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any eitr fans out there

[shunin-gumis]

(Not) Lonely SANTA's Mission - Track 01

Seasonal Event: Christmas 2024

Location: HAMA Downtown

Child who is excited for Christmas: Mama Mama! What do you think Santa is gonna get me this year?

Mother who is looking forward to Christmas: It’d be nice if you got the Chogokin* HAMA Landmark Robo DX you’ve been wanting.

???: …would you…

Salaryman who resents this time of year: So damn cold! To hell with this season! Who made it legal to walk around in this weather!?

Nagi: Would you like some… 

Salaryman who resents this time of year: Huh? Are they working me so hard that I’m hallucinating now…?

Nagi: Would you like some handcrafted wreaths… 

Salaryman who resents this time of year: Waugh—!? W-What do you want!?

Nagi: This handcrafted wreath is the perfect decoration for Christmas. If you hang it up on your door, not only will it lift your mood with the Christmas spirit, it’s also imbued with prayers of prosperity and good harvest for the new year, as well as ward against evil spirits— 

Salaryman who resents this time of year: You’re one of those weirdos who pop up at the end of the year… Go away! I don’t have time to deal with the likes of you!

*walks away*

Nagi: Oh… 

Child who is excited for Christmas: Mama, that person… 

Mother who’s looking forward to Christmas: L-Let’s leave, Takashi-chan. Mama will make sure to report that suspicious person, okay?

*hurries away*

Nagi: …… 

Nagi: (Suspicious… I guess I should just crawl into a corner…)

Restaurant employee who’s prickly after working 15 days in a row: Hey! Don’t peddle your stuff in front of the restaurant! Shoo, shoo!

*Nagi jumps back*

Nagi: S-Sorry.

Nagi: *sigh* I can’t feel my hands anymore… 

Nagi: (Right… The weather forecast did say the temperature would fall below freezing at night…)

Nagi: (Sonia and I worked hard on making these wreaths together, so I’d like to sell as many as I can before it gets too late…)

Nagi: I should cover these with a handkerchief so that the snow doesn’t pile up on them… 

*bell chimes*

Man enjoying Christmas with his girlfriend: This restaurant is great!

Woman enjoying Christmas with her boyfriend: Yeah! Thank you for making the reservation~♪ 

Nagi: …Oh.

Nagi: (I can see two brothers inside the warm restaurant, digging into some turkey as they sit in a circle with their family…)

Nagi: (“Brother, the turkey legs are both mine, okay?”)

Nagi: (“You’re so naive. True connoisseurs know that the turkey oyster* is the best part…!)

Nagi: That’s all for the voiceover.

Nagi: …… 

Nagi: Yeah, I should just go. I need to get Sonia her treats, and a fried chicken sandwich… Ugh—

*Nagi falls*

Nagi: …The snow is so cold… Freezing me with no mercy… 

Nagi: (...I guess eating only tofu with barbeque sauce for three days straight was a bit too much…)

Nagi: (I might freeze to death in the middle of this big city—)

*Nagi blacks out*

??: Oi.

Nagi: (Ah… So they’ve finally come for me.)

???: …of yourself.

Nagi: (Huh… Angels sound a lot more… manlier than I’d thought…)

I love the Christmas movies they play at this time of year.

Family who come back for you when you’d thought they’d left you behind, being saved by an angel when you felt like dying*… I just like how these movies have something miraculous happen at the climax and reach a happy ending. 

It fills you with the kind of hope that says such a warm and welcoming world is right around the corner… 

Location: Lu Family House - Liguang’s Room

Nagi: This is… 

Nagi: (An electric hearth, fancy looking furniture, and silky sheets… It even smells heavenly… Woah, this fluffy bed could fit at least ten of me in it…)

Nagi: (And last but not least.)

Rabbit: Pui.

Nagi: (A bunny to cuddle with…)

Nagi: So this is what they call transmigrating into another world, huh…

Rabbit: Chu.

Nagi: Are you trying to guide me somewhere?

Lively woman’s voice: *sigh* I’m sure you’ll be able to manage it somehow.

Gruff male voice: Even if we prepared the same gifts as last time…

Cheerful girl’s voice: No way~ It’d be way too boring to use the same stuff again.

Lively woman’s voice: Stop grumbling and get to work.

