#masaki's parents

[iamumbra195]

As much as I love the idea of Ichigo being adopted by the Shibas after Time Traveling to the turn back the pendulum era, I don't want him to change his name or an integral part of his identity for that particular cover. Having the name Kurosaki, especially with it's connection to his mother, means a lot to him and the Shibas, regardless of the fact that they are family as well are not his in a way his mom and dad-- who he knew as a Kurosaki, not a Shiba-- and sisters are.

Give me an Ichigo who clings to his real name and then goes to the human world soon after he joins the gotei because he hasn't quite built up the reputation he needs to become lieutenant/captain, looking through this century old version of Karakura only to bump into a woman who looks just like his mother, give or take a few years and orange hair a few shades darker than his own and he can't breathe for a moment because he has no idea who she is but he can't help but stare because how long has it been since he's seen that face?

Give me his maternal grandmother (my hc is that she has masaki in her late forties despite the fact that she had given up on the idea of having children at than point and then she, her husband and the rest Kurosaki clan were captured by Mayuri and the Shinigami for experimentation and then killed, resulting in Masaki being given to the Ishida's at a young age) meeting him and immediately being wary because this is a shinigami but also... something and she doesn't know how to feel about him because his spirit ribbon is nothing like the bloody crimson of Shinigami or the rotting black of hollows or the royal blue of Quincy but an odd ever-shifting ribbon that she didn't know the name of

Give me an Ichigo who meets his family from his mother's side and most of them turn their nose up at him because he's not a pureblooded quincy, because he is tainted by hollow and shinigami reiatsu alike but it's nothing new to him and the only ppl he really wants to get to know-- his grandparents-- are still willing to talk to him

Give me an Ichigo who visits with his grandmother (Kurosaki Rin) and after she gets to know him and trusts him a little more, begins teaching him little quincy tricks he'd occasionally seen Ishida or the other Quincy use but never knew how to use them.

Give me an Ichigo who learns how to summon a reishi sword in gigai and learns quincy history he never learnt before

Give me an Ichigo who loves literature as much as his grandfather (Kurosaki Yoichi) and they bond over that and the fact that his grandfather was a well known author in his times and his works had been amongst Ichigo's favourite because his mom had always read them and after she died, he had got his hands on them and read them over and over until he wore the pages down despite the fact that he wasn't quite old enough to understand what was going on in those pages

Give me an Ichigo who forms relations with the quincy side of his family and not only the shibas

that concludes my rant

[aurora-313]

I never understood why there had to be such a massive conspiracy around Masaki. It detracts from the tragedy of Memories In The Rain and Ichigo's character as a whole that she was a Quincy.

Look at that flashback objectively if Masaki were a powerless human:

It's bucketing down rain, a deluge in the middle of monsoon season. You're eager to get your son home from his karate practice. Conditions are dreadful but as long as you're on concrete, you're both okay. Then your son suddenly stops. Something only he claims he can see catches his attention. You've indulged his talk about ghosts because he's a boy, he's allowed to have an imaginary friend and its never harmed anyone. But suddenly, your son's shouting. Launching into a full sprint down that steep slippery hill, at the base of which is a dangerous rushing river. Or potentially slip on a loose bit of stone or root, and break his neck. You can't see what he sees. As far as you're aware, your son's taken absolute leave of his senses and is charging headlong into a certainly fatal situation. Naturally, your response would be to freak out and throw yourself after your son, hoping to catch him before he could jump into the water, very probably drowning. Then CHOMP. Hollow chow.

Revealing Masaki was a Quincy is irreparably cheapening her death.

Let's pretend for a second Grand Fisher wasn't there. And the same thought process outlined above occurs.

In an attempt to stop Ichigo running down the hill, Masaki could've slipped, fallen and broke her neck instead. Or took a bad tumble, ending with a fatal blow to the head. The effect on Ichigo would've been the same. He would've developed a massive guilt complex because his tragedy of impulse caused his mother's death.

That is the whole crux of Ichigo's guilt. His actions caused this outcome. And it was the hardest lesson he had to learn.

Grand Fisher or no, if Ichigo hadn't acted the way he did, if he hadn't tried to save the 'girl' from falling into the river, then his mother wouldn't have died in the first place.

Revealing Masaki as a Quincy, and that her powers were """conveniently""" stolen at exactly the time she needed them most, completely invalidates the human randomness, tragedy and relatability of that death.

It invalidates the guilt that drives 99% of Ichigo's character and actions. That same guilt, now predicated on false pretenses, fueled his desire to protect, to suffer through hell if it meant he could protect the people he cared about (at times to their detriments). Especially since that desire can rage dangerously out of control, and at one point literally got Ichigo killed and reanimated as a monstrous hollow hellbent on destroying everything around it, muttering 'protect, protect, protect' like a zombie.

It's a flaw Ichigo had to overcome by coming to terms with it and using it to as motivation in a healthier manner. Not be absolved of.

A prime example of a character carrying their guilt and growing past it done well is Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist/Brotherhood.

Edward and Alphonse never got over Nina and Alexander. They were never absolved of their guilt. Its a mark permanently etched in their collective psyches and reconciling with the fact alchemy could be used in such vile ways drove a huge part of their early characters.

What they did was learn to grieve and cope and move on with it as motivation. They vowed never to allow that kind of monstrosity to happen again. Even when Ed's about to give up his alchemy forever, he declares 'I'm just a simple human who couldn't save a little girl. Not even with alchemy.'

Rather than have Ichigo go through a journey like this, EBTR removes the burden of guilt from Ichigo's shoulders completely when Isshin tells him "No, it wasn't your iconic recklessness that got your mother killed. It was an ancient prophecy and you never should've felt guilty in the first place."

Isshin may as well have said "Everything you believed about yourself since the moment you were born is a lie. The foundation of your personality since you were 9 is a lie. Have fun finding a therapist to deal with the crippling psychological ramifications of that bombshell, but do it after you win another war for us."

It irreparably damages Masaki, and by extension Ichigo's and Isshin's, characters that she had powers.

