#shinigami is really really hot tho

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Been playing Rain Code. I like it a lot

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Yuma Month Day 26 - Role Swap

god i was excited for this one. it first started off as a joke, but the more i thought about it, the more interesting this swap became. so here's my massive lore dump of changes that'd happen in the story beneath the cut (spoiler warning):

i think, fundamentally, yuma and yakou are very similar characters. they're both very protective and kindhearted, with a strong sense of justice and a penchant for attracting terrible luck. because of this, some things would remain the same, such as the NDA's dynamics with their doormat chief as well amnesia!yakou's massive unpaid intern energy. i think yakou would be pretty similar to how he behaved in the light novel- a bit more optimistic and naive, like yuma. but there are two key differences between them that'd make this a different story, especially in ch 4: yuma has a forte, and yakou is very selfish. so here's some changes:

yakou's wife is his shinigami now, as you can see, while shinigami is yuma's dead wife. i think mrs furio would act cooler than shinigami. she'd still be playful, but she takes her job more seriously. also she hands yakou the solution keys normally without throwing up. they still have to do the dance and mouth sword thing tho. and the other stuff. that's just death god protocol

shinigami (or in this case the unnamed Mrs. Kokohead but i will still be calling her shinigami for convenience sake) was a scientist at amaterasu who studied forensics and thanatology instead of regenerative medicine. this also means that the pill she gives zombie yuma is not going to bring him back, but instead grant the zombie homunculi a peaceful, painless, but permanent death

speaking of zombie yuma, he's the homunculus now! yakou is 100% human and also doesnt have a forte. he's still number one, but instead of having a forte he's just that good at solving mysteries

yes this means makoto looks like yakou now. sorry makotoheads. i think he'd have really long, shaggy hair dyed to be like. idk. black or something. also he's more clean shaven bc stubble with a mask on is a sensory nightmare

yuma still cant cook. he subsists entirely on takeout, meat buns, black coffee, and beer. he's still in a lot of debt and under a lot of stress and his personality is essentially "what if canon number one just gave up"

he doesn't smoke though. he tried once and got into the worst coughing fit

imma say it right now. kurumi is not a love interest. yakou likely disguises himself as a faculty member instead (also i think one of the teachers gets a crush on fem yakou bc i just know she'd be hot)

ANYWAY what about chapter 4? im SO glad you asked! because here's where things get spicy!

so, lets start with the dead wife. shinigami catches onto huesca's inhumane research and she's just as adamant about bringing the truth to light as she always is. she blows the whistle, so he blows her up. yuma investigates, but they dont let him look any further, yada yada, yuma stews in his misery for five years

yomi sends in the evidence to motivate yuma to kill huesca, and makoto lets it happen because a dead huesca would be convenient. he even introduces the hitman, fully expecting yuma to make use of him

yuma doesnt. in fact, he wants to kill huesca with his own hands. and now that these detectives are here, he can do it and even return alive. the thing is, he doesn't want to put them in danger, so he chooses to do almost everything alone (sound familiar?)

his plan is simple:

ask desuhiko for a peacekeeper uniform. desuhiko trusts him enough to take "i want to investigate kanai ward's ultimate secret by infiltrating their ranks" as an answer. he does, however, let yakou know about this as an offhand comment before the mystery ever begins

hold fubuki's hand. it doesnt really matter how. she'll gladly allow it because she's fubuki. he stores her time powers and heads out the sub. yakou also learns this as an offhand comment played off as a joke (maybe fubuki affectionately comments about how she never expected the chief's hands to be so soft... idk. there has to be some way for yakou to have this as a future clue)

use his peacekeeper status to sneak into amaterasu HQ and demand a functioning ama-pal from that one creepy researcher

use ama-pal + fubuki's borrowed powers to bypass huesca's security. sneak the bot past the hard-of-hearing doctor and press the button to shut off security

this would probably alert huesca, but since the doctor never received a warning, yuma has enough time to rush in and stab him before he realizes what's going on

leave HQ while still in uniform, dispose of the disguise once he's safe, and return to the NDA like nothing happened. success!

soooo.... yakou, on that same day, decides to investigate amaterasu HQ with makoto

all the while, vivia has his suspicions about yuma's actions and keeps an eye on him in spectral mode. he... basically witnessed the whole thing, so he gets up off his ass and decides to follow yakou to the lab because he has a Very Bad Feeling about this

just like canon, he senses the death god and deduces that our protag has been killing off murderers, and so he wants to protect his chief as well as his peace and quiet (his dynamic with yuma would be the same as his dynamic with yakou, since it's entirely believable for yuma to treat vivia with the same kindness yakou did)

yakou tries to speak to huesca, but surprise! security is disabled and he's dead in the lab! no one else at amaterasu liked huesca enough to check on him, so yakou and makoto are the first ones at the scene of the crime. yakou, of course, decides to start investigating this murder

vivia somehow sneaks into the lab (dont ask me how) and confronts yakou, threatening him with his boxcutter and adamantly imploring him to stop pursuing this particular mystery in the same way he did yuma in canon. unfortunately, this attracts attention, and now they're in trouble (maybe even yomi's there to fetch his files). at this point, yakou has enough solution keys, so he panics and goes right into the labyrinth (and maybe others can enter for another reason that isnt coalescence idk)

so... they go in the labyrinth... vivia tries to stop him every step of the way, until the answer is right in front of them

yakou kills yuma with his own hands. there's no stab wounds or toxic gas to leave any doubt. yakou begins to question what good his justice really does. it doesnt even save them from their predicament, just like the other deaths. instead, makoto ex machina comes in to save them, and hands yakou a small black box

when they return to the agency, everyone is heartbroken over their chief, who seemingly died out of nowhere. fubuki tried rewinding time, but to no avail. halara tried everything to wake him up, knowing it's futile. desuhiko stood aside, feeling completely helpless. and yakou and vivia return looking like they just came back from hell

they barely get the chance for a funeral before the knockout gas trap activates... you know the rest

AAAAND SCENE! so that's my extremely long winded lore dump about this au. i thought about it Way Too Much but god it's so interesting to me. i love these characters and swapping them was immensely fun

[recurring-polynya]

I have been thinking about Minazuki lately for a variety of reasons. One interesting fact about Minazuki is that, while that's the name of both their shikai and bankai, it's spelled differently. Shikai Minazuki is 肉雫唼 (Flesh-Drops' Gorge, per the Bleach Wiki). The Bankai version is 皆尽, All Things' End. (For more translation notes, see this excellent Name Games post from @littleeyesofpallas). However, there is another homonym for Minazuki: 水無月, month of water, aka the old-fashioned name for June. Additionally, there is a wagashi called minazuki wagashi, a triangular rice cake topped with red bean. It is traditionally eaten in June, and according to this Kyoto regional cuisine website, it is used in a Shinto ritual at the end of June "to purify the 'sins and impurities' of the six months from January to June."

