#the ichigo vs grimmjow one

[hydrasaura]

i'm going to buy a bleach volume and i never read/watched bleach nor i don't think i ever will

[reineydraws]

same ship, different font ☠️🔥

[amostimprobabledream]

It's funny in the Bleach fandom, because Shinji is pretty much a universally well-liked character, namely because he's funny, cool, has sick theme music and he was introduced the earliest of the Vizards. Yet for the life of me I can't remember a single time he actually won a fight - I'm not counting him vs Grimmjow since my man was missing an arm and had just finished fighting Ichigo, and the fight was interrupted by Ulquiorra anyway. But he got just as embarrassed by the Quincies in TYBW as the others, but everyone still loves Shinji.

Meanwhile, everybody dogpiles on Kensei and Rose for getting stomped by Mask De Mask, even though the only reason Kensei lost is because he didn't know that James is the one who can unlock their special ability and Rose's bankai actually seems pretty cool if he hadn't explained it. Like, all the Vizards were chronically underutilised by Kubo, the one who has the most consistent win rating is actually Hachi.

This isn't intended to be any hate on Shinji btw, I like him too, it just kind of bothers me when I say I like Kensei and people make fun of him/the other Vizards for being "fodder/weak", but nobody ever says that about Shinji even though he got completely blitzed by Bambietta. Idk the double-standards just bother me a bit.

[zabiume]

zabiume save me with your kurobas thoughts. Rewatching knb & at the point where Kagami enters the zone for the first time to beat Aomine and going crazy at how many times Kuroko comes up when he's thinking about not wanting to lose/see his friends cry anymore

Also the insanity of how similar Aomine & Kagami's meeting of Kuroko is... rotating these 3 in my mind constantly

oh my god. i LOVE that for you! aomine vs kagami is one of those matches that you think, "it was decent but people might have overhyped it a little" and then you rewatch it and it's like. nope. that's cinema. it really is the ichigo vs grimmjow of kurobas in that it employs the classic formulas of what makes battle shonen good...perfectly. like yes, to a certain extent, most other sports shonens do have the whole power-of-love/power-of-friendship thing going on, i'm sure, but what elevates kurobas is that it's allowed to get a little whimsical with it, it's allowed to take the term 'power-up' to a very literal level, sparks coming out of the eyes and all. in my controversial opinion, these goofy power-ups and ridiculous hair colors are what sets kurobas apart from its more serious, grounded counterparts. it never intended to be grounded! everything was always meant to feel 1000x more dramatic and exaggerated than it is, which perfectly embodies what it's like to be a teenager, and dare i say, what it's like to be a young sportsperson whose worst life experience would be losing a game. and given how many times we're told that the generation of miracles are a class apart, power-ups are the perfect way to show that. they're freakishly, unnaturally good. so when kagami enters the zone, it's almost like he's entering what the GOMs thought was unreachable. aomine, especially, has always wanted a rival who could meet him there and it's all!!! so!!!! exciting!!!!

anyway, let's talk about what MATTERS, which is aokuro, kagakuro and aokaga, the god-tier of kurobas ships. now, me personally, as you all know.....kagakuro is simply THAT ship for me, that's my #1 ride-or-die kurobas otp, but we simply cannot deny that aomine, kagami and kuroko all....complete each other. on a narrative level, you cannot have two without the other, which is, in my honest opinion, excellent writing. aomine and kuroko needed kagami to save them. kagami and kuroko needed someone to work against, they needed motivation to work together against something, which was aomine. aomine and kagami needed kuroko to keep them from falling into Sports Despair and bring them into the light again. kuroko literally BROUGHT kagami to aomine on a platter as if to say, "here. i have everything you ever wanted. i brought it to you, i know what you need better than anyone else" and like. tell me that's not a crazy dynamic. and aomine and kagami's first interaction is so loaded too? aomine basically said "you're not good enough for him, i know you're not good enough for him, because i used to be that guy for him, and you are nowhere near as good as i am"....like HELLO??? the fact that kagami immediately went to kuroko after and said: hey. was that guy your ex light? CRAZY.

also, i know there are so many obvious parallels between aomine and kagami that their first meeting with kuroko is meant to elicit deja vu (stream SOUR by olivia rodrigo btw), but i also think about the slight differences? and how fascinating they are? aomine basically wholly embraces kuroko from the very beginning, motivates him, admires him, adores him, even if he is relatively talentless compared to the other teikos. he has so much faith in kuroko, so much instant loyalty to kuroko, he never lets kuroko quit or doubt himself. he was willing to be thrown off the team with kuroko, which. you NEVER see aomine act like that, but kuroko enters the picture and aomine is like, "hey, i want that guy around. i'm keeping him."

meanwhile, kagami actually didn't like kuroko at first? he was derisive, they were constantly at odds with each other, he looked down on kuroko and didn't actually have faith in him at all....which is, like, the exact opposite of how it went down with aomine. it's so weirdly bittersweet and angsty how aomine's teiko journey is about slowly losing faith in kuroko, while kagami's seirin journey is all about gaining faith in kuroko. aomine went from 100 to 0, and kagami went from 0 to 100. that was the zone. that was kagami looking at kuroko's tears and being urged into action, while aomine had reached a point where kuroko's tears did nothing for him at all (see: their infamous riverside break-up scene). to top it all, kuroko is a metaphor for/embodiment of BASKETBALL itself, and kagami and aomine's relationship with it. aomine and kagami are similar, yes, but i think kagami is lucky that he never had to lose faith in basketball to know what it's like to have it again. kagami is lucky he never had to lose kuroko to know what it's like to want him again. aomine, unfortunately, had to lose him, but only because teiko would have never let them have what kuroko has with kagami in seirin. they were doomed from the start. i am standing by a cliffside and screaming.