If Masaki was a Quincy from the jump. Cool, why didn't she teach Ichigo basic control of his reiryoku? Or how to tell the living from the dead - something Ichigo canonically struggled with for as long as he could remember? Basic safety measures that would've avoided those kinds of situations in the first place.

You don't wait until a toddler get splattered by cars before telling them not to play in a busy road, or not to stick a fork in a power point after they've been electrocuted and rushed to the hospital. You teach them rules and install safety measures to prevent those situations in the first place.

There's four main interpretations I take from Masaki's decision to willfully neglect Ichigo's education in the spirit arts:

Well-meaning but naïve and frankly reckless desire to preserve Ichigo's innocence for as long as possible. Fair and the most benign explanation.

Threatened into maintaining her silence by either Kisuke or Isshin (or both depending how generous I feel), lest the seal on her hollowfication "mysteriously" weaken.

Realizing she was a dead woman walking since been bitten by White, Masaki partook in the conspiracy to turn Ichigo into a living weapon and purposefully martyred herself to make it happen.

Masaki having powers is the cosmic retcon of retcons and Kubo didn't think about the implications of his own writing...

If Masaki absolutely HAD to be a Quincy for the sake of turning Ichigo into Aizen's gary stu project, then fine.Yhwach's influence should've been kept far FAR away from it.

Maybe Masaki couldn't use her powers because if she tried, it would've destroyed the seal keeping the hollowfication in check. When Grand Fisher emerged, she baited it to kill her instead.

"Oh, but we need to explain why Ichigo's so powerful."

Ichigo's sperm donor is an ex-Captain and member of one of the royal families, who are noted to have above average base stats. His powers took a hollow aspect thanks to the encroachment temporarily transforming him into a hollow at the base of shattered shaft. Hollowfied Shinigami are naturally stronger (on paper) than their non-hybrid counterparts.

"Why does he two spirits?" The awakening of his power was so fractious it literally splintered into its component pieces. The hollow is the repressed parts of Ichigo's, so its a psychopathic reflection of himself. The old man is the other half of his soul realising the best way to get through to Ichigo is by giving him actual fucking parent.

Sometimes Occam's Razor is the best solution.

[paraliveimaginesblog]

Can I request general parent headcanons (like you did with Shion) but with Hokusai, Ryu, Cozmez and Reo (if you’re okay with it!)

(I do have this written for cozmez already, if you have anything more specific you'd like to see from them pls feel free to send in another ask~!

also for the sake of this ask Reo IS over the age of 18)

Hokusai Masaki:

Hokusai wants to hold your baby every hour of the day. He thinks they’re so cute that he can’t get enough of them, staring at them longingly when they’re settled in their crib asleep. You didn’t mind handing the baby off to him to be fed or rocked to sleep if the time called for it, but the older they got the more you had to warn him about spoiling too much. If he rocked them to sleep every single night then that would be the only way they’d sleep, but he didn’t seem bothered by that, saying he’d be there to do it no matter what.

He's a protective dad. There’s no one that can mess with his kid (family-excluded, as the light-hearted teasing wasn’t anything he was worried about). If there’s any type of bullying or a situation that leaves your kid in tears you can see the papa bear mode turn on, having to get in front of him and remind him that his actions also effected his child. He knew that all too well but he made a point of speaking to teachers or the principal with an unwavering tone, stating he expected something to be done to punish the person who upset his baby.

Reo Maruyama:

Since Reo is spoiled it’s obvious that his child would be spoiled too! It’s not quite a competition (Reo is the king of being spoiled after all) but he makes sure to get double the goods so his baby is taken care of too. He loved dressing them in the cutest clothes and taking them out on the town, eating the best baby food a little one could ever want – he’ll give them the world so they’ll never accept anything less!

Very wary about shoving a camera in his baby’s face, just from his own personal experience, but he still wants to be able to look back on memories and share them with his child when they’re older. Normally the others are good at sneaking a picture here or there, keeping the flash off and doing so without taking Reo out of the moment, just because they know he’s saddened from not having as many picture memories as he’d like. He always lets them know the moments he would like captured, just in case they were worried about pushing his buttons and randomly taking pictures, and he’s glad the rest of his family are still willing to help him out.

[faethewitch]

Wholesome Bleach Headcanons (5/?):

Kazui is a daddy’s boy. Since Ichigo works from home he tries give Kazui the care his dad never after Masaki died. Ichigo takes long lunch breaks and takes Kazui to visit Orihime at the bakery when she’s working, and they often stop at a park and eat lunch (either pastries from the bakery or whatever Orihime cooked that morning). Kazui enjoys swinging from Ichigo’s arms, and riding on his shoulders as they walk around town during Ichigo’s breaks.

[mediumsizedpidegon]

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

[pocketramblr]

The devil: ok now write wybsk from tensei's point of view

[aaamike]

I’d read a romance manga about these two... Part 2

[berrymascarpone]

Thoughts on this week’s episode

1) Ichigo and Isshin’s relationship is so fascinating to me. I want to simultaneously put it in a jar and shake it, and dissect it under a microscope. Isshin might be a tight-lipped bastard about crucial elements of Ichigo’s past, but Ichigo also seems to trust his judgement, in that he did tell Isshin to only tell him when he thinks Ichigo is ready for it.

2) 🥺🥺Masaki my beloved…

3) Masaki and Ryuuken are emotionally repressed in exact opposite ways lol

4) Love to see Aizen up to his dastardly deeds again. It’s interesting how Aizen phrases the way White “chooses” a Quincy to pass the Hollowfication on to. How much agency does White have at this point? Quincies seem to be a dead end for Hollowfication, in that they’re totally incompatible, so was it bad luck or a conscious attempt at total self-destruction?

5) When Masaki wonders if all Shinigami are like Isshin…no…they’re not…they’re definitely not all like him…you should probably stay away from most of them…

[lesbiansanemi]

Also the parallels between Isshin saving Masaki from Shiro and then Ichigo saving Rukia from execution… oh that’s… something… shame Kubo never did anything cool with it

[aurora-313]

A dark thought I've had in my more uncharitable moods is I don't know what is more appalling:

Masaki being in on the plan and purposefully martyring herself to cultivate Ichigo's traumatic hero complex allowing Kisuke to mold him for the plan to defeat Aizen.

