(i’m) still bleach
My actual linksHello! Mikleo here, aka. the biggest Bleach stan to ever inhabit this earth.I began my journey with Bleach on May 3rd, 2016, when my family and I started the first episode of the anime, We would not come to complete the entire show until February 28th, 2017. I finished reading the manga in its entirety on February 2nd, 2018. It took me far too long to complete the series not because I was lazy or unmotivated, but rather because it crushed my heart to know that I would have to eventually reach the end. I did not want to believe that it could be over and I put off that grief for a long time.That's just how much it means to me. Bleach has shaped me as a person and is most certainly a big factor in my identity today. It has brought me excitement like nothing else since I first began watching and I experience the same feelings every time I watch, combined with my ever growing respect for the intricacies of the series and how well constructed the story is. I adore the characters as if they are living, breathing people and my fondness for them is something I have to frequently restrain myself from expressing.I admire the author, Kubo Tite, and I see him as a great inspiration. I have evaluated his journey from his first manga to his most successful venture of Bleach and I am so proud of how far he has come. That being said, I find vitriolic criticism with no constructive intent to be incredibly bothersome. I am invested in media criticism and have a passion for analysis, but hatred towards the series over personal opinions makes me upset. I prefer not to see it as I take it as directly attacking the author who went through quite a lot to bring us all a story we would enjoy. Please refrain from harshly attacking the series without merit around me, as it makes me incredibly uncomfortable.My overall favorite character is Uryuu Ishida. He means the world to me and I won't detail it here as I have expressed it in many other forms, including my lovemail for him. Orihime Inoue is one of my greatest comforts as well. I love Ichigo Kurosaki with all of my heart and soul too... I will refrain from rambling on here as all of the characters I love will receive their proper recognition here. Likewise, my least favorite is Mayuri Kurotsuchi. I spit on Mayuri stans. He is irredeemable garbage.
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Ishida UryuuMy favorite character of all time is one Ishida Uryuu, the final quincy, the Antithesis.My lovemail for him
Orihime InoueOrihime Inoue is perhaps the love of my life.My lovemail for her
Ichigo KurosakiIchigo Kurosaki is most assuredly the greatest protagonist to ever live. I do not take constructive criticism.
Kubo TiteIn school I was asked to write a short speech about someone who inspired me. I chose to detail my admiration for mangaka Tite Kubo.
Delving into the world of fiction to escape reality is something I have done since I was a child. Books have always meant more to me than maybe the average person, but none more than the series Bleach. I have been heavily invested in this series for over two years now and to describe me as enthusiastic about it would be an understatement. With my fondness for the series comes my admiration for the author, Tite Kubo. Through his story, Kubo has inspired me to overcome my hardships to pursue my dreams.*Kubo Tite released his first series, Zombie Powder, in 1999. It ran for a brief 27 chapters before ultimately being cancelled, with bad reviews criticizing the art style and lack of plot between fight sequences. Tite later revealed that at this time, he was going through one of the worst mental states of his life. Considering how little the author reveals about himself, learning of this was quite devastating to me. Despite this failure and his health at the time, he did not give up. Tite would move on to release his next series, Bleach, in late 2001. Continuing from the backbone he established in Zombie Powder, Bleach went on to become one of the best selling manga series of all time. He persevered through the criticism and didn’t let their opinions erase his unique art style, creating a series that is unique, memorable, and loved. *His story moved on to inspire so many, including a boy who was hospitalized with a terminal illness. In his final days, he did nothing but read Bleach, and wrote a letter to the author that he wished to be delivered following his death. In his letter, he insisted that Tite write his story as he wanted to until the very end, and I believe he truly honored that boy’s wishes. For me, I draw inspiration from him in many ways. Being able to overcome his poor health as well as immense criticism of his work was certainly not an easy feat, and to go from the lowest of lows to achieving such greatness is something I am sure he never imagined. Bleach inspires me to overcome all obstacles through the life of the protagonist, but more than anything, the story of the author himself reminds me to never give up, and to pursue my passions no matter what it takes.
