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Why IchiHime was obvious as hell for endgame (regardless of the fandom’s denial about it)

–IH has been obvious since the pilot chapter. Ichigo and Orihime had mutual romantic feelings for each other in the bleach prototype, Kubo’s original plan for bleach. Here’s a post on it. –If you really, truly want to argue that Ichigo and Orihime “barely had any moments!” luckily, I was insane enough to create a masterpost with links to every single IH moment in the manga (which had to be split in half because it literally broke due to having too many links on it). Part One is here, Part Two is here. It has over 377 links. Say what you will, but IchiHime has the most moments and screentime of any other pairing by a landslide.

–The amount of focus that was put on Ichigo’s desire to protect Orihime specifically is MASSIVE. It was made more than apparent how much Ichigo cared about Orihime and how important she was to him, by the level of focus that was put on Ichigo’s protectiveness over her, specifically. It’s something that singled her out as special and set her apart from the others, time and time again. It was consistently emphasized in the manga, and, conversely, so too was Orihime’s desire to protect Ichigo specifically. Their mutual desires to protect each other was a recurring theme. I’ve made a masterpost on this too, which you can find here. Warning, it’s long. –Ichigo is open and receptive to Orihime’s displays of her feelings for him in positive ways. The fact that she cares about him so much doesn’t bother him in the slightest. In fact, he likes it. Here’s another link.

With that out of the way, let’s get to it

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It wouldn't matter even if IchiHime hair colors were exactly the same, but the discussion around it is so stupid because Kubo was always consistent about it.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT, THAT'S WHY HE SAID THAT KAZUI'S HAIR RESEMBLES ICHIGO'S AND IF THEY HAD A GIRL HER HAIR WOULD BE THE SAME AS ORIHIME'S

It's the old anime's fault for changing Orihime's design, which was fixed in TYBW (the same goes for Rangiku and many other details)

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Even after all these years I still think that this is the most beautiful love confession in the entirety of shonen genre.

Love that transcends lifetimes, timelines, multiverses, the very forces of cosmos and all that stuff is my favorite trope. Powerful stuff.

Still can't believe that it was almost 20 years of shipping them.

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<3 c’:

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One of my favorite things about Yusuke and Keiko’s relationship is that Yusuke sees his girl as a strong individual who can kick ass without him needing to be near to protect her. 

You would think that Yusuke, being naturally protective of Keiko (when needed), would immediately tell her to go back home where it’s safe, but he doesn’t. In fact, by his outburst, he apparently wished Keiko had come to visit even sooner than when she did. :3 

That boy is sure whipped. ^_^

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Let’s get married… 

XO

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<3

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Exclusive footage of me minding my own business and living my best ShinRan shipping life because 😌❤️

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Hello. I'm a lunami fan and I fell a little anxious about what's happening in the manga. It seems to me that Oda is slowing droping off lunami development for sanami sake. I don't know if it's because external pressure (like Toei doing a lot of scenes between them lately) or if it's a change of heart but since WCI, their interaction is inexistant (well it's the same for the others strawhats) while Nami is always with Sanji no matter what. What do you think?

Hello, anon!

Well i don't think Nami has to constantly stay with Luffy for their bond to be more canon. She treats Sanji the same way she always treated him, so i don't really notice any "development" between them.

Oda just made fun of him again by making him have a crush on a Man by mistake (Okiku). Lol...

Be patient. Luffy and Nami will reunite and we will see their wonderful interactions and teamwork again. And for now enjoy the wonderful color spread we had of Nami feeding Luffy a Giant banana. While Sanji is away playing with fishes ^^

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LuNa analysis: “Saving the girl,” when does it matter?

This little analysis and its NaLu version were supposed to be one single post. But, I decided to divde them for there’s a lot to cover, and doing things this way makes it easier to shorten the content

With that out of the way, let us begin!

As explained in the other analysis, when a story develops a bond organically, “saving the girl” doesn’t mean she owes her savior a relationship. True chemistry doesn’t occur because of favors done. That’s like a basic unspoken rule

Going from “saving the girl” to “impregnating the girl” without proper development, or meaningful and engaging moments, is a proof of lazy writing…

But, rescuing a love interest is an legitimate story-telling tool. So when does “saving the girl” matters for the growth of a potent relationship?

First, we have to address why the shipping mindset doesn’t work here. To keep things brief, what some readers could find compelling, characters in the story may not find truly moving. Some fans enjoy cool, stylish, and tough characters so much that they end up overhyping every action they take or every interaction the have with others. Even when the story doesn’t hype anything at all.

Example, women who would like to have a good-looking man complimenting them 24/7 may find similar actions incredibly thoughtful and meaningful, even if the story doesn’t take such behaviors seriously (to the point of using them as jokes/gags) or characters don’t see those showings as something significant enough to warrant a serious response.