[tuliharja]

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict episode 7 review

This episode was awesome! It truly got my blood pumping with everything finally rolling into action and some action being taken! Not forgetting some sassiness~!

I must admit I chuckled when Mayuri and Nemu took their own private elevator, that wasn't that private. The fact Mayuri was ready to do some unthinkable things while no one would be looking (all for the name of science!) just to get caught by Kenpachi. xD It was hilarious how Mayuri had all but a mini-heart attack when Kenpachi strolled through his private elevator all sassily. Also, as a side note, it was kind of cute how despite Kenpachi appearing all rough and such, he diligently dried his hands when using the toilet like a good boy he is! Luckily Mayuri stayed behind, just so he wasn't left out of action. Along with his posse. The fact they dragged Hanataro along with them was a bit odd, but I suppose just like with the main shinigami group they knew a healer is a must in a battle.

Unfortunately, the main shinigami group's healers went down almost right away... Which made me think, uh, kido anyone? Like anyone? I feel like after a certain point Bleach threw into a trash can any "lesser" kido spells and now those are exclusive material to some OP people like Aizen. Which...isn't true. When Lille Barro started to shoot his shots, I get it when Hisagi went at first down it took everybody by surprise, but after that? It just felt like creators and animators were "oh no, we allowed too many characters to enter Wahr Welt, gotta weed them out." As manga readers know, there will be a few main battles that are mostly solo ones. But even so...it felt a bit odd. Of course, one could say they (not captain-level shinigami or Rukia and Renji who were trained by Ichibe) couldn't create any kido spells to protect themselves because Wahr Welt is the Quincies' turf, but even so...

Anyway, Renji vs. Uryuu Ishida was marvelous! Those who are anime-only watchers might not know this, but this fight wasn't shown in the manga. (Not to mention several other scenes in this episode, but a bit later on about that.) It was very joyful to see Renji using his real Bankai against Uryuu. It truly felt like Renji's hardworking training underneath Ichibe paid off! Not to mention, what's so bad just using brute force? Especially when Uryuu wasn't that different in the end. Or, at least I couldn't see any epic strategy behind his attacks, except from the 'I've few aces in my sleeve' and in the end, they're stronger than their opponent. Renji put up an excellent fight but sadly lost in the end to Uryuu. I'm not sure if it was about strength, but maybe because he hesitated as Uryuu guessed? Hard to write. But did anyone notice, once again, that we're going with parallels with this all? This fight ultimately made me think of Renji vs. Byakuya. The fact Renji showcased his true Bankai with pride, using his brute force and his opponent taunting him because of that? And the end 'the reason why you lost' speech? Yeah, reminded me awfully lot of from Renji's battle against Byakuya. Unlike Byakuya, it seems like Uryuu shattered Renji's reiryoku center. Which basically would render him useless, unlike in Byakuya's case Byakuya only shattered Renji's pride... Let's hope that isn't the case because then Renji would become a big burden to everybody and his career as a Gotei 13 member would end. I'm just waiting for someone to pop up in the next episode and help him!

Grimmjow deciding to join Ichigo's group, just to deviate from that was funny. His whole chase against Askin Nakk Le Vaar was something that didn't happen in the manga, but I'm glad it did happen in the anime! He truly showed his panther side and the fact he transformed his hands into his claws? So cool! However, it was a bit dirty for Askin to use his poison ball against Grimmjow. I mean, cat instincts seemed to be strong in Grimmjow...

As a side note, it was interesting when Ichigo's group was heading toward Yhwach they were on the street level while both Nelliel and Grimmjow used rooftops to move along. I'm not sure if their animal part played in that or if it was a tactical move as the higher you're, the better you can see, hence, Grimmjow spotted Askin first.

If we go to the beginning of the episode when Yhwach sends his Quincies to fight against the Shinigami and Ichigo's group, I couldn't help but wonder why Yhwach didn't use Uryuu's full name? It just felt odd. I would have understood if the others didn't have last names, but some of them had, so it felt odd. Also, the whole sending them off was very cool, but somehow comical? I don't know, it felt like a big baddie move where the Big Bad sends his henchmen to fight against the heroes, or in this case, maybe the analogy of King sending his most elite knights to fight evil demons would be more suitable? It depends on whose side one is and who we view as bad guys and good guys.

Gerald Valkyrie shouting he is ready to face all shinigami was funny. The fact that Bazz-B, Liltotto, and Giselle went on their own way, just for Giselle to call out they're back home was also funny. And I've to ask...did Jugram have a gigantic mirror TV he used to watch everything unravel while Yhwach was on a nap? I'm not sure if it's day or night in Warh Welt, but because Jugram is Yhwach's 'night' and if Yhwach decided to take a nap during the day...he would need a mirror TV just to see what's going on during actual night he would have Almighty. Unless there really isn't night and day during Warh Welt? Or it's both at the same time? Or when Yhwach adsorbed the whole Soul King Jugram can't really anymore use Almight? But yeah, it seemed like he had a huge mirror TV.

[yggdraseed]

Reflecting on Ichigo vs. Grimmjow

This past week, we lost electricity and internet for a few days. In addition to engendering a much deeper appreciation for modern amenities in me, it led me to dust off a bunch of old Shonen Jump issues I bought at Kroger when I was a kid! Someday I'd like to collect a copy of every English monthly and weekly Shonen Jump anthology, but that's not the point of this post.

No, the point is that while thumbing through them, I encountered the last chapter of Ichigo's fight with Grimmjow, and I was struck by how much of the subtext and emotion I missed as a dumb teenager. That's not to say all teenagers are dumb, I don't think they are and I think the way that adults in general look down on and bully adolescents is stupid and wrong; I'm just saying I, myself, was a teenager once, and back then, I was dumb as hell.