Gruff man’s voice: Every single time, you manage to increase my workload at the end of the year. What a pain… 

Lively Woman’s voice: You wanna say that to my face?

Nagi: …… 

Nagi: Looks like this isn’t another world, but rather—

Nagi: A bunny café…

Sojun: Wrong.

Note:

Chōgōkin (超合金) - Meaning "Super Alloy", the term originated as a fictional material from which the robot Mazinger Z was built.

Oyster here refers to the meat near the spine of a fowl

Nagi's narration is referencing two famous Christmas movies: Home Alone and It's a Wonderful Life.

Event Masterpost

Next Track

[kkoisunday]

sojun. kisses him

[patibato]

[Liguang SR] R1ze on the Stage - Virtue Lies in Your Own Hands

Liguang: (The hospitality work from the other day… sure enough, moving the flower word art to a later date was no good. I'd like to keep hold of the tourists we can reliably draw in.)

…We'll have to increase the number of flower word art instructors, I suppose.

(It would be nice if there were some promising personnel somewhere…)

Sojun: Boss.

If you are looking for someone who has the talent to teach flower word art—how about the Day Team's Kinugawa Kiroku?

Liguang: Kinugawa?

Sojun: I have obtained one of his drawings. Here.

Liguang: …Not bad.

Liguang: Apologies for the abrupt call.

Kiroku: Ah, no, um…

Wh… why, do you, need… m-me, Lu-san?

Liguang: I won't beat around the bush. Are you interested in teaching flower word art?

Kiroku: …Flower, word… art…?

Liguang: I hear you specialise in analogue art. Based on your skilled handling of the materials, I want to hire you as a flower word art instructor.

Kiroku: (Did Lu-san just, compliment me…?)

Um… thank, you very, much…

I do… enjoy, drawing… but… I've never… done, flower word art… before.

…Ah… but, it might be nice, to try?

Liguang: Giving it a go yourself is the quickest way, then. Let's get going.

Kiroku: …Huh? G-going… to… where?

Liguang: You'll understand once we get there. Sojun.

Sojun: Right away.

Kiroku: !?

(Where was he…)

Liguang: Don't be so panicked. Just stay calm and we'll arrive soon.

Kiroku: (This is, kidnapping…! Where are they taking me…!?)

Part 2

Kiroku: (This is, Lu-san's house… It's huge. Excessively huge.)

Liguang: Let's get right to it. I've already seen what you can do. Could you learn flower word art, and become a valuable asset of Ward 4?

Kiroku: …Me, a… valuable asset?

Liguang: That's right. I have an example here. Start by trying to do it the way you want to.

*clack*

Kiroku: Doing, that… so suddenly…

Liguang: Just try.

Kiroku: Uu… o-okay…

*footsteps*

Linxing: Hey heeey! Is this the guy you want as an instructor?

Kiroku: -…!

Liguang: Don't run in the hallway, Linxing. And don't yell either. You'll frighten Kinugawa.

Linxing: So your name is Kinugawa-kun~! I'm Linxing! His younger sister, as you can probably tell!

Kiroku: Y… y-yeah.

Liguang: Look. I had Kinugawa try some flower word art.

Linxing: Woah! You made this, Kinugawa-kun? Your sense of style is insane!

Kiroku: !

(I-I got complimented again…!)

Th… thank, you… very much.

Linxing: But, there's a secret technique to making it e~ven better. It's very valuable, but I'll teach it to you!

Kiroku: …Um, like this…?

Linxing: Wow, amazing! You did it~! Really well, too!

Kiroku: …Um, th-thank…

Linxing: Okay okay, do this next!

Liguang: (He's even keeping up with Linxing's nonsensical teaching methods… he's exceeded my expectations.)

Linxing: You know, you're good at art, and tall and cool to boot, so I bet you're pretty popular, right~?

Kiroku: Huh… …no… I'm not, at, all.

Linxing: Wha~t!? They must have no taste! I wouldn't be able to miss you if I was your classmate~!

Kiroku: That…

Linxing: Ah~ but I guess it'd be boring if absolutely everybody noticed your charm…

I'm sure it'd be more fun if I could keep your good points all to myself. Y'know?

Kiroku: Ah, um…

Liguang: Kinugawa.

Kiroku: ! Y-yes!

Liguang: Just so you're aware, she does have a boyfriend.