favorite characters
here i organized all of the characters i like by group. my favorites are obviously the ones near the beginning of each list, and if a character isn't on here i either dislike them or forgot about them.
humans
uryu ishida, orihime inoue, ichigo kurosaki, yasutora chad, tatsuki arisawa, keigo asano, mizuiro kojima, chizuru honsho, yuzu and karin kurosakishinigami
yumichika ayasegawa, ikakku madarame, kaien shiba, nemuri nanagou, jushiro ukitake, ichimaru gin, shunsui kyoraku, rangiku matsumoto, zaraki kenpachi, byakuya kuchiki, urahara kisuke, soi fon, yoruichi shihouin, izuru kira, shuhei hisagi, abarai renji, hanatarou yamada, hinamori momo, yachiru kusajishi, nanao ise, unohana retsu, toshiro hitsugaya, isane kotetsu, kukaku shiba, ganju shiba, sajin komamura, tetsuzaemon ibavizards
rojuro "rose" otorobashi, shinji hirako, lisa yadomaru, kensei muguruma, hiyori sarugaki, hachigen ushoda, love aikawa, mashiro kunaespada
szayel aporro granz, nelliel tu odelschwanck, coyote starrk, ulquiorra cifer, grimmjow jaegerjaques, tier halibel, luppi antenorfullbringers
riruka dokugamine, yukio hans vorarlberna, jackie tristan, tsukishima shukurosternritter
giselle gewelle, bazz b, jugram haschwalth, as nodt
My Favorite RelationshipsBleach is certainly not a series built around romance. Many of the relationships are subtextual at best, and the few that are explicit are pre-established pairings between parents or relationships that occurred in the past. That being said, there are many important relationships that I hold close to my heart. There are few relationships in Bleach I dislike or am uncomfortable with, most notably Ulquihime, which I find to be repulsive. I'd prefer not to be around people who ship them, but otherwise there are no ships that are mainstream that I dislike. Please respect my opinions and do not trash on any relationships I care for, please.
Ikkayumi
Ikkaku and Yumichika are my favorite relationship in Bleach, and perhaps my favorite relationship overall. The deeper
Ichiuri
i care for ichigo and uryu's relationship so very much. they are so important to me and i see ichigo as an integral part of uryu's growth and self acceptance. their lives have been connected through several generations and their dynamic is so important to the plot and especially the final arc. i love them so much.
Ichiurihime
i've always believed to myself that ishida uryu is polyamorous and painfully pining for ichigo and orihime at the same time. why leave him alone to suffer forever when ichigo and orihime love and support him so much?? they're in love i love a married polyam couple by the name of ichiurihime and they hurt my heart with their softness.
Rukihime
girlfriends who have similar life experiences and canonically love and support the Hell out of each other! what is a boy?
Renruki
i think this ship receives a lot of criticism from ichiruki stans for no real reason. the foundations of their relationships have been there since their childhood and renji very painfully pines for rukia and the loss of rukia to the kuchiki family clearly causes him suffering. they are very wonderful and i love them so much.
Ginran
a tragic love story for the ages i would die for them Right now. their relationship does bring me to tears and they deserved better than the ending they got.
Shunjushi
married. they are the dads of the seireitei thank you for your time.
Juazz
i find something about them particularly haunting and tragic. jugram's need to be essential to someone pulling him away from his closest friend and yet him keeping a token to remember him by the entire time is just so beautifully tragic? and bazz b's endless journey to be recognized by him and even remarking that he expected to lose and feel hurt by it makes me sad i love them a lot and i hate that i do but. i love them.
Yorusoi
CANON! gfs they have a tragic past and a beautiful future mwah i love girlfriends.
Ichirenruki
a wonderful ship. beautiful all around. i love a beautiful dynamic they all love each other So much.
discourse
these are just opinions that are/may be unpopular. please feel free to discuss them with me, but the bold one are not negotiable.aizen is the best antagonist. perhaps the best in anime history.ywach kinda sucked.the fullbring arc wasn’t that bad.the thousand year blood war arc wasn’t that bad either.orihime isn’t fucking weak.URYU ISHIDA ISN’T AN ASSHOLE AND DESERVED BETTER.
