Amateur Writer, into Naruto, Bleach, ATLA/LOK, and Ninjago
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Actually i was talking about hueco mundo
But I understand not telling them because tatsuki before this wasn’t aware of hollows or the soul society so
Yeah right after I posted that answer, I wondered if you were talking about the other incident since that one is more talked about. My bad.
Ok, I reread that moment and Orihime said she wanted to say goodbyes to the others, but chose Ichigo. She’s a teenager who is about to taken to a place full of Arcancar and isn’t certain if she’ll see her friends again, choosing her crush over Tatsuki doesn’t make her a bad person.
The bottom line of it is her wanting to make sure she doesn’t regret not being clear about how she feels while she was on good terms with the rest hence the “goodbye, halcyon days”. Tatsuki would somewhat wanted Orihime to say goodbye to her but can understand why she chose Ichigo. Also like from my last post, telling Tatsuki would probably get her involved which Orihime is completely against considering how much she cares about her friends.
I found someone calling orihime a bad person for not telling tatsuki about where she was going
I swear these get more desperate
Like right before she and the gang decided to go to Soul Society to save Rukia?
Because I could see how one could feel for Tatsuki whose unfortunately kept in the dark at that point, and what repercussions would occur if Orihime died without Tatsuki knowing, but it's pointless to badmouth Orihime for that.
Like there's an afterlife of swordsmen who aren't afraid to kill you if you and your friends decide to go into their domain to rescue a prisoner , and you want to keep your best friend away from the crazy thing you're about to do which is very protective of Orihime to do for Tatsuki.
Kubo's end of chapter illustrations and chapter titles depict Tatsuki as a dragon, which suits her nature of wanting to take action especially if she knew what Orihime was getting herself into. Btw, Tatsuki had a broken arm and no notable powers before the Soul Society arc, but she would still try to go with Orihime if she knew.
But I guess some people wouldn't understand wanting to keep your friend away from dangerous situations huh? On another note, I do wish she told Tatsuki about everything after they came back from Soul Society, considering how calm things were before Yammy and Ulquiorra showed up
Also can we appreciate the fact that Kazui actually knows about shinigami (and probably about the Soul Society, Hollows, etc..) because Ichigo and Orihime took the time to tell him about everything. Like…Ichigo was never told about his heritage, and ended up in the situation with Grand Fisher when he was younger because no one ever told him what hollows were.
But with Kazui it will never be like that, because Ichigo and Orihime want to keep their precious son safe, and that involves letting him know about the world around him.
Like…Imagine Kazui knows about Soul Society and Hueco Mundo because he’s heard hundreds of stories from his parents about it. Ichigo’s probably told him several times about his first meeting with Rukia, his fight with Kenpachi, how hard he fought to keep Orihime safe. And Orihime probably told Kazui about how she awakened her powers, her healing everybody, her confession to Ichigo.
And Kazui knowing he’ll always be safe and happy because of how strong, courageous, and loving his parents are.
Santa, all I want for Christmas is no more Shinji scenes or dialogue to be cut from Cour 3 or Cour 4 🥺
this is haRDLY THE TIME
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Here’s a tiny comic, that turns out to be pretty large on tumblr. Sorry for that. Also the quality is shit but I had to hurry up with this and I am too lazy to deal with tumblrs resizing, so… hmmm it’s the idea that counts, right?
Happy New Year!
I don’t know which volume this poem is from, it still puts in words the dynamics of Ichigo’s and Uryu’s unique bond. Especially in TYBW where you have Ichigo stepping into a more dominant role to stop Yhwach, while Uryu submits himself to Yhwach for his own plan. Hope there’s more parallels about these two in the next 2 Cours.
We are drawn to each other like drops of water, like the planets. We repulse each other like magnets, like the colors of our skin.
hey, just noticed that you liked one of my manga colorings. glad to see you appreciated my nearly decade old post and seeing other bleach fans :')
No problem! Your manga edits are pretty colorful especially the Oetsu ones lol. I wasn't really into manga/anime back then so now I'm just seeing what awesome fan work was made during the Bleach manga's run. You should reblog some of them, they're really good!
All of these amazing pieces look like a vampire drama series poster for each character. Senjumaru and Uryu stand out the most to me, especially with the immaculate accessories/backgrounds.
BLEACH x Vamptober 2023
6 Feral | 7 Lovers | 8 Holy Cross | 9 Sunlight
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!
What could have been....Uryu vs Senjumaru to see who is the best tailor of Bleach.....
……………= _,= ★
Isshin reacting to all of the insanity during TYBW would be the funniest shit.
Shit Isshin might say (if he saw zombie Hitsugaya and zombie Matsumoto)
As requested by anon. :)
Hitsugaya and Matsumoto were recently turned into zombies, because that is a thing that happens in Bleach now. But what if their old captain, Isshin, finally returned to Soul Society and saw them as zombies? What sorts of things might he say?
1. “T-Toshiro! Why are you wearing a Quincy uniform??”
2. “I know my absence probably left you with abandonment issues, but Yhwach is not your new dad!”
3. “I know his facial hair is magnificent, but even so!”
4. “Rangiku has abandonment issues too, and you don’t see HER joining the Quincy!”
