#it’s just me and my unedited ramblings nbd

[unohanadaydreams]

One of the things I dislike the most about the fullbringer arc is the way the fights between xcution members and the shinigami give little consideration to who is fighting who and match them up based on looks, pretty much.

Like, if the shinigami had to be there and ruin the momentum of the arc, the least that could’ve been done is take some consideration toward both sides and make some fights like…..mean something.

All of this to say, these are who I wanted to see fight:

Kenpachi vs Yukio

First of all, imagine the unbridled joy that Kenpachi would feel upon seeing he’s been plunged into a space where he gets to cut down roomfuls of monsters. I imagine he’d be so into it, he’d say something about forcing Mayuri to make him something like Yukio’s video game room.

But also, Yukio is a very isolated boy who has trouble communicating with people. His hobby is video games because he can feel fulfilled and apart of something without needing to talk/portray himself “normally”. Imagine how much genuine fun he would start to have, challenging himself to make everything Kenpachi could want, in a genuine attempt to beat him. Not because he loves the thrill of battle because it’s…fun.

He’d start talking to Kenpachi and Yachiru without really realizing, talking trash, and pushing himself with a passion he rarely feels. Yachiru is clinging on to him and urging him on as they watch Kenpachi fight and he doesn’t care. It feels nice. It feels like the hug it is.

He loves playing video games but he loves doing it with other people more. And he doesn’t need to say that, for everyone else in the room to know.

Also Kenpachi popping out of the fullbring with one kid on each shoulder and being like “This kid is on to something. My morning routine just got fucking updated.”

Rukia vs Tsukishima

This would tie in SO well with Rukia’s previous fights and her struggle with her past failures. It would do so much to show that she’s grown even more—that she has more faith in herself and the circumstances that shaped her.

Likewise, Tsukishima would be forced to confront the idea that teachers leave their students. I want to see that struggle surrounding The possibility of a life without Ginjo SOONER. I want to see Tsukishima inserting himself into Rukia’s past, being taught alongside her under Kaien’s tutelage, and his faltering to be reflected by Rukia’s stalwart motion forward.

I want him to get lost in his own abilities, tears sliding down his face as he puts a sword through Ginjo. But wait? No, that was Rukia and…but how could she do that?

I want to see Rukia recognize what he’s struggling through and smile with understanding and bitterness and acceptance because that used to be her too but it’s not anymore. She isn’t just a student anymore, she’s Rukia Kuchiki and she keeps moving.

Ikkaku vs Riruka

Okay, this one is mostly because I want to see Ikkaku running around in a stuffed animal body after being like ‘I’m not gonna fight a human girl like wtf age a few hundred years wouldjya’

But also, I think it would be interesting to see Riruka faced with someone who loves to talk shit and will never shut up, even when it’s bad for them.

Like she’s so used to having the last word and I think she would really benefit from having an honest to god tantrum about this shitty stuffed animal who thinks she has way too much stuff and is just insulting absolutely everything she finds cute and worthy of keeping.

And he’s not even bothered by what’s she saying, he just keeps bringing up how some Yumichika guy always says something similar.

Ikkaku is like ‘seems like you just need some friends’ and Riruka is screaming for him to shut up through tears and this is officially the WORST therapy session anyone could ask for.

He still gets to tell Kenpachi he’s late for lecturing a kid too, so it’s a win.

Renji vs Moe

Okay, so Ikkaku vs Moe was probably the fight I liked the most because it had some good moments, but I think we could ramp it up more with these two.

Both Renji and Moe feel strongly about their captain/masters, they don’t consider themselves able to stand beside them. While Renji has grappled with this in previous arcs, Moe doesn’t even realize how much these feelings are festering inside of him.

I’d also imagine that Moe would feel very familiar to Renji. He’s rough and cocky and doesn’t think too hard about battle beyond showing off hard he can hit.

Besides the whole ‘would your master die for you’, I think it would be more valuable for Renji to ask ‘who are you even fighting for? What are you even doing here? Is this what Tsukishima has been teaching you—to punch trees and swords until you’ve left yourself defenseless?’

Also I want Renji to talk shit about Moe while he’s unconscious so that Rukia can hysterically laugh and ask him why he’s talking about himself ❤️

Byakuya vs Giriko

Okay, hear me out. Both of them wear something that has been inherited through generations and the story of their wives is perfectly antithetical.

Giriko was literally made to compare himself to Byakuya and blithely talk about killing his wife, touching upon something in the Kuchiki he definitely should’ve left alone. And he doesn’t even realize he’s done it.

And Byakuya keeps probing for further information like a masochist and we get one good memory panel of Hisana smiling when Giriko admits his wife died slowly.

It seems more dramatic than it should be but I like Byakuya for his melancholy and if I have to see a battle be about his noble pride, I want something out of it and this is my post.

Hitsugaya vs Jackie

So, this would be one of the quicker battles, because Jackie doesn’t love her fullbring, she just loves that she has people to depend on and love. Also she can only break ice for so long.

I also think that she would have a hard time fighting Hitsugaya because he does look like Yukio and if Jackie is anything, she’s a woman who feels compelled to look after the kids around her. If anything, it would REALLY make her face how she feels about Yukio and the others and how she wants to be with them no matter what.

I feel like Hitsugaya is someone that would really make her hone in to what she does and doesn’t want. She doesn’t want Yukio to end up like him. She doesn’t want to leave her found family. She doesn’t want to end up dead in dirty boots.

Also Jackie being like ‘I feel sort of ashamed for having Yukio pay for everything’ when Hitsugaya mentions how to undue his abilities and Hitsugaya is like ‘god I wish that was Matsumoto saying that to me’.

Tbh, Hitsugaya is really insular so I don’t think he would get much out of the fight. He would absolutely begrudgly let Jackie ruffle his hair and tell him ‘you’re not too bad, kid’ though.