#riruka x orihime

[its-ashehausen]

In honor of pride month here's my favorite lgbt ships from bleach

[enamukomistake]

"intricate rituals are not everyone's thing" (bleach)

Teen & Up, 2.3k

Riruka Dokugamine/Orihime Inoue

jealousy, making, groping, making out

Written for Bleach Femslash Week! Prompt was 'Marking'!

@enasevents

[midnightactual]

Its funny, Yoruichi x Ichigo is the fandoms favorite crack ship for Ichigo particularly lol. What's your thoughts on this? Why do you think people like this ship and do you think it could happen if Ichigo became close to her like everyone likes to think?

I'd dispute that and say that fandom's favorite crackship for Ichigo is GrimmIchi, but I'll admit it really depends on what segment of fandom we're talking about, because GrimmIchi is the purview of transformative yaoi fangirls, while YoruIchi is the purview of curative horny hetmen who now mostly use AI to make porn of her while generally giving him a harem. (IchiBambi is also weirdly popular for some reason despite them never meeting.)

Why do the curative horny hetmen create YoruIchi porn? Well, that's an onion of a question.

The first and most important reason is because Ichigo is the main character, so he is automatically the main focus and fixation of the bulk of the curative audience. Now while Ichigo definitely does have a personality, it gets deemphasized enough over the course of the series that he can reliably function as a self-insert for the average guy, who is both the main creator and consumer of porn of Yoruichi. (As an aside, this is also a primary driver of UraYoru porn, which mainly revolves around Kisuke being perceived as "cool" and "a baller" despite being a nerd, rather than any kind of misapprehension of romance between them.) So, Ichigo is settled on first and foremost because he's the most obvious male to include in M/F porn. Obviously, Yoruichi is the real main focus.

The second reason is because "hot for teacher" is an extremely common trope and fantasy all by itself, and Yoruichi's canonical "teasing" of Ichigo forms a convenient onboarding point for imagining she might have some kind of interest in him, even though that's absolutely not what it actually signified. Picking Ichigo specifically caters to this better than any other male character would.

The third reason is because only slightly less common as a fantasy is the idea of taking a powerful woman and "putting her in place" through sexual prowess. YoruIchi porn usually has an air of "putting that uppity bitch in her proper place" rather than being tender or affectionate or whatever else. It's almost always explicitly sexual rather than sensual. Considering Yoruichi effortlessly disabled Ichigo during SS Arc, and in TYBW endlessly berates him, picking him imbues works with this element of powerplay and one-upmanship.

The fourth reason is because most of this art, coming from the West, has weird racial tensions behind it, given Yoruichi's ambiguously "exotic" appearance. Light-skinned anime characters are generally treated by Western audiences as white, even if they are known to be Japanese, rather than as Asian. Dark-skinned anime characters are generally treated by Western audiences as black, even if they are more accurately described as ambiguously brown. It isn't really hard to see that the "BWC" phenomenon is generally being appealed to, and for what audience.

[Future me editing in here: another reason is the Bleach equivalent of when Asuka or Rei is discussed, and someone answers Misato. Yoruichi is the most plausible stand-in for Misato, to Rukia and Orihime's Asuka and Rei, not that any of them actually fit those archetypes well. She's the "cultured" choice.]

So, basically, YoruIchi porn is thinly-veiled self-insert wish-fulfillment. (And so is most UraYoru porn.)

Now, at about this point, you're probably thinking, "Okay, but what about stuff that isn't porn?" and it is true that there is some art and fic of them that doesn't necessarily revolve around sexual conquest and/or titillation, and which exists for reasons other than the above, although it isn't that common.

Most of that work is also wish-fulfillment, just of a different nature. It tends to fixate more upon the idea of Yoruichi as a "mature" woman (as opposed to Rukia, Orihime, Riruka, and to some extent Nelliel) while also not carrying the pseudo-incestuous undertones of Ikumi, who overtly presented herself as like Ichigo's big sister he never had, and who nonetheless comes across as motherly toward him because she's actually a mom. Yoruichi doesn't have that same issue and is therefore a less "weird" older woman for Ichigo to be attracted to, yet one he actually kind of interacted with substantively unlike, say, Rangiku. Rangiku also lacks the "hot for teacher" element, as would Retsu, Kūkaku would actually be incestuous, and so on. (Ostensibly people like the idea of Ichigo with Bambietta and/or Candice as an enemies-to-lovers kind of thing? And because it's a mostly blank slate, they can do whatever they want.)

So, basically, Yoruichi is the "cleanest" option for putting Ichigo with an older woman he actually has some known interaction with. It's simply expediency by process of elimination.

In both cases, pretty much none of this ever has anything to do with what Yoruichi would think was attractive, appealing, supportive, sexy, and so on, and is almost always and forever to do with what the creator thinks would be aesthetically appealing. This is generally true of almost all Yoruichi ships, but I'll come back to that later.

So, is there some way it could it work out between them?

Not in canon. There is no possible canonical or pseudo-canonical telling of events where Yoruichi would have any interest in Ichigo. I'm phrasing it as an absolute because in my understanding there is no way Yoruichi would ever show any actual attraction toward Ichigo. He's too young, he's too naive, he's too foolish, and he generally just gets on her nerves... exactly like Yūshirō. In fact, she derisively makes the comparison herself in chapter 629:

If she sees him as anything in canon besides as a project to be babysat, she sees him as an annoying younger brother. I don't really think I need to explain that no matter how much "closer" they became platonically, she would never have any interest in him romantically.

So, to reemphasize: anything with YoruIchi within or near canon is ridiculous and out of character and is purely for the sake of the creator or audience.

Now, do there exist alternate universes where Yoruichi could find some (older) version of Ichigo appealing, say if they were much closer in age? Like, a human verse where she's 27 and he's 23 or 24? Yeah, sure, that's possible. I can readily imagine a version of Ichigo that could appeal to a version of Yoruichi, under other circumstances. That Ichigo would probably have to be a mixture of Ichigo at his most mature (circa FKT) and at his most confident (early Bleach) in terms of personality in order to get her attention.

Here's the problem though: Kūkaku exists, and she already is that without all the extra baggage.

To return to my point on Yoruichi ships in general, they generally exist to service the creator/audience, or their actual fave. As I have laid out here, YoruIchi mostly exists to facilitate fantasies which Ichigo is standing-in to enable. UraYoru generally treats Yoruichi as Kisuke's prize and accessory that he regularly gets to fuck as a reward for being so awesome. YoruSoi broadly treats Yoruichi as Soifon's prize for showing such "piety" and "faith" toward her "idol", which she "deserves" because "she loves Yoruichi so much" (in an ironic reprise of how most IchiHime that I have seen, regards Ichigo as Orihime's prize for "loving him so much").

Because you've happened to catch me on a day where I've taken my meds and I am very actively and continually choosing violence (I'm listening to "Set The World Afire" by Megadeth on loop as I write this), I'm going to go over the other two a little more before proceeding onto my final argument.

The entire "Yoruichi and Kisuke are childhood friends (to lovers)" construct is a misunderstanding that comes from a failure to understand the nuances of Japanese-to-English translation, to appreciate that Shinigami do not experience time and growth as humans do, and to appreciate that characters are often vague and imprecise in their speech, if not outright lying.