What makes this interesting to me is that in Bleach, shinigami are a mixed bag insofar as how open they are about the names and abilities of their zanpakutou, but I think that Unohana's would be among the more commonly known since it's used for healing. But is the spelling common knowledge? It's not like she's going to stand in front of the blackboard on the first day of class and spell it for everyone. (I assume this is how Aizen's obligatory shikai-reveal goes).

Furthermore, the assumption that her zanpakutou uses a slightly archaic/poetic name for a late spring month goes right along with Unohana's whole paragon-of-traditional-womanhood deal. It also would be yet another example of Kubo's love of hiding things in plain sight.

I want to get back to the wagashi, tho! For starters, the idea of "wiping away sins from the first part of the year" to me goes along with both the whole idea of Unohana "turning over a new leaf", so to speak, and maybe also with some of the morning vs. night shift change stuff mentioned in the Name Games post above. Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but Minazuki's shikai even bears a superficial resemblance to a minazuki, in the sense that Minazuki is a) vaguely triangular, and b) darker colored on top and lighter on the bottom. (This recipe post suggests you can dust your minazuki with matcha powder, if you wanted to make it green).

Unohana already has some associations with tea ceremony, and she publishes a guide to sweet shops in the Seireitei Communication. I guess I just think it would be really funny if everyone thought her zanpakutou was named after a dessert--like if you met some nice, mild-mannered lady with a cute little purse dog named "Cookie", but then, several years later, you find that "Cookie" is short for "Cook My Enemies in the Scorching Hot Oil of Vengeance."

[oh-no-its-bird]

Naruto/Death Note crossover but it's just me zapping Misa into Naruto w the dimension travel beams (and also I stopped reading Death Note after L died bc I got bored)

Deranged hot goth girl fucks with ninjas more at 11

Ok but taking it seriously:

Her Shinigami eyes could actually cause SO many issues for ninja in general. No disguise ever works on her bc she can see your name !! You can not go undercover with this bitch around she'll catch you near instantly!!

Also her being able to see peoples lifespans would fuck so hard there too, what a party trick to pull. I want her to push someone to do some insane shit while going "nah don't worry you won't die for another few months at least so you'll be fine!! :)"

I don't think she came w the death note itself just bc I don't think Misa could prevent someone from taking it from her and it's way too OP to deal with the logistics of what having it just out there in the world would actually mean. Pretty much any naruto character gets it and the story ends in like 3 minutes flat

I know that there are shinigami in Naruto canon, tho I'm not too familiar w the specifics.

Either way, it could be cool if we really got into Misa's relation to them— she can see them with her eyes already, maybe she can sense them too. She's like being drawn to different artifacts and prisons of shinigami, she can sense them from far away and they call to her ooOOoOoo

She ends up freeing that one specific shinigami from the mask or whatevers going on w that. And since she already has the eyes from Rem, instead of going "oh, thanks lmao *kills you*" when freed, they recognize that shes already been claimed by a shinigami and are like "Oh shit, nice contract blondie." and she has an actual opening to talk to them (and maybe get another funky death god contract along the way)

Misa continues to show she has unstoppable, unbeatable shinigami rizz even into the next dimension. They all want her.

(If nothing else, naruto world has PROVEN that if u roll high enough on a charisma stat, you can convince anyone of literally anything, no matter if it was like the driving force of their entire life since they were 5 or whatever. So why shouldn't Misa get to talk shinigami into liking her just by being violently friendly?? No really, why not??)

Shes collecting death contracts like Pokémon cards, causing actual fucking havoc everywhere she goes via unleashing ancient evils for deals for some of their power (thanks Misa!!)

She doesn't know how to fucking fight tho, she's a 2000's goth girl in chunky heels. She's getting by on her insanely high charisma stats, good luck, and the giant shinigami only she can see standing directly behind her with a giant baseball bat waiting for someone to get close enough to hit

Could be cool if her shinigami eyes let her see yokai in general too, and just say there weren't enough back in modern Japan to notice. But there's TONS around now and Misa is making little kissy faces at them trying to be friends

Her eyes keep her safe by marking her as already claimed by a shinigami, also making most yokai reguard her as one of them. That could also maybe be used to get her places she shouldn't be in / have weaknesses a normal guy doesn't

Like, seals designed for yokai work on her too

Her eyes need to be mistaken for sharingan at LEAST once and it must cause as many problems as possible.

It'd be neat if Rem was there too. Maybe Misa collecting all this power from different shinigami is actually in some quest to bring Rem back, via giving her that power she got from the other shinigami. She's like roaming the land in an effort to get as much power as possible to make Rem a new body or smthn.

The rules of how shinigami exist and are allowed to interact with the mortal plane is different than the rules where Misa is from, so there's like tons of wiggle room for creativity n "woahh I didn't know you could do that!!"

Misa herself is such a go with the flow morally grey gal w a very clear potential and allowance for absoloute insanity— I think she'd be super down with joining whoever just happens to be the first person she meets in Naruto world. Like. She bumps into the Akatsuki first? You KNOW she's gonna join in. She happens to land near Konoha first? Hell yeah she's loving the funky ninja village! Military dictatorship? Fine by her!

Shes so undying loyal, no matter how clearly wrong or deranged the object of her affection is. So whoever earns that affection first is gonna keep it p much the whole way through (honestly this world is just lucky she's still hung up on Light, which is why she still has sommee agency here)

I think the most interesting thing to do w her + what parallels her story best would be joining Akatsuki actually. Cmon, a terrorist organization "dedicated to peace" (through murder) she's so there for it, she's asking to pretty please help bc "Light would probably like it <33"

Also the Akatsuki cloak is like the only naruto outfit I can see her really rocking while keeping her signature style. ALSO also, Akatsuki nailpolish code,,,,

[bozoswozo]

~I present to you…My favourite characters from my favourite animes :P~

because I am bored 😬

Gon Freecs

he’s such a ray of sunshine,

he’s always been my all time favourite character in HxH.

I love his energy and positive attitude.

He’s so :3 and he makes me happy.