My Bleach ShrineI have essentially turned my room into a shrine for Bleach. I have other manga and figurines, but the vast majority are Bleach. I have officially collected every volume of the manga, as well as the first two character books. I also have the JET art book, as well as various plushies, posters, and more. I am always seeking to expand my collection, but here is my current progress.
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rants copied directly from my instagram captions in no particular order. the subject is bolded.hey guys! i’m home which means it is time to talk about the most blessed of days. uryu ishida, the TRUE last quincy (i refuse to not recognize him as he wishes to be recognized) turns 30 today! i wish he knew how proud i am over how much of an incredible journey he’s made. seeing a character i relate to so much struggle in ways i’ve struggled and push through has been such an inspiring process and i look up to him so much. his mother died when he was young and he watched his father literally operate on her corpse for days after her passing with no explanation. he lost interest in being a doctor after that and put all of his pride into his identity as a quincy, only to have his father not support his identity, and then to so early lose his grandfather and only mentor to an unfair tragedy; he blamed himself for his grandfather’s loss and put all of his focus on proving his worth and strength as a quincy. to go from someone who isolated himself and his true feelings, having no friends or relationships, to putting his life on the line and nearly sacrificing himself to save his friends (and ALL of soul society. no, the UNIVERSE) is quite incredible. he is such a soft and kind boy under his cold and closed off demeanor and i love him with all of my heart.
he nearly instantly became my favorite bleach character from the very moment i met him, and quickly overtook any character i had ever loved as my ultimate favorite in no time at all. he never received the true acknowledgement or love he deserved and it warms my heart to know that i can bring him that support now. uryu ishida, you mean the world to me. happy birthday 💓💘💞💖💕💗we meet some of the shinigami at the shinigami academy in a flashback early on and we see izuru was once a shining boy. many of the girls find him charming and renji even grouchily describes him as a ikemen. despite the loss of both of his parents he is still a kind and somewhat positive boy and i don’t recall it addressing when or how he made the change to the pessimistic self loathing traumatized man we see in the rest of the series but it’s really heartbreaking. one of the things i’d love to evaluate upon revisiting is izuru’s arc because it is just so.. depressing. and i know as their squad represents that sort of haunting morbid ideology that’s present when izuru fights and i don’t know if gin imparted it on him or what but it is so. sad. he never gets any closure or anything he’s just a deep pit of self loathing and any happiness he ever gets is immediately ripped from him he just lives such a miserable existence. the way he talks about himself in “cant fear your own world” is haunting and horrific.i don't even know where to begin w this im just kinda sitting here crying like. one, they're sitting on the roof alone together. two, ichigo inquiring into uryu's life unprompted and calling him gifted and talented. three, ichigo wanting to know more about uryu and uryu being too shy and closed off to tell him even when he tried to push him@to. five, ichigo respecting uryu's not wanting to talk about it and instead of pushing it he just stops. six, the way they look away from each other shyly at the same time not knowing what to say i am Crying and can barely read my phone through my tears hey!okay but i don't even know where to go with this my heart is Aching look at tiny curious uryu trying and failing to understand why his father is literally cutting up his mother's body in front of him and gently begging him to stop.... its shaped the entire path of his life and is the reason he doesn't want to become a doctor despite his father being successful at it and despite him being so intelligent? and the fact that he's dwelling on it and saying that he could never mutilate the body of his beloved (chronologically) right after he fought against ichigo i??? what is that supposed to mean kubo What is that Supposed to mean. why would you evens sorry i'm tired anfgay ignore me but i can't stop thinkin bout how uryu always tries to overcomplicaye akd overthink things and ichigo's so opposite he's like "why the hell does it matter shut up!" like when uryu tries to insist that ichigo and the others aren't his friends and therefore they don't have any obligation towards uryu ichigo just Does not happen he's like what the fuck do you mean you aren't my friend??.?.?? like they have the uh. i guess stereotypical male shounen protagonist rivalry with other guy in his friend group and they argue a lot except it's like really toned down and soft and it's not actually mean they're just Teasing and when it comes down to it they really obviously care about each other REGARDLESS of whether you see it as bros or .... b .... ros... like they're just. it's. perfectokay important question. before joining the gotei 13, yumichika is pictured in a kimono without anything covering his neck. once he joins the gotei 13, every new outfit change involves something covering his neck. i beg the question, what is he hiding?