Masaki being adamantly against the plan, refusing to use her son like how the Ishida family wished to use her, and her death was a tragically fortuitous event that removed the final obstacle to Kisuke and Isshin proceeding.

Morbidity aside, the issue I have with the whole incident and Masaki being a quincy in general is the concept of auswählen itself.

Auswählen is meant to drain the power from the unworthy quincy or the mixed-blood Quincy. As a side effect a silver clot forms in their heart, ensuring that even if they survive the extraction they'll die shortly after which sends their soul to Yhwach as well.

With that in mind: Ichigo is the furthest thing from pureblood there is to be. By virtue of having a hollow inside him, he is tainted by the very thing the Quincy are compelled to destroy as a matter of pure survival.

One: Why didn't he die of heart failure at age 7 due to auswählen's after effects? Because as the epitome of impurity Ichigo would and should have been auto targeted.

Two: Why didn't Yhwach go after his soul specifically?

Ichigo is a manufactured second coming. Everyone in his life knows he has godly potential. Wouldn't that be more incentive for Isshin to rush to the scene and get Ichigo out of dodge? Or have Kisuke on standby for that matter? (presuming Kisuke wasn't the one to sicc the hollow on Masaki in the first place. Wouldn't put it past him...)

Imagine the devastation Grand Fisher would reap if he devoured a soul that rich in power. He'd been evading shinigami for five decades at that point. With the power of a vulnerable young Ichigo, he'd be damned near unstoppable. And they already had two gods to deal with, did they really need a third?

Its almost like everything after Deicide was pulled out of Kubo's ass and he didn't consider the implications of his own writing at all... what else is new?

[gallusrostromegalus]

How old's everyone by the time canon bleach rolls around?

Well that's an interesting question that I have devoted way too much thought to.

Most people in soul society age at the normal pace of one year per year, so they only have One Age, but even a tiny excess of spiritual energy can make some age much slower, and in Seireitei, which is full of Spiritually Potent People, most people have two ages- Calendar and Living Age. Calendar is how many years someone has existed, Living is approximately what developmental age they're at. Most Shinigami age at about one year for every 2-5 Lived, with average "died of natural causes and not in the line of duty" lifespans coming to 200-400 years. Power Level has a HEAVY Inverse correlation to aging, but once you hit the power levels associated with Seated officers and captains, things get Weird. Also fatal. Very few captains have died of Natural Causes.

But re: Everyone's ages in June 2000, when the series starts under the cut:

Karakura Gang:

The Kids are not dead yet, so not Subject to the extended lifepsans yet, but I did age everyone up a bit- Ichigo and his Human Friends are all Juniors in High school- age 17... ish.

Ichigo's 18th birthday occurs a couple weeks after he meets Rukia. He was held back from starting Kindergarten for a year because he was too short to reach the drinking fountains.

Chad was tall and his parents were both working full time so his mom persuaded his school to let him in early, so Chad only had his 17th birthday the month before he meets Rukia.

Kon: CA: 132 (9 years in his body) LA: 3, but in cat years, so really more like 22 in human years. An grad student in charge of a pack of teenagers.

Rukia: A Member of the Karakura Gang by association (i.e. my staging notes), Rukia is CA: 73 and LA: 20. She and Renji entered the academy when they were CA:25 and LA: 16. Like many high-powered shinigami, her rate of aging is slowing as she accumulates power, so she will likely live to see at least 500 (unless something happens)

Renji: See: Rukia. Rukia is eight months older than Renji and NEVER lets him forget it.

Kisuke Urahara: CA: 328 LA: 32.4545454545- Urahara is aging at one year for every 11 lived which pleases him because at least once a century his ages will line up and he'll have a straight shot of numbers and that's CLEARLY an excuse to have a MEGA birthday party and give him extra presents! He'll be 333 AND 33 in 2005, so Ichigo should start planning his surprise party!

Yoruichi Shihoin: CA: 329 LA: 28 Yoruichi is 365 days older than Kisuke (He was born in 1672) a leap year) and NEVER lets him forget it.

Isshin Shiba: CA: UUUH- LA: UUUUUUUH- Isshin Shiba was born to the Shiba Clan in 1846, was 154 when he vanished in 1980, appears to be in his mid-forties now, and can only actually REMEMBER the last 20 years of his life with any Clarity. The battle with White left his soul so damaged that when he fused with Masaki, he lost all his spiritual powers and forgot damn near everything- he remembers his given name, the name and face of Kaien Shiba but not how he knows him, that shinigami and hollows exist... but when he overheard Ryuken Ishida lying to the hospital staff that this was his friend from medical school who had been in a terrible car accident, he believed him, and assumed he WAS a doctor that had been in a terrible accident. Masaki was just as frightened of the Shinigami coming after the Quincy. While she could keep her relatives at bay, she couldn't fool the shinigami, so she asked the others to make sure Isshin never tried to return to spirit world... and they went along with it. As far as Isshin knows, Urahara was a guy he worked for as a teenager who helped him set up shop as a doctor after the accident. Yoruichi really is someone he used to be on the intramural volleyball team with back in college. Shinji is some guy who knew his parents, and decided to stay a friend of the family even after after they died in the accident. He and Masaki were married in a beautiful ceremony some weeks ago... Shame they lost all the pictures... Ichigo's promotion to Substitute Shinigami and the confrontation about "You used to be a CAPTAIN?? Why didn't you warn me and the twins about anything???" is one HELL of a shock for him.

Soul Society:

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto: CA: 2,146 LA: 75 He was enjoying a Long Prime Middle Age until his Divorce in 1196, at which point he went bald, went gray and lost a significant amount of his muscle mass in under a decade, and has looked like an Old Man since.