Anywho, I remember really, really being struck by that flashback to when Grimmjow was still an Adjuchas and running with his pack that all eventually became his Numeros. When I was a teen, I don't think I had the mental framework to understand why, but now I do. The whole concept of the Arrancar is a hell of a lot more fascinating with all the things I've learned and opened myself up to since then, and looking with fresh eyes at this one chapter of Grimmjow and his interactions with his underlings and Ichigo was a real thrill.

It's interesting how, while Shinigami get stronger by cloaking themselves in Hollow powers, Hollows get stronger by becoming more like Shinigami. They tear off their masks, assume more-or-less human forms, and store their full Hollow form as zanpakuto for the renewal and empowerment of Resurrección. And I've started to reflect a lot on what monsters taking on humanoid form means for the story's themes.

When I look at the Espada, I see these once animalistic phantoms who exist only to consume and perpetuate their own existence who have now taken on human form and the very human search for meaning in some form. Yammy's a bad example of this like he is for fucking everything, but maybe the point is that he's such a big lug with so much power to throw around that he doesn't need to try to give his life meaning? But that's a reach.

Starting from Number 9 instead, we have Aaroniero, the only Gillian in the Espada. The Gillian are the first stage of Menos Granda, resulting from the hunger that defines all Hollows becoming so great that human souls no longer can satiate them, and so they cannibalize each other in a huge feeding frenzy that eventually produces a Gillian. As a result of smashing all these Hollow personalities together, they lose their individual identity, as seen with how Gillian all have the same appearance until they metamorphose into the next phase, an Adjuchas. When this happens, an individual identity asserts itself.

I don't believe that Adjuchas are actually representative of any one living human's former identity like non-Menos Hollow are. Rather, I think that an Adjuchas is a whole new identity that originates from that congealed mess of interfeeding and assimilation that produces a Gillian. Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I don't think any of the Arrancar were once living humans, in that I think their experience as individuals begins at their emergence as Adjuchas.

Getting back to Aaroniero, he (they? it?) was probably just on the borderline between Gilian and Adjuchas. So you have this sort of very broad strokes, half-animal consciousness that's only starting to become self-aware again. Aaroniero only has a little more going on in his/their inner life than the primal desire all Hollows have to feed, and I think that bears out in how Aaroniero takes the identity of what's eaten and lives to eat. Aaroniero only has a little more than hunger, but is using that hunger as a basis for meaning and trying to create an identity by eating otthers and integrating them. Perhaps unfortunately, Aaroniero dies before completing self-actualization.

Szayel Aporro, the next rung on the ladder, is also defined by desire in a more broad sense. It's not only hunger, but also lust and more complicated forms of greed that drive him. He's a scientist, but in the sense that he's possessed of avarice for knowledge. And his Resurrección reflects a desire for power over others - over their bodies and over their fates. In that way, following his desires leads to meaning for him, to some sort of goal: acquiring knowledge and more complex, effective means to then acquire more knowledge and satisfy other desires.

Zommari is marked by fanatical love. Love is interesting in that it's simultaneously a desire and a virtue: to love someone or something is to desire them, but also to desire their wellbeing. It's a need to meet the needs of someone or something besides yourself. And yet, Zommari has this very immature, incomplete love: he makes all of these adulations towards love, but in the end, his Resurreción forces others to love him and serve him. He's unable to go outside of himself at this stage, but while he's beginning to see the big picture, it all still comes down to his own primal desire to have, to possess, even if not necessarily to consume.

I could keep going up the list, but I'm going to stop at Grimmjow for now because he's the one on my mind the most due to recency bias. He and his pack of Adjuchas ended up settling on a very different desire from any of the foregoing Arrancar: power. Not consumption, not possession, but growth and evolution. Obviously the latter is attained by and makes it easier to attain more of the former, but the point is that it's a very different relationship to the world and the self from what Aaroniero, Szayel Aporro, and Zommari have going on.

Grimmjow and his underlings have as their primary, guiding objective not to fill their stomachs or secure possessions, but to evolve further and realize their latent potential. This is no longer in the realm of meeting some primal need like hunger, security, or some other form of tangible, useful abundance. Self-improvement for its own sake is something very abstract and symbolic, something downright esoteric if you're only looking at biological utility. It's something almost unspeakably human, to do something not for the benefit of survival, but because you've decided it's meaningful.

That's Grimmjow and his pack. They've declared that strength has meaning even if it doesn't meet your needs and desires, and so they make sacrifices on the altar of strength. And it's why his subordinate Adjuchas are so distraught when they realize they can't go further. Strength is their meaning, their tether guiding them through the dark desert of existence, and now they've obtained all of it that they can. Not for lack of trying, but because they had a built-in limit. I think you could argue that wanting Grimmjow to eat them is partly a suicidal response to realizing they're at the end point of their chosen meaning and can't proceed further with it.

However, it's also fascinating that rather than just ending it themselves in some way, they all choose to offer themselves up to Grimmjow. They see him as the embodiment of strength and of the law of the jungle, the might makes right philosophy that gave their existence meaning and let them continue to try and live. And so they want to sacrifice themselves so that he can reach his full potential and go further beyond, to the frontiers of strength they know they can never reach. It's visceral, animalistic, and short-sighted, but you can't call it anything else than compassion. They choose to give up their needs and desires for the needs and desires of someone else.

And so when Grimmjow's always pushing himself to assert his pride and to get as strong as possible, to defeat anyone and everyone that he can, sure, it's his ego motivating him. However, it's also the fact that now, he's the one carrying the symbolic meaning of strength on his back for his Numeros. Getting stronger is no longer just his own meaning, but it's a responsibility he owes to his comrades who weren't able to get stronger with him. And that meaning keeps him moving forward on a collision force with greater challenges.