He’s so ambitious

His physical appearance is also so cute

He just gives hope idk

I don’t know why I love him so much he’s just Gon

But Gon is always loved by everyone so…

L. Lawliet

he’s so smart and that makes me :3

He’s so cute

and hot, sue me

I love his sarcastic humour

he’s so :] and Iove it

he’s such a silly billy

He’s so overdramatic

drama queen

“I hear the bells” alright gang ‼️💪🏻

But I still love him so much

Killua Zoldyck

I never really cared about him

I rewatched HxH and got attached

his admiration towards Gon is adorable

so is his love for him

but his life is so sad

Like yes ur worthy of friends bro 😭

He’s so cool too, amazing style

saddest character in the anime frl

BUT HES SO COOL! HIS NEN HIS HAIR EVERYTHING

nonchalent king

Mob/ Kageyama

Come on he’s everything that is considered a green flag

He’s so cutie patootie

but he’s also pretty angsty😬

I love that he goes through stuff people can actually relate to

he’s so innocent

another ray of sunshine

I love his shy side

Everyone who encounters him ends up changing for the better

#shigeokageyamaforpresident

he’s just mob, no need to explain further

Mello

Hottest character in Death Note FIGHT ME

HES SO HOT

HIS STYLE OMG

HIS SCAR !!!

HIS HAIR

Bro everything about him is amazing

Iive laugh love Mello

I NEED THAT MAN

He can kidnap me in his truck

Bro even the shinigami admitted he was scary

ISNT THAT SO COOL

and the fact that he’s emotional makes it even better

Best Death Note character???? (can’t decide)

Near

I used to dislike him

But I’ve matured now and I LOVE HIM

one of the best characters

it truly plays between him L and Mello

he’s so cute and goofy

Sometimes I forget he’s an adult :/

But he just seems fun to be around

yeah I said fun

He’d probably shrug every now and then

idk

he made me proud bro, made me feel like a mother watching her son

AGAIN, HE’S AN ADULT😭I TEND TO FORGET THAT

And I’m a minor

ANYWAY HE’S SO COOL

Ray

bro everything about him is so sad

Blud needs intensive therapy 🔥🔥

But he’s just so…cool

Like I love characters like that

I either love joyful and sunshine characters or I love little angsty guys

He’s so cute too

I chose a pic from the anime (though the manga is 100x better) bc he looks a bit too much like a mischievous elf in the manga💀

He’s a smarty pants

I love sarcastic characters

He’s just so yeah bro

he loves his siblings so much

And I love him so much

Kinda spooked me out tho in the traitor scene and in the fire scene

like ok emo boy get it i guess!

He’s nonetheless an amazing character

100% would recommend

That’s it :P.

Warning: I know a lot of the characters are minors but keep in mind that I AM TOO! And I’m near their age, to not say it specifically…Plus all of the minors, I like NOT bc of any attraction shit but just bc they’re cool and hilly billys.

:3

[corvuscorona]

( THERE'S FLASHING LIGHTS IN THIS ONE FYI )

via my recent 愛麗絲-posting, I have summoned brand new hot fresh 米津玄師 chuuni music, complete with an MV that is Very. and also, (tho this is standard for him), lyrics that are Very. plz listen to the cadence with which this dude tacks the name of a piano company onto the end of a contextless line about BLOOOOOD (right after the "kiero"s)

( props as always to vgperson for lyrics )

I hope we get an interview about this one I hope he gets to explain in great detail whatever the fuck he's on about here. would love to read sentences about this. finally preordered this album & am really looking forward to a Listening Experience that BEGINS (!) WITH THIS SONG.. actually look at the tracklist for a second would ya

we have Heard 6 of these 7 first songs & the vibe I'm having imparted to me here is so fucking good. we got RED OUT (chuuni music). we got KICK BACK (chainsaw man music). we got mystery track (exciting). we got POP SONG (from the playstation commercial where he looked like he was closet cosplaying ryuk death note for no reason). shinigami (please watch this if you haven't already also the bass is so delicious). mainichi (peppy!) & LADY (contender for the "music you could play for whoever but I also still like it" of this album).

I'm ready. I'm seated. I'm waiting patiently. if I have any reservation it's that while we're starting out with tracks that rock hard, there are a bunch of Known slower ones in the middle & towards the end (BORING!!! TSUKI WO MITEITA & SPINNING GLOBE GO HOME. M87 YOU'RE ON THIN ICE), so the title track (second to last) might also be boring. but maybe he'll pull another bremen & it'll be fine. TIME WILL TELL.......

[violetnaps]

randoms hcs for suzunamis/twins + notes for canonverse au

general hcs

the twins can use each other's zanpakuto (their zanpakuto spirit is the same and the only forms it takes are a ball of light and each other so it feels like an obvious option). they just rarely do bc kotomaru is too heavy for fujimaru to use properly and ryujomaru is too small for matsuri

matsuri is better at sensing than fujimaru. this ones canon actually, but unfortunately only used in chapter 1 (she "hears" the shinigami before fujimaru or mad eater do) and a random kyoraku gag

matsuri's insistence on following the rules and being proper at all times is due to her overawareness of their position as rukon kids adopted by a pair of nobles rather than her natural personality. in fact, in chapter 1 she seemed quieter and less assertive. i imagine without suzunami around she would revert to that... fujimaru is more carefree bc he takes things at face value, and trusts seigen and konoka when they say not to worry about that stuff.

fujimaru is the better cook, just lazy. when its just the two of them matsuri is banned from cooking except for breakfast (bc fujimaru always sleeps in) and that too only following a pre-approved recipe.

unohana knew about konoka's healing powers. its how they got to know each other in the first place.

following my (delusional) suzunami as fifth great noble clan theory: yoruichi is an old friend to seigen and konoka. that's also where kaien's debt to seigen comes from, maybe? tho interestingly the only one other than kyoraku and unohana to visit their family home is... urahara. hm.

matsuri does not have a crush on kaien. fujimaru probably does. (there is nothing straight about this girl gushing over unohana every chance she gets... fujimaru just likes boobs, and only sometimes.)

rangiku and the rest of the kids from past arc are still kids to them, despite everything. especially obvious with rangiku bc fujimaru comments on her growth without being like... attracted. (i do not want to hyperanalyse bath scenes but he did have a very different reaction to walking in on rangiku, rukia and orihime in the hot springs than he did while talking to yoruichi...) big fan of him still acting like a big brother to her despite not at all deserving the title (likewise for matsuri)

seigen is aroace (also canon)

konoka is probably also aroace, tho as a woman theres a political aspect to her refusal to marry and can be read both ways. her relationship with unohana fits in both ways too. (her only friend, according to fujimaru "the only one who seemed to really know her", the only one who mourns her for her and not for seigen or her sacrifice - both extremely selfish healers in their own ways)

the scene where rangiku dupes the player into doing her paperwork is only canon for matsuri. there is no way that would work on fujimaru. Unless... its the big brotherism... anyway its also basically the matsuri & rangiku dynamic in my canon au where matsuri is 3rd seat of 10th after isshin's disappearance/toshiro's captaincy. captain and his older lieutenant and her even older third seat, who all hired each other in backwards order. u see the vision.