5. “I mean, you haven’t joined the Quincy, have you, Rangiku?”
6. “…….or don’t answer me. That’s okay. It’s cool. I know you’re probably mad.”
7. “Just - how could you join the Quincy, Toshiro????”
8. “Not that I hate the Quincy. My wife was a Quincy. But there’s Quincy, and then there’s Quincy, if you know what I mean.”
9. “Also, why are you so…….gray?”
10. “For that matter, why is Matsumoto so gray?”
11. “And why are you both staring at me with blank lifeless eyes?”
12. “Also, why haven’t either of you reacted at all to my sudden appearance, even though you must have been wondering for like twenty years where I was and what happened to me?”
13. “Also why aren’t you blinking?”
14. “Wait a second………….are you guys zombies?”
15. “Oh my fucking god you guys are ZOMBIES!”
16. “I leave for twenty years, and you BOTH get turned into ZOMBIES?!?”
17. “Toshiro, you’re supposed to be smarter than that! Rangiku, you’re supposed to be WAY more sensible than that!”
18. “Love the new hair though, guys. Seriously. Great look for both of you.”
19. “So, uh, I guess this means no big reunion, huh?”
20. “I was gonna say how proud I was of both of you, and how sorry I was for the way I left, and I was going to blow both of your minds with the news that I’m Ichigo’s dad! That’s right - I raised the kid who keeps saving the universe!”
21. “But now it just seems so….pointless. Can you guys even hear me?”
22. “Grunt if you can hear me.”
23. “Grunt if you can’t hear me?”
24. “Man. I can’t tell if you guys aren’t talking ‘cause you’re just that mad, or if it’s the zombie thing.”
25. “I guess I shoulda talked to you guys in the world of the living, huh?”
26. “Back before you were zombies.”
27. “That would have meant Ichigo finding some things out earlier, but then, maybe that would have helped him.”
28. “I’m just…….I’m really sorry.”
29. “…”
30. “I really gotta stop waiting so long to talk to people!”
Absolutely love this, your art style is so immaculate on expressing Young Unohana and Minazuki.
young Unohana-san and first meeting with materialized Minazuki
I was debating whether to reblog a post related this week's Bleach episode but I couldn't stop laughing at this xD
From Bleachlists’ “If the captains and lieutenants swapped bodies…” list. :3
I also put Bleachlists’ URL in the watermark as a precaution from art thieves (People who crop shit from artworks are art thieves o u o) because hey, I don’t want other people taking credit for her brilliant ideas, too.
And yeah, I added a bit of OOC-ness for the humor *cough*pimp daddy yama*cough* XD
What captains think about in their captain meetings
As requested by anon. :)
We already imagined what the espada think about in their meetings. But what might be on the captains’ minds during theirs?
1. Unohana
“Murder.”
“Murder.”
“Murder.”
“I really need to tell Isane what a nice job she did with those pillow covers. They are making all of the patients so happy, and that is so important.”
“Murder.”
2. Kensei
“I wonder what Mashiro is doing right now. Getting into trouble, probably.”
“Ugh she drives me nuts! Why did I want her to be my lieutenant again?”
“And Shuhei had better be working. Not daydreaming about Matsumoto like usual.”
“I need to get back to those idiots.”
“Why is Soi Fon glaring at me?”
3. Soi Fon
“Ugh. Kensei never pays attention in these meetings.”
“Of course, he’s a visored. Associated with Urahara Kisuke, so naturally he’s trouble.”
“I can’t BELIEVE the head captain let those visored come back.”
“Man, these meetings would be so much better if Yoruichi-sama had come back instead of those idiots.”
“I hope she does come back. She’ll see how strong I am. Love me. Be beautiful. Be - SOI FON STOP IT PAY ATTENTION!”
4. Aizen
“If only you knew, head captain, that during this meeting, I have come up with the next eleven steps of my plan.”
“And I narrated my own actions to myself the whole time. Because I am a multitasker”
“Aizen thought to himself. Smugly.”
“I can feel you watching me, Gin.”
“This meeting would be so much better with tea.”
5. Gin
“I will kill you dead, Aizen Sosuke.”
“Now that I know your weakness, I could do it anytime.”
“I could even do it…..right now.”
“But nah.”
“Never hurts to wait a while.”
5. Kenpachi
“This is dumb.”
“I don’t even know what’s going on.”
“Why do we even have these meetings?”
“Instead of meetings, we should all just fight each other.”
“I’d fight Kuchiki Byakuya so hard. That would be so awesome.”
6. Byakuya
“I can feel your eyes on me, barbarian.”
“I am going to have take such a long bath.”
“Hitsugaya is still wearing that scarf. Took the idea from me, of course.”
“I am a fashion icon.”
“Recognize.”
7. Hitsugaya
“Holyshitholyshitholyshit Kuchiki is looking at me.”
“Stand up straight, Hitsugaya. Be tall. Look smart.”
“As tall as you can, anyway.”
“Stop that! No short jokes in your own head!”
“I wonder if Kuchiki would be amused if I told him a short joke.”
“Maybe I should try that. One day.”
8. Komamura
“What an excellent point the head captain has made.”