Kiroku: Ah…

(Lu-san is, misunderstanding… what do I do?)

Linxing: Come o~n! You're way too overprotective! I was just complimenting him, Kinugawa-kun definitely wasn't thinking of it like that either~!

Liguang: Don't be absurd. You understand far too little of men's hearts. I'm saying this for Kinugawa's sake.

Linxing: Alright, alright. Jee~z. I'm sorry, okay Onii-chan? Now, let's keep going, Kinugawa-kun!

Kiroku: …Okay.

[shinnyshining]

Ordered them as well

Now I will have the baldjun meme irl in 14-20 days 🔥🔥🔥

[orochinazu]

TL CH 2: Return of The Dead Wall (Lu Liguang Hundred Billion Bunny SSR)

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SOJUN: —Boss, you must sleep today.

LIGUANG: ……

We need to put it together by the end of the day before Kamina is back.

SOJUN: But—

KAEDE: Woah, what's with this cardboard mountain!?

Oh, Liguang-san and Sojun-san.

......Could this be the rabbits' beds?

LIGUANG: ……They were just delivered.

Move them to my room.

SOJUN: I will carry them to the room.

However, I request that we put it together another day.

LIGUANG: ……Go and do your job.

SOJUN: But, Boss. You must sleep at some point……

LIGUANG: Don't make me tell you twice.

KAEDE: (Sojun-san seems to be at a loss. It seems like he really wants Liguang-san to rest……)

Um, I can help if you’d like.

LIGUANG: Why would you…..

KAEDE: Sojun-san seems busy. I’m free today, so I can do it!

SOJUN: If so, go ahead. It would be a great help.

LIGUANG: Hey, don't just decide that……

KAEDE: Please, leave it to me! I actually quite like assembling things like this!

LIGUANG: ……

LIGUANG: Okay, they’re all in their cages. Be good.

KAEDE: Alright, let's get started, shall we!

LIGUANG: ……That’s enough, go back.

KAEDE: I still need to help with the assembly. We can finish it faster together, which means you can get some rest.

LIGUANG: ……Haah.

KAEDE: Ah, we need a screwdriver to put the beds together, don’t we. I’ll go get one quickly!

LIGUANG: ……

(......These past few days, I haven’t been able to sleep much because of troublesome work. Of course I know best how much I need to rest, but...)

RABBITS: Pukyu! Kyu!

LIGUANG: (I wanna get these guys using their beds as soon as possible.)

……

KAEDE: Sorry for the wait… Liguang-san?

LIGUANG: ……Let's begin.

KAEDE: I’ll put the toolbox here.

First, we need to attach the legs to the corners on the bottom of the frame. Here are the screws.

LIGUANG: Ah.

Hm……?

KAEDE: Liguang-san, wait… The screwdriver is too big. That size won’t fit the screw.

LIGUANG: ……

…… I see. I thought it was strange that it was slipping.

KAEDE: (It's unlike Liguang-san to make such a simple mistake……)

How about taking a short nap?

LIGUANG: No—

KAEDE: While you do, I'll continur working on the assembly! Please leave it to me!

LIGUANG: ……Then, just five minutes.

KAEDE: That’s fine!

LIGUANG: ……

KAEDE: (Now, to assemble as much as I can while Liguang-san rests!)

Hm? What was that noise…?

RYANPIN: Kyu!

KAEDE: ……Eh?

SANWAN: Pukyu!

KAEDE: ……The clasp on the cage is broken!?

Right now, I need to catch them …… Sorry, please let me pick you up!

RYANPIN: Puu.

KAEDE: Wait-- it slipped out…!

SANWAN: Pukyu.

KAEDE: I-I can’t catch them…!

(The door is shut, and I don’t think Liguang-san is leaving anything dangerous lying around. As long as they’re contained to this room, it should be fine…...)

LIGUANG: …………

RYANPIN: Kyu! …… Pukyu!

SANWAN: …… Puyu!

KAEDE: (They’re all gathering around Liguang-san. Do they want to climb on him…?)

I’m just helping you, so it’s alright, don’t run away. Up you go……

RYANPIN & SANWAN: Puyu ♪

KAEDE: It’s dangerous, so don’t come near me, okay? Just stay right there with Liguang-san.

LIGUANG: Uuh……

SANWAN: Nibble, nibble……♪

KAEDE: D-don’t eat his hair–!