When Kubo answered in Klub Outside recently that Aizen was aware of Kisuke even before Kisuke and Yoruichi met, the correct solution to that was not to assume that Aizen met Kisuke in the Muppet Babies playpen, it was to realize that "very young" for a Shinigami can extend out to their 100th to 150th birthday, or even more. Shinigami appear to categorize periods of their life by relevance to their current existence, not strictly by chronology, and this is likely a function of their nonlinear aging. Time in the strictest sense is less important than the major events in their lives, and takes on a relative nature, which has a long history in Japan anyway. You might consider this as like the "11 lives" concept. Yoruichi met Kisuke a few "lifetimes" ago, a time which she now considers "very young" in her life. That's all.

With the childhood friends angle thrown out, we come to the idea that Kisuke and Yoruichi are in fact good friends, which I dispute. As I think much of this blog serves as testament to, people are generally not particularly interested in figuring out who Yoruichi is, why, and why she does what she does, let alone what she may have been up to. They're not interested in analyzing what is known, because if they were, I would not be discovering and presenting a lot of these things for the first time—they would be well known already. So, when people fill in Yoruichi for UraYoru, they fill her in in such a way as to accommodate and coddle Kisuke, their actual blorbo.

I find that disrespectful to her in the extreme.

I will also tell you that YoruSoi is the exact same thing, simply lesbian as opposed to het. The actual blorbo is Soifon, and she is "awarded" Yoruichi for her troubles in the exact same way.

I actually personally find YoruSoi even more absurd, to be honest. First, because the misunderstandings that created UraYoru are simpler to understand, second because YoruSoi overwhelmingly only exists in the anime, but third and foremost because YoruSoi is presented as this great triumph of sapphism in response to the icky heteronormativity of UraYoru, and yet it somehow exists in the face of the now well-known LGTBQIA+ meme, "historians will say they were just very good friends".

That is exactly how people treat Yoruichi and Kūkaku, without a single hint of irony or self-awareness, even as they proclaim how "obviously" gay Yoruichi and Soifon are for one another.

Now, people are free to ship what they like, but I want to be fully clear that I am immovably of the opinion that both those two ships exist exclusively to benefit Kisuke and Soifon, and always twist Yoruichi to suit what they think would accommodate those two most. They do not exist, and have never existed, for even a measure of Yoruichi's sake. She is an object within them.

She is also an object within YoruIchi, as already documented, and we come to the sixth and final reason why it exists: because people can correctly surmise that she belongs with a Shiba, but they do not have the courage or honesty to admit which one and accept that that equation doesn't include a penis.

Wrong Shiba.

(Much like Renji is clearly far more fascinated with Kuchiki Byakuya than he is Kuchiki Rukia. Wrong Kuchiki.)

As I have previously written:

But this is the truth: we have an incredibly sensual, sexual love poem by an incredibly sensual, sexy, powerful (brown) woman, which is clearly directed at her “best friend”, who is also an incredibly sensual, sexy, powerful woman. And that really brings us back to this post. WLW content from Japan is about cute fluffy innocence, not the intense female “When you’re both TOPS” energy that Yoruichi and Kūkaku radiate together (which I will again note was also present in CFYOW). Japan still isn’t ready for that today. It sure as hell wasn’t ready for it in 2005. And yet there it is nonetheless.

The world is simply not ready to accept YoruKū. This is especially hilarious in a world where CaitVi is currently running wild to rave acclaim.

(To be super clear here for the sake of nuance that nobody cares about: it is not "if you don't ship what I ship, you are wrong and bad", it is "if you ship these things I feel that you lack respect for Yoruichi and thus your ship is invalid and illegitimate in my eyes", and yes, there is a distinction.)

Basically, as far I'm concerned, only cowards ship YoruIchi. I'll be waiting at the adult table for them when they grow up and develop a taste for more than chicken nuggets and hotdogs with ketchup on them.

[iris-nonsense]

Riruka x orihime most underrated ship ever no one sees my vision 😔

[we-drank-too-much-bleach]

HAI

Me and Meninas decided to make a list of ships we like and will post and take requests for!!

(You can request other ships but please don’t get upset if we don’t respond :( )

Tatsuhime (Tatsuki x Orihime)

Riruhime (Riruka x Orihime)

Ukishun (Ukitake x Shunsui)

Tosamura (Tosen x Komamura) (tad niche but hey)

NinnyNoel (Ninny x Noel we don’t have a better name I’m sorry T^T)

Yorusoi (Yoruichi and Soi fon)

I think that’s it for our favorite ships!!!

Feel free to request whatever tho!! - Giselle

[evilkitten3]

@bleach fandom

where,,,,, riruhime,,,,,,, need moar,,,,,

[tayman001]

GrimmIchi (post epilogue): Includes some Anime characters and an original character of mine also using Anime terms.

Rukia (barging into Ichigo's room with Orihime and Riruka): Hey, Ichigo!

Orihime: Hey Ichigo!

Riruka: Hey Ichigo!

Ichigo (is hiding under his covers because he was just having a romantic intercourse with Grimmjow who is now hiding in the closet): What is it and stop barging into my room!

Rukia, Orihime and Riruka: But we wanna hang... Why are you under the covers? proceeds to pull the covers off of Ichigo

Ichigo: exposed

Rukia, Orihime and Riruka: Oh were you thinking about one of us?

Orihime: It was probably me right? After all I'm your wife.

Ichigo (being blunt): Who said I married you out of love? Who said I was even straight?

Rukia and Riruka: Oh marriage drama!

Orihime: Oh so you don't care about Kazui? or me?

Ichigo: I care about Kazui as a father and I care about you as a friend.

Orihime: Oh so you have lied to me for 10 FUCKING YEARS YOU ASSHOLE!

Grimmjow (who has been hiding in the closet since they arrives jumps out of the closet covering himself with one of Ichigo's shirts because he couldn't breath in the closet): ICHIGO LOVES ME, OK!

Ichigo: Grimm I was gonna eventually say it, you didn't have to say it for me.

Grimmjow: Well sorry I couldn't breath anymore so I had to jump out of the closet which you forced me to go into when you heard them on the stairs in the middle of sex!

Rukia: OH MY GOD ICHIGO YOU ARE A CHEATER!

Riruka: AND TO THINK I HAD A CRUSH ON YOU FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU!

Orihime: THAT IS IT I AM FILING A DIVORCE! OH AND YOU AND GRIMMJOW MIGHT AS WELL RAISE KAZUI SINCE I QUIT! Orihime storms off

Rukia: YEAH I THINK I'M GONNA GO AND NEVER SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN ASSHOLE BECUASE OF WHAT YOU DID TO ORIHIME LIKE SHE LOVED YOU FOR YEARS YOU FUCKING PRICK!! Rukia leaves while sticking her middle finger and all other variations of such at Ichigo

Riruka: GOOD FUCKING RIDIANCE ASSWIPE! Riruka uses Bringer Light to leave but makes sure to kick both Ichigo and Grimmjow in their faces while she was at it

Kazui arrives at the other side of the door

Kazui: Dad? Mom said you and her have split up and that I can't see her ever again.

Ichigo: I hope you don't hate me for it, Kazui. After all I just lost 3 friends after revealing that I've been gay this hole time and I'd hate to lose you Kazui.

Kazui: Dad, I'm fine with it as long as you don't get mad at me if I stay out past my bedtime.

