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White Blades

Ha , more like Ichigo trying to be like & match with his soulmate Rukia

I do think it's pretty neat and cool that his blade now can also turn white like hers - but man , this whole design and form is just ugly and goofy - except in this shot - this shot does look decent enough - ha , and well , at least it's not a complete eyesore like Renji's TYBW bankai - and so it could have even been much worse for Ichigo

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Chain x Ribbon : Shirayuki x Zangetsu

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Blades of Fire x Ice

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Ethereal Ribbons

The exact same ribbons + color scheme of purple , blue & white And so , in my mind , naturally Rukia's Pokémon parallel and partner would be Suicune

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I'm surprised that this IchiRuki profound moment in the rain was a few years before this NaruSasu iconic one ,

Just friends guys - I also look at and have tons of moments like these with all my siblings and friends

I usually flip horizontally this Rukia panel to flow better with the Ichigo one - but just realized that in its original state , it is the 2nd IchiRuki scene that is also kind of similar to the NaruSasu panel above

But yeah , in any other fandom - these scenes are unanimously acknowledged as romantic Ha , who am I kidding ? Almost every other fandom out there is also stupid as fuck and likewise get such a high off on being a contrarian and an anti-shipper - this is the unfortunate , contemporary nature of fandom and what it has become

IchiRuki : 1 of the most straight-baiting ships ever & NaruSasu : 1 of the most gay-baiting ships ever - just right after Destiel of course ( Dean Winchester & Castiel from the TV series Supernatural )

It's still insane to me that Kubo gave IchiRuki these 2 special moments of both Rukia & Ichigo , lovingly looking down at the other - ha , and then of course as like an ' equivalent ' , Kubo gave IH , an uninvited , yapping away , and genuinely creepy Inoue about to kiss an unconscious and nonconsenting Ichigo I always say that Kubo can draw & write ' unintentional ' romance - but can't draw & write ' intentional ' romance for the life of him

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Blades turning white ,

Sode no Shirayuki & Zangetsu

Pretty neat how Rukia & Ichigo share a number of concepts with each other - ha , I mean , duh , of course they do - it naturally comes with being Bleach's Day 1 , iconic pair

~ My overall thoughts on the new and potential Rebirth of Souls content , It honestly does come across as kind of desperate on the game developers' part that they've now resorted to ' spoiling ' significant stuff that we haven't even seen as yet in the TYBW anime - I personally don't care much about that though - as it really , solely affects new fans and anime-only viewers And , Ichigo's Horn of Salvation form ? Still mostly ugly and looks so goofy as fuck in my eyes , ha But hey , there are 3 additional new slots for this DLC character release - so , maybe we really are also getting Bankai Rukia to play as in this game ? Cause I sure as hell hope so - it would be foolish of them not to give us that - especially with how her bankai was the most monumental moment of Cour 2

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Yoruichi & Rukia

It is criminal that these 2 never actually interact with each other throughout the entirety of the Bleach manga : 687 chapters ! Instead - and of course , Kubo was more concerned during the Arrancar arc about forcing a ' friendship ' between Rukia with Inoue of all cardboard cutout characters - when good and even great characters like Yoruichi exist and are right there , God damn it ! It's one of the multitude of reasons for why Kubo is such a big fraud in my eyes - because he just couldn't be bothered to do a super basic and so obvious thing like having the most popular female characters of his own series , simply interact with one another - I mean , how hard would this have been for him to have done ?

Also - a bit unrelated , I overall don't like how they draw Yoruichi now in the TYBW anime - really miss the old anime's character designs

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Sunset IchiRuki ~

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Rukia's prideful eyes & smile to Ichigo

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The Dark Angel & The Eradicator

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Standing Witness

Ichigo & Rukia , seeing the release of Quincy Holy Forms

Ichigo's fight against Quilge , is kind of ass though , ha Conversely , Rukia's fight against As Nodt , is the very best of Cour 2 - and yes , better than Ichibe vs Yhwach , and Senjumaru releasing her bankai

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Aura ~

Shirayuki & Zangetsu's

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Ashes & Snow

Ha , yet another one of these types of IchiRuki posts from me I feel like I can always recycle many gifs from Rukia's bankai episode , as it's THE episode that just keeps on giving and giving - that , and of course IR is just THE eternally matching pair - ha , it's really not an exaggeration to say such about them

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Rukia & Ichigo , hovering in front of their respective attacks ,

Ice Pillar & Getsuga Cross

Ha , this IchiRuki gifs set , almost looks like one , big ass , magical sword

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Aura IchiRuki

I really like how Rukia's doesn't outline her body , but surrounds her instead Majority of Shonen characters will be outlined by it - and , Ichigo's feels a bit less special since Senjumaru has basically the same aura outline texture and yellow color as well when she's about to release her own bankai Rukia's feels a bit more unique in the series - especially with how fellow ice user Toshiro , currently has no visuals like it in the TYBW anime

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Backless ~

Snow White Rukia & Blue Butterfly Irene

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Union Arena Cards

Shikai Ichigo & Bankai Rukia

Ha , really almost any version of Ichigo & Rukia , will match well enough with each other