Alright, it's all done!

LIGUANG: ……

KAEDE: (In the end, even though all four escaped, everyone just slept cooperatively.

(......On top of Liguang-san.)

LIGUANG: Hn…….

KAEDE: Ah, good morning.

LIGUANG: …………

RYANPAN & SANWAN: Pusuu… Pusuu……

LIGUANG: ……What are they doing here?

KAEDE: The lop-eared baby escaped, and the rest followed.

LIGUANG: Ryanpin, huh…… For God's sake, whatever countermeasures I take, he always manages to escape......

KAEDE: They were being such good kids by your side, so I just left them there.

LIGUANG: …… That’s right, how are the beds?

KAEDE: I’ve completed them!

LIGUANG: …… My bad. I said five minutes, but ended up sleeping longer.

It must've been a hassle.

KAEDE: No, no, this much is nothing! Besides, I’m lucky to see the cute rabbits like this. They really healed me!

LIGUANG: …… (Sigh) You have a tendency to lose.(*)

Thanks to you they have new beds…… They’ll be happy.

KAEDE: But to them, it seems you're the bed they like the most!

LIGUANG: ……

KAEDE: (Ah, he doesn’t seem amused……)

W-well then, my work here is done!

LIGUANG: …… Later.

KAEDE: Huh?

LIGUANG: If they like their beds, I’ll send you a photo of them sleeping later.

…… As thanks for today.

KAEDE: Okay! I'm looking forward to it!

* : This is literally what he said but we're pretty sure what he means is more like "You're too forgiving/helpful", there's just not really a good way to translate it 😞 like he's saying MC needs to stand up for themself sort of

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Thanks for reading... I'm not sure what's going on with the spacing of the text?! It may have been a problem with me copy-and-pasting the translation I did, hopefully it's not too annoying. I'm sorry if some of the lines sound a little weird! I'm doing this as practice mostly for myself, and I'm not very high-level, so some of it I didn't really understand...

Than you again! so much!!! to strawberryparfait for proofreading/editing this for me 🙏🙏

(I'm posting this second chapter first so that I can link it at the end of the first)

[terroroforest]

[rosko22x]

King Komainu~

Both Komainu & King are writen with the same Capital letter.

Happy Birthday, Sojun!!

[muses-with-afp]

Musings Mushy Brain Style

So, my brain has been absolute trash lately. It has hit capacity. Too much is happening all at once. But, between life and the occasional and often much-regretted look at the news, I muse. My most recent Bleach musing is: Kuchiki heirs!

And, oh, boy, prepare for mushy brain time!

[Warning: As mentioned, the brain is too full, so pardon me for rambling from my increasingly porous memory on this one!]

A n y w a y...

As my particular niche interest in an already niche interest focuses mainly on the Kuchiki characters and their immediate loved ones, my what-ifs constantly poking at what even is this family? Based on what I can remember and the few snippets I can easily find, we know the following "things" about the family and family dynamics:

🌸Thing the First: Byakuya is the 28th Head of the Kuchiki Family and the captain of the Sixth🌸

I don't have a scan at my fingertips for this particular factoid. The Wikipedia (not always a source of truth, I know) cites the Souls databook, which certainly feels correct. However, I remembered it being in Color Bleach. Either way, this information is interesting for purposes of this musing because, well, if Byakuya is the 28th Head of the Family, that means there were likely at least 27 other heads of the Family.

Which also means....

There must be a process for Head-dom! 🤸

🌸Thing the Second: Ginrei, Byakuya's granddad, was the 27th Head of the Kuchiki Family and was captain of the Sixth 🌸

So, I got the snippets for the "granddad" and "captain of the sixth" parts of this factoid. I don't think there is a scene in the manga proper that explicitly spells out that Ginrei is the 27th Head; although, my porous brain may be kicking in, so perhaps there is. I remember the Masked Q&A pages, where during Kubo's explanation of WTF happened to Byakuya's dad, Soujun, he revealed that Soujun was the next family head, but died in battle. I am presuming, then, that Soujun died before taking over the family and the squad.

This was all a long preamble to the next point that I find interesting, which is: It seems the captainship of Squad 6 is inherited to an extent, and this brings us to....