“He is very wise as well as very strong.”
“I am glad that we can have these meetings so that I can see true leadership in action.”
“I hope that he is proud of me.”
“Maybe one day….he will pat me on the head as I have always dreamed.”
9. Shinji
“I did not miss these meetings. Ugh. It’s like being in school. Only standing up.”
“Like, at least in high school we had desks.”
“Although at least the head captain doesn’t give us homework. Homework sucks.”
“Okay well at least the meeting must be almost over. It’s been…….FIVE MINUTES?!?”
“I won’t survive this.”
10. Tosen
“I hate listening to you speak, Yamamoto Genryusai.”
“All you speak are lies.”
“There is no justice here.”
“There is no justice anywhere.”
“Except maybe with Komamura.”
11. Kyoraku
“I hope Ukitake is doing okay. Looks a bit wobbly.”
“I should go and have tea with him later. See how he’s doing.”
“If Nanao-chan will give me the time off, anyway!”
“Look at all these youngsters. Paying such good attention.”
“Hopefully no one can tell I’m not listening.”
12. Kurotsuchi
“I wonder what Komamura’s brain looks like.”
“If I gave Unohana my new adrenaline drug, would she snap and kill everyone, or just go after Kenpachi?”
“This meeting is going a ridiculously long time. I should make some more time drugs.”
“Maybe one to speed up time for these meetings. And one that stops time, just for fun.”
“Now which captain could I trick into testing them for me?”
13. Rose
“They say that if you imagine the end of a song, it will no longer be stuck in your head.”
“But what if it’s a song you’re writing, and it doesn’t have an end yet?”
“Then I guess it just stays in your head forever.”
“Like pain. And grief.”
“I wonder if bone would make a good guitar pick.”
14. Ukitake
“I’m so glad I felt well enough to be here!”
“A little wobbly, but that is okay.”
“Pretty sure Kiyone and Sentaro are right outside, so if I faint, they’ll come and collect me.”
“I should have tea with Kyoraku later. See how he’s doing.”
“Hopefully I’ll be well enough for that.”
Really true insight, it'll be intriguing if the final chapter gets adapted and people see the full-circle of Aizen's journey to this realization.
Honestly, Bleach is a series that took time for me to understand it's core message on the importance of connections with those who make your life meaningful, especially when that message isn't in your face like other shonen.
Looking at Aizen's actions through that lens makes me think "Aizen doesn't need a backstory to make you feel sorry for him" because his very nature is so devoid of what makes us human no matter how we change as people. So many of Bleach's characters have connections they make with each other and wouldn't be who they are without their friends and adversaries.
It always surprises me when Aizen is mostly perceived as this genius-evil-mastermind like oh he is so crazy, who knows what he'll do next!! (and he is, to a certain extent, don't get me wrong) but the silent victory has Ichigo acknowledge him as a sympathetic but ultimately misguided man who sacrificed everything for godhood only to be reduced to....utter loneliness. And I find that interesting!
Of course, this isn't a Conclusive Take (tm) as Urahara's silence definitely leaves a lot of what Aizen did as up to interpretation, but the loneliness of godhood is definitely an interesting theme, especially when you consider how often it occurs in literature, where the trope of the 'God' character playing around with lives due to his own boredom is so common (see: Frankenstein, all of Greek mythology, etc etc). It isn't a stretch to say Ichigo, the Arrancar, the Vizards, the Hogyoku and even Urahara were all just an experiment to him – pawns he played with to ease his own boredom. It isn't exactly that he's evil...per se. It's that he's innately unable to relate to the lives and struggles of mortal beings, because his quest for more power/scientific discovery/pushing the limitations of nature render him devoid of empathy. The intent is not malicious, it's just...curiosity. Which makes him 10× more creepy, but ultimately not one- dimensional.
I think I read somewhere that people found Aizen to be out-of-character here in his dialogue to Yhwach in 686, but I think this is his character arc coming to a close. When he says 'people,' I think what he really means is himself and how he understands it now, now that he himself isn't as invincible as he once strived to be. When you try to alter the cycle of life, when you try to exist beyond social/existential constructs, it's ultimately a very lonely and isolating existence, and that sometimes the status quo is just a means to an end of connecting with other people (ghosts, whatever) and living in social harmony.
Bleach characters, Ichigo has decided to quit being a soul reaper and go to college instead! Your reactions?
As requested by anon. :)
Hisagi: Awwww….I kinda *liked* the universe.
Soi Fon: Kurosaki is abandoning the fight now? Ridiculous.
Soi Fon: If he had learned the importance of duty and assassination when he was little, like a normal child, this would not be happening now.
Urahara: Actually, children in the human world learn things like coloring and counting! Not murder!
Soi Fon: No wonder humans are so weak.
Chad: Ichigo, I support education, but are you sure you want to *completely* give up being a soul reaper?
Chad: When you lost your powers, you were not happy.
Ishida: Plus, the universe tends to need you, Kurosaki! You have obligations!
Orihime: Maybe you should go on doing both school and shinigami stuff? We’ll help!
Ichigo: Guys…I was basically never in class during high school.
Ichigo: Being a shinigami is too much of a time commitment! So if I want to do college, I need to just do college.