Like one Ichigo Kurosaki. When you look back at Ichigo's characterization in early Bleach, it starts to click why he makes this connection with Grimmjow. He sees himself in him - or maybe just a person he could have become if things went differently. Ichigo's kind of a punk who likes to fight and flex his muscles, but he became that way because his natural orange hair he inherited from his mom made him look like a delinquent and turned him into a lightning rod for conflict. Some people see a nail that sticks out and can't rest until they hammer it down, and Ichigo had to learn to fight and to enjoy fighting in order to protect himself and his self-respect. He could just do something as simple as dye his hair black, but then, that would be hiding something he inherited from his dead mother just to make life go a little smoother. It would be stepping on something important to himself just so he could take the easy way out.

Grimmjow is someone who finds meaning in conflict and strength for its own sake. Ichigo finds meaning in conflict and strength only to assert his own self-worth and, with time, to protect the friends who have gradually gathered around him. He's not just some punk slugging people for getting on his case over something as stupid as hair color, his strength represents a responsibility to the people he loves. And that element of strength as meaning, strength as a responsibility to others, ties him and Grimmjow to each other.

It's why Ichigo frustrates Grimmjow so much. He sees himself in Ichigo, but he also sees something not-himself. He sees someone who has pushed himself to get stronger, but someone who doesn't worship at the altar of strength like he does. Instead, he sees someone with this over-abundance of strength who doesn't assert it, doesn't make more sacrifices than necessary for it, but just uses it as a means to an end: that end being the safety of people he cares for.

This creates friction inside of Grimmjow because strength is his rock, his one singular meaning in a dark, barren, stupid world. For strength to just be the means to an end is hard to process. Yet in Ichigo, he starts to see what lies beyond strength for its own sake: a way that strength can form bonds and maintain them, act as the seedbed for new meanings without losing its meaning in itself.

When Ichigo pleads with Grimmjow, "We don't need to fight to the death. Isn't it enough for us to fight each other again and again?" It's him extending an olive branch. He doesn't want to see more death and destruction than necessary anymore, but he knows now that the world of Arrancar like Grimmjow is defined by those things. If he wants to end this conflict without killing an opponent he respects, then he has to meet Grimmjow in the middle. He has to make a commitment to get stronger and fight Grimmjow again, as many times as he wants, if it means Grimmjow will lay down his arms and stop trying to get to him through his friends.

Of course, Nnoitra has to show up and fuck it all up like he does most things he involves himself with. I've come to find Nnoitra an interesting character in his own right and might have more to say about him in the future, but for now, I'll say that I think the fact that Grimmjow ends up helping Ichigo and Co. during the final arc indicates he's accepted Ichigo's terms and is expanding his horizons beyond fighting and killing to grow and assert his strength and nothing else besides that.

He's definitely evolved his fashion sense. Did you see those boots? Faboo! To die for! Or, perhaps, to live for?

[aurvmz]

character review : Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez

BLEACH SPOILERS!!!!!!! BECAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Grind, Pantera"

small character overview : grimmjow is the 6th espada, his backstory is shown to be him as an adjuchas teaming up with other adjuchas to become arrancars, his team however gave up in become vasto lordes and let grimmjow eat them because they felt like grimmjow was the only one possible of becoming a vasto lorde.

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personality and traits : grimmjow is usually calm, but disrespectful and sadistic in a fight and usually very brutal and impulsive

______________________________________________________________ personal thoughts on grimmjow : i think grimmjow was an excellent character, i think him bringing orihime inoue to ichigo to heal him so they could continue their fight after the karakura attack made his character less evil and just looking to fight added to his character as just someone looking to get stronger.

______________________________________________________________ powers and abilities : all arrancars have an ability named "ressureccion", which comes from the hogyoku, grimmjow's ressureccion is named Pantera, this form turns him into a panther (who would have guessed) and making him a shit ton stronger.

grimmjow has an attack that's only been used by him, gran rey cero, grimmjow mixes his blood with a cero to fire an extremely strong cero which is banned to use inside of Hueco Mundo.

honestly grimmjow has alot of attacks but i'd say his signature attack is Desgarron (translates to laceration).

______________________________________________________________ later appearances : for most of the manga, grimmjow completely dissapears after the hueco mundo arc, but he later reappears in the thousand year blood war along with nelliel tu odelschwank, grimmjow has a major part in the fight of kisuke urahara vs. askin nakk le vaar, sternritter D. kisuke uses his bankai to create a path into askin's gift bereich, (translates to deadly poison domain), and tear out his heart, killing askin

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overall : for the most story, grimmjow is an unimportant (fraud) character until TYBW, where he was the key to killing askin, his character was done excellent and him wanting to get stronger because he kept getting beat by characters like ulquiorra cifer and ichigo kurosaki kinda adds a sort of persistent personality esp after he kept trying to fight ichigo and got his ass kicked

[jinn-mori]

*busts down the door and cart wheels in* Imagine Orihime being a soul reaper like Ichigo and having her personal battle against Ulquiorra (like how Ichigo had his fight with Grimmjow). It's like light vs dark, death vs life, etc.

I think there's this one artist I follow who made art for it. https://www.tumblr.com/kittiemitties/715429914547027968/i-never-posted-it-but-my-entry-to-last-years?source=share

Tho I'd love to see Orihime have a battle with Ulquiorra. But I feel like Orihime wouldn't want to kill him and once the dust settles, their dynamic would focus on the contrast of emotions and logic between them and how a person needs a mix of both to make it in the world.

Heck, maybe in the Fullbring Arc, Ulqiuorra wouldn't be affected by Book of the End due to it being an ability rooted in emotion and Ulquiorra is a very logical being. Also, it just wouldn't really make sense for there to be any place in Ulqui's memory that Tsukishima could just put himself in.

So, going with that, he could end up being an unlikely ally for Ichigo during that time as both of them are the only ones that can see through Tsukishima's Book of the Bullshit.