Ichigo: How about I just make it so you have no bedtime and make it so its your responsibility to not be sleeping in class.

Kazui: Dad its a deal!

The next day

Chad (having returned to Karakura Town since he is on a vacation from his Boxing career): Hey Ichigo, have you seen Noba?

Ichigo: If he isn't at yours and his place he could be at Kisuke's place. But shouldn't you already know this after all he is your boyfriend.

Chad: Oh how stupid of me...

Taylor (who met Ichigo and his friends after the Quincy war when he was traveling from his home in Canada and was fighting a Hollow when Ichigo and his friends showed up): Hi guys, what's up?

Uryū (who isn't at the hospital since its his day off): Not much Tay, but I'm about to go pick up my boyfriend from the airport since he finally decided to move here from your home country. Speaking of which I gotta go. Uryū proceeds to leave

Ichigo: Not good Tay, since Orihime, Rukia and Riruka unfriended me since I revealed the truth about myself and came out of the closet...

Taylor: Well I'm sure they'll come around after all they aren't homophobic since they accept me.

Renji (arrives in Karakura Town and shows up): punches Ichigo in the eyes repeatedly

Taylor: STOP IT RIGHT NOW LIEUTENANT ABARAI!

Renji: NO! AFTER ALL HE DEVERSE THIS!

Taylor (leaving his body): unsheathes his Zanpakutō and points it at Renji Do you really wanna push me any further you do remember what happened last time you did this and I nearly killed you since you were in a coma for 5 weeks and would have died if I didn't administer emergency aid after you collapsed during my attack.

Renji (scared): Fine I'll stop.

Ichigo (bloody and can't speak because of how messed ****up his face is): moans in pain

Taylor (returning to his body): Now you've done it, I better heal him quickly so that Grimmjow doesn't attack you for hurting Ichigo.

Grimmjow (arriving on the scene just as Taylor begins healing Ichigo): WHO THE FUCK HURT MY BOYFRIEND?!

Taylor: Calm down Grimmjow, I'm healing Ichigo as we speak so it shouldn't matter who hurt him since he will be fine in a moment. finishes healing Ichigo See he is all healed.

Ichigo: Thanks Tay. Renji... I take it you punched me because you hate me as much as Rukia and that was your "we are no longer friends" statement... Ichigo begins to walk away since he feels like he is losing friends for finally coming out of the closet

Renji: Hey wait, Ichigo... Its not like that and Rukia doesn't hate you she is just disappointed that you lied to Orihime and the reason why I punched you was because I'm kinda ticked that you lied to all of us for years.

Taylor (doesn't think he should say anything but does anyway): I knew all along but I never said anything because it was Ichigo's job and also it wouldn't have been right of me to reveal anything about him.

Renji: OH SO YOU TOLD TAYLOR ONLY HUH!

Ichigo: ...

Taylor: Hey Lieutenant Abarai, I never said he told me I simply clued into it on my own so don't go assuming anything.

Renji: Taylor we are friends so stop using my rank and last name.

Taylor: If I were a Substitute Soul Reaper like Ichigo, I would be using your first name but I am actually a full member of the 13 Court Guard Squads and I happen to be unseated so I have to address you as such Lieutenant Abarai. But because of that I have to address your captain as Captain B Kuchiki and your wife as Captain R Kuchiki because if I just refer to them both as Captain Kuchiki I get confused and if they are both there and I am looking at neither one of them they would also probably be confused.

Renji: OK I get it.

Rukia, Orihime and Riruka appear

Rukia (ignoring Ichigo): Renji have you seen Ichika?

Renji: No, I thought she was with you.

Orihime (ignoring Ichigo): Why am I even here proceeds to leave

Riruka (ignoring Ichigo): I might as well go get myself some donuts since I'm in this part of town. proceeds to leave)

Rukia (still ignoring Ichigo): Then where the heck is she?

Meanwhile

Ichika (looking for Kazui): Where is that guy?

Kazui (jumps out from behind Ichika): Are you looking for me?

Ichika (visibly scared): AHHH! Don't do that Kazui!

Meanwhile

Chad (looking for Noba): Noba, where are you?

Noba (in his new Gigai that Taylor had made for him a month after he first appeared but looking like he was holding about 4 people in his stomach due to his power): Oh, Hi babe. burps oops I think I need to release these people. proceeds to release them by opening up a portal

Chad (visibly aroused): I see you decided to works as a Taxi using that Gigai Taylor made for you.

Noba: Yeah, though I have to be careful with my passengers otherwise they get digested.

Chad: Well you can always digest the enemy, am I right?

Noba: Haha, Yeah that is true.

Meanwhile

Uryū (at the airport): He should be here by now.

Brandan's plane touches down

Uryū: Oh his place was just late.

Brandan runs over to Uryū's car

Brandan: Long time no see Uryūbabe.

Uryū: Yeah Brany, I missed seeing you in person too. Uryū leans towards Brandan for a kiss

Brandan: Brandan leans towards Uryū to complete the kiss

Meanwhile

Orihime and Riruka are having some donuts

Orihime: Do you think we were too harsh on him?

Riruka: is finishing her current donut

Orihime:

Riruka: Yeah, didn't you always say he wants to protect everyone.

Orihime: Yeah, which makes me think that our reactions are just hurting him.

Riruka: If so lets go reject the damage.

Orihime: ... Was that a pun on my Shun Shun Rika?

Riruka: Yeah.

Orihime: Good pun.

Meanwhile

Rukia (thinking): I should apologize to Ichigo for my reaction.

Rukia: Ichigo, I might be worried about Ichika but I'm also sorry for my reaction yesterday and I apologize.

*Orihime and Riruka show up*

Orihime and Riruka (simultaneously): We're sorry as well.

Orihime: But I am not sorry for the divorce since it actually allows you and Grimmjow to get married.

Taylor (talking to Ichigo): See Ichigo, I told you that they'd eventually come around.

silence

Taylor: Ichigo?

silence

Taylor: Guys! Ichigo is missing!

Chad, Noba Uryū, Brandan, Kazui and Ichika show up after hearing this

Grimmjow, Renji, Rukia, Chad, Noba, Uryū, Brandan, Kazui, Ichika, Orihime and Riruka (visibly shocked and worried): WHERE IS HE!

Grimmjow (visibly depressed thinking the worst case scenario): Please don't be dead, please don't be dead, please don't jump, please don't jump...

Meanwhile

Nelliel shows up by falling from the sky but unlike during the Quincy war she is in her adult form

Nel: I sense a depressed Ichigo. proceeds to run towards the depressed Ichigo

Ichigo (depressed): Why do I even bother... I know Grimmjow loves me and cares about me and I know Taylor, Uryū, Brandan, Chad and Noba have always supported me but I can't bare the thought of losing friends... looks down from the steep cliff I think its about time to just end it all... prepares to take a step forward

Nel (concerned): Itsygo, don't jump!

Ichigo: Nel? Wait why did you just call me Itsygo? Since you only called me that a couple times and only in your child form which you aren't in right now.

Nel: I did that because I knew it would get your attention Ichigo.

Ichigo: takes a step forwards

Nel: blocks Ichigo from falling off the cliff by using Sonído Don't do it after all I know Grimmjow will follow suit if you do end up doing it.

Ichigo: Wait you know?

Nel: I've know for quite a few years that you and Grimmjow love each other especially during that fight with him that I saw.

