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Ichiruki domesticity

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ICHIRUKI WEEK 2020 day 2: don’t get caught.

here’s a cute (and slightly naughty) ichiruki moment hehe

you’re not fooling anyone ichigo, you naughty boy!

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The truth is at the bottom of this ladder:

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IchiRuki invented romance

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It’s almost been three years since chapter 16 was posted, but we’re back, folks. Ichiruki needs some love now more than ever. Peace.

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So, I just started watching bleach again, and the emotions I get watching ichigo and rukia are so much more intense than watching other characters that are a ship. It's not even comparable. These two are just on a whole other level and I still am in utter shock that the author tried to ruin it by not making it canon. This is the kind of ship that moves mountains. It's beautiful and other ships pale in comparison and still rings true no matter what canon may be

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Don't know if you got same question as this ... But I want to ask can you explain why relationship between Rukia and Ichigo is romantic not friendly and show moments which actually shows how they have romantic feelings for eachother?

** you can ignore it if you want ... But I'm new here and in the fandom too so I had questions 😶 **

That’s the beauty of Ichigo and Rukia’s relationship! They love each other in many ways and since very early on. I think the Fullbring arc really cemented that they also love each other romantically because after having time apart we see just how much (and how fondly) they think of the other... and how nobody else comes close.

Chapter 424 is Ichigo telling us what’s been going on since the battle with Aizen and every panel is full with the calm life he’s living except when talking about not having powers. To me it suggests he has a lot of feelings about that fact and, given the size, he tries not to think about it too much.

But when we get to the panel about Rukia there’s so much empty space it takes up half the page. It’s presenting itself as the heaviest thing on his mind after the battle; not being able to see her. 

Also, (this is just a theory) seeing this in color makes it look like the panels are connected up to this point... like if he thinks too long about what happened he’ll eventually think about her. “Now I don’t have any soul reaper powers” changes the subject to Karin. “It’s been 17 months since the battle” changes the subject to school. “Ever since then Rukia hasn’t come to KK once” the scene ends and transitions to one about missing her. It’s like Rukia is always in the back of his mind and after all this time it’s easier to avoid it.

Of course he misses her, but having an excuse for her ready proves how much she’s been on his mind, and outright denying it is so like him. I wouldn’t say this specifically is rooted in “romance” but with other moments we can see just how much he wants to see her again and it really goes beyond what he feels for anyone else.

Take for example when he only mentioned that Rukia hadn’t come to visit him despite having other friends from the SS, especially Renji. In the next chapter he dreamed of them and Byakuya but it’s Rukia that stands out.

She’s singled out from the guys and her panel is bigger, but what really separates her from them is the fact that it’s cropped sooo close to her face. There isn’t even a sliver of her shoulders, Ichigo is really concentrating here. Renji and Byakuya’s presence is enough but not when it comes to Rukia, he seems desperate to see her again.

Being a protector is literally in Ichigo’s name so losing the power to do so was hard on him, anyone could see that. Orihime was glad at first but ultimately had to ask Rukia to figure out a way to get his power back and Chad could barely look at him since he lost it. Chad goes on a little bit more about how wanting to fight/protect those around him makes Ichigo who he is, and while that’s definitely correct what comes next suggests that there’s something more important. 

Love is subjective. Riruka drew her ability out through her love/adoration of cute material things and the happiness it brings her. Orihime persevered because of the love she feels for her best friend Tatsuki who always protected her. Chad manifested his ability because of the pride his family (his grandfather, who he loves) instilled in him. Fullbring can be activated with love that is familial, platonic, or even with a hobby/inanimate things.

Saving his sisters from the same monster that killed his mother wasn’t enough to activate his fullbring. Helping Orihime, Chad, and Uryu, his friends, also wasn’t enough. Being strong enough to hold back the equivalent of 100 thousand blades in the form of a ginormous, fiery bird wasn’t enough either. Apparently it doesn’t even slightly trigger it.

Remember when I said Ichigo was avoiding Rukia? She was present in each event he thinks about. Of course she isn’t the most important person in each scenario, but even in the moment he saves her life he doesn’t picture her face like the rest of them. Him doing that cements the fact that he’s trying to hold back thinking about her... until he can’t anymore.

The power comes all at once when he finally thinks of her. Just her. 

At the end of the SS arc we figure out that what Ichigo wanted most when he saved Rukia was to see her smile again, and because of the power he gained for her sake he was able to do that; because of power he was able to save so many other people, too. The thing is, he remembers her in the moment he lost his powers; not one of the times he saves her or she saves him or the result of any of that. He began training for fullbring to protect the people important to him but it isn’t being activated by those bonds and instead by the pure desire to see her smiling again. 

Putting everything together tells us that he loves her romantically; if his fullbring isn’t being activated by his platonic or familial bonds or the pride in having the power to protect them there is only one type of love that separates her from the rest. 

We can keep going... with a liiiittle bit on Rukia, too.

Seeing her for the first time in 17+ months literally stopped the rain and put light back in his eyes after he lost his power AGAIN with the people he’s closest to  turned against him. He was bawling his eyes out, more powerless than he’s ever been, and unsettled about his dad and Urahara’s sudden appearance, but she immediately put him at ease without any effort at all.

He believes in her right away just like she does in him. Like she always does.

