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Rukia calls Ichigo “Kisama,” which is an incredibly rude second-person pronoun (and mostly limited to media) in modern Japanese. But in older times, “Kisama“ was a second-person pronoun indicating great respect, and it’s been established that Rukia’s knowledge of casual Japanese is very out-of-date. This leads me to believe Ichigo thinks Rukia is affectionately calling him a bastard (once they become pals), while Rukia thinks she’s just being respectful.

Ichigo’s just got a haunted stuffed animal and his shinigami pal hiding in his closet. How has nobody in his family noticed anything

Garbled photo but HE GOT US

Mysterylover reads bleach Chapter 500-501 “Goodnight Sweet RukiBro!? ”

OK Ruki and renji are finally back to react to Ichi being in trouble! Why does Renji look pissed? Is he aware Ichio/Rukia fans don’t like him much?

Nooo not…that guy? Sorry I on’t remember Akon.

But I guess he’s dead now. Or something.

OOH this part is really well done, you can feel Ichi’s stress

Excellent panel.

I have also forgotten what this move is. Shonen have too many of them

And now Urahara? Damn!

Yes show me some Renji and RukiBro bantering to take my mind off my worries

oh no

That shot beneath this of rukia’s face…whoa.a

!!!

DID RUKIBRO (WHO I WILL NOW CALL HIS ACTUAL NAME BYAKUYA KUCHIKI) JUST DIE?!!?

bleach thousand year blood war arc trailer icons (:

[REQ]#RUKIA LAYOUTS !!

It took me 10/31 multis to get Noel…BUT I FINALLY GOT HER! WITH SOME DUPES THAT DECIDED TO APPEAR! God Noel looks gorgeous! I hope Kubo plans on doing more for Burn The Witch. It’s a really unique series!

During my comeback again to best, got some new 5/6 star characters! Plan on trying to get the new Christmas character of Noelle from Burn the Witch! And really looking forward to the return of Bleach!!

FINALLY! The ticket blessed me with New Years Rukia! I’ve waited so long for her to show up! And here she is!!!

This is so old, maybe 2015? ish..

Completely forgot about this

Rukimomo drawing between work

I intent to make simple art only, but as the process goes, I suddenly want to add sky background and my hand just do its own things for the rest…I quite like the result~!

To the disappointed part of the Bleach fandom

Aka the sensible part. I’ve just found out a comic convention I’ll be attending this month has Kubo-sensei as the guest. Something rather extraordinary given the number of times he’s been in the West - once, as far as I know. As soon as I spotted him in the guest list I couldn’t follow the lecture anymore.

I’d like to meet him of course, if I could, because for good or naught Bleach has been such an enormous part of my geek life. And I’ve been wondering what I should say and ask if I manage to. I’ve been criticizing him for one year+ now. I’ve been respectful, but not kind.

So. What would you say exactly, and how would you say it, if you were in my place?

It’s been years.

Naruto was the anime that marked my childhood.

Bleach marked my teens.

I can’t deny how invested I was at one point. Speculating like crazy because of the interactions, chemistry and overall bond that Ichigo and Rukia shared.

For years I watched their relationship be depicted closer. The way Tite would draw their eyes fixated on one another with so much emotion. Always in each other’s immediate mind. Always drawn together in spreads and promotional covers.

For years, I thought I was blessed to watch their constant evolution as their relationship grew larger and more intricate. I thought, that they for sure would end up together. Because no friendship with that level of love for one another ends in just a simple “friendship” At a certain point, their interactions stopped being overly silly and comedic and the serious, emotional dial was cranked up to 100.

But obviously it didn’t end that way.

Seriously, no hate towards Orihime. I think the character is very sweet. Same with Renji. But, looking back, their characters were always the ones with the unrequited love.

There was a point in the story in wich Renji let go of his feelings and moved on and same with Orihime. I don’t remember with every exact detail when but I do remember I sensed the shift.

After that, I don’t remember any important interaction between Renji and Rukia or Ichigo and Orijime that would make me think those feelings where still there. Or that they where even reciprocated.

Onwards from there, the road had seemed cleared for IchiRuki and that’s why the ending of Bleach hit me so hard in the brain.

It felt so…. off.

There’s no years worth of content. No countless interactions filled with trust and support. No several looks filled with warmth and longing. No teasing, gentle smiles or overwhelming emotions between the couples who ended up being Canon, atleast in my opinion.

Not when you compare between them and Ichigo and Rukia.

I remember from time to time, the scene where they both think they will never see each other again. That Ichigo would no longer be able to percieve her at all. How much pain, longing and just… love was contained in their eyes. When she started to fade and jerked her head upwards to meet his eyes in such a way…. It’s like she wanted to reach out to him, say something but couldn’t. Because she is ultimately bound by Tite’s limits.

I wonder now…. if that’s when he changed his mind, for whatever reason that I, to this day can’t seem to sense from the rest of the story.

I wonder if that was his way of saying goodbye. I wonder if that was his way to close that possibility off in an emotional and respectful manner.

Bleach is getting its final arc animated and it’s supposed to come out later this year. I’m not… sure if I want to watch it.

Thing is, if Tite really meant that scene as his own private goodbye, then maybe he shouldn’t have kept pairing them up afterwards in the very same way as before.

Even to this day, promotional materials and special illustrations are still depicting them together. Even knowing the outcome.

Some people may think not watching a show because your ship didint end up Canon is immature and that why the heck would I care so much about characters being together in a Shonen.

But Bleach is different. Because A LOT of its plot, subject and story rides on Ichigo’s and Rukia’s relationship. It’s not a side story thing and it’s not a background filler. It’s very much ingrained in the main storyline. Over and over again.

That’s why the ending feels so unfaithful. Offbeat.

I chose not to regard it too much. Rather, I prefer to reminisce on the slowly building bond between them. Because that’s not erased by the ending.

I guess, I will forever be sour on the fact they work so good together and that for me, it’s just a bummer that they can never officially give fruit to years of blooming relationship and chemistry.

Truly an example of something just “meant to be” but will never get to.

Right now, for my life, I prefer to focus on things that can be.