Meanwhile

Grimmjow: That bitch is trying to take Ichigo from me! Grimmjow runs off

Taylor: We better follow him!

Rukia, Orihime, Chad, Uryū, Renji, Noba, Riruka, Kazui, Ichika, Brandan: Right!

Meanwhile

Ichigo (starting to cheer up): Rukia, Orihime and Riruka unfriended me. starts crying

Nel: I know for a fact that they will eventually come around.

Ichigo (still crying): Taylor said that same thing but than they showed up and ignored me... Nel (wiping away Ichigo's tears): Just give them some time after all you can't expect them to come to terms with reality so quickly since they are girls and this is coming from a girl.

Ichigo (cheered up and no longer crying): OK, your right.

Grimmjow and the others show up

Grimmjow: Get away from my boyfriend you bitch!

Nel: Listen idiot I'm not here to take your boyfriend from you I came because I sensed that Ichigo was gonna kill himself so I came and stopped him since its not like you can talk about feelings very much unless you are in the middle of a fight and don't think I didn't over hear you and Ichigo flirting during that fight back before Aizen was defeated and how you asked him out near the end and he said yes as he stabbed you which is when the two of you started dating.

Everyone (except Ichigo, Grimmjow and Taylor): speechless

Taylor: You left before you heard Rukia, Orihime and Riruka apologize for their initial reactions.

Rukia, Orihime and Riruka: We are sorry Ichigo for acting that way.

Orihime: Though I am divorcing you...

Ichigo: But...

Orihime: No buts. I'm divorcing you so you can marry the one you love.

Taylor (has something for Ichigo): whispers Ichigo. hands something to Ichigo

Ichigo: grabs what Taylor is handing him

Taylor (has something for Grimmjow): whispers Grimmjow. hands something to Grimmjow

Grimmjow: grabs what Taylor is handing him

Orihime: OK the divorce is finalized now.

Ichigo: kneels before Grimmjow Grimm will you, uh marry me? holds out ring

Grimmjow: kneels before Ichigo Ichi will you, um marry me? holds out ring

Everyone (except Taylor, Ichigo and Grimmjow): Taylor why'd you give them both a ring.

Taylor: Excuse me you two but since Ichigo proposed first that is the official proposal so Grimmjow you need to wait until the wedding to use that ring since you are the only one needing to give a ring at that point.

Ichigo and Grimmjow: Why can't we get married right here, right now?

Taylor: How'd you know I can officiate weddings?

Ichigo and Grimmjow: Lucky guess.

Taylor: OK but everyone needs the correct outfits...

Everyone (except Taylor): rips off their close to reveal formal wear underneath

Taylor: Please tell me that you don't just happen to leave the house like that and that it was just a coincidence.

Everyone (except Taylor): ummmmm... coincidence yeah, it was a coincidence.

Taylor (realizes that just said that to try and not sound weird): You are all weird but so am I so who cares. flash steps away and returns wearing a suit OK is everyone ready?

Everyone (except Taylor): Yep!

Taylor: OK get into the correct positions before we start.

Everyone does just that

Taylor: OK before you ask I am using my phone to get this since I never write my own Officiate speeches since I don't officiate for just anyone so I never write my own speech. OK lets begin.

Welcome family, friends and loved ones. We are gathered today to celebrate the marriage of Ichigo and Grimmjow. We are all here to support this commitment of love and to share the joy of Ichigo and Grimmjow as they choose to spend their lives together.

Ichigo and Grimmjow, your marriage will be a lifelong promise to love, respect, trust and honor each other through the good, the bad and the unexpected. This marriage represents your commitment to support one another as individual beings but share your joys, sorrows, and dreams as one. A strong bond works in unison not only to nurture the best parts of your personalities, but to understand each other’s differences and flaws. You are committing to learn how to grow alongside one another while remembering to keep an open mind throughout your journey.

Today, you gain an equal partner that will be your confidant, your defender and your motivator through all of your aspirations and goals. You will celebrate each accomplishment, provide peace through every setback and most importantly, give love in life’s both big and little moments. You are creating a new home where love, trust and loyalty are the foundation. No matter what the future throws your way, rely on those foundations and you shall only see your bond grow stronger and your souls grow wiser.

Marriage is not easy, but from what I’ve seen in the two of you, I know your relationship will be an example to follow. You show care and compassion, you trust one another and most importantly, you are each other’s best friend.

Now Ichigo and Grimmjow, please join hands and face each other.

Ichigo, do you take Grimmjow to be your husband?

Ichigo: I do!

Taylor: Ichigo, please repeat after me.

“I Ichigo, take you Grimmjow as you are, I promise from this day forward to love and treasure you for the rest of my life, to be your rock when things get tough, to be your number one fan in all of your accomplishments, to be grateful for all that you are and for choosing to spend the rest of your journey with me, to be patient and kind, to build a safe and loving home with you, to fill your days with laughter, to inspire you to pursue your dreams, to be faithful, to grow old with you and live a fulfilled life. This I promise you.”

Ichigo: I Ichigo, take you Grimmjow as you are, I promise from this day forward to love and treasure you for the rest of my life, to be your rock when things get tough, to be your number one fan in all of your accomplishments, to be grateful for all that you are and for choosing to spend the rest of your journey with me, to be patient and kind, to build a safe and loving home with you, to fill your days with laughter, to inspire you to pursue your dreams, to be faithful, to grow old with you and live a fulfilled life. This I promise you.

Taylor: Grimmjow, do you take Ichigo to be your husband?

Grimmjow: I do!

Taylor: Grimmjow, please repeat after me.

“I Grimmjow, take you Ichigo as you are, I promise from this day forward to love and treasure you for the rest of my life, to be your rock when things get tough, to be your number one fan in all of your accomplishments, to be grateful for all that you are and for choosing to spend the rest of your journey with me, to be patient and kind, to build a safe and loving home with you, to fill your days with laughter, to inspire you to pursue your dreams, to be faithful, to grow old with you and live a fulfilled life. This I promise you.” Grimmjow: I Grimmjow, take you Ichigo as you are, I promise from this day forward to love and treasure you for the rest of my life, to be your rock when things get tough, to be your number one fan in all of your accomplishments, to be grateful for all that you are and for choosing to spend the rest of your journey with me, to be patient and kind, to build a safe and loving home with you, to fill your days with laughter, to inspire you to pursue your dreams, to be faithful, to grow old with you and live a fulfilled life. This I promise you.

Taylor: Your rings represent this promise to one another. The never-ending circle is a symbol of an infinite, unbreakable love.

Ichigo, take this ring and place it on Grimmjow‘s finger but you have already done that when you proposed to him earlier, so repeat after me:

“Grimmjow, I give you this ring as a symbol of the promise I made to you today.”

Ichigo: Grimmjow, I give you this ring as a symbol of the promise I made to you today.

Taylor: Grimmjow, take that ring I gave you earlier and place it on Ichigo‘s finger. Repeat after me: “Ichigo, I give you this ring as a symbol of the promise I made to you today.” Grimmjow: Ichigo, I give you this ring as a symbol of the promise I made to you today. Taylor: Having pledged your love and promise to one another today in front of all of your friends and family and by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and husband.

You may now kiss.

Congratulations! Friends and family, it is my honor to introduce to you; Mr. and Mr. ... I've got no clue what you're gonna do if there is gonna be a name change or not.