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this took 5 minutes to type by handisn’t it funny that shunsui was like. known through his days in the academy as this silly guy who chases women and through to the end of the manga you never see him end up with any woman hm fascinatingkiah asked my top 5 shinigami that is the absolute rudest question UM it’s hard to figure out but these five are definitely ones that i love a LOT and find super interesting, i really like their fights and abilities.. y’all know how i feel about yumichika already!! but he’s definitely my favorite shinigami overall i love his character and his story and his zanpaktou and his attitude and just __ him
shunsui really grew on me by the end of the manga and i don’t mean like i didn’t like him but i just grew to love him MORE he’s truly just an awesome, badass, mature, funny, chill ass man and i wanna give him a hug
nemuri grew and changed so much by the end of the manga i Love her So Damn Much she has to deal with mayuri’s nasty ass abusing her constantly my hatred for him only increases my love for her she deserves the world
IKKAKU! HOW UNDERRATED IS HE? he deserves so much he’s so funny and his character development is NEVER DIRECTLY ADDRESSED but him going from throwing his life on the line without considering the consequences to teaching shishigawara to only die for someone who would die for him and that he should value his life more? he’s so strong and funny and brave and his increasing maturity warms my heart
i don’t wanna spoil anything but um __ gin 💗💘💕💓💞💘💗💖💘💓💓💘💞💗CHARACTERS WHO GOT ROBBED. this is spoiler heavy lads
1. the vizards?? totally badass abilities, heartbreaking backstory, funny ass dialogue, brutal desire for revenge, totally would’ve made for an awesome battle and then they kinda just? got 3 seconds of glory and then nothing? most, if not all of them, have a bankai that we never see?? there’s so much that could’ve been done with them but i don’t feel like they ever got to fully enjoy their revenge or get their closure and just kinda moved on idk i love them
2. JUSHIRO?,?, i hhfhdh there was so much more to him we never got to see it frustrates me to no end i Don’t wanna talk ab it.
3. IKKAKU???.?,?? WE NEVER GOT TO SEE HIM REVEAL HIS BANKAI TO HIS SQUAD? WE NEVER GOT TO HAVE HIM APOLOGIZE TO YUMICHIKA FOR NEARLY DYING ON HIM? he had a complete change of heart and evolution of his battle philosophy but it was only implied and never really outwardly stated...
4. YUMICHIKA. does he ever share his shikai? we see him in ikkaku’s past but it never explains why/how they met and maybe it’s just my gay ass being curious but i Need to know? he’s such a badass with just his shikai i wish he got a damn bankai.
5. izuru..... he pops up as a zombie for one chapter only to never be addressed again my ass is salty
6. isshin’s secret identity was supposed to be like Holy shit wow important??? he’s a shiba woooaaaahh??? but like it felt underwhelming to me it didn’t really amount to much idk at least not when i read it initiallytop 3 squads
11th division! ive been up their ass since day 1. literally only there to fight and couldn’t give less of a shit about orders/obligations as a gotei 13 squad. they were the first to really side with the ryoka and they’re overall some of my favorite characters. i love ikkayumi, kenpachi is unpredictable and ridiculously strong, i still don’t know what the fuck yachiru is but i love her. they’re SO FUNNY
8th division! their backstory is really touching and again shunsui doesn’t really care about orders he just does what he feels comfy doing and i love nanao their dynamic is funny and makes more sense when you realize who they are
13th division! no kinnie shit but i love jushiro so much hes a very loving captain and he’s very strong and capable despite his illness.. i loved kaien too be was a lovely vice captain i miss him and um i forget their names oops but isane’s sister and the other guy who are obsessed with jushiro are so funny.. also their squad barracks always looks nice idk i love when there’s scenes of them visiting jushiro the scenery is prettyMAJOR BLEACh spoilers y’all i’m talkin the whole damn conflict
bleach villain opinions okay i went with the main villains for each i guess story arc??
