoto has harnessed her strength and killing prowess for the sake of protecting their interests. One of the themes of Bleach is the “The Heart” where many characters and groups have revolved around the belief of what the heart means to them. Unohana’s role in TYBW shows how her heart is centered around fighting and how her sin is the foundation of her persona as the kindhearted, healing Captain of Squad 4.

I always heard criticism about how Unohana got centered around Kenpachi and got killed for Kenpachi’s development, but I point to the overall themes of the story and how shinigami like Unohana who had to fight harshly to survive in the Rukon district. They often centered or associated themselves around another person who brings a feeling, emotion or sensation within them, that drives them to do actions in a story.

Learning healing kido to extend a fight for who knows how long is a pretty unique concept for the whole medical character trope. It’s so riveting to me that even through healing others, Unohana was helping the other shinigami live on for another fight which is something Kenpachi advocated to Ikkaku, besides doing her job. In her final battle, she was doing that not for Kenpachi but for the sake of the Soul Society’s survival. Thus, her heart and purpose might be with Kenpachi now, but she found meaning outside of her original role for centuries, and briefly enjoyed peace from being a fighter of bloodlust until the Wandenreich arrived.

@Mak_ai_ on Twitter is the artist who made the Unohana art with grey-black backgrounds and @srkbom108 on Twitter made the Unohana art that has red backgrounds to it. Check them out!

Bottom left art by @joranz1204 on Twitter and bottom right art by @Mak_ai_ on Twitter

Made by @rakusakugk on Twitter. Sorry about the whole art dump in this answer but I couldn’t help it lol, there’s just so much good Unohana art on the Internet, also I own none of the fan art here.

Hope you enjoyed it so far! Here's Part 2 of the post!

My top 5 Bleach women and why I love them: Part 2

Also, talking about her themes

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Bleach fun fact!

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Ikumi: Oh, come on I wasn’t *that* drunk at the party last night!

Ichigo: But you were totally wasted-

Ikumi: No, I wasn't!

Ichigo: ...You called a taxi home-

Ikumi, interrupts: Yeah, 'cause that's called being responsible!

Ichigo: Ikumi-san, the party was at your house.

Ikumi:

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Seireitei Smashability Showdown: Round 2, Match 170

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I KNOW they’re going to cut her out of next week’s episode and I’m so mad about the fact that it’s the right call.

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“From the moment I hired you, I’ve felt like a big sister to you.”

OMG HE DID?!???!

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Ikumi’s the best.

There was zero chance Ichigo was actually going to unburden himself to her-- even if he wasn’t a young man desperate to not be a “kid” relying on adults, she doesn’t have the superpowers that have been the fault line for all of Ichigo’s relationships thus far in the story. But you know...she’s hanging one hell of a lampshade on the superpowered adults who haven’t been giving Ichigo the time of day.