Chojiro Sasakibe: CA: 1,358 LA: 66 (debated). Chojiro was barely 100 years old when he turned up at Yamamoto's Post Officer Self-Defense Dojo and refused to leave. His Lived Age is a secret known only to Unohana- the debate rages because Sasakibe was born with his Silver Fox hair, and with that removed, shows very little signs of aging. He insists he "-Just keep myself very well." and refuses to elaborate. He has a standing agreement with the SWA that his LA over various years may be revealed after he dies, so they may let people lay bets, on the condition that they give him a percentage when laid to support his Black Tea Habit.

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Soi Fon: CA: 201 LA: 29 Soi Fon has genetically terrific skin and if her mother is any indication, she'll look like a twentysomething until she hits menopause. THEN she'll look like a Silver Fox.

Marechiyo Omaeda: CA: 102 LA: 24 Omaeda has only been Lieutenant for 14 years, taking over the position early after his father (the previous 2nd Division lieutenant) had an extremely unexpected stroke. He's recovering well, but doesn't want to return because he's so proud of Marechiyo.

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Ichimaru Gin: CA:DEBATABLE, but at least 357 LA: 21 Gin has several days that *could* count as his "Birthday" but he's existed in his current body for as long as Rangiku has known him.

Rojuro "Rose" Otoribashi: CA: 312 LA: 37 Rose was promoted to captain a bare 2 years ago when TBTP happens, and is considered Young for a captain. In terms of Living Age, he's one of the oldest Visored.

Izuru Kira: CA: 89 LA: 23 He was a bit older than Rukia and Renji in CA and LA when he entered the Academy. He could have entered sooner but he was the sole caregiver for both his parents, who died premature deaths of chronic illnesses.

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Retsu Unohana: CA: 804 LA: "As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth." According to the official records, Retsu Unohana enrolled in Shin'o Academy in 1198, and when asked her age, said "I became as I am last year" Which the intake officer interpreted to mean that she died and appeared as an adult in Spirit World in 1197, and she has absolutely failed to correct that misconception. Or update the public records regarding her age.

Yachiru Unohana: CA 1,497 LA: 37 To her credit, Unohana DID die when she was 17 and appeared in the afterlife at the age she died at. Then she barely aged by the time Yamamoto recruited her in 998. She served as Kenpachi of the 11th Divisison for 199 years, until her battle with an as-yet-unnamed young man in 1197. Shortly after her 200th year as Kenpachi passed, she came to terms with the fact she was no longer the fighter she was, and fell in battle to her lieutenant. With that, "Yachiru" Unohana died, and the following day she enrolled in the academy under the name Retsu to study medicine.

Isane Koetetsu: CA: 282 LA: 28 Isane and her sister Kiyone are unusual for Shinigami in that the Koetesu clan has some of the slowest-aging shinigami in it, and the slowed aging STARTS as infants. Isane couldn't even enroll in Shin'o Academy until her 100th birthday, and even then she needed special dispensation to let what was functionally a 10-year old take college classes.

Hanataro Yamada: CA: 141 LA: 23 Hanataro is the younger brother of Former 4th div Lieutenant Seinosuke Yamada, who now runs the Seireitei Medical Center i.e. The Rich Bitch Hospital. Hanataro entered the academy at a very young age like Isane and graduated with honors, but people tend to compare him to his more accomplished older brother, which both of them think is Unfair seeing as Seinosuke is a whole 112 years older than him. Hanatarou started in the 4th division at the tender age of 42/14, and some of the other medics decided to prank the lieutenant's baby brother by sending him to do the initial medical checkup of newly-appointed 11th division captain Zaraki. When he failed to return for six hours, Seinosuke went into a panicked rage and ran to the 11th, ready to make Zaraki the shortest-serving captain ever if need be, only to discover Hanataro patiently vaccinating and enthusiastic Zaraki for EVERYTHING, a process that was taking a while because Zaraki's spiritual pressure kept breaking the needles. Hanataro has been the 11th Division Pocket Medic ever since, to the detriment of Seinosuke's blood pressure. Zaraki encouraged his interest in Toxicology by bringing him dozens of venomous snakes to milk while on field expeditions, also much to the detriment of Seinosuke's blood pressure.

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Sosuke Aizen: CA: 432 LA: 47 Aizen was born an identical twin, but was the only brother to inherit any spiritual powers. The boy's mother was caught and killed by an enraged shopkeep stealing food to feed a half-starving Sosuke when they were young children. The boys managed to get jobs in another city working at a candy store, and did so well that the owner left the store to them when he retired. Sosuke's marketing talents and Sosato's culinary skills made "My Brother's Candy" a wild success, and soon they were opening franchise stores, and became popular minor celebrities in their district. Sosuke even married and had children- and grand children, and was an active member of his district government and merchants council, personally opening up several schools and water treatment facilities. Then, shortly after he and Sosato celebrated their 88th birthday, tragedy struck. There was a massive flood that lead to a massive crop failure that lead to a massive disease outbreak, which lead to major political upheaval, which lead to Sosuke and his brother having to flee their home. Unfortunately, Sosato dearly loved his brother, and when the hail of arrows came down on them from the soldiers pursing the civilians, Sosato decided that he was near the end of his life anyway, while Sosuke- still functionally in his 20's- had so much to live for, and put himself between his brother and the onslaught. And so Sosuke Aizen went from Revered Councilor, Celebrated Candymaker, beloved Great-grandfather and Twin to an Exile and the sole survivor of his name. He joined the Shinigami, determined to make the Soul Society a better place where what happened to him would never happen again- only to discover that he was at the mercy of a corrupt and incompetent government, and worse, an apparently uncaring God. Until one night when he had a dream- all the pieces of his study of Kido came together and he realized there WAS a way to fix all this- He just had to become God. With that, Gin slithered away into the night and deep into the far districts, so he could assume a human form and forge an identity Aizen wouldn't question when they met back up again.