AIZEN. i want to hate him. i really do. a part of me wants to just write him off as a psychopathic egotistical maniac and just be done? but i cant?? he’s so ridiculously brilliant. he infiltrated soul society from day one, had already pinpointed which people would prove a threat and which he could manipulate to his advantage. his abilities were designed for manipulation and total control of his enemies. nobody ever really stood a chance. he’s a master manipulator, a genius planner, nothing could shock him or surprise him. he trusted no one and nobody trusted him, and yet he still managed to create a ridiculously powerful army to give him the means to rule everything. nothing and no one could ever stop him and it blows my mind. he really makes bleach what it is and despite being unforgivable in his actions he’s just so. badass i cant hate him entirely
ginjo and tsukishima. the betrayal of the century. the fullbring arc felt a bit rushed but it still emotionally wounded me a lot?? i felt bad for the fullbringers but idk i don’t really care for ginjo. his betrayal hit me hard i guess and watching ichigo suffer like that... ouchie idk..
ywach kinda bored me imo. i liked the quincies, they were ridiculously powerful but ywach’s motives still kind of escape me and i’ve only read it once and my reading comprehension sucks the first time through so maybe when i reread that arc i’ll get him more but idk he never got me to sympathize with him or understand him and that’s where you lose me with a villaini’ve... already acknowledged before that uryu shares nearly all of my own personality traits so it’s not very hard to identify something i dislike and in fact thinking about him right now is causing me heart pains UFGH.. uryu has so many issues with trust. he doesn’t feel as if he can connect with anyone after the loss he’s dealt with as a child and the neglect of his father in traumatic times has caused him to become an extremely internalized person. even if it’s clear in his actions and his expressions he absolutely refuses to admit that he might be in any way friends with ichigo and the others and puts on an air as if he believes to be ichigo’s superior. he doesn’t feel worthy of their friendship and kindness and feels inferior to their heroic nature he so DESPERATELY wishes he could consider himself one of them and see them as equals but he can’t allow himself to form those attachments and it’s So fucking sad he breaks my heart i want to kick him in the shins and then give him the biggest hug of his life and tell him it is Okay to love and that he is so dearly loved by his friends and that he is so Strong and worthy and iffgfhnn fucki cant believe uryu is the best hero ever born i can’t believe how much he’s willing to risk to save his FRIENDS.. he’s even willing to let them believe he’s evil and have them hate him before he sacrifices himself but despite his endless efforts to deter them and come across as uncaring and aloof they love him! they don’t believe for a MOMENT that he doesn’t care about them and they’d go to great lengths to save him because they know he’s a good person even if he tries not to seem like one he is SO SELFLESS and brave and brilliant and powerful and he has so much mental strength for going through everything he has i can’t believe he’s so amazingyou ever think about how yumichika’s vanity and ego stem from deep rooted insecurities and self loathing? it really comes across in his battles (one thing i love about bleach is how most characters’ true nature comes out when they’re fighting) and he clearly feels ashamed about his true self. he adorns himself with feathers to appear beautiful, and his character design/zanpaktou draw inspiration from the peacock which is known as a prideful bird. of course, the true nature of his zanpaktou also draws from the peacock’s religious symbolism related to resurrection and rejuvenation but anyways... yumichika feels the need to draw attention away from what he perceives as a flawed personality through his emphasis on his beauty and ruriiro kujaku is a great representation of that..
his major fights are also against a drag queen and a trans girl, adding to the metaphor for his sexuality and his difficulties expressing his true self for fear of rejection.
ikkaku’s motivations as a character being so upfront and simple makes such a lovely contrast and as the series progresses he learns to be more sensitive to yumichika’s complexity and they begin to understand each other even more. beautiful boys and a beautiful relationship.