[ichinoue]

Idk if you’ve been asked this question before but whilst reading the manga weekly before it ended was there a time where you felt like the chances were low of Ichihime becoming endgame ? Maybe you felt like it wasn’t going to happen and IR was or Ichigo was going to end up alone ?

Nah, I mean I watched the anime first and was just a casual fan for a long time--I didn't know about the fandom and shipwars, I hadn't ever read the manga, I just watched bleach as a teenager and didn't put much thought into it. But, while watching, when Ichigo made the vow to protect Orihime, I thought it was pretty likely for canon, and then when the Grimmjow battle and lust arc happened I was even more convinced. But I didn't get into the online fandom and start reading the manga weekly until 2012 and by then, the final arc of the manga had already started.

I think I joined shortly after the chapter with the peach ass scene came out because I saw ichiruki trending on twitter one day so I looked into it to see what all the fuss was about. And I was so confused by how many people thought IR was endgame when I thought IH was so obvious?? But then I thought, "well, maybe the anime has added in a bunch of IH filler and downplayed IR." So I started reading the manga to see for myself what was actually canon vs. filler, and I was surprised to find that a lot of IH moments had been downplayed/omitted from the anime while a lot of IR moments were either played up, or they were complete filler! So once I finished reading the manga all the way through, I felt like the fandom had things totally backwards on which ship was actually romantic and more likely for canon so I started this blog so I could talk about it lol.

So anyway, long story short, by the time I joined the fandom and started reading the manga weekly it was already the final arc, and I was pretty convinced IH was going to be canon. If not, then I figured Ichigo would end up alone/in an ending open. I never really thought IR stood much of a chance once the SS arc ended and the arrancar arc began. And then in 2014 when 589 happened (with Ichigo blushing about Orihime's clothes while their friends played Cupid for them) I knew it was only a matter of time for canon. Even an open-ending didn't seem likely at that point because IH just became more and more obvious in the final arc, and then when it was announced that the final chapter would be set 10 years in the future, I was like "okay, so they'll be married and their next gen kid will be revealed." And, that was that!

[midnightactual]

I don't have the interest or desire to really flesh this out beyond observing it but maybe it's useful to somebody. So like Wandenreich invades Soul Society twice and the first time everyone mostly 1v1s doing this honorable duelist bushido nonsense they've always done, during an actual proper war, and they uniformly get wrecked, with Yamamoto dying. The second time, most of the fights by Shinigami are in pairs or small groups, at least partially:

Tōshirō AND Rangiku vs. Cang Du

Soifon AND Marechiyo vs. BG9

Shinji AND Sajin AND Momo vs. Bambietta

Kensei AND Rose AND Renji vs. Mask De Masculine

Rukia AND Byakuya vs. Äs Nödt

Mayuri AND Nemu vs. Pernida

Shunsui AND Nanao vs. Lille

Yoruichi AND Yūshirō AND Kisuke AND Grimmjow vs. Askin

Lots of People vs. Gerard

Kenpachi AND Yachiru vs. Gerard

Byakuya AND Tōshirō vs. Gerard

Ichigo AND Orihime vs. Yhwach

Ichigo AND Uryū AND Renji AND Aizen vs. Yhwach

Now, I don't think most of these fights work well or are very good because the team-ups generally make one party or another look weak or stupid and make the villains look ridiculously overpowered, making for mostly unsatisfying fights (notable exceptions: Cang Du, BG9, Lille) but I do think that this signifies something thematically even if it doesn't work narratively very well.

Basically the death of Yamamoto, the death of the last and greatest of the old guard solo queuers, was the death of the old mentality of the Gotei 13 and the shift to the most overpowered powerup in all of history: teamwork. Not that they're mostly any good at it yet, but it does represent a major shift in their thinking.

[the-perverse-library]

Massive Muse List

The following are just all the characters/series I would be happy to RP/answer asks about.

DC + Marvel Comics/Cartoons/Movies Just... all of them, because even if it's a deep cut I don't know, I can still research them on Google.

Brand New Animal Pink Flamingos, Michuru Kagemori

Monster Hunter Tsukino

Lilo and Stitch Experiment 624 (Angel), Nani, Lilo, Grand Councilwoman, Mertle, Experiment 123 (Carmen), Experiment 610 (Witch), Gantu

Dragon Ball Z Gohan, Chi-Chi, Videl, Krillen, Android 18, Bulma, Pan, Trunks, Fem!Trunks, Caulifla, Kale, Android 21, Cheelai, Broly, Dr. Arinsu, Erasa, Mai, Galena, Lagss, Maron, Piccolo, Fem! Android 17, Chronoa, Fem! Goku, Fem! vegeta

Naruto/Boruto Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto Uzumaki, Chouji Akemichi, Rock Lee, Kiba Inazuka, Fem! Orochimaru, Tsunade, Fem! Naruto, Sarada Uchiha, Chou-Chou Akemichi, Boruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuuga, Ten-Ten, Young! Chiyo, Konan, Anko, Kurenai, Tayuya, Karin, Ino Yamanaka, Mei Terumi, Karui, Yugao Uzuki, Hanabi Hyuuga, Tsume Inazuka, Samui, Might Guy, Moegi Kazamatsuri, Mirai Sarutobi, Jiraiya

The World Ends with You [TWEWY] Sho Minamimoto, Uzuki Yashiro, Mitsuki Konshi, Beat, Neku, Coco Atarashi, Koki Kariya, Fem! Yodai Higashizawa, Shiki Misaki, Nagi Usui, Shoka Sakurane

Bleach Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime, Rangiku Matsumoto, Chad, Soi Fon, Uryuu Ishida, Rukia Kuchiki, Yoruichi Shihouin, Retsu Unohana, Nemu Kurotsuchi, Tier Harribel, Nel Tu, Grimmjow, Isane Kotestu, Kukaku Shiba, Tatsuki Arisawa, Cyan Sung-sun, Emilou Apacci, Kirio Hikifune, Franceska Mila Rose