urahara and konoka were actually friends, after the rescue. he also mourns her for her, and tries to talk her out of a sacrifice that could save the entire seireitei. that's not for seigen's or the kids' sake, unlike yamamoto and yoruichi rescuing the twins to keep seigen from going berserk (also a hc but canon in my heart)

kaien leaves fifth after losing the twins - as in, specifically bc of losing the twins. his mentorship of rukia is just as much good for himself as it is for her.

for canonverse au specifically

theyre still in the academy during the arturo battle and naturally no one tells them anything (except seigen's canon "take care of konoka if anything happens to me" scene which they take as a joke), but they end up at the scene anyway bc konoka is missing/not at home.

arrive just in time to see konoka die while being unable to do anything about it :) can't decide if seigen disappears with arturo or actually dies here, bc there's no way im keeping the game finale's ridiculousness.

they get mad at yamamoto on the spot. get shut down similarly to how it goes in the captains meeting in canon. matsuri is the one doing the yelling. (it's always matsuri doing the yelling.)

this is where the twins' priorities split: matsuri wants revenge (like seigen, but aimed at arturo who's disappeared but not dead), fujimaru wants to be able to protect her, whatever form that takes. knows she'd unconsciously grown reliant on the idea that no matter what happened konoka could fix her (she's the one injured as a kid here) and without konoka around, he steps up to fill that role.

so timeline of captaincy is seigen -> shinji -> aizen. arturo battle is some years pre-tbtp arc. kaien is with fifth when the twins join and transfers out to 13th a good while after fujimaru leaves for 4th, half out of concern for matsuri, half for his own reservations. their dynamic is mostly as canon. shinji was seigen's lieutenant and when he becomes captain he skips over kaien (third seat) for aizen (fourth seat) as lieutenant. part of why ukitake manages to snatch kaien lol

the ren/ruki rukon meetings may or may not happen here, but gin/ran def happens and hitsu/hina def doesn't. the twins sponsor gin/ran into the academy. when isshin disappears, rangiku asks matsuri to help with 10th's affairs while she and toshiro keep trying to find him. she agrees and ends up making an odd transfer from 3rd seat of 5th to 3rd seat of 10th. does all the paperwork. thanks, rangiku. mostly i love the way this adds a third layer to the young captain -> older lieutenant who recruited him as a shinigami -> even older third seat who recruited her. in battle shes at least as strong as toshiro tho. cant be matsuri if shes not op.

oh yeah!! keeping with the player twins learns bankai but other twin doesnt, sometime during tbtp matsuri helps urahara test the 3 day bankai method. succeeds bc of course she does. given the ura/yoru relationship in canon at the time tho i dont think yoruichi would be involved unfortunately.

oh they still have the hair accessories. unohana gives them to the twins. konoka had them prepared in advance for the twins' graduation. unohana, yoruichi and urahara all knew the twins before they graduated, and shinji at least knew of them as the captains kids.

during soul society arc fujimaru despite being of fourth which other than the captain and lieutenant moves in groups, is allowed a good deal of freedom of movement. its why hes no higher than fifth seat. encounters the defeated ikkaku and yumichika while trying to track down ganju. matsuri meanwhile does manage to find ganju - at the tower confrontation with byakuya. still gets interrupted by ichigo, but manages to prevent ganju from being injured (by knocking him out herself)

#complex relationship with rukia. they both blame ukitake for kaien's death. they also blame kaien for kaien's death, but anyway. rukia is convinced they also blame her for it, bc ofc she is, she thinks everyone does. and bc things are so awkward between them and her captain they dont exactly get the chance to talk about it. genuinely surprised when matsuri speaks in her defence against byakuya. post-ss arc, matsuri joins the human world team, and theres a bit of a mess with the gentei kanjo there, but also rukia and her have an actual talk.

oh, both twins adore orihime. for sure. they're getting konoka flashbacks and intense protective instincts. explaining to her the value of a healer. fujimaru especially would have a lot to say about urahara's declaration in that arc. (he's still pretty great with kido, just rusty.)

might be a bit too indulgent here, but theres a cg of matsuri fighting grimmjow thats like never used in game so like... thats my justification. yeah. steals ichigos fight with grimmjow. like literally shows up and is like bro move. mostly bc rukia needs a healer and he'll be able to find orihime faster. "did you storm the soul society for your pride, or for her?" (remember when ukitake said kaien fighting metastacia was a matter of his pride and not, yknow avenging his murdered wife...)

oh speaking of. re: twins getting mad at ukitake. matsuri is all grief and rage and action, fujimaru is quieter but harsh in his own way. pointing out the disrespect to miyako in letting kaien fight the thing that killed her and her whole squad overemotional and unprepared. as if they didnt know just how capable she was and what it meant that something could kill her and all her men. i keep coming back to this point bc this is like the whole point.

anyway still undecided on who goes where but i think for winter war the twins get split up. one on pillar defence or healer duty in fake karakura, one accompanying byakuya to hueco mundo. matsuri in fake karakura would replace yumichika (sorry to the iconic ikkayumi scene but this is the twins' show now and also ive already stolen grimmichi so) and be the one to defeat ayon. could also maybe throw arturo and some soi fon scenes in there. in hueco mundo she would find and kill arturo with unohana as witness/making sure she doesn't die. fujimaru in fake karakura would be stuck between his duty as healer and wanting to intervene in the ayon fight, with yamamoto stepping in and telling him to remember his duties. like matsuri, runs to soi fon as soon as he's done with the others. thats their bestie okay. in hueco mundo he'd be having a terrible time bc byakuya wont sit down for him to heal him and he has to invent new ways to heal on the go bc this bitch just keeps running on a torn leg. also has a talk with rukia abt fake kaien. everything has potential </3

oh, so shinji. hmm. havent got much there, except momo worrying he'll replace her with matsuri when hes reinstated as captain of fifth. (momo and matsuri are a lil awkward for that reason already - everyone expected matsuri to be lieutenant, esp since she'd been around since before gin, but momo popped in and stole it out of nowhere. she's always felt guilty about it, and matsuri's reassured her otherwise, but aizen has also implied to her that matsuri only doesnt mind bc shes never accepted aizen as her captain in the first place. its awkward.)

anyway timeskip to the end now. unohana dies, isane replaces her, and picks fujimaru as her lieutenant. hes already gotten less floozy since working under unohana... hes almost reliable now! mostly she just needs someone to keep members of 11th in line since she sure cant lol. meanwhile rukia becomes captain of 13th and offers matsuri lieutenancy there, which is a weird feeling for sure bc kaien but the reasoning is also that. in the aftermath theyd been the only people she'd seen get actually angry at ukitake, and if she ever makes a mistake like that she wants someone nearby who will tell her off the same way. also matsuri going from one ice captain to another is funny, since kotomaru is fire-aligned (burn status effect compared to ryujomaru's shock)

[evanescentdawn]

okay since I did a non-shippy rangikuorihime snippet I feel obliged to show a shippy snippet (okay. not really obliged as to I want to Show it)

I debated on which one to show, okay technically the two parts could be apart of the same thing; just wrote it separately as I was trying to figure out How to write this whole rangikuhime thing. anyways! so! them!