hey um! i’ve been into bleach for well over two years.. from the getgo it easily became my favorite thing ever. i’ve never felt such a level of dedication to ANY interest be it anime or otherwise. i’ve never invested so much time into anything before and having it in my life has shaped me so incredibly as a person. i know it seems silly to be so invested in a fictional universe but it really does feel vividly real to me and everything from the plot to the characters is something i find close to my heart and super interesting. i understand that my obsession and possessiveness over it is extremely! unhealthy! and if i could stop being so reliant on it i would but... i appreciate those of you that support my love for it regardless. i do feel extremely silly over how much i love it, especially considering how much criticism it receives (which i also take extremely personally but) i just... i feel extremely insecure over it sometimes so i really do appreciate the support.... being seen as “the bleach mutual” or being the reason people get into it is so absolutely important to me you really could not possibly understand and i don’t think i can put it into words......i know it’s like. a shounen requirement that people hate on female characters for being emotional or “”ruining”” ships so like i’ve adjusted to people hating orihime for dumb reasons but to... invalidate her as a character with depth and to call her useless just reads to me that you didn’t put in any effort to pay attention to her character whatsoever like. her childhood was so fucking traumatic; her brother had to take her away from her parents due to their constant abuse. the person who protected her from that dark childhood then died in an accident and her last interaction with him was her being angry at him over a petty argument. can you imagine how crushing that is to experience as a CHILD? then she came to develop a silly crush on ichigo (god forbid a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD have a SILLY CRUSH on a HANDSOME BOY!) and through that developed powers that made her able to stand beside him. all she ever wanted to do was grant others the protection she had as a child and make up for her guilt but was instead told OVER and OVER that she was too weak to do anything! that she couldn’t protect the ones she loved! as she watched ichigo grow stronger and act selflessly her crush grew into something greater and she was torn between her admiration of him for his heroic nature and fear that it would ultimately get him killed. she cries when she watches him suffer over and over again as literally anyone would do when watching the one they love be brutally defeated. despite all of her inner turmoil and hurt she refuses to express it and pretends that she is alright. she holds it together even when told that she’s being left behind and she only breaks down when faced with rukia who she harbors jealousy towards. she even feels guilty for being jealous of rukia’s relationship with ichigo for fuck’s sake she is an angel and i can’t believe y’all would really come out here and tell me all she does is bitch and whineuryu had the loneliest existence on the PLANET until ichigo came into his life though. he knew orihime prior but only as a member of the sewing club and they weren’t anything past acquaintances. he dedicated his life to his studies (top of the class! that’s my boy..) and his quincy training. he lost everyone who loved him and cared for him at a young age and was left with a father who treated him so poorly that he doesn’t even refer to him as father but rather his first name. and he is SO RESPECTFUL that you know if he’s calling him ryuken he fucked up. ichigo arrives with his big stupid reiatsu leaking around the place like a FOOL. and uryu observes him quietly, even notices the day when his powers appear. he’s been watching him from afar so long and he decides to challenge him to a battle to prove himself against him. and what does ichigo say? “who gives a FUCK IF YOURE A QUINCY! i don’t care about your past or ANYTHING LIKE THAT!” ichigo looks past uryu’s greatest source of pride and identity and just sees him for... him. he treats uryu as if them being friends is just a GIVEN. uryu doesn’t know how to handle that and teases ichigo all the time but it means so MUCH TO HIM to have a group of friends. they care about him without a second thought and he constantly feels unworthy of that love. he doesn’t even call himself their friends not because he dislikes them but because he feels like they are so much better than him. they are so pure and good and heroic and ichigo is the pinnacle of that. he resents that he cant live up to that standard and he feels like he will never be of any value in comparison to ichigo. his habit of overthinking is just so much in contrast to ichigo’s simple conclusions and he’s the only one who doesn’t treat uryu gently or at a distance. he’s a turbulent force in uryu’s calculated life and he loves him so much god they are so fuckig good and developed They should’ve been endgame.ishida uryu is a quincy which requires A lot of physical dexterity and he trains to the point where his pretty little hands bleed so someone wanna tell me how he’s still underweight? personally my theory is that he’s anemic.. it would explain why he has only gotten skinnier over time despite all of the exercise he gets.. which also means he gets Cold which explains his love for capes i mean he’s also a dork but... he’s always in long sleeved cozy outfits..