Shinji Hirako: CA: 412 LA: 31 Shinji genuinely thought he could get away with impersonating a high schooler to spy on Ichigo- after all, he still looked like he was what, 22? With the right clothes and some recent slang- "Why is there some creepy old guy wearing the school uniform?" Ichigo asks his friends the second he sees Shinji. "He looks like some kind of weird hipster who's trying to relive his youth." Sighs Mizurio. "-Or a really deluded pervert who thinks he can sneak into the locker room." says Tatsuki, cracking her knuckles. "He doesn't look THAT old-" Keigo protests, and there is the briefest glimmer of hope for Shinji's Ego. "-Maybe he's some kind of super-senior who got held back a bunch because he's dumb as a brick." Shinji crumples to the ground, defeated by the direct hits to his insecurities.

Hinamori Momo: CA: 66 LA: 26 Momo has an extreme case of babyface but is secretly ripped under her uniform and well on her way to MILFdom from the waist down. The first time Hiyori sees her in shorts is a psychological and spiritual awakening.

Hiyori Sarugaki: CA: 126 LA: 20 Hiyori is the youngest Living Age and slowest-aging visored. She gets mad about her youthful appearance but also uses it to get children's discounts at theme parks.

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Byakuya Kuchiki: CA: 181 LA: 26 Byakuya was married quite young, and Widowed soon after. He's still in his prime, and exceptionally hale for a Kuchiki- Despite the exceptional spiritual power of the clan, the centuries of inbreeding have given them severe health issues and very short lifespans for their power. Byakuya's grandfather Ginrei only lived to 486, and his father Sojun died at 200 from Hemophillia. Byakuya is still working up the nerve to tell Rukia that she will likely outlive him by a considerable margin, and the fact that Rukia hasn't got a nibling to spoil was His medical problem, not Hisana's.

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Sajin Komamura: CA: 712 LA: 22 Komamura is somehow both Older AND Younger than everyone thinks he is, and that's not even getting into the "Wait, is that in human years or wolf years?" Debacle. When Yamamoto met Sajin for the first time in the 1400's he was extremely impressed with the giant warriors skill and courage, and before Sajin had a chance to greet him properly, asked the warrior to join his Academy. "I- I'm really old but I'm actually eight." came the voice of a small boy from behind the helmet and Yamamoto had to go stand with his face pressed into the wall for a minute.

Love Aikawa: CA:345 LA:33 Love Aikawa is one of the few shinigami who came into his spiritual powers so fast that he did NOT have a creer before becoming a Shinigami.

Tetsuzaemon Iba: CA: 154 LA: 30 Testsuzaemon was still a small boy when Komamura was appointed to the third seat of the first division, and got to know his mother Chikane Iba. Chikane worked extremely hard, but held Yamamoto in high regard, and Komamura in similar regard by extension. So now Tetsuzaemon is lieutenant to a man he still secretly thinks of as his "Favorite Babysitter".

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Shunsui Kyoraku: CA: 856 LA: 48 Shunsui was forced to join the academy before his 100th birthday by his noble family because they had not actually planned on actually having a third son survive to adulthood and didn't really know what to do with him. Both Shunsui and Ukitake are old enough to remember when Unohana was still Yachiru, and Shut The Fuck Up about that fact.

Nanao Ise: CA: 141 LA: 28 When she first arrives in Seireitei, Yachiru Kusajishi is LA Eight, and quickly makes friends with Nanao, who is the other little girl close to her age with spiritual powers: "You're my baby sister now, but you'll be my Big sister sooner than later." Yachiru explained. "What do you mean?" Nanao blinked at her. "You're what, Living Age Seven, right?" Yachiru asked, squinting at her. "Yeah, but I'm really Forty-One!" Nanao insisted. It bothered her when people refused to take her seriously because of her age. "Right. I'm like Living Age Eight, so I'm your big sister. But I'm actually Four hundred and six." "…What?" Nanao gaped. "but, but that means you must be aging at…" She frowned, trying to do long division in her head. "-I age about one year for every fifty lived, yeah." "You- oh god." Nanao realized. "You outlive everyone you know." "Not everyone! Ken-chan and I are both aging at the same pace." Yachiru explained, wobbling a bit as she walked the log over the creek. "I guess I'm lucky- there aren't that many of us who age this slow so most of us don't have anybody who's really a 'life-long' companion, and I might be only one with a parent that's got a similar lifespan!" She grinned. "I age at about one for five, so in- ...in less than ten years I'll be older than you." Nanao hummed with concern. "Yep! But until then, you have to do everything your Big Sister says!" Yachiru grinned.

Lisa Yadomaru: CA: 427 LA: 36 Even though they're not REMOTELY related, Lisa bonded very strongly to Nanao when she was Shunsui's lieutenant. This causes some dispute with Yachiru when she returns to Soul Society because according to yachiru, Nanao is her Little Big Sister, owing to the difference in CA, to therefore Lisa is her Big-Big Little Sister, and Lisa thinks she doesn't have to support Yachiru's Candy Habit.

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Kaname Tousen: Calendar age: 499 LA: 32 After the events of the Winter War, during which Kaname turned 500, Kaname disputes that he is only 350, because he spent the last 150 years under Aizen's Curse and "-You call that living?" Everyone (except Sajin) regularly forgets when Kaname's birthday is because he doesn't celebrate it- it was also his sister Kakiyo's birthday and he hasn't really felt like 'celebrating' since she was murdered, and Ichigo is the first person to REALLY understand his feelings on the matter, his own mother dyind so close to his birthday and how visiting her Memorial wasn't exactly a celebration, but it wasn't exactly mourning either.

Shuuhei Hisagi: CA:119 LA: 27 Renji entered the Academy the year Shuuhei was due to Graduate and still thinks of Shuuhei as his "Senpai". Shuuhei entered the academy the same year Rangiku was due to graduate, and still thinks of her as his "Senpai". Renji once called Rangiku his "Grand-Senpai" She and Shuuhei both beat him with shoes about it.

Kensei Muguruma: CA:469 LA: 29 Kensei supports Kaname's declaration that he's only 350 because finding out Kaname is older than him brings up all the insecurities Kensei developed from being the MUCH younger brother to five sisters, and he can't handle being "The Baby" again.

Mashiro Kuna: CA: 506 LA: 25 It took 47 rounds of Janken with Yachiru for Mashiro to finally be the first to get to three victories and declare herself The Biggest Sister. She also saw Kensei's meltdown about Kaname being older than him and is quietly holding onto the fact she's older than both of them until the moment it will cause her beloved captain the maximum amount of Psychological Damage.

