Finally, Someone Articulates The Whole Dynamic Of Renji's Soul In Early Bleach And How That Would Have

I wonder if his status as a low-ranking noble and how he saw the difference between nobility and regular shinigami is what made him a more colder and serious shinigami after the academy.

Side note: I have to read 13 blades, Kira taking responsibility for his actions, such integrity.

Kira Izuru and loyalty

Among the many misconceptions people seem to have about Izuru, he’s “loyal to a fault” is a very, very popular one.

For some reason.

But he’s not. Not really. It’s a lot more complicated than that.

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What could have been....Uryu vs Senjumaru to see who is the best tailor of Bleach.....

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If Ukitake saw Rukia's bankai

Ichigo’s stance on the SS’s morality is definitely one where I also wondered how he act in response to it as a whole. He mainly is protecting those he cares including his friends in the SS, but on the other matters like the Quincy genocide or the falsity of the Soul King, he seems to be neutral, mainly focusing on the present, not the past actions that fuel who he's fighting. Like you said, his action to move forward with others towards a future for everyone is the antithesis to his opposition.

Him being a human also factors into the one time he’s been critically against SS was in the FB arc where he’s bold enough to ask for Ginjo’s body from them so he can bury it in the WOTL, despite Ginjo’s crimes against the SS. Like he still decided to trust them considering what they did to Ginjo, but that moment is segmented after his past actions that overturned the SS's rigid law that's lasted for thousands of years.

At the end of the day, Ichigo isn't the lonely teen he used to be with how he's developed and has let other people into his life opposed to Aizen. I say he would decide to leave the internal affairs of the Shinigami to those he trusts instead of taking things into his own hands like Aizen, and be his own figure that has Urahara's influence.

Tbh there's something about the way Ichigo, Kisuke, and Sōsuke are all reflecting off of each other in canon

Like this is sooooo influenced by my random uraichizen thoughts but

Like, considering Kisuke's Boddhisatva allegory with Guanyin/Kannon and his knowledge of the world, the idea that he preserves the status quo of the worlds by not actively doing anything in comparison to Sōsuke (from what we can see). He is a Boddhisattva in this sense. He's seen the truth, he teaches others the truth or hints at it because true Enlightenment can only be with the self. But.

Then there's the actual consequence of SS and what shinigami have to do to maintain the balance. Kisuke opposes Sōsuke and his views not because he believes it's right, but because he believes that the destruction of the worlds is not acceptable. It's a necessary evil.

Sōsuke has an ego with him wanting to become God, but there's also something almost tragic about his arc with reframing it from his perspective of Soul Society.

Soul Society is not a good place. Honestly horrible to live in. Especially when we find out that they sacrifice souls to hollows and vice versa in the name of balance.

Tbh, I ended up asking myself, from this viewpoint, is the Soul Society really worth protecting? Because it's goal is not about protecting people, but protecting the balance. Can the shinigami claim ignorance? Should they even be allowed to when they are complicit in destruction of lives? What would 'life' actually be considered in this universe? Do hollows deserve life as humans do? Except the SS ultimately sees both as a means to an end, hollows are just more of an obstacle.

Effwctively, shinigami are content sleeping on a bed of ground bones. I can see Sōsuke thinking this from a biased perspective.

But he's also not some savior either. He's arrogant and has a callousness to him that conflicts with this more sympathetic view of him.

His anger at Kisuke for knowing the truth of the world and not trying to change it seems genuine. There's an air of hypocrisy to his character I can't shake and it makes me wanna know more about why. Like the question of the greater evil vs the lesser evil.

Except Ichigo. He steps forward, finally knowing himself in full, to defeat Sōsuke, to defeat Yhwach, yet I can't help but feel like he's still so ignorant of the world he lives in. If he learned about their horrors, could he truly stand by in shadows waiting as Kisuke does, or would he become like another Sōsuke, for whatever reason. Or would he become a different path?

Sōsuke is also related to illusion and water, a reflection. We never see his bankai and I would even go so far as to think that he own powers don't work as they do in canon. There's still too many unknowns about him for me to be confident in them. But Ichigo’s own insights about Sōsuke's loneliness is just... it's so tempting to build off of that.