One Piece Nami, Nico Robin, Nefertari Vivi, Jewelry Bonney, Boa Hancock, Sanji, Perona, Usopp, Monkey D Luffy, Stussy, Alvida, Fem! Buggy/Buggy, Boa Marigold, Boa Sandersonia, Gerd, Hina, Koby, Jango, Carrot,

Totally Spies! Sam, Alex, Clover

Nintendo All of their games... just all of them

Star vs The Forces of Evil Star Butterfly, Jackie Lyn Thomas, Moon Butterfly, Eclipsa, Toffee, Marco Diaz, Hekapoo, Ingrid Bloomgren, Mrs Liao, Mime Girl

Steven Universe Steven Universe, Greg Universe, Connie Maheswaran, Priyanka Maheswaran, Amethyst, Garnet, Pearl, Jasper, Aquamarine, Lapis Lazuli, Peridot, Sadie, Lars, Blue Diamond, Holly Blue Agate, Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz

TMNT Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, April, Casey Jones, Kirai, Beebop, Rocksteady

Ben 10 Ben Tennyson, Kevin Levin, Gwen Tennyson, Aliens, Julie Yamamoto, Eunice, Future Gwen, Kai Green, Charmcaster, Frightwig, Myaxx,

Yu-Gi-Oh [OG, GX, 5Ds] Yugi Moto, Yami, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Tea Gardner, Mai Valentine, Syrus Truesdale, Jaiden Yuki, Chumley Huffington, Alexis Rhodes, Blair Flannigan, Fonda Fontaine, Camula, Missy, Bastion Misawa, Chazz Princeton, Seiko, Miss Dorothy, Tania, Carly Carmine, Akiza Izinski, Jack Atlas, Angela Raines, Misty Tredwell, Duel Spirits

Mortal Kombat Kitana, Mileena, Cassie Cage, Sonya Blade, Scorpion, D'Vorah, Jade, Khameleon, Frost, Nitara, Skarlet,

My Hero Academia Izuku Midoriya, Fem!Izuku Midoriya, Fem! Katsuki Bakugo, Ochako Uraraka, Tsuyu Asui, Momo Yaoyorozu, Denki Kaminari, Fem! Minoru Mineta [Minerva Mineta], Mina Ashido, Kyoka Jirou, Nemuri Kayama, Thirteen, Manami Aiba, Danjuro Tobita, Itsuka Kendo, Ibara Shiozaki, Kinoko Komori, Pony Tsunotori, Jurota Shishida, Mei Hatsume, Himiko Toga, Rumi Usagiyama, Inko Midoriya

Hazbin Hotel/Helluvaboss Charlie Morningstar, Lute, Millie, Moxxie, Loona, Imps

RWBY Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, Fem! Lie Ren, Joan Arc, Jaune Arc, Cinder, Salem, Winter Schnee, Raven Branwen, Willow Schnee, Neopolitan, Fem! Roman Torchwick, Emerald Sustrai, Glynda Goodwitch, Fem! Professor Port, Lil Miss Malachite, Grimmified characters, Athena Nikos, Summer Rose, Kali Belladonna, Maria Calavera, Eve Taurus, Ciel Soliel, Penny Polendia

Sonic Sonic, Shadow, Amy Rose, Tails, Maria, Rouge the Bat, Blaze the Cat, Silver, Sally Acorn, Tangle, Whisper, Surge, Kitsunami, Jewel the Beetle, Lanoline the Sheep, Fem! Dr Eggman, Fiona Fox, Alicia Acorn, Bernadette Hedgehog, Rosemary Prowler

Jujutsu Kaisen Yuji Itadori, Nobara Kugisaki, Mei Mei, Yuki Tsukumo, Shoko Iierri, Maki Zenin, Aoi Todo

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Frieren, Fern, Stark, Himmel, Flamme, Aura, Lawine, Kanne, Ubel, Laufen, Qual

Dungeon Meshi Marcille, Chilchuc, Laios, Izutsumi, Namari, Fem!Kabru, Leed, Tade, Thistle, Canaries, Monsters

Avatar ATLA/LOK Aang, Sokka, Katara, Mai, Ty Lee, Zuko, Azula, Toph, Suki, June, Yue, Smellerbee, Jin, Asami Sato, Korra, Bolin, Izumi, Suyin, Lin, Kya

The Incredibles Bob Parr, Helen Parr, Dash Parr, Violet Parr, Mirage

Hi-Fi Rush Chai, Peppermint, Korsica, Rekka, Kale

Power Rangers Any of them

Fairly Odd Parents Trixie, Vicki, Wanda, Mrs Turner, Britney Britney, Carly, Mrs Claus, Blonda, Dr Phyllis Fancyfree, Golden Locks/Hair Razor, Crimson Chin, Veronica, Tootie, Spatula Woman, Star and Twinkle, AJ, Chester, Mrs James

Dexter's Laboratory Dexter, Dee Dee, Dexter's Mum, Agent Honeydew, The Justice Friends, Candi, Katka, Neighbour Lady, Mom-Droid, Miss Babcock, Mom's Rival, Lisa

Star Wars Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Asajj Ventress, Princess Leia, Barriss Offee, Captain Phasma, Rey

Sym-bionic Titan Lance, Ilana, Octus, Kimmy Mysner, Kristin, Driving Instructor, Barbara, Maribel

Generator Rex Rex Salazar, Squid, Circe, Rebecca Holiday, Breach, Noah Nixon, Claire Bowman, Cricket, Biowulf, Valentina