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Rangiku Matsumoto: CA: 357 LA: 29 Rangiku measures her Calendar Age from the date she appeared in Soul Society at age 14, which is an accepted practice, but sometimes people want to add their years in the living world as well. Rangiku supports Kaname's claim to be 350 because they let HER knock 14 years off her CA for an even more arbitrary reason, and also it means she doesn't have to get him a belated 500th Birthday gift for another 150 years.

Toshiro Hitsugaya: CA: 60 LA: 12 Hitsugaya is FAR AND AWAY the youngest Shinigami to achieve a seated officer's position by any age, and this was 100% done as a political maneuver by Yamamoto. Hitsugaya is no Slouch- he graduated salutatorian of his class and is the youngest person ever to achieve Bankai, but Yamamoto slapped him into the lieutenant's position 20 years ago (Hitsugaya graduated within weeks of Isshin Shiba's Disappearance) SPECIFICALLY to put Rangiku between him and any unscrupulous noble houses looking to forcibly adopt him/marry him to a spare heir/straight-up kidnap Hitsugaya to prop up their failing genetic lines. One of the clans tried it anyway and the resulting smoking crater where the clan compound used to be put the fear of Haineko into everyone and has so far discouraged further attempts.

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Kenpachi Zaraki: CA: 1,477* LA: 42 Like Gin, Zaraki has several dates that could count as the start of his existence, but when asked how old he was at the first moon-viewing party he went to- "...How d'ya guys measure that?" Zaraki asked, studying Shunsui with his good eye in a way that made the hair on the back of his neck prickle. "Uh- well, for most people, it's when you were Born in Soul Society, but if you died and appeared here it's the day you first existed in Soul Society." he explained, feeling like he was missing an important dimension to the question. "Oh! In that case I'm- wait, shit. What day is it today?" "It's November 18th." Unohana smiled. "Ah, fuck! With all the chaos I forgot-!" Zaraki laughed. "Turned 1,377 last Monday." The assembled Shinigami all stared blanky, save for Unohana, who appeared to be trying to not laugh into her cup. "I'm sorry, I'm not sure I heard that correctly..?" Jushiro asked, entirely sure he had. "One Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Seven." Zaraki repeated slowly, grin cracking across his face. "-Can't say I've done as good a job lookin' after myself as Sasakibe here though." "I- good heavens! The only person you're younger than is Yamamoto himself!" Aizen exclaimed, eyes wide behind his glasses. Zaraki frowned at that for a moment and then nodded. "...If you say so." Unohana made a small snuffling noise as she tried to not snort sake up her nose laughing. "How old are YOU, Mr. Glasses?" Yachiru asked. "Hm? Oh, I'm 332! And how old are y-" Aizen began to reply before he was interrupted by Yachiru jabbing her finger into the tip of his nose, cackling. "HAH! you're seventy- uh- seventy four years younger than me! You're a little baby man!" She clapped her hands with glee. "Unohana-sama? Are you alright?" Ukitake asked as the chief medic coughed suddenly. "I'm having a great time!" She wheezed, eyes watering from accidentally inhaling her drink.

Yachiru Kusajishi: CA: 506 LA: 10 Yachiru was Very Loved by her parents. Zaraki tells her this. When he found her, he found her in an otherwise abandoned house, with her parents, who had obviously died protecting her from the late-winter cold snap. She was still in her mother and father's arms when he came to investigate her cries. Her parents were wearing kimono that had the bottom third cut off, just above their knees, even though it was the middle of winter. She was wearing a double-layered baby Kimono made of the fabric they had cut off, to make sure she stayed warm. He took her into the nearest village, in hopes someone there could nurse her and tell him what her name was. She was lucky- there was a woman nursing her own daughter who agreed to take on her as well. But the Village elder hung his head in shame- he knew the couple the vagrant described- they lived far up the mountain, and only went by the name "Kusajishi", the name of the district, as was the style of many poor and illiterate farmers. They only came down from their farm once or twice a year to sell the special herbs they grew up there- the elder had seen the woman pregnant, but they had not come down to tell him the girl's name for the village records. So that day, the vagrant became Kenpachi Zaraki, and gave to her the name Yachiru as any parent should name their child, and the name Kusajishi, after the parents that loved her so. She only ever calls her adopted father Ken-chan, and is the only person who is allowed to call him that, because a parent should be called something special by their child. In deference to her parent's sacrifice, she does not call him "father". That was another man, who died for her. Zaraki does not lie to Yachiru, ever. Everything he told her about how they met is true. He has omitted one detail from the story, however. Her parents died from the cold snap because they had to be at least eighty, and not blessed with spiritual power like her. She had outlived her parents as an infant. And after speaking to the village elder about how, to his shame, he'd never managed to ask the little girl's name, even since he was a little boy, and failed to send anyone up there to check on the family, The vagrant with no name sat near the fire in the village hall, holding the little girl with no name. He thought about how terribly lonely it was, to not have a name. and how lucky he was that he had a mother who also had an extremely long lifespan that was able to live through raising him, and that he could still visit and speak to. and how unlucky this little girl was, that she did not. "How d'ya get a name?" the vagrant asked the village elder. "Well, here you just tell me what your name is, and I write it down in the village records." the elder said, watching him with curiosity. "...if I tell you a name, will you show me how to write it?" He asked, voice barely above a whisper. "Of course." The elder nodded. The vagrant was silent for a while. "Then her name is Yachiru Kusajishi." Said the vagrant. "...And yours?" The elder asked, picking up the record book and inkstone. "Mine?" the vagrant asked. "You're giving her a name because she hasn't got anyone else to do it, aren't you?" The elder asked, gaze steady. "If you name something, it's your responsibility forever, and you're going to have to be responsible for yourself if you're going to be responsible for her." The Vagrant considered this for a while. "My name-" he started and stopped, throat clicking like he was literally choking on the words. "-My name for her is Kenpachi Zaraki."