Because those feelings are likely a reflection of Ichigo from when he was a young age and his own confusing powers may have brought only more loneliness instead of understanding or connection.

I can't help but think that Kisuke represents Stagnation and Sōsuke represents Progess. Except poth come with an unsavory taste in the mouth. Kisuke waits, likely works towards a goal, bit it's far too slow for the people that have already suffered because of the world. Sōsuke steps forward, also hiding until he's sure of his strike, and he probably would have won if not for Ichigo. What is Ichigo then?

The only part of the Soul King that's named is his heart, which can bring about miracles, things unexplained due to emotions and desires. It acts similar to the Hōgyoku. Ichigo speculates that Sōsuke may have actually wanted to lose to him and that's... also a lot of implication about Sōsuke's character. There's also the idea that Sōsuke may have built Ichigo up. To what? Defeat him? Stand by his side? To make him less lonely? Or are these Ichigo’s unreliable feelings, are they simply Ichigo’s own reflected onto Sōsuke?

Both of Kisuke and Sōsuke's plans and views come with a price. And Ichigo remains ignorant, but he stills fights for everyone to not pay that price, even his enemies.

In a way, it's like Sōsuke decided to pay a huge price upfront to pay back later, Kisuke is frugal and making sure to balance everything while moving forward but that means people can't attain true wealth within their lifetime. Yhwach decided to destroy the concept itself despite that it means everyone will then have to pay that price.

Ichigo, is just, bursting through all of that. But he's also only one person. And idk, that feels important to how change must be made collectively when it's about a whole society. All Ichigo does is step forward, with other people, like the beginning of a wave.

Like, this is the end of the post but SŌSUKE AND KANAME??????? That alone needs a whole thesis and how it informs both of their characters since the only person Sōsuke actually trusts out of everyone is Kaname

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2/5. Orihime Inoue ~ The Princess

Why?

She’s ridiculously quirky and really wholesome, which really added a layer of emotion to the series as the character who could be empathic with so many individuals. Her struggles and belief she builds within herself in her friends and Ichigo is beautiful to see through the show. She’s a human teenager who wasn’t built for fighting like her friends but she still tries her best to help out and genuinely has a good heart void of killing intent.

The Orihime/Riruka interaction is even wholesome when you find out Orihime calls Riruka multiple times after TYBW lmao

Showing compassion in front of those who wronged you or are against you is hard to do. For Orihime, it’s her nature to be kind and non-aggressive even to those who hurt her. It’s a sentiment that one would usually discard especially in a lot of shows. However, I see Orihime being this way as reaching out to them because she knows they’re hurting on the inside like Sora and Riruka, or that they need to load power over her like Loly.

Throughout those experiences, she’s been able to keep her compassionate nature even in the face of all this. Obviously, I could keep on harping on how this makes her stand out from multiple other characters, but I’ll try not to. Her Fullbring powers are to reject phenomenon and I see her nature as an symbol of that, where outside events don’t get to her even in dark times, that she keeps true to herself no mater what.

We As one: are not intertwined. As two: do not share the same form. Of the third: we simply don't have eyes. Of the fourth: we have no hope in that direction. At the fifth therein lies the heart. - Bleach Vol. 27

Ichigo’s conflict in the Arcancar Arc was centered around protecting his friends to the point that he wouldn’t trust them to fight with him or confide with them. Orihime also goes through something like this, which that she goes to Hueco Mundo without telling them, so Ulquiorra wouldn’t hurt them. However in her heart, she was glad Ichigo and others came for her and even had a moment where Ichigo’s mysterious Hollowifaction scared her. The very thing Ichigo strived work towards to protect her and those they loved.

I especially look towards her pacifist nature being clear when Grimmjow demands she heals Ichigo so Grimmjow can kill him at full power in a new fight. Complete opposite of Unohana learning healing Kido to extend her fights, right? That’s why it ends beautifully when Orihime realizes Ichigo’s Hollow power shouldn't get in the way of her trust in him to end the fight. She comes forth to listen to her heart and gets past the idea of no hope, the Hollow eyes she stared into, Ichigo’s masked form, and believes in those she cares about. She doesn’t despair.