Samurai Jack Jack, Ashi, Scotsman's daughters, Princess Mira, Queen Krystle

OnePunch Man Saitama, Genos, Tatsumaki, Fubuki, Mosquito Girl, Do-S, Psykos, Mizuki, Asami, Natalie Ver 9, Raptora, Reptora, Shadow Ring, Tanktop Girl, Mumen Rider, Twin Tail, Wavygyaza, Lin-Lin, Lily, Maiko Plasma, Pink Hornet, Monsters

Goddess of Victory: Nikke Elegg

My Little Pony Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Spike, Fluttershy, Rarity, Chrysalis, Discord, Princess Luna, Zecora, Princess Celestia, Sunset Shimmer

Shantae Shantae, Rotty-Tops, Monsters, Sky, Risky Boots, Empress Siren, Seven Sirens

Tomo-Chan is a Girl Tomo Aizawa, Carol Olsten, Misuzu Goudou, Junichirou Kubota, Akemi Aizawa, Ferris Olsten, Misaki Goundou, Kousuke Misaki

Monster Musume Miia, Rachnera, Lala, Centorea, Papi, Suu, Kuruko Smith, Cathyl, Abul, Sekmeti, Zombina, Doppel, Tionishia, Polt, Curie Drakulya, Leechi, Moskii, Kii, Kino

Doki Doki Literature Club Monika, Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki

Plus sized elf Elfuda, Ino Akiho, Mero, Medesa, Satero, Kusahanada, Kuroeda, Raika, Oeda, Oga, Oku, Gonda, Naoe Tomoatsu

Fairy Tail Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Erza Scarlet, Gajeel Redfox, Brandish μ, Mirajane Strauss, Levy McGarden, Lisanna Strauss

Inside Job Reagan Ridley

Owl House Luz Noceda, Camila Noceda, Amity Blight, Odalia Blight, Eda, Lillith, Kikimora

Megaman Tron Bonne, Roll Caskett, Iris, Alia, Empress Roll, Roll.Exe, Mayl Sakurai,

[kimium]

For the brotp ask game: Orihime and Grimmjow, 1,4,5,8 💜

(From this ask HERE)

Thanks for the ask, friend!!! I love Orihime and Grimmjow as Besties! This was fun to answer!

What kind of places/situations do they hang out?

For place, Orihime and Grimmjow are hanging out at the mall and they're going to be the best dressed people there. I'm very into Grimmjow getting into human world fashion and loving every bit of it. Also, in my heart Grimmjow gets into make-up and nail polish. By the time Grimmjow is done, he and Orihime look like they are models who walked off a fashion runway. They're holding expensive coffee cups in their hands. Heads turn where they go and Grimmjow loves it.

Whether the situation is just "time to go shopping with my bestie" or "This is an emergency shopping trip", it's all fair game. Though, it's usually a planned outing since Grimmjow believes looking your best is a silent competition that he and Orihime are winning.

4. What kind of secrets would they trust each other with?

I think Orihime trusts Grimmjow with her lingering fears and terror over Aizen forcing her to basically kidnap herself. That's something I think the series never fully addressed: how what Orihime went through was traumatic. While the series is ambiguous with time, I always secretly believed time passed a bit faster in Hueco Mundo VS Earth and Shinigami time.

Anyways, since I believe that I think Orihime had to endure being a hostage for a long time. A hostage with no friends, no power, and at the mercy of everyone around her. Grimmjow is one of the few people that understands being at Aizen's mercy and understanding Orihime's situation better than most.

For Grimmjow I think he trusts Orihime with the secret that he has a crush on Ichigo. (Yeah, I'm a shameless Grimmjow/Ichigo shipper.) In my eyes, Grimmjow has never experienced a crush before. He's confused and needed someone to confide in.

I'm not saying that Orihime didn't laugh when she realized Grimmjow's crush, but I am saying she's mature enough to keep the secret and not tease Grimmjow too badly over it. Still, she's his number one supporter and best wingman. Even if she sometimes lacks some subtly. Thankfully Ichigo has about as much intuition over romance as a brick so...

5. Do they ever seek each other out for advice or comfort?

I think Orihime seeks Grimmjow out for advice and comfort, even if said advice is, "Did you try kicking them in the head?" As for comfort while Grimmjow is awkward at giving it, he doesn't mind for Orihime as she's his Bestie.

Meanwhile for Grimmjow any emotion that was "soft" was seen as "weak" in a prey and predator world. Thus, he had to learn how to seek advice and comfort. Orihime is one of the few people he trusts with this and she knows how important that trust is.

8. How would they react to a 3 AM phone call from the other?

Orihime is not answering her phone at 3 AM because in my mind when she sleeps she sleeps like a log. Nothing short of an actual explosion would wake her. So, Orihime reacts when she wakes up by tilting her head and asking Grimmjow why he was up so early/late.

In Grimmjow's case it depends. If he's in Hollow mode they don't sleep so the concept of time is lost. He may raise an eyebrow and ask Orihime why she's phoning him when she should be asleep, but he doesn't really care. Unless she's phoning him distraught, then it's Kill Mode Activated and he's ready to slice whatever is making Orihime upset into tiny pieces.

If Grimmjow is in a gigai then the story changes entirely. He's basically a big cat and he loves sleep. Being woken up by a phone call makes him crabby and irritable. Unless, again, it's Orihime distraught. Then it's Kill Mode Activated and slicing up whatever is bothering Orihime.

[thelovelyghoul]

You didn’t even mention Aizen vs Everybody, Shinji’s bankai reveal, Grimmjow giving Ichigo the beaters in their first fight or Yamamoto vs Ywach. Bleach’s fights make things so unfair🤣🤣🤣 My favorite theme from Bleach is either Asterisk(very first one it’s so nostalgic) or Velonica(turning back the pendulum arc). Another important question, ya gotta answer this one….: What’s the worst moment in Bleach?