JFJFJFJ I CHOSE THIS ONE because I have Thoughts to say. like. as I was writing I was like. why couldn’t Orihime just….heal away the bruise because tech that’s what hickies are anyways. but then, it got me wondering about shinigamis and healing. I barely remember shit about the manga tbh, like details, but I do remember…..rukia having her arm bandaged up as she’s standing with the whole gang after the the ichigo-aizen fight so it suggests that bones aren’t that Easily healed or smth. i mean it could have been not enough time for that too war and all. I mean, yeahhhh Orihime has High Healing thing (if she still does, in this au) (probably) anyways. like. maybe they don’t just think of doing that? healing bruises? like! it’s a minor thing and especially in this scenario I don’t think Orihime would be like “I can heal it away” okay idk I think I was going somewhere with these thoughts but my brain trailed off on it and I can’t grasp on where I was going on it. so, stopping here fjfjfjf

back to the wip. heh I love it. THEY CUTE. i love the fifth paragraph about the scarf and the hot season because like. i didnt even know it was during the hot season currently in the soul society, but it turned out like that because I needed to have a reason as why No Scarf. i mean. i could have have said “people be curious a little anyways” since that might be something she technically doesn’t wear. anyways. i just love it when u write and u learn more details about this setting ur writing. it’s just. So. to me when that happens. the fun of writing, to me. when ur learning/discovering about ur story as u write it. it’s so !!!! to me !!!! u know. like I myself haven’t even thought of hfjfjf make up as a solution. until the last moment and I was like oh ! that could be a thing ! also had no idea this was morning smex before we go to work thing when I started writing it which makes me laugh. so rangiku-coded.

hfjfjfjfj also why does the fifth parade read to me as if Orihime was in a scandal similar to this but where people found out !!!!! (I say but but also people could find about her hickie now too) (now im thinking of reisho protected Make-up and what does that MEAN) (now I’m thinking of mayuri having a Make Up brand so his make up? face paint? doesn’t go off in battle) (HE WOULD) (I can’t believe that rangiku is buying mayuri make up that’s a horror) (but it’s really good so she does???) (yumichika also buying it….) (MAYURI BRAND MAKE UP BEING A THING WTF) anyways…. back to the potential scandal that might have happened before to Orihime…. that is incredibly funny to me as it must have been mortifying to her (maybe) (idk depending on the people and the situation)

RANGIKU SHEEPISH FACE. i Love that. the fact that it’s morning smex Adds to it. like. it was partly Orihime fault too, aware of the time and all and still goes along and says yes but Also rangiku suggests it. so. she feels sheepish for forgetting herself and giving hime a noticeable hickie i never know how to spell that word. i keep changing up my spelling. I should look up the spelling, one day. one day, i say, LMAO. shouldn’t it be today or later. anyways. Yeah.

also just. i love how this part….flows? how the words were placed. I DID A GOOD JOB. I LIKE READING IT HEH. also going fjjfjfjfkd thinking about the homoeroticness of Applying Make Up. 😳 im so excited to write that hehehehhehe

if I get to it.

im saying hoping tho and trusting myself to do it. (PLEASE)

i think in my one of my soulreaper!orihime series, rangiku and orihime most definitely hook up. like it just leads up to it one day and it keeps happening. it’s not really anything just something casual and fun <3

[deathblizzard]

;WISHLIST: Digging through things, this is an old list of thread ideas from a loooong time ago that actually are still intriguing to me:

At least in my mind, Rukia’s fight with Aaroniero is very secretive, and Rukia herself is pretty private, not sure how truthful Aaroniero was but, I think he says no one can watch them in there so I like to think the only one that really knows how that fight was done or WHO was involved was Rukia. I’d love to see her expand on it to someone, (I swear I’ll force her to at least open up a little, ok?) because I think it very much helped and hurt her in many ways, but I would love to get more concrete and write them down thoroughly. Maybe it could start with someone being impressed that she took down the 9th espada, and she seems a little glum at it being pointed out. This one is fine for any timeline/verse post-Aaroniero fight.

Similar a bit to first possibly, but I had the thought Rukia might actually finally go to her friend’s graves in Rukongai after remembering Kaien’s spiel about the heart being passed down, I was picturing a friend(team Karakura, or other familiar friend) being surprised to find her there, but I’m down if you can figure out how your character would find her there? Post winter war is what I was thinking, but I suppose she could delay it as she has a habit of ‘running’ or putting things off, so a later timeline could be alright too. 

Let Rukia fight other fullbringers( honestly I was just laughing at the thought of her fighting Yukio cause video games are ???? something she doesn’t understand at all but I think the other fullbringers would be interesting too?)

A sort of shinigami gone human AU? Like– We heard all these plans that Urahara had with the detection less gigai for the hogyoku that turns the wearer “human”. I kind of just wanted to entertain if Rukia WASN’T ever detained to go to her execution and had instead stayed in the human world and had become “human”. Probably a sense of conflict in her as well as a endless sort of worry about being found out still. Could be more everyday threads for a bit that eventually have a sort of heaviness to them. More limited to humans/Karakura folk, but I could advance forward in the timeline a bit to her bring suspected by a patrolling shinigami or some other conflict

Hanging out with other female characters and or doing more feminine activities?(hot springs, shopping, etc?) Her last kind of female figure in her life (other than Orihime) was Miyako. I don’t think she doesn’t indulge in these cause she doesn’t like them but she’s a bit missing on the crowd to do so. 

I literally don’t know what I want to do with it, but pocket sized!Rukia from the initial bleach pilot has at least some entertainment value. 

If you’re wanting to do something more general tho, and less specific than these, here’s a short, even older list I would still be down to do or just hit me up for plotting!! Or we could figure out something together too!

Rukia on her journey to become captain

stupid shit and shenanigans 10/10 [my muse was born in crack rp she cannot escape]

Training

Post war(karakura, or TYBW pick your poison) aftermath feelings

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~ reveal your watch & rewatch drama list ~

tagged by @lelephantsnail!! thanks so much!!