Ichigo and Grimmjow: kissing

A month later

Grimmjow (wakes up abruptly in the middle of the night): throws up in the toilet

Ichigo: Grimm what's wrong?

Grimmjow: No clue... throws up into toilet again ...I just woke up feeling nauseous... throws up again ...and I know it has nothing to do with what I ate.

Ichigo: I'll call Uryū and Taylor... I just hope they are willing to come over at 2 in the morning.

An hour later

Uryū: What did you call me for Ichigo?

Ichigo: We needed to call a doctor so we called you.

Taylor: And why was I called?

Ichigo: Because you're a scientist so you might know what's going on if Uryū doesn't.

Uryū: Well... It turns out you are pregnant Grimmjow.

Grimmjow (visibly shocked): Wait how am I pregnant?

Taylor: I can explain those rings allow Ichigo to impregnate you and you to be impregnated by him.

Ichigo: AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE WARNED US!

Taylor: I did after I finished officiating but my guess is you were too full on cake and Grimmjow was too drunk.

Ichigo: ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY I'VE GOTTEN FAT AND GRIMMJOW IS AN ALCOHOLIC?

Taylor: If I were to say you've gotten fat I'd have said it as a compliment since why would I insult you for getting fat when I myself WANT to be fat. As for Grimmjow I wouldn't put it past him but even so I wouldn't insult him for being one especially if its his choice to be an alcoholic.

Ichigo: So what was your point then?

Taylor: My point is that because you had eaten so much cake you were in a food coma and with Grimmjow being so drunk he probably couldn't hear anything I was saying.

Ichigo: Oh...

Kazui: Does that mean I get a little half brother?

Taylor: Oh so you clued in that men can only give birth to males, Kazui?

Kazui: Yep and it was fairly obvious.

To Be Continued

[qob-vrisk]

Art series: 10 Sins of Miden Bad sides of ‘Miden’ main characters. They should overcome those ‘sins’ by the end of story. [Addition information for those who want to read/are not lazy] Selfishness – Putting own interests over community interests. Renji is always more concerned with his own opinions, desired and benefits. He doesn’t care about other points of view, because he’s totally sure he’s right. Wizard is too focused on his love towards Rukia, that he couldn’t care less about her opinion. He only listens to himself. That’s why feelings of other even very close people are unimportant to him, if they oppose his own desires. Obsession – Fixation. Desire to own. Desire to be needed. Tender feeling became something terrifying and deformed. Even thou Cian has human heart, her snake instincts of higher beast infect her mind. When human will open his heart for Sung Sun her soul will drawn in the storm of madness. Love is like the Devil. Vanity – urge to became famous, loved and honored. Desire to be worshiped by whole nation. Impossible dream, followed by paranoia, hypocrisy and sanctimony. Kaien wants to be someone he is not destined to be. Someone as who he wasn’t born. That’s why he wears thousands of faces, trying to fulfill his dream. Addiction - Compulsive need. Self distracting habitude. Grimmjaw was trying to escape his past so hard he became drag addict. Hi was drawn in his new way of life. Finally he was distracted from painful memories by his awful lifestyle dynamics. But one way or another this road will lead him to mental disability and craze in full splendor. Avarice – Desire to achieve personal gain. Riruka doesn’t only seek financial gain. Jewels and money are only a small part of all the things she wants. This girl could do any infamy to be happy. She could even ruin lives of people she finds interesting. Everything will be just like doll house. It will go according her plan, as if it is a pretty picture. Cowardice – Weakness of the soulwhen person sees something scary. Orihime is terrified whe she sees blood. Enchantress should help those who are wounded, but this girl could only cry for help and tremble in fear. With all her awesome talents, she is helpless and useless. Pathetic crybaby right before enemies. Heavy burden to her friend.  Snobbery – Isida is all about manners, art and high society. He pretends to be an intellectual, a man of delicate taste, but he is haughty to all of those who are ‘unworthy’. And he considers as an unworthy almost everyone. Like a pitiful rats the come to his feet. But he himself is doesn’t deserve to be worthy. He is just a rat with butt soaked in wine. Meticulousness – Bothering about smallest things. Toshiro is very pernickety and peery boy. But it’s not a pure curiosity. His sin could make him search for the forbidden knowledge that might burn his soul. The Truth could be found only if all pieces form a stained-glass window. But what sacrifices and betrayals will it coast? Scepticism – Doubt about existing of the Thuth. Rukia truly is a skeptic who denies unconfirmed thesis. Her thoughts are critical which is unforgiving for a girl temporally performs duties of a priestess. Guide of spirits should believe in celestial power of The Stars and in Great Stream of Astral River. But Kuchiki denies all of that. Her mind is a bleached out blemish on the black canvas. Pure inference. No superstitions or prejudices. But as pity as it is – her mindset is a worst sin for a priestess. Cruelty – Without mercy. Without heart. Hichigo lost most of his soul. He has not enough control over his mind. Whirlwind of feelings makes him impulsive and furious. All the pain that cave in his soul during his wanderings want to make it way out in a form of barbarities and sadism. And abyss is devouring his sympathy toward others. Completely. And remain of a human soul becomes… hollow. /Atypical sins! Not a clichéd seven! :D/

[healingglxw]

response from @hideyou​ : x

                     orihime really couldn’t think much of a response as soon as she finished talking. she thought that riruka would know by now that orihime is just the type of person that would do anything for her friends. her friends are her family. her found family. she’d give up everything for them. sure she could be reckless && not think too much about situations she gets herself into, but she knows she’ll regret && hate herself if she couldn’t do everything she could to help, protect or save her friends. or anyone really. the pain of losing her brother, the only family that loved her with all his heart, she wouldn’t want that for anyone.  

                the thing is, is that orihime understands her. orihime understands how it feels to think of oneself as unworthy of help of any kind. the whole time she was kept captive by aizen && the arrancars, she felt like she was going the right thing. she felt like her friends could forget her. but she was wrong. they risked everything to save her. to protect her. she doesn’t want the pain they went through to be in vain. so she’ll try her hardest to protect && save others as well. but she knew telling riruka any of this would just feel like preaching. instead orihime tries a different approach.   

                ❝  even if you weren’t my friend && some stranger, i’d still have done the same.  ❞  she starts before getting up on her feet.      ❝  i couldn’t live with myself if i didn’t even try to help in any way i can. you can have every right to be angry with me, but i’m just thankful you’re okay. && that’s okay with me. ❞ hazel hues look back down at the pink haired fullbringer, a soft smile on her lips.      ❝   i can’t tell you what do to, so you can’t really do the same to me either. i’m always going to try && protect you riruka-chan. even after you say mean things to me. or at least try to.  ❞

[hezuart]

Okay so 3 things

1) I deadass am so bad at reading things that when I saw you say "73 page chapter" I read 73 chapters and immediately went "OH NO", but I'm right there with you on that feeling of dread honestly

2) if Kubo is trying so damn hard to push Ichika/Kazui why didn't he just....yknow....make IchiRuki the endgame— (I'll always be salty about it to, I'm a filthy OC x Canon shipper with a certain glasses clad boy who was done dirty, but I still think he should've been the one to end up with Hime)

3) I'm right there with you on Chad and Hime being basically useless, which, as a latina who loved anime so much growing up, I was so happy to see hispanic representation in a time where people weren't actively pushing for it, like, wow!! He's just there just because!!! But then he was somehow more useless than Ichigo's siblings which hurt me deeply! Chad deserved better and the fullbring arc should've actually MEANT SOMETHING

1.) i MEAN.... LOOK MAN ITS APPARENTLY A NEW ARC SO AS FAR AS WE KNOW THIS VERY WELL COULD BE ANOTHER 73 CHAPTERS

Kubo has a very hard time getting to the point, he tends to drag things along and add more characters that clutter up the plot.