Anytime, thank you as well I really appreciate it(: I’m not on going on anything major med wise, honestly I’m more nervous about therapy cuz I’m worried it won’t work.

Solo leveling looks super good, I’ll definitely check it out. If you’re into like web comics at all or manwha I also recommend God of High School. The anime, while animated spectacularly, was a massive disservice to the entire series. And nahhhh those aren’t lame at all, trust me whatever you’ve watched that might be embarrassed by, I’ve seen worse lmao.

Yoooo that screen saver is sick! Mine isn’t nearly as cool but since you decided to share, I’ll do the same😊

Ahh I’m sorry I ended up really tired yesterday, I *almost* mentioned those but I was nervous I already mentioned a few and didn’t want you to think I was ~that~ bad at deciding, but I am 😂

Aizen vs Everyone was awesome! I’ll forever be sad for momo lol. I love Grimmjow almost as much as I loved Ulquiorra. Shinji’s Bankai is great too! Mayuri’s bankai is a favorite of mine also. I love Mayuri 😭

Ooh, I do love the first theme song🤔 . Honestly I wasn’t sure if you meant from bleach or in General, my initial thought was in general and I definitely couldn’t think of an absolute favorite lol.

The worst part of bleach?? Oof. Um, maybe all the fillers 😅 (especially the bount arc). I genuinely love Bleach & don’t have many parts I dislike, but the amount of fillers does drive me a bit nuts when rewatching. What about you? What do you think is the worst part of bleach? If you could befriend three characters, who would they be?

Therapy can be good, I understand being nervous about it though. I went through 2 therapists before finding one I was actually comfortable with. Though, I can’t see her anymore now. (Insurance changes)

It’s part of why I made this blog, because I need a way to let out all my shitty thoughts haha.

I encourage you to give it a try at the least 💖

I’ll definitely check out God of High School 🤔🙂 & well I’m glad you don’t think those are too awful 😂

Your screensaver is adorable!! 😇

[grimmichi-ao3-feed]

[New AO3 Fic!] One Week of Hell

by Grinch1234

In which Ichigo graduates high school and doesn’t want to go back, so he gets Grimmjow to do the high-school-based mission instead. A horrible decision, really. Featuring Grimmjow, Class 1A being confused, Aizawa being Tired, Urahara messing around, and Ichigo living his best life.

Words: 24185, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of GrimmIchi Adventures

Fandoms: Bleach (Anime & Manga)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Kurosaki Ichigo, Urahara Kisuke, Midoriya Izuku, Yaoyorozu Momo, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Class 1-A (My Hero Academia), Takami Keigo | Hawks

Relationships: Grimmjow Jaegerjaques/Kurosaki Ichigo, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques & Kurosaki Ichigo, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques & Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Ichigo & Urahara Kisuke

Additional Tags: Grimmjow & Naps, Grimmjow vs High School, POV Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, For the most part, POV Alternating, Cat Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, shoved all the cat onto him lol, Crack, Crack Crossover, there ends up being some plot, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Violence, Established Grimmjow Jaegerjaques/Kurosaki Ichigo, except Grimmjow is dumb and doesn't know that, Grimmjow sucks at undercover work, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Needs a Vacation, Rated M for Grimmjow's language, Lots of cuddles, Antisocial Grimmjow, Confused Class 1-A (My Hero Academia), catnip so like drugs I guess?, Brief relationship drama, Grimmjow vs Rukia but she doesn't know he hates her and she's not in this fic, throwing canon out the window at this point yall

Read it now on AO3!

[gojuo]

still no grimmjow this week 😔 i thought we were going to finally get to see him because we saw crumbs last week but it’s not time yet

also i’m sorry for being a traitor and giving tybw arc views but i am a sucker for good animation 😭😭😭

but we did get byakuya's naked ass so that's a nice compromise :') those days back in 2015/2016... oh man, the nostalgia.... i still hold the opinion that kubo should not have retconned his death no matter how upset the fandom was back then. the as nodt fight was fucking spectacular and one hell of a way to kick off the TYBW arc. byakuya's death really meant something bc this was (not exactly but you get what i mean) the very first time a major supporting character died and it was just all so dreadful... especially when the yamamoto vs yhwach fight happened immediately afterward..... good fucking god those first few fights that started the arc...... kubo killing off characters left and right (in a good way) ... soul society turning into hell ... the gotei 13 taking Ls after Ls after Ls..... the shinigami begging for ichigo to come save them............ god it was special back then..... bleach used to be something special........

[chloeleau]

ooh, fun ask!! thank you, @the-witch-of-one-piece !!

caught your attention first: Orihime (i related to her so hard, she’s just like me)

first fav: Orihime, Ichigo, Grimmjow

your fav now: Ichigo, Orihime, Unohana, Toshiro

fav bankai: Minazuki

fav arc: honestly, the thousand year blood war.

fav fight: oh shit this is hard… Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Yamamoto vs. Yhwach, Kenpachi vs. Unohana and Kenpachi vs. Gremmy. I’m a sucker for sword fights if you couldn’t tell…

Who in Bleach?

⟡ 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭: Uryu & Byakuya at the same time (ep. 16) ⟡ 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐯: Byakuya ⟡ 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐧𝐨𝐰: Byakuya, Aizen, As Nodt, Uryu, Ukitake ⟡ 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐢: 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑧𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑖 🌸 ⟡ 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐚𝐫𝐜: turn back the pendulum, all of the arrancar arcs, the zanpakuto arc (it's a filler but I loved it) and of course TYBW. ⟡ 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Byakuya vs Tsukishima; Aizen vs Yhwach.

Saw this on twitter and I wanted to do it here, so if someone wanna do it I'll tag: @the-witch-of-one-piece @stygianoir @electronicwitchcollection @aizenwifey @deputy-videogamer @efrodd17 @cyberdazetragedy @bookandyarndragon @fushiguroshotwife @muzansfangs