Watching, in alphabetical because of MDL:

35 Sai no Koukousei: it's heavy. like really heavy. the theme song is so good though and i'm liking it, watching it an episode at a time when i have time/feel like it. Watching it for Suda Masaki (being a lil shit) and Aiba Hiroki (being a much more fun lil shit of a teacher).

Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba: it's kinda weird ngl. but i wanna see how the main character is gonna deal with his crush being in a guy's body with all the other stuff going on. and it is. so wild. seeing Matsuzaka Tori being so awkward. i've only seen him in stoic or mysterious roles.

Kinnporsche: at this point because of vegaspete.

Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu: i'm only two episodes in and forgot i was watching it because i was really busy the last few days. Fukushi Sota is so cute tho so i'll probably keep watching it. very everything i expect in a virgin office older woman/younger man drama lmao.

Old Fashion Cupcake: HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS. WHY IS IT ALMOST OVER. THE THOUGHTS FOR MORE FICS ARE DEMANDING TO BE WRITTEN BUT I'M TRYING TO RESIST UNTIL IT'S OVER.

Senpai, Danjite Koidewa!: i dunno if imma stick with this one honestly. it's just really not doing anything for me. saber guy is cute and i know ex-aid guy but like.......meh. and i dunno if Watanabe Shu will save it for me. sorry bros.

Shinigami-kun: okay i thought this would be a little more like Omukae Desu and it is not. but damn is Suda Masaki hot as a devil and i really like the main guy. and fuck yeah the girl. currently paused on ep 6 to write this post lmao

Rewatching:

Mei's Butler: i liked this one, it's cute and has many many toku guys. but my second lead syndrome. oh my god. ma'am. i know Mizushima Hiro is hot. but Satoh Takeru is right there for best friends to lovers. and he's your height! giant sucker for same height couples. anyways rewatching because i watched Kamen Rider Kabuto.

Plan to Watch:

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry: actually this is a maybe. i dunno if i can deal with an age gap like this. irl it's fine (thankfully!!!!!) but yeah. this might squick me out too much tbh. i know my friends are excited but like. i dunno. but we'll see. i do like the leads, that's the thing.

Alice In Borderland S2: because yeah!! season 2!! gimme those face cards

Shin Shinchou Kouki: Classmate wa Sengoku Busho: looks fuckin insane and has people i know. my kind of crazy, i think.

tagging: @yuneyn @funyasm @incandescentflower

[littlenekosfan]

I think you should do Tousen too :)

Or Aizen, or both!

im gonna go with aizen bc i dont have much to say about tousen even tho i like him (ill still include few stuff with him)

1. Favorite thing about them

oh aizen..... i have never liked you, idk if its bc i thought you were the "classic evil antagonist" or bc everyone found you hot and "im not like the other girls" but i can now say i appreciate you a lot lot more thanks to cat (hii @huevo-mundo) im gonna be honest and say i still dont get his character, but i do think his complexity is what makes him so enjoyable, that even if he acts like a villain, he's actually more smart and sane than you'd first assume, also how he's carefully written... too carefully, that it makes him very hard to read since yknow... his actual persona is pretty closed about his feelings/true face... there is a lot about aizen, and i think how he's not a black/white character (like many others in bleach) makes him more interesting to me now!

2. Least favorite thing about them

aizen if you lay one other fucking fingers on karakura kids, ill fucking obliterate you. he had no right to torment them that much when they are literally the least to blame in that whole story......

3. Favorite line

"I see. so if you're killed, the gates of muken will be forever closed. They figured... I would go as far as killing you to get my hands on the muken key, Those... damn guys in room 46." totally not bc of kyoai... im sure there are better quotes with him i just cant recall

"Why must changing from a Shinigami to something closer to a Hollow constitute debasement? Your words stem from stunted, two-dimensional principles, identifying Shinigami as righteous and Hollows as evil." -tousen

4. brOTP

aizen/ichigo, tousen/komamura

5. OTP

aizen/tousen, kyoai and......... shunukizen...........

6. nOTP

aizen/gin??

7. Random HC

uhhh, momo having a beautiful handwriting bc she loves to stay at night practicing with aizen (who already has a perfect writing) and tousen/aizen babysitting gin who loves doing crimes 24/7

8. Unpopular opinion

yeah im still not over aizen thirst from 2013..... you know that gatekeeping attitude toward your favs bc you know ppl who "likes him" dont actually do, they just find him hot...... we'll that's me LMAO, i mean, i wont lie about that, i dont really talk or express interest in him bc i dont wanna end up with aizen fuckers..... so i only talk about him with cat

9. Favorite picture of them

[akaluan]

Oh god Erich is adorable in this chapter. I wanna wrap him in blanket, give him hot choco and cuddle him.

Also the yearning is *strong* in this one wow. These two morons are literally touching souls and they *still* can’t communicate their feelings. Make me wanna bonk them on the head and then make them kiss.

After the past few days, Erich *really* needs the blanket, hot choc, and cuddles. Like, really really needs them. (Next chapter is gunna be uuuhhh.. angsty.)

ON THE OTHER HAND, Erich has EXPERIENCE avoiding the clue-by-four-- (okay tbh I tend to write him as demi so YEAH IT TAKES SOME EFFORT TO CLUE IN) -- and in this case, of course he can't have feelings for an ex-Shinigami. Why would he have feelings for a former enemy of his people. That's ridiculous.

And Kisuke doesn't dare push his suit bc what if he drives Erich off, or loses their friendship? He doesn't want to do that! So clearly the only way to respond is to SAY NOTHING.

Don't worry tho, MC is gunna bonk some heads together eventually XD They'll get there!

[recurring-polynya]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers (except me because obvs I have done it). Spread the self-love ❤

I spent a really long time thinking about this because I feel like I'm always shilling the same handful of fics from 2019. So maybe this list isn't my all-time favorites, but it's five fics that I am feeling fondly towards at the moment, and would put forward if people are looking for samples of my work to read. I think I came up with a pretty good sampling of old and new, and also length and genre. They're basically all Renruki tho. I write about other characters sometimes, but the only fics I actually care about are the ones about Renruki.

(recs below the cut, because it got long)

go places. [2023. 28k words. Rated T.] Young Rukia and Renji leave Inuzuri and spend three weeks at the South Rukongai District 70 Consolidated Shinigami Recruitment Station, waiting to find out if their applications have been accepted, and learning what it means to be a shinigami.

Boy, this was such an agonizing fic to write. I simply couldn't make it come together. In the time since I've finished it, I've grown more and more affectionate toward it. I think the prose is better than my usual, it hits a lot of the notes I always want my fanfic to hit, and I just really really love dreadful teen Rukia and Renji. It's definite a weird fic, and it's melancholy and goes down a hundred bizarre world-building tangents and R U K I A, but I'm just inordinately proud of it.