2.) Yeah Ichika / Kazui don't really have chemistry to me, though we really have only seen them interact like once? like I said before, it's like a Renji x Orihime, and I do not see it working out at all, (those two don't even know each other, nor are they friends. )

Of course, Kazui and Ichika have slightly differing personalities from their parents, but they're kids, and Kazui is a demon while Ichika is somewhat normal (ironically) So I think this ship is a really bad idea.

I can definitely see Kubo doing this Ichika x Kazui thing as some weird form of damage control, which is really only going to upset people more.

what is most infuriating is that Ichika and Kazui seem to sneak off to both SS and the living world however much they want to see each other (or other people from the other sides), meanwhile Rukia didn't visit Ichigo for like... YEARS when he was struggling and failing to adjust to his human life after he lost his powers and i'm like??? Excuse me what is that about?

Rukia had a death wish, everyone in SS (Ukitake and Kaien are exceptions) wanted to kill her / ignored her/ didn't care about her, (Including Renji and Byakuya)

Ichigo had the same welcoming personality of the man she was in love with, Rukia never actually knew what it meant to be human... I mean Rukia Kuchiki's entire arc was supposed to be about Death learning how to live and love. She learned what family is. She learned what friends are. She learned what faith is. She learned about new tech and kindness and juice and...... She was given the world, and yet she chose death. That will never make sense to me. That's when BLEACH officially lost sight of what it was meant to be.

and yeah having Orihime get with Ichigo instead of Uryu hurt already, but Kubo made it worse by taking Uryu off the team. That whole speech about how he's doing this "for his friends" and yet in the end they're not even friends? He's not even in the final cover page. Uryu should have just joined Yhwach and killed 'em all for a single world. Would have shockingly made more sense than all this.

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3. Yeah the FULLBRING arc was completely useless. I've seen people attempt to defend it, but literally, nothing happens. Ichigo just gets his powers back. None of the fullbringers really matter, we never learn who Ginjo and Tsukishima are and their pasts and how Xcution came to really be... it's legit a repeat of the Vizard recruitment mixed with Kokuto's Hell betrayal plot lines. Riruka was the only character I cared about. Everyone else was just "meh". Orihime and Chad are fullbringers yet we didn't explore their powers nor gain independence realizing their powers are their own and not gained from Ichigo like they originally thought in the first arc, etc.. (also wtf Orihime's brother was sent to soul society and she never seeks him out / finds him????? What's that about? And how is Keigo more powerful than Tatsuki? How has Tatsuki not become a fullbringer? That's bullshit)

But yeah Chad and Orihime became the most useless characters in BLEACH. Orihime is hated more because she hogs (and wastes) the most screen time by not developing or helping, while Chad is just off-screen. I could make a 40 min / hour long video about how Orihime and Chad are failed characters. Arc 1 they're golden. After that, they're just goners.

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[ranbu-no-melody]

WHAT’S YOUR FULLBRİNGER? -RİRUKA DOKUGAMİNE -^-

[dopepoisonivyoncrack]

Inoue Orihime? (^-^)/

Favorite thing about them

I love that part of her being smart and with a wild imagination that unfortunately sometimes acts as a social wall because the others can’t relate/understand.

Least favorite thing about them

I actually have no complaints about her character. I may not like sometimes when her unnecessary sexualization is really bold and it only serves to fuel the bad mouths. It’s not about her character tho, but about how real people in charge handle it.

Favorite line

I don’t really have one that I can say it stuck with me, but I like her line to Ulquiorra: “Maybe it's impossible to feel exactly the same way as another person, but it's possible for people to care about one another and to place their hearts as close together as they can manage. I'm sure that's what it means to make your hearts as one”

brOTP

I like her relationship with Riruka, and Ishida, and Rukia, and Chad, and Rangiku

OTP

I don’t have an OTP for her but Tatsuki x Orihime? good.

nOTP

I’m set off by the craze of this fandom to ship everyone in all sorts of combinations like “if I don’t ship a character with someone I. will. die.” so for my own mental health I try to stay away from like 98% of all of them. I came to specifically avoid Inoue x Uryu for mostly the arguments shippers usually have for it.

Random HC

I think one of the reasons her cooking tastes so unique and unusual is because (aside from her bottomless creativity and wild imagination) having to live alone from a very young age, she had to learn to cook on her own, for herself, and just for herself. So her cooking learning process was isolated. People usually grow up with their mother’s cooking, or grandmother’s cooking, their taste has a base set by someone else’s cooking, not their own. She didn’t have that. Even if her brother cooked, his cooking could have been weird. The improvisation of a young boy run from home, forced to make food for himself and his little sister. So even her reference was off, and with the trials having again, no other reference than her own taste buds…. This was the result. It tastes good to her and it kept her alive - mission accomplished. What do you mean people don't put chocolate in ramen?

Unpopular opinion

I love her infinite kindness as a sign of her strength and I like that despite that, she was also given a realistic approach for a girl her age that suffered many kinds of traumas. In a way it balances things. It shows she is not just some idealistic saint that can take it all, but a normal human teenage girl that tries her best and finds the strength to live on, enjoys the simple things in life instead of dwelling on the bad stuff.

Also yes, she fell in love with a great guy, god forbids she acts like a teenage girl in love, huh? Yes, she felt jealous once that she couldn’t cheer up Ichigo and felt terrible for it and tried to deal with it on her own, breaking down before her friend that offered the insight and comfort of a more mature woman. Yes, she cried and felt lonely and weak after being thrown aside by someone like Kisuke, when all she wanted was to be with her friends, to fight for the same good cause and protect them. Again, not wanting to bother anyone, she tried to deal with it on her own. I may go on forever here….

Song I associate with them

Right now I only have in mind Yuni’s song from Katekyo Hitman Reborn. It has the same warmth and calm, and all the right Orihime vibes.

Favorite picture of them

I love this official drawing of her. Bonus - it's green and I have a similar coat uwu.

[lemonade-of-gods]

So I came across this fmv that I used to watch on repeat when I was in school so I kinda want to do a commentary on the couples hehe:

- Lucy/Hitsugaya: I think someone would be veeery appreciative of Captain Hitsugaya’s older brother huehuehue - I guess they could work out since Lucy is a little on the serious side more and pretty sweet! And Hitsu could use a bit more of that in his life sdhfgsd

- Lisanna/Renji: Sweet and gentle girl with the rough guy with a heart of gold? With tattoos? YE PLS (Its the aesthetic that really does it for me)

- Natsu/Soi Fon: Soi Fon will kill him after spending 5 seconds in his presence. Natsu is too much of a chaotic force for her to tolerate skjdfgsdhjf 

- Juvia/Ulquiorra: On one hand pairing such a... passionate character with the complete opposite has its merit, but on the other hand I can’t see Ulquiorra putting up with her antics. rip juvia

- Rukia/Rogue: They get drunk and bond over chappy and frosch in the weekends, I’m not budging away from this headcanon sjdhfgsdh

- Erza/Ichigo: TOO CHAOTIC FOR HIM TO HANDLE. THAT IS ALL

- Lyon/Riruka: We pairing all the pink headed ladies with this guy now? Tbh I don’t care much for either of them so like... no comment

- Rangiku/Sting: hilarious. I wanna see a crossover of them now

- Mirajane/Uryu: ... nah, not my cup of tea

- Gildarts/Unohana: JSHDFGHSFDHSD PLS LET ME SEE UNOHANA FIGHT HIM AND WIN PLSSSSS

- Gray/Orihime: YES. PERFECTO. ABSOLUTELY.