To finish it off, her growth in the Fullbring arc is good to see pay off especially where she has faith in Ichigo to make it through, that she’ll heal him even if it gives him the opportunity to get hurt again. Plus, she even develops her Fullbring ability to the point where she can defend and reactively attack at the same time, thus keeping true to her nature while fighting back. Orihime is genuinely a character who I love from her quirky & kind nature but to also how human she is in dealing with things outside of her control, and her internal growth towards her friends.

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Thanks for liking my response to saitouh assuming you remember she hates orihime because she couldn’t fulfill her promises how would you have responded

Thanks for asking this! I wasn't expecting this to be my first ask to answer.

First off, the whole thing on responding to someone whose really adamant on their opinions is something I preferably wouldn't want to do, since it usually leads to back and forth arguing. It's just something I got tired of since there wouldn't be a clear resolution to it.

However, if I did respond to them, I would point out many characters in Bleach and in fiction don't really fulfill their promises due to outside factors or their own flaws so why hate Orihime for not being able to fulfill her promises? I would either blame the plot or Kubo since he wanted things to escalate and have Orihime at a breaking point of where she feels powerless.

There was also incorrect claims Saitouh made like Orihime barely knowing Ichigo which isn't true? Before he became a shinigami, he and Orihime were on friendly terms and then in Orihime's manga introduction, she and Tatsuki talk about Ichigo's surface personality.

So I would point out the flaws in their reasons on why they hate Orihime and highlight the main points on Orihime's character that Saitouh didn't get. I don't really know Saitouh that much so I wouldn't really focus on personal jabs on them since that doesn't really help in getting my point across. That's basically how I would respond.

Hope that helps!

I hope you don't mind but your post about your Ginrei story got me thinking about what a meeting between him and Ichigo would look like. It'd be explosive at the very best but maybe not as bad as everyone fears since Ginrei has experience dealing with short-tempered brats and Ichigo has experience dealing with strict old men considering his zanpakuto is one. Byakuya would still have a mild panic attack though.

For Ginrei, it would depend heavily on the context of their meeting. I cannot imagine Ichigo giving even a single shit what Ginrei thinks. I can see Byakuya getting all worked up about it, but on the other hand, at least Ginrei isn’t picking on him. Some possibilities:

Middle of giant battle, Soul Society is in shambles:

Ginrei: Ah, look at this brave and noble youth. A credit to the humans. We must support and protect him.

Everyone is at a Squad 10 Barbecue for Some Reason:

Ichigo: Yo, Byakuya, can I borrow your scarf? I need it for an impression I’m doing of you.

Ginrei: Ha, ha, Grandson, he has called you by your first name, such disrespect!

Ichigo: Hey, Old Dude, can you pass me the barbecue sauce? A+ mustache, by the way.

Ginrei: The insolence–! Grandson, where has your adjutant gone? I need him to hold my beer!

Conclave of Noble Families:

Byakuya: As you see, there are more Shiba.

Ginrei: I loathe the Shiba.

Byakuya: I know. Everyone knows.

Family Dinner:

Rukia: Hello, Grandfather! This is Kurosaki Ichigo, who is my boyfriend in this scenario. He is 15 years old, has orange hair, and is a human but sometimes also a Hollow, a Fullbringer and/or a Quincy. He has never brushed his hair in his entire life.

Ichigo (wearing a t-shirt that says “Be Gay, Do Crimes”): Yo.

Ginrei: I’m going back to my lake house.

This is the best analysis of Kai ever, absolutely stunned to read through it and realize how underrated Kai is nowadays.

The Finals!

In the right corner we have Iroh, the dragon of the west, uncle to us all, war criminal extraordinaire, from Avatar the last Airbender

And in the left corner we have Kai Smith, the elemental master of fire, best big bro ever, temporarily evil guy for like two seconds, from Ninjago masters of Spinjitsu

The winner will be determined by you, fellow arsonists, so vote carefully!

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