🌸Thing the Third: Soujun Kuchiki is Byakuya's father, who was Vice Captain/Lieutenant of the Sixth🌸

So, there isn't much about Soujun in the manga. What I remember about him comes from the Masked databook. Specifically, a Q&A with Kubo:

Q: Who is Sojun Kuchiki?

KUBO: Byakuya's late father.

Q: Was he killed in action?

KUBO: Yes. He was never cut out to fight, but since he's from the Kuchiki family he has the talent. Ginrei was concerned about his health, but he was the next family head so that's why he was appointed as assistant captain. But he dies in battle in the end.

Q: Was he talented though?

KUBO: He had the talent, but he was too quiet and too nice.

So... it would seem: (i) most Kuchiki have "talent," (ii) the titles of Head of the Family and Captain of the Sixth appear to follow a patrilineal line of inheritence, but (iii) Soujun was, indeed, "talented," which could be inferred to mean that he was capable (although the note of him being too quiet and nice is a knee-slapper given who we know for sure has helmed the Sixth).

On the last point, it isn't explicitly clear to me whether Soujun's capability was an important factor in his being next in line to lead the family and the Sixth. At the very least, the statement that Soujun "was never cut out to fight," would seem to bar him from leadership in a fighting manga organization, so... maybe "competence" (in the traditional sense) isn't as important for these roles or he had other skills to make up for the fact that he wasn't really "cut out to fight."

Either way, Kubo spells out that since Soujun was the next to head the family, he was appointed as assistant captain. This, too, is something to ponder over because... well... what does this mean in practice?

Based on Rukia's treatment, it doesn't seem that Kuchiki necessarily go to the Academy; although, it's unclear to me if this was just a special thing for Rukia--i.e., a byproduct of Byakuya being very literal about the "keep her safe" part of the vow he made to his wife--or if all Kuchiki or main-family Kuchiki skip out on the Academy. Maybe Soujun had private tutors and didn't slum it with the "public school" shinigami before heading into the ranks. Or, maybe Soujun was appointed straight to assistant-captain status after his super-duper Kuchiki training. Given just how hierarchical the Seireitei is, it's possible that Soujun never served as a lowly grunt under another ranked officer, especially since he wasn't very good at that whole fighting thing.

Who can say?

Stepping past Soujun for a second, though, I am assuming we are to believe the Kuchiki inheriting the Sixth's top officer roles wasn't always the case. Why? Well....

Because this person was the first captain of the Sixth:

And that person is Furoufushi Saitou... whose name is suspiciously not Kuchiki. But, hey, her hair is the same color as the Kuchiki guards so... put on your tinfoil hats and best believe there is a connection, baby!

🌸Thing the Fourth: Soujun Kuchiki died🌸

As mentioned in the Q&A excerpt above, Kubo confirmed that Soujun perished during battle. When? What battle? Who was there?

Great questions! And, at least from my recollection, they remain a mystery. Maybe this is the set-up to the mystery of who Byakuya showed his bankai to?

🌸Thing the Fifth: Ginrei Kuchiki is... Alive? Dead? Unclear🌸

Unlike with Soujun, Kubo hasn't been as explicit about Ginrei's fate, as I recall it. I think with Byakuya being both the Kuchiki Head and the Captain of the Sixth, one could assume that Ginrei might not be among the "living" in Soul Society, especially since there's a sense that the Gotei 13's retirement plan is likely til death do you part. But, while I prefer to think of the Gotei 13 as an organization operating on The Godfather style rules, we do know at least one lieutenant who effectively retired canonically, and that is the Sixth's lieutenant prior to Renji.

So....

Maybe Ginrei's retired, hanging out at the Kuchiki cabin on the lake fishing into his... twilight years? (Midnight years, really....)

There is perhaps some support for the "Ginrei Is Alive" theory in CFYOW (a source that is certainly there):

This happens in the Third Book (I think???) during a scene where Kyoraku is battling Temu Urahara with an Opioid Addiction this guy:

Now, I'm not going to pretend to understand CFYOW. The more I try to understand it, the more brain cells I actively lose, which is probably more a function of time than what I will charitably blame on the translation of this story. One could take the above excerpt to mean that Kyouraku plans to offer up his gratitude to Ginrei after all the battling stops, which implies that Ginrei is, y'know, actually around to receive such gratitude. Although, maybe Kyouraku is being cheeky and plans to dumb a cup of sake on the geezer's memorial. Or maybe he means that he'll have to remember to be nice to Ginrei when they reunite in hell or something.