When Rukia gets the chance to fully think about how special and strong Ichigo is, both in strength and heart, we see her in complete awe. 

If she was simply proud and or amazed by him she could have replicated the smile she had at sokyoku hill when she felt his power “flowing into her.” The expressions on her face here (off the top of my head) are completely new and softer than ever. It looks like her own heart skipped a beat —

— It skipped just like time does when they’re seperated. 

The arc opened with Ichigo wondering if he can keep up with the speed of the world without her and just about ended with this poem, “When the two that share destiny part and reunite, beyond the frame of time, the ceased clock will awake and start to tick once again.” Ichigo and Rukia are incomplete when they’re apart and are at their happiest when together. 

When remembering her happiest moments during her fight with As Nodt, Rukia thought of Ichigo the most. When fighting Yhwach and remembering his most despairing moments, the night Ichigo lost Rukia to Renji and Byakuya comes second after losing his mom. The emphasis on their bond is consistent throughout the story and even until the last chapter.

If Ichigo and Rukia’s relationship was supposed to be strictly platonic the amount of content we were given would have to be cut in half. Cut down on the anime fillers/openings/endings, the movies, the musicals, the color spreads...  the poems about the other person, the speeches about how one feels about the other, the emphasis on their shared trauma and the fact that they saved and helped each other overcome their misery, the overwhelming feeling of wanting to see the other person happy, Ichigo’s parents replicating his and Rukia’s first meeting, “The Love and Destiny Ichigo Inherited,” the partings, the reunions... Y’know, put all the ships on an even playing field, but that’s not what happened. 

Ichigo and Rukia have the kind of relationship that was said to be “more than friends” since the second arc. 200 chapters later when they spend over a year without seeing or even speaking to each other we can see how they spent that time thinking of the other and more than anyone else. Time goes on but their bond will never break, and they don’t deserve anything less. 

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I am a big Kaien fan. To my maybe barbaric reading ,the panels and scenes , between Rukia and him can be read in a romantic light. I also think that is pretty obvious that the author meant it as platonic, otherwise he would not have made Rukia gush over her ''idol'' Myako.Could it be a sign that maybe he's not as good at writing platonic vs. romantic relationships when it comes to male-female?

Could he have just wanted Rukia and Ichigo to be friends, but wasn't skilled enough to make it unromantic? Could it all be just a relationship writing fumble?

Ran and Gin and Ichigo's parents were obviously in love with each other, but their interactions are only a few pages, not a whole manga.

Don't know, but maybe the guy is innocent. Maybe he just accidentally created one of the best love stories in pop-culture. Maybe in his head the guy actually believes that he wrote a great friendships and that we are ungrateful fans.

Nah he knew pretty much what he did and what he was doing, he got asked about ichiruki all the time, he knew they were the most popular ship, he did what he did because who would've thrown away such a gold mine? Untill he didn't need it anymore of course. Look at him giving them the last cover after he didn't let them even interact ONCE for the whole last part of the arc. If he "accidentaly" wrote them then there would be no reason to separate them no?

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This is IC because 686 Ichigo and Rukia have 0 brain cells.

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this is funny to nobody except me but have it anyway

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What do you not like about the bleach ending

Oh no anon...... Oh please don’t get me started...Oh please..... I’ve moved on with my life, made new friends, joined a new fandom. Gained a bunch of new followers. They can’t see me like this. Please bitter does not look good on me.....*inhales*

*GROWLS INCOHERENTLY LIKE HOUNDDOG*

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From a Korean text post on twitter

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How does reading about the same two fuckers falling in love over and over again make a person so goddamn happy.

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Forgive me, Chad

But actually Ori and you are the weakest links lmao

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CHAPTER LIST INDEX

1: Not a good day to die

2: Unknown battleground

3: Screaming your name

4: Between clouds and stars

5: Translucent

6: Let me lend you strength

7: Out of the closet

8: Rise from the ashes

9: Welcome aboard

10: Russian dolls

11: Dancing with the moon

12: As thick as thieves

13: A barking dog never bites

14: Take my hand

15: coming soon

Pairing: ichiruki motherfucker

Rating: T, eventual change to M

Genre: romance, adventure

Summary: Ichigo Kurosaki is ready to start a new college life when his sister Karin gets into an accident, one she doesn’t survive. With Karin forced to live in Rukongai, Ichigo must face the choice he’s been trying to avoid: to live his life in the world of the living, or in Soul Society.

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this.

HitsuKarin & IchiRuki similarities & ideas

Now this is based on my other post where I mention some crazy ideas I had started getting (the HitsuKarin “spin-off sequel”). Because I’m a HitsuKarin fan to no end.

I had already mentioned some of their dynamics here. But this is about their similarities with IchiRuki, & just crazy ideas that I’ve had for a while…

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Rukia Kuchiki moodboard  .  kiki xu 

sources: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9

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Rukia never once felt or thought about being superior to anyone, not even her own brother. She felt like an outsider even after being brought in the Kuchiki family and was looked down on. She never felt confident in herself before and after Kaien’s death and blamed herself for it. But when she met Ichigo, she began to find the courage to do the right thing despite what everyone thought, she started to come out of her shell of shame and thus, even becoming more independent and stronger, and GAINED BANKAI.

Meanwhile: “KUROSAKI-KUNNNNNNN!”