“What you want to protect is not what I want to protect … What I wanted to protect was… youIchigo.”
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When your master wants to protect everyone but himself… I love Tensa Zangetsu so fucking much, the character development in Bleach is phenomenal and the sheer conflict he felt must have been awful. Even in the anime, you would see him walk off in the distance but then turning back to face Ichigo - every wave of attack he landed on his master had some hesitation and slight pause at least once.
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So I tried to portray that here! His Zanpakuto has Iris flowers flowing out. The three petals of an iris flower symbolise wisdom, faith and valour whilst the flower itself is a symbol of guidance. The many hands represent Ichigo asking him to literally “lend him a hand in battle” but each hand has a different circumstance when help was asked. All these hands are reaching out for Zangetsu but he is somewhat hesitant to grasp them because… he doesn’t want Ichigo to be hurt in battle, but he also doesn’t want him to be hurt AFTER the battle when he sacrifices everything for the Final Getsugatensho. Poor Zangetsu…
I find it hilarious, how, when Hyorinmaru gets a wielder too young and weak to safely handle bankai, goes ‘okay I can finangle in a timer for you so you don’t overdo it, and I can make it pretty, but I’m not giving you its full power until you’re old enough. I can give you most of the abilities for now though, if weakened, alright? Don’t get hurt.’
Meanwhile Zangetsu, upon Ichigo gaining bankai the day before, went 'you’ve got ten minutes before your body collapses and disintegrates from the strain, no I won’t help you, in fact you’re going to get painfully possessed by a hollow mid fight with no explanation who’s going to yell at you for doing terrible by proxy’.
I find it hilarious, how, when Hyorinmaru gets a wielder too young and weak to safely handle bankai, goes ‘okay I can finangle in a timer for you so you don’t overdo it, and I can make it pretty, but I’m not giving you its full power until you’re old enough. I can give you most of the abilities for now though, if weakened, alright? Don’t get hurt.’
Meanwhile Zangetsu, upon Ichigo gaining bankai the day before, went 'you’ve got ten minutes before your body collapses and disintegrates from the strain, no I won’t help you, in fact you’re going to get painfully possessed by a hollow mid fight with no explanation who’s going to yell at you for doing terrible by proxy’.
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