- Levy/Kaien: ... too random. idk

- Jellal/Yoruichi: I see them more as friends than a couple tbh. I can see them as a good team up during battle too

- Cana/Grimmjow: Drinking frenemies? Drinking frenemies.  

[bee-a-garbage-shipper]

Bleach Ships

OTPs: 

Kisuke Urahara x Ichigo Kurosaki Ulquiorra Cifer x Orihime Inoue Yoruichi Shihouin x Soi Fon Kensei Muguruma x Mashiro Kuna  Tier Harribel x Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck Toshiro Hitsugaya x Momo Hinamori x Karin Kurosaki 

Love: 

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez x Ichigo Kurosaki  Byakuya Kuchiki x Rukia Kuchiki  Renji Abari x Rukia Kuchiki  Gin Ichimaru x Rangiku Matsumoto Toshiro Hitsugaya x Rangiku Matsumoto  Toshiro Hitsugaya x Momo Hinamori Toshiro Hitsugaya x Karin Kurosaki Momo Hinamori x Karin Kurosaki 

Like: 

Rukia Kuchiki x Orihime Inoue  Momo Hinamori x Karin Kurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki x Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez x Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez x Karin Kurosaki Renji Abari x Ichigo Kurosaki x Rukia Kuchiki x Orihime Inoue Yasutora “Chad” Sado x Ichigo Kurosaki Kisuke Urahara x Ichigo Kurosaki x Yoruichi Shihouin Tatsuki Arisawa x Orihime Inoue Ichigo Kurosaki x Tatsuki Arisawa Soi Fon x Tatsuki Arisawa Yasutora “Chad” Sado x Orihime Inoue Uryu Ishida x Rukia Kuchiki Shinji Hirako x Ichigo Kurosaki Sousuke Aizen x Ichigo Kurosaki Riruka Dokugamine x  Orihime Inoue Riruka Dokugamine x Rukia Kuchiki Uryu Ishida x Nemu Kurotsuchi  Character x Original Character 

Neutral: 

Ichigo Kurosaki x Rukia Kuchiki Ichigo Kurosaki x Orihime Inoue Uryu Ishida x Orihime Inoue Ichigo Kurosaki x Uryu Ishida Renji Abari x Orihime Inoue Renji Abari x Uryu Ishida Renji Abari x Ichigo Kurosaki Renji Abari x Yasutora “Chad” Sado Yasutora “Chad” Sado x Uryu Ishida Kisuke Urahara x Yoruichi Shihouin  Any Ship Not Listed 

Dislike: 

N/A 

Hate: 

N/A 

[gunnerpalace]

Have you seen the vid 'Shonen Anime's Biggest Problem' by Reality Punch Studios? Bleach is briefly mentioned in it and the guy basically says that Kubo did a great job with the plot and characters during the Soul Society arc, but then later failed with all the other arcs after it. Thoughts?

I haven’t, but that’s pretty accurate. This is long, but fuck it, I want people to see it.

Karakura I: Great! Minor flaws, e.g., Ichigo leaving Rukia to fight Shrieker while he escorted Karin, rather than having the clearly less-than-combat effective Rukia do so, and learn about Ichigo; not covering a whole month of their time together (including Ichigo’s birthday); ultimately dispensing with Tatsuki’s importance to the plot; could have probably stood to be about twice as long to show more of Ichigo and Rukia’s early relationship and flesh out relations with the nakama more. 

Soul Society: Great! No real flaws until the end, e.g., you just killed off Central 46 and had a great upheaval in the power structure of the to-date main antagonists; this was the perfect time to have some exposition on them (e.g., who the other two Great Noble Houses are, what their role in Central 46/Soul Society is aside from being strong, etc.); good pacing, dramatic, memorable and contained fights, even for supporting characters (e.g., Uryuu vs. Mayuri, Renji vs. Byakuya).

Karakura II/Arrancar: Not so great! So, Ichigo’s just spent his summer break, what, moping over “the Hollow?” Why does everything in this series revolve around no one (Kisuke, Isshin, Juushirou, Yamamoto, etc.) telling Ichigo what the fuck is going on and just solving the problem? One of the only times I can remember an authority figure just saying “We’re here to do X because Y,” is Toushirou in this arc, so good for him? The fights against the Arrancar are when Bleach started to go bad with F I G H T S  N O B O D Y  C A R E S  A B O U T  ™ because they don’t involve the protagonists. Grimmjow was an effectively introduced villain even though he’s really just Kenpachi + Zangetsu (”Shirosaki”). The moments with him, Ichigo, and Rukia were good. The Visored were neat but were ultimately a waste. Most damningly of all, Orihime didn’t learn a goddamn thing from going to an alternate dimension and watching Ichigo almost die over and over to save Rukia.

Hueco Mundo/Fake Karakura+: Really bad! When FNCA became a real problem. Just all kinds of shit that didn’t matter and wasn’t satisfying. The entire premise of them being there was stupid, as was the entire structure of the war. Aizen’s grand scheme turned out to be a bunch of bullshit. Overall just a terrible inversion of the Soul Society arc featuring a bunch of poorly-realized villains that were way overhyped. (Also, the final demonstration of the worthlessness of the Visored!) Our protagonists had to be rescued for the plot to continue on stupidly. (This can work, e.g. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, but this isn’t the way to do it.) An unsatisfying conclusion that explained nothing about why what happened, had.

Lost Substitute Shinigami: Garbage. Okay, this arc has some great character-building for Ichigo and Rukia, and Xcution have memorable designs. I like Riruka. Ginjou, Giriko, and Tsukishima are really hateable villains. I like Ikumi. But. But. Fullbring is dumb and makes no sense, or needed to be introduced much earlier. The story of the substitute Shinigami is dumb and doesn’t fit well with what we know. The contrivances necessary to make Bleach work like a horror manga are ridiculous and just make the adults around Ichigo (e.g., Isshin, Ryuuken, Kisuke, Yoruichi, Shinji, et al.) look like fucking negligent assholes at the same time as Ikumi is telling Ichigo to trust adults. Also, the way the time skip was handled was that it wasn’t. It literally never gets addressed outside of about a dozen panels. It speaks to my heart but it wasn’t well-executed (hah!) at all.

Thousand-Year Blood War: Total shitshow where everything is on fire. The Sternritter were awful and utterly lacking in interest. (They’re all amoral psychopathic murderers, whoo!) FNCA go on forever, nobody does anything of importance, Ichigo and Rukia barely appear for large sections of it, and nothing sensible or satisfying happens except for an explanation of Ichigo’s powers that, while making a kind of sense, still doesn’t really explain anything. Don’t get me started on the ending, that requires War and Peace to fully deconstruct with how it doesn’t fit any of what came before.