It is Kyouraku after all.

So, why does it matter? Well, assuming Ginrei is indeed alive, it means the Kuchiki Lord can abdicate power to the next in line, which is...something??? Maybe??? If you squint -_-

🌸Thing the Sixth: Byakuya married Rukia's sister, Hisana, a pauper from Rukongai🌸

I'll pin that factoid here since it's interesting in the sense that we learn that Byakuya was given a choice as to his bride. That choice, as noted below, seemed to go over like a lead balloon with the fam.

Digging deeper, it is an odd choice for Mr. Law-and-Order Byakuya Kuchiki to fall in love with a peasant. Also, how the hell did L&O Kuchiki come across a peasant from Rukongai, anyway? We are given some details about the state of How Nobles and Peasants Interact from Renji's memories of the Academy days and the years that followed, so it doesn't seem like something that would have happened without some shenanigans. Kubo, however, has never shed light on this to my knowledge, which makes sense since it keeps Rukia's past mysterious, and mystery allows things to be open-ended should he want to take some random direction with Bleach at a later point in time.

🌸Thing the Seventh: Byakuya's marriage--or, more specifically, marrying someone from Rukongai--was against somebody's laws🌸

I say "somebody's laws" because it is unclear to me whose laws are being violated based on the English translation of the manga. I am assuming that it is the nobility's/Seireitei's laws and not clan-specific laws, but maybe the Kuchiki have their own black-letter laws and regulations along with the necessary guidance materials for interpretive and procedural purposes. (You just know this family has an Employee Handbook if you join along with a week-long orientation process with a test you must pass before you are allowed to do anything.) To support that assumption is another scene from CFYOW, also between Kyouraku and Tokinada:

I would assume that if a noble family could raise objections to what another noble family was up to re: marriage, that whatever Byakuya was doing here was a violation of the Law, law and not the Kuchiki Handbook for Good Little Heirs and Their Noble Consorts.

Digressing, the phrasing of "marrying someone from Rukongai" is interesting. Literally taken, this phrasing means even spiritually gifted folks who were born outside Seireitei would be precluded from marrying a high noble or, more narrowly, a Kuchiki. Which means that souls going through the soul cycle would be precluded, along with souls born in Rukongai. This is interesting since we learn that Vice Captains can mingle with high nobles, thus explaining Renji's dogged motivation to become a Vice Captain so that he could reunite with Rukia. It's possible that: (i) Byakuya is speaking imprecisely here or the translation is imprecise; (ii) socializing and marrying have different standards (i.e., Renji can share the same air as Rukia but they can't marry per the law/Kuchiki custom); and/or (iii) the laws/customs for an heir/current head of a Great Noble family are different from the laws/customs for members of that same family who are not in the direct or immediate line of succession.

🌸Thing the Eighth: Byakuya adopted Rukia as a sibling, which was also against The Rules🌸

Okay, so, here is where I want to talk about family.

The credited response whenever thinking about fictional families.

Specifically, the Kuchiki family presumably consists of more than just Byakuya, Ginrei, Soujun, Hisana, and Rukia. There are these--quite literally--faceless "family" members (see: the black panel above full of absolutely no one). How many other Kuchiki are there? Who can say? How influential are they? Well, Kubo makes it sound in his Q&A that the family is generally regarded as talented, so, probably somewhat. They are also members of one of the Great Noble Families, so... they have that going for them.

It doesn't seem as if these nameless, faceless "family" have much of a vote on what the Head chooses to do. What did resistance even look like, here? A strongly worded letter? A drive-by "I disagree!" in the corridors of Kuchiki Manor? Pearl clutching in the halls? I suppose there could have been defections. Perhaps some branch families decided to align themselves with another Great Noble Family to avoid the "sullying" of being associated with Rukon girls. We know the Tsunayashiro objected, but... in what forum? How did that look? Was it a public debate? A congressional hearing? A strong finger wagging at the Seireitei Convention Center?

A n y w a y....

These fistfuls of fun little factoids sort of bring me to the conundrum of what's next for this family?