Readers with this kind of casual mentality are prone to overhyping any and all rescue scene that features their favorite characters despite such instances lacking actual weight or true relevance to any sort of real development

So, some conditions for a moment to be relevant are the characters and the story considering those interactions as impactful, and having those moments pay off. Only the author’s works are allowed, as most if not all that comes from directors or writers of the anime adaptation bears no real weight on the source material

Now, such moments have to offer a substantial contribution to the relationship between the characters and leave an impact powerful enough to compel characters in more ways than one

The moment I would like to break down is not one single scene, but rather the context behind the series of events leading us from this…

…to this:

So, Luffy confronts Nami right after she hits her lowest point. At this moment, he stops her from stabbing herself while cursing Arlong, and then Nami does something she hasn’t done in years: she decides to open herself to Luffy and rely on him for help.

To understand the true weight of the moments that followed, we have to put everything into context.

After Arlong murdered her adoptive mother and took over her village, Nami made it her mission to save her home…

…she on her own choose to isolate herself while closing her heart, supressing the feelings and emotions that may get in the way of her goal back then: saving her village from a terrible tyrant

As we analyzed in other posts, becoming fond of Luffy and his crew wasn’t enough for her to break out of that self-imposed isolation.

However, the challange Luffy undertook by himself, and part of the emotional narrative driving this arc, was reaching out to Nami. He knew he won’t leave without her, and he knew she was his companion and navigator no matter what she said.

It was when her oppressor Arlong robbed her of all hope for salvation, when she was finally broken by her own powerlessness and despair.

At this moment Luffy arrives with no knowledge of her current situation nor her backstory with her personal oppresor nor what did Arlong did to leave her in that state… even he admits he doesn’t know what’s going on. But, after Luffy actively sought to break through Nami’s defenses, and Nami herself seeing she had no way out, she took a huge gamble

She finally opened her heart to Luffy, and did what she haven’t done in years: she choose to rely on someone else, to put her faith on Luffy. His response is something we analyzed over and over in this blog:

Answering with a pretty iconic gesture meant to provide the relief and hope she needed, and reaffirming he would help her, Luffy confronted Nami’s oppresor as retaliation for making her suffer, and ended up destroying all the traces of the past that was holding her back both physically and emotionally (after getting a small glimpse of what she went through).

Why is Luffy rescuing Nami relevant to their position as potent relationship?

As noted by some readers, the moment she asked Luffy to save her was the first time she opened her heart to someone else. When she decided to emotionally rely on Luffy…

…she found the courage to stand up to the person who treated her as a slave for many years and threatend her home and family. At the end her faith got rewarded

This experience left an impact on Nami with a power that readers can perceive from time to time if they look closely in the author’s works in other arcs.

Even when giving into fear and despair during Luffy’s first battle against Enel, Nami found the courage to face the big bad after another “pass of the hat.”

A gesture which was reminiscent of the first time Luffy provided her with the emotional comfort that allowed her to confront Arlong, and served a similar purpose here. Luffy reassured Nami that she, as a companion of the future PK, had no reason to be so scared. And that was enough for her to stand up to Enel even during Luffy’s absence.

We know that Nami took this to heart, for she would later declare with confidence, to a high-ranking member of one of the most dangerous pirate crews of the world. how Luffy being the future PK guaranteed their victory

During Water 7, she showed some serious drive and determination to save Robin. But, as soon as she got to Luffy, she poured her heart to Luffy, and freely expressed how she truly felt.

Their experience in Arlong Park, which includes the first time she opened to him, made Luffy her emotional anchor.

Something that we also see in the manga version of the Zou arc. As soon as she hears the rest of the crew arrived, she displays great joy…

…but as soon as she has the chance, she seeks comfort and relief in her captain; she once again openly expresses her anguish to him.

Everything comes back to those moments at Arlong Park. The time when she opened her heart to Luffy. The emotional chemistry that became the foundation of their bond.

So, in the framework of this series, whe does “saving the girl” truly matters to any potent relationship? First of all, It has nothing to do with overhyped jokes and gags nor about explicit “romance” nor lovey-dovey stuff based on filler.

It matters when it leaves an impact powerful enough to make a emotional connection grow steadily, and when it spawns dozens of meaningful moments contributing to a consistent bonding. A piece of poetry that writes itself

NaLu version: https://warlordgab.tumblr.com/post/186743458211/nalu-analysis-saving-the-girl-when-does-it

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Not to be too shippy or what BUT we got High School!LuNami and its too... pretty

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(!!!)

(Ch. 255: The Desperate Revival Arc)

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dAWWW I CANT BELIEVE SOMEONE COMMISSIONED FOR ME TO DO THIS. I screamed a little, but got it done xD They asked for what could have happened if He didn’t turn back into Conan. Probably this, but Gosho said NOPE. THAS ALL YO ASS GETTING FOR NOW. but hey I’ll take it 8′’D

Commission for someone~ I hope you guys enjoy it ;v;

COMMISSIONS ARE STILL WIDE OPEN

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One of Yukiko’s photos :)

(Sorry I disappeared again I apparently have a stomach illness so I’ve been trying to recuperate (^-^; ))

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