remember when he protected ichigo against those bullies and just beat the shit out of a bunch of delinquents despite being built like a pencilhey guys, what’re y’all up to! me, i’m just thinking about how rukia never fully got over blaming herself for kaien’s death. she had the opportunity to save the man she was in love with who taught her all she knew and she hesitated, instead becoming the one who had to kill him. when ichigo comes along looking uncannily similar she can’t help but see herself repeating that same mistake she made with kaien. she makes up her mind twice to let herself die, the first time as a punishment for a crime that wasn’t that serious, and when she found out that ichigo was attempting to save her she feared that she’d have to watch him die as well. it broke her and she couldn’t handle it and she made up her mind that she deserved it. then, when faced with meeting “”kaien”” again she accepted her defeat as retribution for her past mistakes. it wasn’t until aaroniero started asking for the heads of her friends that she realized she should be fighting him. she was completely okay with dying to atone for a death that wasn’t really her fault. so yea anyways how are y
anyways if you’re gonna call rukia best girl please don’t ignore the man who kubo wove into her entire story because it’s so interesting how subtle it is for most of the beginning of the manga and it’s stuff you really only notice the second time aroundi see a lot of content for ikkayumi written as extremely unhealthy and aggressive. i’ve seen some genuinely terrifying plots for ikkayumi plotlines and i just. i don’t get it?? ikkaku is aggressively impulsive when we first meet him. he acts without even considering emotions, finding nothing else important except fighting. he doesn’t even care if he throws his fuckign life away in a fight. he knows yumichika cares for him, and yet it isn’t until he nearly dies that he truly realizes how much it would impact yumichika if he dies. and until then, he knows yumichika cares for him but he never realized that although yumichika outwardly acts as if he’d be okay if he died, really it would rip him apart. and from them on, he shows regard for his own life and changes his perspective towards fighting. you can SEE that ikkaku cares deeply for yumichika and even begins to put yumi’s EMOTIONS before his own philosophy. to treat it like yumichika would endlessly pine for an emotionally abusive ikkaku who disregards yumi’s feelings without a second thought is just. wrong. ikkaku has always seen yumichika as his other half and didn’t intentionally disregard yumichika’s feelings, he just never considered them because he’s not an emotional being. their love for each other transcends words and my favorite thing about bleach is relationships aren’t written with express “i love you’s”. they say it in any other way that they can, and the fact that you’d see the way they talk about each other and headcanon their relationship as abusive, one-sided, and even include disturbing themes when writing about them is just. mind bogglingi could name at least a dozen separate occasions where ishida uryu put himself on the line and supported ichigo and his friends and his actions were literally never acknowledged. ever. there are so many conversations between ichigo and uryu that should have happened and never did and despite how much i can write myself in my mind those things were really never addressed in canon. the fact that uryu was fucked over by the plot to the bitter end really does upset me and kubo’s handling of uryu disappointed me on so many levels that despite him being my favorite character i often get really upset talking about him so i don’t do it a lot.it’s pretty clear that ryuuken was in love with masaki before she ended up with isshin so i wonder if his marriage to kanae was truly one of love or just out of a desire to continue the quincy bloodline? i imagine uryu’s childhood dealing with parents in a loveless marriage was probably torture enough before kanae died. uryu losing his mother at such a young age and having a father who didn’t show him any love or affection or support pushed him to bond with his grandfather and mentor; he was, of course, forced to watch him die with his own eyes as well. uryu was /so/ young during all of this and through it all he never had a father that truly showed that he had any regard for him whatsoever. uryu lived his life with his only purpose being his own personal success to prove himself to his cold father as well as the shinigami who didnt value his grandfather’s life enough to come to his rescue. uryu has always felt weak and useless and unworthy of any sort of love or care and as a result he never allowed himself to feel Anything for Anyone or reveal himself to anyone.. and then of course big stupid ass oblivious idiot ichigo kurosaki rolls into his life and changes himHAPPY BIRTHDAY RENJI!!!! you underappreciated angel you.... you who cast aside your