Based on what I've read and retained, I get the sense that Byakuya hasn't remarried. (However, this, too, may be an assumption since Bleach isn't really about the nobility aside from Ichigo's curious place in it.) We also don't have any sense of who would be the next in line for the Kuchiki. It doesn't appear that Byakuya and Hisana's marriage produced a viable heir (although... this, also, is an assumption), and we don't have a next-in-line Vice Captain holding the water for Byakuya.

Perhaps Byakuya would marry again and produce an heir. However, given how the marriages in Bleach tend to go, though, perhaps not.

The sibling adoption angle is an interesting one, and one that I sort of wish Bleach had stuck with when it came to "families" (i.e., the better-funded families snatching up powerful prospects elsewhere to groom to be the next in line). This may have been the direction Kubo was heading from the very beginning, when Byakuya and Renji were introduced. And, there's historical precedent in the Edo period and earlier eras in Japan where families would adopt young men to groom and later run the family.

Perhaps, if ever revisited, this question is answered solely for the sake of parsimony/everything getting wrapped up in a pretty red bow, and Ichika becomes the next in line.

[irlkisukeurahara]

Haven’t touched BLEACH in a long time. Just haven’t been hyperfixated on it like I used to be. That will probably change when TYBW season 3 comes out. But, recently, I’ve been fixated on this really old self indulgent human AU that I came up with a bunch of lore for like 2 years ago and never got to write. So, I’ve started writing it out myself. Here are some miscellaneous happenings that have transpired so far in no particular order:

Ichigo and Jinta both called Kisuke a drag queen

Akon threatened someone with a screwdriver

A page long back and fourth teasing Shuuhei about how having a 69 tattooed on your face is very unfortunate.

Toshiro came out as a trans girl, and Ichigo offered her an old skirt from the school uniform that he owns. Toshiro is stunned and is genuinely grateful, that is until Ichigo ruins it by mentioning that she’ll have to pin it in the back, quote, “since you’re so small.”

Shunsui went to grab a bottle of beer from the fridge first thing in the morning and Nanao gave him such an intense stink eye that he just walked away and went back to bed

Shuuhei punched a mirror and then immediately regretted it. Kensei’s way of giving emotional support was to immediately call him a dumbass.

(Kensei then proceeded to drive Shuuhei to school on his motorcycle because he could tell he wasn’t doing well mentally)

Byakuya gets his son ice cream and tries to pretend it was just a one time indulgence for a job well done (In reality, Sojun-ko just asked for it and Byakuya cannot say no to kids for the life of him)

Rukia suggested throwing a party in the Kuchiki manor. Byakuya was fully caught off guard and said quote, “This is a noble manor, not some frat house.”

Rukia tells Yoruichi that she hesitated around her because Byakuya has a restraining order against her. Yoruichi tells her that it doesn’t matter because the restraining order is from Byakuya, not Rukia.

Shunsui almost cut his finger off trying to cut apple and banana slices. Then him and Jushiro’s sons Sogyono and Kotowari throw the banana slices at Jushiro’s face.

Akon was scolded twice for smoking indoors. Both times he slowly and deliberately stubbed out the cigarette on the furniture to annoy them.

[jessfandrawer]

The Bleach Wiki's profile for Byakuya's father says he was kind, did not have a fighter's spirit, died in action, and was buried next to his wife. I can't stop thinking about it.

[ma-pi-ma]

A furia di coltivare la testa abbiamo smarrito il cuore.

Ikkyu Sojun

[trailofleaves]

“Born as a dream In this ghost world, I myself am the mist that Will be gone in the morning.”

— Ikkyu Sojun

[timetravelbleach]

Bleach Returns 2024 Day 3: Shikai/Fav Friendship/Black Hole Disco

In the time travel story, Toshiro is good friends with Yoruichi's and Byakuya's fathers. He went to the academy with them and was a part of both of their divisions at one time: Toshiro being the former third seat of the sixth division under Ginrei Kuchiki, and Toshiro being the former lieutenant of the second division under Yusuke Shihouin.

Sojun is a canonical character, only shown in a character database book many years ago.

Yusuke is my OC, one I made for my story. Yes he was inspired by Chika's design. Leave me alone, I like Chika's design.

[shinnyshining]

Sakura Dokoyubi chibis!! Drew these almost a year ago but oh well just made this acc so might as well upload these as well

[upwards-descent]

Please reblog to enhance sample size! I don't have any gifs of my OCs so have this seal