If Kubo was just going to stop the manga, he should’ve stopped it after Soul Society arc. He couldn’t, because Aizen was still on the run, but if Aizen had been taken out there, it would’ve been okay. Open-ended, maybe an epilogue panel or page of Rukia putting on civilian clothes to see Ichigo again. Cool.

If he was going to stop after the Aizen saga, he should’ve done that. Again, an open ending. You could maybe have an epilogue of Ichigo thinking he sees Rukia out of the corner of his eyes over time. Whatever.

But no, this guy had a plan. Bleach is kinda like The X-Files, in that there’s a bunch of episodes, and then an overarching plot arc, except instead of being episodic, it’s archic; a bunch of small arcs under a larger one. The larger arc is that Soul Society, and existence itself, is fucked up. The smaller arcs are about what passes for “mundane” or “the usual” within this fucked up existence.

That alone probably answers your question, but I’m me, so I’m going to continue on to talk about what I want to talk about.

WHAT THE FUCK WAS BLEACH ACTUALLY ABOUT?

Let me explain my theory of what Bleach was supposed to be about, before Kubo got bogged down in thinking he was Tolkien II Turbo DBZ edition and got his series cancelled with his fuckery.

There’s this interesting video about how, in The Matrix, Neo isn’t “the One,” but rather, Smith is.

The Architect tells Neo that he’s the sixth “Anomaly” which resets the Matrix. Their arrival is expected and anticipated. Smith, unwittingly “created” by Neo, is what causes this particular iteration of the Matrix to end very differently than the previous five.

Okay, what the fuck does this have to do with Bleach?

Check it out: Ichigo (and Rukia) is (are) the One. That is to say: they’re Smith. The planned outcomes, the “Anomalies,” were Aizen and Yhwach.

They would go about their plans, get up to the Royal Realm, and then be summarily murdered by Zero Division and turned into the new Soul King, as a Soul King only lasts a certain amount of time and needs periodic replacement. (Check how old and busted the current one is.) This is why Zero Division gave zero fucks about whatever happened down below: it not only didn’t matter to their outcomes, it was necessary. (Kind of like Soul Society requires suffering to work properly.)

There’s evidence of this in Sajin and his grandfather. Their existence is never explained, but Clifford the Big Red Dog says “The world’s ‘bearer’ will simply change. We won’t change. No matter who holds the world. All we can do is lay low.” This is strikingly similar to The Merovingian and his motley crew of exiled programs from previous iterations of the Matrix: they are remnants of a bygone age, after successive resets.

What resets Soul Society (or possibly reality) is swapping Soul Kings.

Now what fucks everything up and makes this time different is the existence of Ichigo and Rukia. Ichigo is directly created by the fuckery of Aizen and Yhwach, much like Agent Smith was turned into Smith. The existence of Yhwach’s descendants, plus Aizen’s machinations, produces an unplanned-for feature. Something new. He’s easy to explain.

But Ichigo isn’t alone. He would’ve never gotten anywhere without Rukia. And Rukia is harder to explain.

Now Aizen says “The ‘true’ power of the Hougyoku is to read the minds of those around it and make manifest of what it finds there. […] You don’t understand? I’m saying that all of the ‘miracles’ that have occurred surrounding Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, and Urahara Kisuke thus far were manifested by the Hougyoku’s will.“ He goes on to say "And then I, armed with a hypothesis about the Hougyoku’s abilities, sent Kuchiki Rukia in the direction of Kurosaki Ichigo. Of course, there are limits to its abilities. The Hougyoku manifests what’s in the minds of those around it. But this will not happen unless the subject inherently possesses the power to fulfill their desire. By that token, this could also be called the ‘power that guides people toward their desires.’ … But living creatures are strange, they are made in such a way that they can actualize only what their minuscule minds wish for.”

First, notice how utterly fucking pissed Isshin is. Nothing else makes him remotely this upset. Nothing to do with Grand Fisher or Yhwach makes him even fractionally this agitated.

Now, stop and think for a moment. Does what Aizen said actually make sense? The Hougyoku does what those around it want, but it can only do so through what they are capable of. He also says that the Hougyoku has begun to understand his will… only just prior to explaining all this. Why does Aizen think he was previously outside of the Hougyoku’s influence?

Kisuke’s incomplete Hougyoku was hanging out in Rukia for a long time; presumably, out of anyone, it understood her will best. Aizen sent Rukia to Ichigo? No. Rukia wanted to go to Ichigo, and Aizen was the means to facilitate that, which coincidentally accorded with his desires too. Aizen is confusing cause and effect here through his own hubris.

How did Rukia know of Ichigo? Well, you could say she was looking for someone like Kaien. But there are inevitably many people like Kaien in the world and it could’ve guided her to any one of them. It took her to the only person who could do something about the world, which Rukia saw as fundamentally unjust. But how would the Hougyoku know about Ichigo? From reading Aizen’s mind? Maybe, but can it understand things like genealogy and ghost genetic engineering? It’s much simpler to say that it saw their connection.

I’m not going to relitigate all the material in Bleach which asserts that Ichigo and Rukia are connected and fated to meet one another, like the Sand and the Rotator chapters. But it’s out there, and the Hougyoku knew, so it put them together and warped everything around it to make that happen; to execute Rukia’s will, not Aizen’s.

My feeling is that Rukia and Ichigo form a single unit for the purposes of reality-disruption. They are the Pair, rather than Smith’s the One. Surprise, this is why Kisuke leaves it to them when he thinks he’s gonna die. He’s like the Oracle. Or something, this analogy is getting a bit loose.

Also, Ichigo’s whole thing is power, and Rukia’s whole thing is control. You might say they’re like a power source and a regulator. Water and a water wheel. Sand and a rotator.

So, much like Smith, they were going to change the outcome of their iteration in a way that couldn’t have been foreseen.

Then Kubo got his series cancelled because he spent too long drawing Doctor Juggalo fighting a giant hand, and Sword Hobo fighting Imagination Boy and Thor, so none of that happened.

tl;dr Kubo’s inability to stop himself from fucking with unimportant characters and unimportant plots, i.e., getting bogged down in the minutiae, is exactly what killed Bleach, along with trying to be too clever by half with things like Hueco Mundo as inverted Soul Society. Dude lost the plot and couldn’t see his own damn forest for the trees.

[nanami-hina]

Ichigo Kurosaki es un chico normal que vive en un departamento con su compañero gay Mizuiro dentro de la bella ciudad de Karakura.

Ichigo ya es mayor pero es un chico flojo, inmaduro y actualmente sale con una chica de instituto llamada Orihime Inoue (ilegal), su relación es un juego para Ichigo Kurosaki ya que el aun no supera su ruptura con la super estrella de rock, Riruka, todo en el mundo “perfecto” de Ichigo se vuelve desastroso cuando conoce a la chica de sus sueños Rukia Kuchiki, quien es una chica que viene de un lugar llamado Sociedad de Almas, Ichigo tratara de llamar la atención de esta chica que todos catalogan como “demasiado cool para él”. 

Acompaña a Ichigo Kurosaki a ser digno de el amor de Rukia Kuchiki en Ichigo Kurosaki vs the world.

#Super Héroes.

Bleach x Scott Pilgrim vs the world