#it only takes one mistake for ichigo to get hurt irreparably. how many times has ichigo fallen over and hit his head? Got a concussion?

[mediumsizedpidegon]

i think yuzu deserves a little murder. as a treat.

[the-narwhals-awaken]

#this is about isshin: the man who decided that the best way to “teach” his son was to hit him when he least expected it.#I know bleach intends it to be funny slapstick but it really really isn't. isshin starts hitting his kid when he's NINE YEARS OLD.#and isshin is hitting ichigo as hard as he can. he's kicking him awake. this is not an environment a child can SURVIVE in much less an adul#it only takes one mistake for ichigo to get hurt irreparably. how many times has ichigo fallen over and hit his head? Got a concussion?#sprained or broken his bones? there is no world in which ichigo and his sisters who are WATCHING and unable to stop this#feel safe in isshin's house or with isshin.#the moment that isshin first hits ichigo is the moment that all three of them are orphaned. that's the moment where their father dies#and ichigo is the one who picks up the slack. he's the one who parents his siblings. Masaki dying destroys ichigo's childhood but#the first time isshin hits him is the moment that ichigo the child dies.#and imagine you're yuzu. you're yuzu who can't remember your mother and the word 'parent' makes you think of your older brother#and there's a man in your house. he's loud. he laughs a lot. and he hits your brother-parent without his smile budging an inch.#you can't remember your father but this is not him. he's dead. he died years ago.#There's a man in your house. And he's killing your brother. One day he's going to actually kill him.#so you have a choice: your brother or the man in your house.#it is a very easy choice

i think yuzu deserves a little murder. as a treat.

[mediumsizedpidegon]

This is about Isshin.

I know bleach intended the whole "surprise attack" thing Isshin does to Ichigo to be funny slapstick but it really really isn't. Isshin starts hitting his kid when he's NINE YEARS OLD. And Isshin is hitting Ichigo as hard as he can. he's kicking him awake. this is not an environment a child can SURVIVE in much less an adult

It only takes one mistake for Ichigo to get hurt irreparably. How many times has Ichigo fallen over and hit his head? Got a concussion?Sprained or broken his bones? There is no world in which Ichigo and his sisters who are WATCHING and unable to stop this feel safe in Isshin's house or with Isshin.

the moment that isshin first hits ichigo is the moment that all three of them are orphaned. that's the moment where their father dies.

and Ichigo is the one who picks up the slack. he's the one who parents his siblings. Masaki dying destroys Ichigo's childhood but the first time Isshin hits him is the moment that Ichigo the Child dies.

and imagine you're Yuzu. you're Yuzu who can't remember your mother and the word 'parent' makes you think of your older brother.

and there's a man in your house. he's loud. he laughs a lot.

and he hits your brother-parent without his smile budging an inch. you can't remember your father but this is not him. he's dead. he died years ago.

There's a man in your house. And he's killing your brother. One day he's going to actually kill him. So you have a choice: your brother or the man in your house.

It is a very easy choice.

(Kurosaki Isshin dies of an allergic reaction on a Tuesday. Ichigo and Karin don't notice because Yuzu has same allergic reaction, though she survives. The culprit were pastries covered in ground up almonds.

By the time that the hospital calls Isshin, they have fourteen suspicions and all of them are about abuse and neglect. He does not pick up the phone. Another emergency contact, Ishida Ryuuken, is called and he does pick up. He is also the one who goes to drag Isshin out of the clinic– how in the world did he miss his daughter going into anaphylaxis?– and finds a dead body instead.

No one suspects Yuzu. There was no way she knew about the allergy: she had an allergic reaction as well. Besides the hospital workers aren't feeling much sympathy for Isshin, not when his son is covered in bruises and treats his siblings like he's the parent, and his eight year old daughter cheerfully tells them that she does most of the cooking, and all three of them have haunted looks in their eyes.

They end up going home with Ishida Ryuuken. He is not a father at all, for all that he now has four children in his care, but none of the Kurosaki children mind. He doesn't hit Ichigo. He does his own dishes when he's in the house. He leaves them alone. The bar is low and he just passes it.

eventually the four of them– Ichigo, Uryuu, Karin, and Yuzu– get their own apartment because Ryuuken's house is empty empty empty.

But as it is currently, for the Kurosaki family of three four it is enough.)

i think yuzu deserves a little murder. as a treat.