Damage History. [2024. 109k words. Rated T. Some violence, medical stuff.] Long ago in Inuzuri, Abarai Renji broke his arm. It healed. At least the bones did. His kidou ducts have never been the same. Now that Renji's finally having the surgery to get them corrected, Rukia is determined to make sure he gets the love and care he deserves during his recovery-- whether he wants it or not.

I go around and around about which chapter of my long slow-burn series, The Heart is a Muscle, is my favorite. I think that in the long run, this one isn't going to be it, but it is the most recent one I wrote, and I actually just re-read it, and I think it's pretty good, actually. It brings together a lot of the threads I've been weaving into all the stories that came before it, and I think the resulting story is both well-crafted and has a lot of heart to it.

Rukia's Birthday. [2023. 2.5k. Rated T.] Short-n-sweet lil contrast story between the only birthday Rukia celebrated at the Academy, and one in more recent times.

Ha ha, I wish this one had a better title, but that was the name of the prompt for one of the days of Renruki Week. Even though it's just a shorty, it really hits all the notes I want in a romantic Renruki story. (It's not like...romantic romantic, but it's romantic to me). Anyway, I very frequently find myself re-reading this one. Very, very rarely I manage to write a thing that is exactly what I want to read, and this is it.

Portions for Foxes. [2019. 28k. Rated E. Graphic sex, graphic violence, major character death. There's an M version with less sex, but it still has the rest] After his captain's death at the hands of As Nodt, Renji just wants to sink into the shattered wreckage that used to be his life. But Byakuya has left him with a few things to take care of, and Renji is nothing, if not loyal.

lol I said I didn't want to pull out the same 5 fics I always rec, and here it is. I can't help it if it's a banger! Anyway, the thing I like about Foxes is that it's got an actually intriguing premise, unlike the other 98% of what I write, which is like "why is the food bad in Soul Society?" or "what if paperwork," and then I actually think I did a good job with it. I keep hoping that with the Blood War getting animated, that people will rediscover this fic, which is the real reason I put it on the list. I think it's safe to say that this is one of my fics that I have re-read the most times.

Squad 10 Day. [2022. 4k. Rated T.] It's October 10, Squad 10 Day, but Hitsugaya and Matsumoto are in the World of the Living, so they do the obvious: declare the rest of the Advance Team (and Chad) members of Squad 10 and eat soup about it. (It's actually titled "Time to Celebrate" but in my heart, it's just "Squad 10 Day")

The Advance Team arc is, in my opinion, the best time to write Bleach fanfic, and I think this is my best Advance Team fanfic. If you don't want to read 4k of Chad thinking about shinigami and how much he loves his precious friends, I don't know what to tell you. This is the least Renruki fanfic on this list, but that insane B-cipher letter Rukia sends Renji is something that it so important to me and I think of it often.

Bonus!! I allowed myself (1) smut, so here it is:

Rukia and Renji Flagrantly Misuse Valuable Gotei-13 Field Equipment (for Science!) [2020. 8.6k. Rated E for VERY graphic sex.] Squad 12 has developed a new hot-swappable gigai, an amazing innovation that could save lives, reduce mission costs, and provide new scientific insights into the nature of the soul. Rukia and Renji, asked to test out the prototypes, immediately use them for 🐒🐍🕶️🍑🍆❄️🐰 purposes.

This was the first smut I ever wrote (not counting Portions for Foxes, which was at least plot-related sex) and I have not improved with practice. The reason this fanfic is important to me is because anytime someone makes a raunchy joke about the omake to Episode 335, I want someone else to say "hey, someone wrote a smut of that" and now that is possible, because of me. If I have but one contribution to the fandom, I hope it's that.

Thank you for the tag on this, I think this was good for my ego. I get very self-conscious whenever I am supposed to tag people, but if anyone reading this got even the slightest urge to toot their own horn, please consider yourself tagged (and I would love to read it, I love to read people talk about their own work)

[cannibarb]

This has been scratching my head a lot and I must ask: Who's starbucks obsessed, favorite drinks, who'd work there, and who would go there just to make fun of said worker(s) in the Black Butler cast? Also Hi

kuroshitsuji starbucks headcanons! (???)

Why, hello darling!! Thank you for being the only one filling up my inbox, I appreciate it! Let‘s get started, shall we? (Also yes I put a stupid amount of work into this)

I’m starting with my general HCs but tldr/fav drink summary is at the very bottom lol-

Lizzy would want to go there ALL THE TIME!! simply because of the "cute drinks", like the pink drink etc. She probably saw the infamous unicorn frappucino and DIED-

O!Ciel probably thinks Stabucks is a waste of money but everytime Lizzy drags him to Starbucks he gets some coffee or tea (I‘m thinking a classic earl grey or the Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte) and a big slice of cake. He would never get Lizzys cute drinks, THEY’RE FOR GIRLS!1!1!11!!!

(“but Lizzy let me have a sip, I just want to see what utter garbage you’re wasting your money on..no I’m not ordering my own Lizzy just let me try yours please!“) (Sebastian would also bully him/ call him young lady for that^)

Anyways, moving on...has anyone ever written a Sebagni coffee shop AU? Like little latte hearts, free cake, all that cute stuff ;) sorry, sorry I‘ll stop... ;)

I‘m not fully sure about this BUT Agni does have a lot of calm energy and Sebastian just has the skill and looks honestly..But Sebastian could be and do anything so does that really count? Those two are my "most likely to be a hot barista" people.. About the making-fun-of-workers thing...RCIEL, SOMA (not in an evil way tho he‘s just childish) , REDMOND, ALOIS, MAURICE don’t ask you know that I‘m right.

William doesn’t go there often despite his coffee addiction but I can totally see one of the other shinigami going to Starbucks and getting the strongest thing possible for Will. The same goes for Othello imo (or hot chocolate!!).

It‘s Christian Girl Autumn soon so Grelle is taking Alois and Lizzy to get pumpkin spice lattes <3 <3 <3

That’s very ooc but I‘d love to see that- For some reason I HC that Alois and Lizzy would be good friends??? What‘s your opinion on that lol?

Other than a PSL Grelle would order something REALLY fancy and once she has her usual order she sticks to it. She‘d get one of those special blend coffees tho, nothing boring.

-summary of fav drinks-

o!Ciel: classic earl grey or the Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte

Lizzy: make it cute and sweet!

Mey: anything sweet but maybe a Cinnamon Dolce Latte..

Bard: either anything or nothing

Finny: he‘s not picky but I feel like it could be hot chocolate, he‘s a baby and he‘d be too hyper with coffee in his system.