Keigo: I-Ichigo…
Keigo: You…
Keigo: YOU REALLY ARE A NERD!!!
Ichigo: Shut up.
Byakuya: Kurosaki Ichigo, you do not need further schooling to achieve success.
Byakuya: Merely tell people that you are a noble.
Ichigo: Yeah…being a part of a dead noble family from the afterlife doesn’t do much in the human world, Byakuya.
Byakuya: Humans are more barbaric than I realized.
Rukia: Hmmm….I’ve never been to college…
Rukia: It sounds fun!
Ichigo: W-what makes you think you’ll come??
Rukia: Because you always need me, fool!
Grimmjow: I don’t buy it, Kurosaki!
Grimmjow: You love fighting too much to give it up!
Grimmjow: The first time you see a hollow, your shinigami instincts will take over!
Ichigo: Naw. I’m probably gonna be a shinigami for the rest of my natural life and then for eternity in Soul Society.
Ichigo: I think I can handle taking four years off.
Grimmjow: WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH KUROSAKI?!?
Ulquiorra: All of you, enough. Kurosaki Ichigo is a human. He is allowed to lead a human life.
Ichigo: Uh….thanks, Ulquiorra.
Ulquiorra: He will most likely be dead before he manages to finish four years of anything, after all.
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: Thanks so much.
Reblogging for this week's recent episode...
Style Points > Time
These Sternritter posts are legit comedy gold istg
If the Sternritter had to live in Ichigo’s closet...
As requested by anon. :)
Previously we considered what would happen if some shinigami or the espada decided to live in Ichigo’s closet. Now it is the Quincy’s turn! If they, for some unfathomable reason, found themselves crashing in Ichigo’s closet, how would that go?
1. BG9: Treats it like a sleepover
BG9: So…what’s your favorite color?
Ichigo: For the last time, go to sleep!
BG9: But you said no tentacles! How am I supposed to get data without tentacles AND while being quiet?
Ichigo: This is not DATA time, this is SLEEP time!
BG9: This is the worst sleepover ever.
Ichigo: THIS ISN’T A SLEEPOVER
2. Gremmy: Shapes the closet to his will
Ichigo: Hey, I’m gonna go out for a while. You okay?
Gremmy: Oh, I am more than okay!
Gremmy: BEHOLD!
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: DID YOU TURN MY CLOSET INTO AN AMUSEMENT PARK???
Gremmy: It’s not my fault your wifi kinda sucks.
3. Giselle: Won’t stop trying to turn Ichigo into a zombie
Giselle: Whoopsie! I cut my finger on a clothes hanger!
Giselle: Go get my a bandaid, Kurosaki!
Ichigo (reading manga in bed): I’m not going near your blood, Giselle.
Giselle: That’s fair.
Giselle: …
Giselle: Want some tomato juice?
Ichigo: CUT IT OUT
4. Quilge: Keeps trying to trap Ichigo in the closet
Ichigo: Let’s see, I think I’ll wear my Nice Vibe shirt today.
Ichigo: Now I’ll -
Ichigo: What the hell?
Ichigo: Why is the closet closed behind me?
Ichigo: [slides closet open]
Quilge: Congratulations, Kurosaki Ichigo! I cannot believe you escaped my Jail!
Ichigo: It’s not hard to open a closet from the inside.
Quilge: Not hard to get out of a ball either, but -
Ichigo: You don’t have to bring that up every three seconds!!
5. Cang Du: Is stoic about closet-living
Ichigo: Sorry my closet is kinda small for a tall guy. You okay?
Cang Du: I am fine.
Ichigo: Sorry that the only pajamas I had are the ones Chad left which have baby bunnies on them.
Cang Du: It is fine.
Ichigo: Sorry that Kon is currently clinging to your head for some reason.
Cang Du: It is fine.
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: So if my clothes get wrinkly can I have you iron them, or…?
Cang Du: You cannot get a rise out of me that easily.
Ichigo: Man, you’re good!
6. Bazz-B: Tries too hard
Bazz-B: Cool shirt, man!
Bazz-B: This shirt is cool too!
Bazz-B: This shirt is Abarai’s eyebrows level of cool!
Ichigo: …why are you looking at all of my shirts and complimenting them?
Bazz-B: Abarai told me you only fight your friends. So I’m becoming your friend.
Ichigo: The fighting comes before the friendship. Not after.
Bazz-B: Oh.
Bazz-B: In that case…
Ichigo: NO
7. Liltotto: Won’t stop eating
Ichigo: Hey, where’s my favorite shirt? The one that’s too small and shows my belly but it’s okay because I wear another shirt under it?
Liltotto: I ate it.
Liltotto: And all of your ugly clothes.
Liltotto: You’re welcome.
Ichigo: W-what??
Liltotto: Your taste in clothes is worse than Bambi’s taste in men, to be honest.
Ichigo: IF YOU WANTED A SNACK YOU COULD HAVE ASKED
8. Bambietta: Keeps inviting Ichigo in
Bambietta: I can’t sleep in this stupid ugly closet, Kurosaki!
Bambietta: Wanna…join me?
Ichigo: No thanks.
Kon: I’LL JOIN YOU!!!!!!