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Mayuri Kurotsuichi: CA: 132 LA: 267 Mayuri is the only shinigami aging faster than the expected rate. This is because he escaped from Hell, and Hell would very much like to get his ass back there ASAP.

Nemuri Kurotsuichi: CA: 20 LA: 20 Nemu has been twenty for twenty years now, ever since she was pulled from the goo of her incubation tube by her father Mayuri, and will be 20 for the foreseeable future. The static lack of aging is something Mayuri hopes to fix in future drafts- Nemu is the seventh Nemuri, and the most successful one so far- She's the second Nemuri to actually make it out of her incubation tube, and the first to survive more than a year, but Nemuri Hachigo is already developing in the basement of the 12th in case something happens to her. The knowledge of her 'Little Sister' is something that brings Nemu comfort, like already knowing what you're going to be reincarnated as. "That's really fucked up." Says Uryuu Ishida in the rubble of Las Noches as she puts his intestines back inside his thorax where they belong. He's on a lot of drugs he'd like to know less about. "-It's also kind of cute. In a away. but really fucked up."

Kirio Hikifune: CA: 617 LA: 35 Kirio is one of a handful of people in on Unohana's double identity, but would NEVER betray her beloved Senpai's personal information! She served under Unohana in the fourth and developed her flesh-to-food technique with Unohana's help.

Tama Nikuya: CA: 1,477 LA: 26 Despite being the same age as Zaraki and Unohana and was aging at the same slow rate, the process that turned her into a Puca also caused her to go into bio-hell-fuckery that has effectively stopped her from aging at all. Or rather, she IS aging but every time she dies, she reappears as the LA age she was when she underwent The Flesh Change. She says the process is not infinite- she WILL eventually run out of spare lives, and if she manages to live long enough to die of old age in this body, she will NOT respawn at all. Also- it HURTS! She does die, which hurts, and comes back, which hurts EVEN MORE, and each time she comes back, she's confronted with the prospect of either outling all her friends or putting them through a similar hell to stay together. All in all, DO NOT ATTEMPT. I am speaking to you specifically, Kisuke. Akon Akon: CA: 119 LA: 27 Akon only has the one name but the archives don't like that so he uses it Twice. He was imprisoned without trial in the Maggot's nest for being part Yokai when he was a small child, and sprung to work in R&D By Mayuri shortly after Urahara's disappearence. He's friends with Yachiru and Nanao because there weren't hat many kids in the social circles of the Gotei-13's upper ranks, and all three of them shared a mutual interest in the Dinosaurs that were being discovered at the time. He's friends with Shuuhei because he was forced to take Remedial "if you work in the 12th instead of just R&D you need to actually know how to be a shinigami" classes the same year Shuuhei was accepted to the academy and they were dorm mates. Akon intermittendly draws weird one-panel cartoons for the Seireitei bulletin under a pen name, often about strange scientific jokes and on one notable occasion, bovine anthropological artifacts.

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Jushiro Ukitake: CA: 857 LA: 44 Ukitake is genuinely unsure if, when or HOW he will die, given that he is host to a Divine Being. Once that particular cat is out of the bag, it gives him something to commiserate about with Tama. Already, Shunsui is starting to outpace his age- is he doomed to bury his friend? or will circumstance force Mimihagi to consume him entirely? Mimihagi is sympathetic- the Left Hand of God is also not sure what this fusion entails for him- it's possible that if Jushiro dies by any other means besides Mimihagi consuming him, that Mimihagi will die with him, and neither is sure what kind of impact that might have on the universe at large. Still, if it weren't for Mimihagi's intervention, Jushiro wouldn't have this time at all, and Mimihagi will never have had these experiences, so neither regrets the choice they made, regardless of how it ends.

Hachigen Ushoda: CA: 278 LA: 32. Hachigen is appearing under the 13th Division because the Kido Corps got absorbed into the 13th while he was away. Hachi consistently fools people into thinking he's way older than he actually is because he has to tailor-make all his clothes for his massive frame, so why NOT go all the way and make something Special for all this effort?

...this post is already three miles long, I'll do the Arrancar and Quincy next.

[iamumbra195]

Me after I research the way ppl with light coloured hair were treated at school in Japan and make a bunch of headcannons about how Ichigo was probably picked on for his hair since he was little and teachers probably turned a blind eye or encouraged it and Masaki would always come to pick him up and yell at his teachers when they made comments about her 'fixing' his hair so he could fit in and then she decided to put him in karate classes so he could at least learn how to defend himself when she's not there and told him that he has to get big and strong so he could protect himself and his sisters like the superheroes on TV and when she died, everything got so much worse for him and he quit the dojo but he was getting older and bigger kids starting picking on him and beating him up and he wasn't good enough to beat them so he would come home all bruised and yuzu cried every time so he always tried to hide it from her but Karin always knew somehow and Isshin always patched him up and tried to reach out and tell him that he could talk to his teachers but Ichigo always refused because he didn't want anyone to take his mother's place and it would only make things worse for him if he got adults involved and Isshin understood that but hated feeling helpless, like he couldn't do anything to protect his own kid until finally it got bad enough that he couldn't stand by anymore because one of the stupid shits pushed Ichigo down the stairs and he broke his arm so he told Ichigo he would either have to get directly involved or Ichigo had to learn how to fight properly so he could protect himself and obviously Ichigo picked the latter so Isshin basically taught him hakuda because that was the only hand to hand combat he knew and this accidentally made it so that Ichigo dipped into his reiatsu reserves and made him as abnormally strong as he was in canon and after a while this training devolved into their usual silly chaos in canon because Isshin is not nearly as bad as the fandom makes him out to be and that's how they bond:

[scratchface]

It is deeply fascinating to me that Ichigo decided to raise Kazui aware of his heritage, so much so that even at such a young age, Kazui can say "well, I'm kinda a shinigami too!" and even have his own zanpakutou, when Ichigo himself was raised completely oblivious of his own hybrid status, his entire heritage, and that he was part Hollow, despite Isshin knowing from the start that Masaki's hypothetical future child would inherit her Hollow side.