feelings to allow the one you’ve loved for hundreds of years to succeed.... you who just wanted to prove to the one that “stole” her away from you that you were strong enough to be worthy of staying by her side.... you who had to choose between doing what was right in the eyes of the law and doing what was right in your heart.... abarai renji, you strong, beautiful soul, i hope you are having a wonderful birthday. you deserve itin the shounen genre as a whole it is very difficult to find strong female characters.. by that i don’t mean ones that are physically strong, i mean that their personalities are realistically fleshed out and they’re given motivations past their connections to the protagonist. what makes rukia such a genuinely likable character is that she’s given such a personality and acts as her own person throughout, sometimes not acting in the best way and showing complex motivations and conflicts within herself. all the while she holds to her own as a deuteragonist. while many lament that she was not ichigo’s endgame partner, as their relationship had so much depth in comparison to ichigo’s true endgame, i don’t think it’s entirely a bad thing. perhaps kubo could have ended the series without anything becoming canon and that way nobody would be upset, and it would still do justice to rukia’s character. regardless, she still holds her own as a female presence in the series without needing to be the love interest. their relationship is so strong without being romantic and i think that friendship between a male protagonist and a female deuteragonist is so important in establishing that women can exist in shounen without being a love interest. the ending relationships were rushed and a bit sloppy because i don’t think they were necessary (although i have nothing against them personally, they are both healthy). rukia is such a great example of a powerful woman in shounen and i think bleach deserves recognition for that.i’ve poured over so much information about bleach it’s a bit sad. like, for instance, i know that when kubo tite went to publish bleach in shounen jump, they turned him down. this is not surprising, as tite’s first published work zombie powder was a flop and was cancelled before he was able to complete it. however, just as he went to throw in the towel and give up on bleach, akira toriyama, the author of fucking DRAGON BALL, sent him a letter encouraging him to publish the manga as he thought it was incredible and had potential. he pushed through, shounen jump published bleach, and it eventually came to be one of the most popular manga of all time.
a member of the BIG THREE.... i can’t imagine kubo ever intended for it to be that popular. especially after he wrote zombie powder while in a horrible place mentally, eventually overcoming that period of his life, only for the series to reach an abrupt end anyways. the foundations for bleach are present in zombie powder, such as its unique fight choreography and backgrounds kind of disappearing during fights. i think it’s so cool to see the journey bleach took from beginning to end and it is so inspiring to me.okay someone asked me to talk about chad i actually have an edit of him i need to post today... but can we talk about how underrated he is? because he really is an absolutely wonderful character and he deserves so much appreciation.. his abuelo taught him to use his strength to protect others, not harm them, and he truly has. his loyalty to ichigo and his friends stems from that promise and he really is the under appreciated support of ichigo’s team. he’s very quiet but very observant; he can pick up on physical cues very easily and can always tell how other characters are feeling and points it out like he’s So cute? he shoulders so much pain and doesn’t ever complain.. his signature thumbs up is my favorite thing in the universe and he stays loyal to that even later in the manga. i really wish he got more spotlight because his abilities are so interesting? i love the whole defensive and offensive arm concept and the abilities he developed in hueco mundo were awesome im kind of... rambling sorry but i LOVE HIM SO MUCH please love and support sado “chad” yasutoraive been dying to address this question though and it’s whether or not i believe mugetsu was an asspull.
okay, honestly, i usually view everything kubo does as being very intricately planned ahead of time and as having a specific purpose. while i do enjoy mugetsu as a plot point to reveal why ichigo’s dad seemingly lost his powers, it did seem like a bit of a cop out. i expected the battle to hinge on the fact that ichigo had never seen aizen’s shikai and that would be his advantage, since other characters continually warned him not to look at it. however, that didn’t actually come up in the battle at all and aizen didn’t even try to manipulate ichigo. i do think mugetsu was really cool, but the execution was a little strange and i believe it was one of kubo’s less great plot points.