Ichigo: KON NO
9. Candice: Doesn’t seem to like the closet
Candice: Sleeping in your STUPID CLOSET has RUINED MY HAIR!
Candice: NOW YOU DIE!!!!!!!!
Ichigo: Candice it’s five in the morning can we please do this later?
Candice: NO
10. Askin: Installs a cappuccino maker
Ichigo: [opens closet]
Askin: Fresh coffee?
Ichigo: [closes closet]
11. Ishida: Tries to be helpful
Ishida: Look, Kurosaki! I added capes to ALL of your shirts!
Ishida: Now everybody will know about your Quincy heritage!
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: You also appear to have bleached them all white.
Ishida: Yeah, it’s shocking how much color you had in your clothes!
Ishida: Quincy wear WHITE clothes!
Ichigo: IS THIS WHY I SMELLED BLEACH ALL NIGHT???
12. As Nodt: Treats it like a sleepover
As Nodt: So……….what would you say is your deepest and darkest fear?
As Nodt: Mine is death.
As Nodt: Death is scary.
As Nodt: But you feel more like a “lives while all his friends die” sort of guy.
As Nodt: Spot on or nah?
Ichigo: …I am so done letting people stay here.
Why Isane still went after Rose and Kensei's bodies
lmao the screenshots
My first thought was that she didn't believe Gremmy saying they were dead but then I read the chapters for this episode and she did scan their pulse so she know they were dead in the manga. Then, I remembered the Echoing Jaws of Hell Arc one-shot Kubo wrote.
The Reisai ritual from the Hell arc
Renji talks about how captains who died in battle would get this ritual and we also know that shinigami who are greater than third class reishi are captains and they have to be cast into Hell. Kensei and Rose are Vizards adding to being captains so they would fit that category after the war if they weren't saved by Mayuri.
Now of course, most of the captains including Kurotsuchi, Soi Fon, and others didn't even know about the true purpose of the ritual so how could Isane know about it? (Even though the true purpose doesn't need to be known to do it)
Eh, I would just chalk it up to her being Unohana's lieutenant and Unohana being a OG Gotei 13 and the head canon of her having to send her fellow captains to Hell and knowing she would soon be in it.
Anyways, I kept seeing people asking why she went after their bodies when they were dead already and thought of this.
Well damn
i was on the bleach subreddit (braver than the us marines etc etc) and someone pointed out that momo's sword transformed mid-swing without her calling for it, which is something that apparently only happens when someone's achieved bankai. MOMO BANKAI ANYONE...
I don’t know if Segunda Etapa and Ichigo’s Dangai version of his Bankai/Mugetsu could be considered equals. Vasto Lorde Ichigo overpowered Ulquiorra’s second Resurrecion and then Dangai Ichigo was overpowering Hyogoku Aizen’s multiple forms who claimed he was transcending hollows and Shinigami.
Mayuri’s surveillance bacteria are by far Kubo’s greatest “has no relevance except this one fight” concept. Someone should ask him about it at Klub Outside.
the official and fan translations really don't agree on chapter 552:
but if Bankai and Resurreción are equivalent, then Segunda Etapa and Final Bankai are equivalent, and Ulquiorra did it without any drawbacks whatsoever
from chapter 348 it apparently wasn't the first time he'd ever used it, so he could use it as many times as he wanted. Uryū was there for most of the fight (although he admittedly didn't see the transformation), and Uryū:
was infected with surveillance bacteria per chapter 303
in other words Mayuri, via SRDI staff like Akon, should've had footage, if not far more advanced telemetry, of an Espada using Segunda Etapa, the equivalent of a Shinigami's Final Bankai, and should have known it was theoretically possible to stabilize the latter
this man apparently never researched the matter for even an instant, not on Shinigami or on his resurrected Arrancar, nor did he ever talk to Kisuke about it (nor did Ichigo, Uryū, or Orihime) because if that research ever had happened, TYBW would've been the time to use it or at least mention it as being unready
this dude literally has footage of someone operationally going from an atomic bomb (~20 kt) to a hydrogen bomb (~200–1,000 kt) in lethality and shrugged and went meh to play around with Privaron Espada and Arrancar corpses
are you kidding me
what, did Akon or Hiyosu or somebody delete the footage?
also how the fuck did Ichigo never mention having seen Segunda Etapa after having lost his powers from using Final Bankai? especially when he'd literally seen Uryū lose his powers from using Letzt Stil only to gain them back? Ichigo dude why were you moping around for 17 months when you literally knew people who'd used equivalent powers who either didn't lose them or got them back soon after
like it is INCONCEIVABLE that Mayuri and Kisuke don't know about Final Bankai (Kisuke literally showed up as it ended versus Aizen) and couldn't analogize it to Segunda Etapa and Letzt Stil, and yet neither of them shows any apparent interest in it whatsoever
some scientists
"Oh, the hydrogen bomb? Meh, I don't wanna be Edward Teller, I'm a Robert Oppenheimer kinda guy."
this is likewise INCONCEIVABLE when Kisuke and Mayuri should know Wandenreich is coming, despite their apparent total lack of preparations
unless they deliberately ignored the research avenue to let Wandenreich kill as many people as possible
then they both roll out smartphones and internet streaming by NBFH to bring down Shinigami culture hmmmmm no conspiracy there no sir
Heres my own redesign of s1 Nya I did for funsies!