Ichigo always presents as very understanding of Isshin's whole charade, and I believe he is, because he's an extremely empathetic character, but he still chose to make the opposite choice when it came to Kazui. Ichigo doesn't resent his parents, but just from that, it's clear that as an adult, Ichigo also maybe feels that they made a mistake raising him as an oblivious "human", and doesn't want to repeat it.

After all, how much easier would everything been if he'd had the context to understand his own powers, his own soul, from the start? How much less scary his Hollow awakening would be? How much smoother his growth would have been if he wasn't unconsciously hampering himself by adhering to rules and principles and trainings that didn't actually apply to him at all?

Again, Ichigo doesn't resent the way he was trained or the secrets that were kept from him, but I love how he clearly thought "why should my son have to go through the same thing?"

But at the same time, the results of going the opposite route are so far rather...unnerving. Will his choice to not raise Kazui as a human turn out to be a good thing in the end?

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Taking care of flour baby together w/ Hokusai, Satsuki, and Reo?

Hokusai Masaki:

Hokusai didn’t feel any type of way about the project until your name is drawn as his partner, with the flurry of butterflies sinking from his heart to his stomach at the concept of ‘raising’ this flour baby together. He turned to you for most advice as he wasn’t quite sure how to care for the child, helping fill out the homework assignment while he watched you do the parenting. He did put the effort in to follow your example, looking at you with pride when he changed a diaper properly; preparing the bottles, making sure you had everything you needed supplied and ready, Hokusai was a solid, consistent partner during the project. He didn’t seem to mind at all when the baby woke him up either, cradling it gently in his arms and telling it stories from his day.

Reo Maruyama:

Reo will absolutely go around telling people you had a baby together, so prepare for some awkward questions where you have to hastily explain it’s a project for school (with further explanation that the baby is not real). He’s never felt more enthusiasm for a project in his life and he can’t stop talking about how happy he was that you were his partner, saying there’s no one else he’d rather have a baby with. First step is to find fashionable clothing to put on your baby, which you convince him to only get two outfits as they will quickly get stained with flour and also go to waste when your child was taken away at the end of the project. But Reo is a cute pretend father, singing to your child, video calling you as he tucked them into bed at night, he almost seemed like he was losing a real child when the flour sack returned to its rightful kitchen pantry. He does say it was a fun test run for your future family, ignoring the questions with a happy little hum that left you flustered.

Satsuki Ito:

After Satsuki’s initial freakout over the idea of having a baby with you, he promised to be the best temporary husband you’ll ever have (and gets embarrassed when Reo laughed at him for saying that afterward). You’ve never seen him take an assignment so seriously before and he admitted, rather sheepishly, that you being involved made him feel a little more on edge about it; he couldn’t let your grade get negatively effected because of him. There’s a moment where he’s holding your little flour baby and he pictured a mini version of himself with your eyes, nearly dropping your child that was thankfully saved by a stressed looking Zen. With a promise not to let his thoughts run away from him again, he told you that he’d prove what a GREAT husband he could be in the future, sweating and trying to ignore the implications behind what he said.

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what if Ichigo's powers came later in life? After he was well adjusted in university and when he was sure that he'd be in love with you– his former highschool rival [kind of] now loving girlfriend. Does he tell you he's a soul reaper now?

Do you tell him you're a soul reaper, too?

Canon divergent Au, College Au

note: I've been in a huge ichi brainrot these days + random slice of life stuff that fall in no proper order, you can read it in no proper order

at the end of the day (I'm glad):

— where you come home to Ichigo's house after a night of patrolling and sit on the roof with him.

untitled:

— a hollow in the city disrupts your date with Ichigo and somehow it ends with telling him that you're a shinigami.

It's just my uniform?

— It's the first time Ichigo sees you in uniform, and he's a blushing mess.

How did it start?

— there are two versions to the story of how you and ichigo started dating. unfortunately for Rukia, she asked Ichigo first.

Shared Silence

— whenever, wherever in Karakura Town, you two are needed. Never a moment of silence. And growing frustrations start to affect Ichigo.

It's too much [not spoiler free]

— highschool's done and your duties as soul reaper before uni begins take you away from Ichigo. There's so much to do, and yet you were late that one day. Masaki's death followed by Ichigo's sudden ... powers throw you into turmoil.

Unofficially my parents

— Aizen's betrayal left the seireitei in shambles. With everyone recovering, two captains visit Ichigo. An interrogation ensues.

How Long?

— Ichigo realised his girlfriend grew up in Karakura Town. Why was a young shinigami sent to his home in the first place?

[bengiyo]

Tadaima, Okaeri Ep 12 (Finale) Stray Thoughts

Last week, Mochizuki accidentally ran into Hiromu, but didn't piece together that he was Masaki's husband. Later, while in heat, he and Hiromu reacted to each other and both felt embarrassed. Hiromu remained polite, but Mochizuki was upset and left with Michiru, saying they would never be back. However, our hero Hikari is expecting to see his friend, so we're gonna fix it.

Hikari is being so brave and not falling apart.

I get Hiromu. It's hard to care too much about what everyone thinks.

It's the last episode! Are Yuki and Matsuo going to figure it out?

Okay, we confirmed that Yuki is a beta.

I adore Yuki so much. He just wants to help.

It really is a good summation of the core themes of this show that even buying into the stereotypes and presumptions is harmful for those on the worse end of it.

He took the present!

I love how much their circle has grown. Masaki thought he'd be alone his whole life, and now he's got to cook a huge spread for everyone.

Hikari remains so adorable until the end.

Oh no, the twins both want Mochizuki.

Final Verdict: 10, This Is The Married Gay Dads Show I Didn't Know I Needed. This show was so delightful for 12 amazing weeks. We got to see two guys who faced a difficult path to be together build a home and family they could love together. It was so joyous to see two men in love with each other, and have that love grow even more because they got to be parents together. There are some really solid themes about acceptance and healing from rejection in this that are handled with such care that I will never stop thinking about this show. If omegaverse isn't a hard no for you, this is the best show you've ever skipped if you care about what married queer joy looks like.