Alois: iced coffee, cold brew, PSL (maybe I’m projecting tho-)

Grelle: obviously something extra!! But she‘s the type to have 1-2 go-to orders and just sticks to those. Looks like a starbucks special blend or Reserve girl.

Ronald: honestly I do not know maybe a macchiato but I just feel like he loves booze-

Soma: Cloud Macchiato, Oatmilk Honey Latte

Sieglinde: she’s German and germans generally prefer drinks that are not as sweet BUT she‘s also 11 so I‘m saying a "classic" frappucino or a cool lime/berry refresha.

Othello: hot chocolate or the strongest coffee. no inbetween.

So that’s it for now, hope you liked my headcanons! I‘m pretty sure that I’m gonna make a pt.2 to this bc I actually like my HCs. And I’m always right. And I probably forgot a lot of things.

(sorry if this looks weird btw idk what I‘m doing and I don’t have a computer atm) Once again, tysm for carrying my whole blog, keep doing that!~ (your back must be hurting like crazy huh-)

[mysterylover123]

Mysterylover Watches Bleach Episodes 55-57

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1. Man I am hyped going into this next set. We’re getting into the climax of this arc and I’m hoping for some serious action! 

2. So Ichi starts the episode by taking out all the redshirt Shinigami Lieutenants without even using the sword, because he’s boss mode now, before RukiBRo jumps in. So I’m guessing most of this will be the Mono v Mono between ichigo and Byakuya

3. “Even if I did explain the principle, you’d never understand” what the principle of being a massive prick? Yeah I think we can all understand that. (I’m sure eventually he’ll be likable, because Shonen. Just right now he’s a real massive douche and I’m having fun hating on him)

4. More RenRuki bickering and Ichigo/Renji bonding in flashback. And ichigo and Rukia friendship stuff. This trio is amazing. OOH AND RENJI IS GONNA DO THE MIGHT-UING THEN? YAS!!!!!

5. “Share that burden with Ichigo and with me” OOH. FRIENDSHIP TRIO. POTENTIAL OT3. SHARE THAT BURDEN RUKI. YOU HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS. And she grabs his heart while he’s bridal carrying her. These two make a damn fine couple. 

6. And Yoruichi is here to kill Evil Bob Cut Shinigami girl in time to save her friend or something. YAS PLEASE ASSEMBLE THE WHOLE CAST RIGHT NOW. I need Hime to make a dynamic entrance with her crew at some point and save everyone’s butts like shonen characters tend to do

7. OOH THE PRETTY BOY ONE. He was with Orihime’s Squad. Please let her show up soon.

8. There’s a lot of Shinigami character drama that I really have no comment on. Like, I’m watching it, but the whole time I’m thinking “please cut back to Ichigo vs Rukibro or Orihime or Ruki and Renji right now”.

9. OOH ask and you shall recieve! A bunch of people were healed by Orihime and they’re of course instantly joining her fan club. Because who wouldn’t.

10. Yoruichi apparently has a rival, which is cool. Lady rivals! (to sum up this conversation: Shinigami girl: “When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master.” Yoru: Only a master of evil, hon. And Hot damn Yoru is badass

11. Yori and her ex pupil have some dang hot chemistry. Like there are some anime fights that don’t have “just make out already” chemistry but many of them are totes “get a room already” and this one has that energy.

12. Damn she seriously fucked her up tho. And THERE’S THE BUTTERFLY HOLY CRAP. FROM THE OP. NOW I KNOW. and of course Yoru is still cool AF and doesn’t give a crap. She’s amazing

13. Guess I’m going for 3 eps this time. This fight between master and former apprentice is badass

14. And some backstory on the two. Damn they are super shippable. (Does some searching) Ooh YoruSoi is actually pretty popular? OK THEN I’M ON BOARD. New ship! 

15. Desperate emotional “I must protect her” vibes. Holding each other while practicing. Staring up at the full moon while sakura petals fall around them. Yoru’s head in Soi Fun’s lap. Damn get a room you two. 

16. So how did this go wrong? Yoru disappeared. Basically ditched her girlfriend for no apparent reason. (”you vowed we’d always be together” such subtelty such heterosexuality)

17. AND WE’RE FINALLY BACK TO ICHIGO VS RUKIBRO. This is what I expected the ep to be about but instead we got Shinigami antics. Huh. Oh well I assume we’ll get this next time. 

[clankuchiki]

Rambling about Bleach

Ya know, it’s kinda sad to realize I remember some Bleach characters only because they are in Brave Souls ?

Like they were so bland and uninteresting that I forgot about them ?

The Arrancar War with the fight against Aizen was really great in the start and fell through when Aizen kept morphing into ridiculous forms and the terrible shift Kubo took with Ichigo becoming even more the center of the universe. The characters, were, for the most part, interesting with neat designs. Like Ulquiorra & Grimmjow ? *chef kiss*

But the fullbring arc ? Fuck. There’s dollar store Byakuya (Tsukishima ? I think that’s his name), bland girl with the boots, bland old guy with a watch, I think ? Bland guy who found Orihime hot and dumbass Ginjo who’s the current worst villain of all to me.

And then, the hot pile of garbage that was the last arc ... Gosh I can’t even with terrible that last arc was, how the fuck can you steal a bankai but the shinigami can still use their shikai, makes no sense to me. There’s the chicken guy or something, the love child of Ikkaku and Renji, Bazz-B I think is his name ? The weird as fuck dynamic between Shunsui & Nanao, like what the fuck. Ukitake. God damn. As Nodt, fuck this guy in particular. That fucking panel of Yoruichi’s private parts, like seriously. And Orihime’s new outfit ? Come the fuck on. I barely remember that last arc, like don’t ask me detailed stuff because I can’t freaking remember. I don’t really care about the ending, like the one in the future, it was .. underwhelming and I don’t like Kazui, he angers me. (Honestly, I think it’s the way Kubo’s draw children that makes me hate them) Ichika sounds annoying but I’ll give her a pass because both of her parents share one braincell, so it’s hard. (I do love Renji & Rukia tho, don’t get me wrong)

I’m so mad at all of this because I love Bleach’s universe so god damn much ! I love the shinigami ! I even like Omoeda ! I mean, he’s definitely not in my top 20 of fav Bleach characters, but I still find him hilarious and I love his dynamic with Soi Fon... The only characters that was forgettable among the most high ranked shinigami was Sasakibe, and it’s a freaking running joke in the story.

And then there’s Can’t Fear Your Own World. I don’t know much about it apart from the fact that Hikone freaks me out and Tokinada’s kinda cool, I’ll give him that. What I know about the story is alright, but of fucking course they had to mention freaking ginger boy, like yeah, just make him the soul king already.