I always wished she had a less formal outfit (because lets face it, a qipao isn’t exactly casual) but it was too iconic to just completely remove, so I gave her a jacket! I also added some subtle hints to her being a mechanic/Samurai X; her toolbelt, goggles and the oil smudge on her cheek!
Not much else I would really change about her character in s1 (except her … questionable writing but that’s a talk for another day..,,!)
My top 5 Bleach women and why I love them: Part 3
If you haven't seen Part 1 and 2 of this, here's the link.
1/5. Rukia Kuchiki ~ Squad 13 captan and Number One
I don’t think I have to explain this but I’ll touch over what themes I love, some of it’s duality and how it all helps encompass her character as one of Kubo’s best.
Upbringing and Human Nature ~ Throughout the first arc, we get glimpses into how Rukia was raised and what kind of warrior culture the Soul Society had. Despite her life in the Rukon District and being treated horribly in the Kuchiki Clan, Rukia maintains that Soul Society is better than the human world, that letting an inexperienced Ichigo fight Grand Fisher on his own was considered right by her captain’s standards. However, there’s cracks in these beliefs even from the moment she met Ichigo and began making friends in the human world. It’s especially more painful when she didn’t see Renji for 40 years, and knew she would have to return to Soul Society, that her brief stay with humans was where she felt she belonged, where she didn’t feel empty in the heart.
Self-Worth and Finding the Heart ~ Saving someone usually means the rescuee wants to be saved right? Not in Rukia’s case, her self-loathing over her execution is visible throughout the SS arc. It’s tragic, she was forced to kill Kaien to stop Aizen’s Hollow experiment from continuing to use his body, that she besmirched the Kuchiki name by giving Ichigo her powers, the guy who looks alike to Kaien. Renji and her split up decades ago due to the divide between them, and compounding all of that corroded her self-esteem to the point of her accepting her execution. However, she finds what connects her to those important people and how they care for her, the heart. Therefore, deciding to stay in Soul Society and reclaiming her self-worth.
Renji declares he won’t leave her in the face of Aizen.
Byakuya Kuchiki protects her to fulfill his promise to Rukia’s sister.
Kaien’s relatives forgive her for being the one to end Kaien’s suffering.
If it can be said that the heart is unchanging, then that is strength. - Bleach Vol. 54 poem
A Soldier’s Heart and It’s Duality ~ At the crux of Rukia’s character is her bonds and how she got there through becoming a Shinigami. Kaien was her mentor who taught her to fight and the theme of “The Heart”. To not die alone, to have meaningful connections is where Rukia ensures she makes sure to support her friends through her manner. I think it’s really poignant that the way she tries to sway Ichigo out of his doubts and fears of his inner Hollow…that it doesn’t work because Ichigo hasn’t been in the shinigami life as long as she had. Ichigo’s issues are far more embedded due to how he’s been changed by them….while Kaien’s heart which Rukia metaphorically holds in her, hasn’t changed at all.
Emulating Kaien’s mannerisms because Kaien’s heart carried strength, Rukia’s way contrasts with Orihime’s nature, which ends up helping out Ichigo even for a moment in the Hueco Mundo arc. However, the soldier’s heart is what allows Rukia to continue fighting against Aaroniero the 9th Espada, because she finds strength in it to want to save Orihime, protect her loved ones, and move past the obstacle, because she cares about the reawakened connections she has.
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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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(Some of this based on what makes them awesome, or how they're written. Also, this is Part 1 of the entire post, so it'll only show the first 3 characters, due to Tumblr's limit on how many links/media I can use.)
5/5. Ikumi Unagiya \~ Owner of Unagiya Shop
Why?
It’s an unique choice since she doesn’t get that much screen time compared to the others but I really think she’s got a fun personalty and somewhat of a good adult character in a shonen manga that doesn’t have many adults that’ll be there for the MC on an emotional level.
In the Fullbringer arc, she’s one of the only adults in Ichigo’s life who tries to be there for him even with her unawareness of shinigami and hollows. Ikumi still reminds him that he is a kid and he should be able to rely on her, and I think it’s really profound that she says this but Ichigo hasn’t ever really believed in that for most of his life.
Another underrated moment is her getting Ginjo to stop subtly upsetting Ichigo and made him leave her shop. Ginjo wasn’t even a villain at this point but Ikumi still knew the questions he was saying about Ichigo’s dad and his family were screwing with Ichigo’s mind. Maybe I’m giving her too much credit for being a reliable adult for a shonen manga, however it still puts her in my list.
Even in the TYBW arc, she’s still there to be a form of stability to Ichigo who goes through hell before visiting her. Her personality between a dependable, intuitive adult and a stubborn woman who kidnaps teenage employees in broad daylight is what stands out to me as a character.
4/5. Tier Harribel \~ Tres Espada
Why?
Her whole look with the jacket and the hollow mask is honestly pretty cool to see in the series and her serious, calm personality is nice to see among the Espada. Plus her motif as the ‘Espada of Sacrifice’ adds a whole new layer of her concern for her Fraccion, like Nel who was the former 3rd. Her sword release is also dope, “Tiburon”.
In the Arcancar arc, she only gets one main fight (which she got done dirty on) and then gets betrayed by Aizen, but at least I have to appreciate the moments throughout the arc that build her character.
Again, it’s really rare here to see an Arcancar care about their own considering the whole process of Hollows devouring each other from Menos Grande - Adgjunchas - Vasto Lordes. Plus, having the balls to go up to Head-Captain Yamamoto and say you’ll avenge your subordinates is pretty insane.
There is no world without sacrifice. Are you unaware? We are in a sea of blood, ashes floating in hell crying the name of a fading world. - Bleach Vol. 42
The series could have used her more outside of the Arcancar arc but in TYBW arc, she was the ruler of Hueco Mundo and saved Nel & friends from Yhwach. However, they forgot about her for the rest of the TYBW arc which I’m hoping the anime will fix, maybe adding a scene. In the timeskip, she’s adjusted to the role of it all and looks OP af, I personally love this look on her.
Appearance-wise, it’s obvious how stunning how she is honestly.
I used to think “Harribel” was her first name but Tier is actually her first name.
https://twitter.com/jessjessdraws - Artist who drew the Harribel sketch on bottom right panel.
3/5. Unohana Retsu \~ Squad 4 Captain and First Kenpachi
Why?
Almost every Bleach fan loves Unohana but besides the obvious mommy vibe she gives, I really appreciate the dual traits she's had. I really love how she’s a healing captain whose committed to the Gotei 13, and how it’s revealed later that she was one of the original Gotei 13 and the First Kenpachi. The way she holds herself from the beginning of her debut to her death, she always been caring to those she healed and worked with but held a intimidating demeanor around her.
Battle is everything - Bleach Vol. 59
Kubo’s character design is something that took me a while to realize there’s certain symbolism in it. Unohana’s mainstream design is much more meaningful when you find out the core of her character and how she started. The braid she puts her hair in resembles chains that Unohana put on herself to hide away her past of immense bloodlust as the First Kenpachi like the scar on her chest.
At the core of her character, fighting is everything to her considering the environment she’s grown in. The Soul Society and Yamamoto has harnessed her strength and killing prowess for the sake of protecting their interests. One of the themes of Bleach is the “The Heart” where many characters and groups have revolved around the belief of what the heart means to them. Unohana’s role in TYBW shows how her heart is centered around fighting and how her sin is the foundation of her persona as the kindhearted, healing Captain of Squad 4.
I always heard criticism about how Unohana got centered around Kenpachi and got killed for Kenpachi’s development, but I point to the overall themes of the story and how shinigami like Unohana who had to fight harshly to survive in the Rukon district. They often centered or associated themselves around another person who brings a feeling, emotion or sensation within them, that drives them to do actions in a story.
Learning healing kido to extend a fight for who knows how long is a pretty unique concept for the whole medical character trope. It’s so riveting to me that even through healing others, Unohana was helping the other shinigami live on for another fight which is something Kenpachi advocated to Ikkaku, besides doing her job. In her final battle, she was doing that not for Kenpachi but for the sake of the Soul Society’s survival. Thus, her heart and purpose might be with Kenpachi now, but she found meaning outside of her original role for centuries, and briefly enjoyed peace from being a fighter of bloodlust until the Wandenreich arrived.
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Made by @rakusakugk on Twitter. Sorry about the whole art dump in this answer but I couldn’t help it lol, there’s just so much good Unohana art on the Internet, also I own none of the fan art here.
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Incredible, I love how you can correlate the ups and downs Ichigo has Hollow Zangetsu with these kleshas.
Zangetsu, you’re making it sound like that’s a bad thing.
But the fear of becoming a raging monster…is a perfectly reasonable and healthy fear. We should all have such a fear!
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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Finally, someone articulates the whole dynamic of Renji's soul in early Bleach and how that would have led to an incomplete Bankai with the rushed training. Plus, there's also the way he honed himself solely to fight Byakuya, but ended up having a snake based Bankai that was missing Zabimaru's baboon motif until TYBW.
in before i see any hot takes on zabimaru being a prick for holding out on renji: they didn't. they gave him half a bankai when he needed one, even though he wasn't ready. they gave him a half-bankai he could face byakuya with, a half-bankai that gave him the courage to turn his back on forty years of being a good soldier because it was all for rukia anyway. zabimaru said "jump in the ocean, renji, we'll learn to swim as we go" and if my man has taken a lot of L's over the years, it's because he's literally learning on the job what every captain in the gotei has had years to practice and perfect.
I would love to see a fic on this.
What if Renji were the one who initially gave Ichigo his powers?
As requested by our-flame-never-goes-out. :)
Of course, it was Rukia who, in canon Bleach, gave Ichigo his original powers and then trained him in the ways of being a shinigami. But what if it were Renji who was sent to Karakura Town on a supposedly routine assignment, only to find himself losing his powers to some weird human? How would Bleach be different then?
1. Renji would sacrifice his powers out of “weird-hair solidarity.”
In canon, Rukia’s motivation for giving Ichigo her powers was based partly on not wanting a family of humans to die, but mostly on the fact that Ichigo just looked so much like Kaien. But in this new reality, Renji’s motivation would be based largely on the fact that Ichigo has weird hair, just like him.
(later)
Byakuya: Renji….I understand.
Byakuya: This boy….has weird orange hair that reminds you of your own weird red hair.
Ichigo (bleeding on the ground): THAT was your motivation??
Renji: Hey! Don’t judge me!
2. Renji would follow Ichigo to school (in terrible clothes).
Like Rukia, Renji would stalk Ichigo until Ichigo agreed to be a shinigami. Unlike Rukia, though, Renji would show off his penchant for, just, really terrible clothing.
Renji: Yo.
Ichigo: WE HAVE A UNIFORM HERE, MAN!
Ichigo: Also what are you doing here?
Renji: Being a lot cooler than you, to be honest.
Ichigo: That is just not true.
3. Renji would sleep under Ichigo’s bed.
Unable to fit in Ichigo’s closet due to being giant, Renji would instead just sleep under Ichigo’s bed.
[hollow warning sound]
Ichigo: Where the hell is that noise coming from?
Renji (appearing suddenly from beneath the bed): Ichigo, let’s go!
Ichigo: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN UNDER MY BED?!
4. Renji would still do chores for Urahara.
After all, like Rukia, Renji would need help with his mysterious “powers not coming back” affliction. And so would buy stuff from Urahara’s shop.
Urahara: All right! Your total comes to….sweeping my shop!
Renji: …or I could pay with money?
Urahara: No, that doesn’t feel right.
5. Chad and Renji would send a hollow to hell together.
I bring this up only because I want you to imagine - really imagine - Chad picking Renji up, and throwing him into the air to fight the hollow.
Renji: You are freakishly strong.
Chad: You just watched me swing a telephone pole like a baseball bat.
Chad: This surprises you?
6. Eventually, Byakuya and Rukia would come to arrest him.
I have decided that in this universe, Renji and Rukia have basically switched places: Rukia is the lieutenant of Squad 6, and Renji is an unseated officer. He’s also in Squad 6, though, because Renji still secretly wants to beat Byakuya. Naturally enough, when it comes time for Renji to get arrested, his childhood friend and the super scary captain he admires from afar come for him.
Rukia: Abarai! Abarai Renji!
Renji: K-Kuchiki Rukia, is that you?
Rukia: …
Rukia: You know, it hasn’t been *that* long since we were in school together. Why are we being so formal?
Renji: Well, from my side it’s mostly because of the scary, murderous look you have on your face.
Rukia: That’s fair.
7. Ichigo’s first big fight would be against Rukia.
And he’d nearly lose, too. Because in this universe, Rukia never hesitates to use her shikai.
Ichigo: Ice powers? Do all of you shinigami have elemental powers?
Rukia: How ignorant you are, fool!
Rukia: You don’t even know that my brother, a famous captain, has flower petal powers!
Ichigo: Flowers are basically an element.
Rukia: FLOWERS ARE SO NOT AN ELEMENT
8. In jail, Renji would mostly be sad about losing Rukia.
He just can’t get over how depressing his life became after he and Rukia went to shinigami school. First he ended up in the remedial class while Rukia went to the top, then she got adopted by some hot-shot captain, and then she became lieutenant. And Renji ended up as some unseated officer. It’s no wonder he’s about to be executed, he thinks.
Renji: Maybe if I had trained harder.
Renji: Maybe if I had practiced kido more.
Renji: I just got so tired of blowing myself up!!
9. But Rukia would defect to save Renji.
After her epic fight with Ichigo and 20 minute flashback, I mean.
Rukia: Ichigo, I am on my knees begging you! You have to save Renji!
Rukia: Because sure, he may be a big dumb idiot sometimes, but he is MY big dumb idiot!
Ichigo: …
Ichigo: Man. We’re both so shippy with that guy.
Ichigo: Is this an OT3 sort of situation, do you think?
Rukia: FOCUS
10. Rukia would have to fight Byakuya.
She’d meet Ichigo during his training for bankai, let him know that Renji’s execution has been moved up, and then go off to fight her captain and brother, Byakuya.
Byakuya: Rukia….are you really going to fight me, your brother, in order to defend a scruffy peasant?
Rukia: If I have to, yes!
Byakuya: Respect.
Rukia: What?
Byakuya: I mean I will never let you get away with this.
11. Ichigo would rescue Renji at the very last second.
And then do his best to strike a cool pose on top of the scaffolding…while holding Renji.
Renji: PUT ME DOWN
Ichigo: Dude, I carry a sword bigger than me. I’ve got this.
Renji: THAT ISN’T REALLY THE POINT
12. And would then throw Renji directly at Rukia.
This would not work as well as the opposite did in canon.
Rukia: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU FOOL?!
Renji: OH MY GOD I’M ABOUT TO KILL RUKIA
Ichigo: Wait, why did I think Rukia could catch Renji?
Ichigo: Oh well I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Ninjago rewatches always mess me up because I am now burdened with the knowledge that these two scenes were happening at roughly the same time on opposite sides of town
