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Ichigo’s stance on the SS’s morality is definitely one where I also wondered how he act in response to it as a whole. He mainly is protecting those he cares including his friends in the SS, but on the other matters like the Quincy genocide or the falsity of the Soul King, he seems to be neutral, mainly focusing on the present, not the past actions that fuel who he's fighting. Like you said, his action to move forward with others towards a future for everyone is the antithesis to his opposition.

Him being a human also factors into the one time he’s been critically against SS was in the FB arc where he’s bold enough to ask for Ginjo’s body from them so he can bury it in the WOTL, despite Ginjo’s crimes against the SS. Like he still decided to trust them considering what they did to Ginjo, but that moment is segmented after his past actions that overturned the SS's rigid law that's lasted for thousands of years.

At the end of the day, Ichigo isn't the lonely teen he used to be with how he's developed and has let other people into his life opposed to Aizen. I say he would decide to leave the internal affairs of the Shinigami to those he trusts instead of taking things into his own hands like Aizen, and be his own figure that has Urahara's influence.

Tbh there's something about the way Ichigo, Kisuke, and Sōsuke are all reflecting off of each other in canon

Like this is sooooo influenced by my random uraichizen thoughts but

Like, considering Kisuke's Boddhisatva allegory with Guanyin/Kannon and his knowledge of the world, the idea that he preserves the status quo of the worlds by not actively doing anything in comparison to Sōsuke (from what we can see). He is a Boddhisattva in this sense. He's seen the truth, he teaches others the truth or hints at it because true Enlightenment can only be with the self. But.

Then there's the actual consequence of SS and what shinigami have to do to maintain the balance. Kisuke opposes Sōsuke and his views not because he believes it's right, but because he believes that the destruction of the worlds is not acceptable. It's a necessary evil.

Sōsuke has an ego with him wanting to become God, but there's also something almost tragic about his arc with reframing it from his perspective of Soul Society.

Soul Society is not a good place. Honestly horrible to live in. Especially when we find out that they sacrifice souls to hollows and vice versa in the name of balance.

Tbh, I ended up asking myself, from this viewpoint, is the Soul Society really worth protecting? Because it's goal is not about protecting people, but protecting the balance. Can the shinigami claim ignorance? Should they even be allowed to when they are complicit in destruction of lives? What would 'life' actually be considered in this universe? Do hollows deserve life as humans do? Except the SS ultimately sees both as a means to an end, hollows are just more of an obstacle.

Effwctively, shinigami are content sleeping on a bed of ground bones. I can see Sōsuke thinking this from a biased perspective.

But he's also not some savior either. He's arrogant and has a callousness to him that conflicts with this more sympathetic view of him.

His anger at Kisuke for knowing the truth of the world and not trying to change it seems genuine. There's an air of hypocrisy to his character I can't shake and it makes me wanna know more about why. Like the question of the greater evil vs the lesser evil.

Except Ichigo. He steps forward, finally knowing himself in full, to defeat Sōsuke, to defeat Yhwach, yet I can't help but feel like he's still so ignorant of the world he lives in. If he learned about their horrors, could he truly stand by in shadows waiting as Kisuke does, or would he become like another Sōsuke, for whatever reason. Or would he become a different path?

Sōsuke is also related to illusion and water, a reflection. We never see his bankai and I would even go so far as to think that he own powers don't work as they do in canon. There's still too many unknowns about him for me to be confident in them. But Ichigo’s own insights about Sōsuke's loneliness is just... it's so tempting to build off of that.

Because those feelings are likely a reflection of Ichigo from when he was a young age and his own confusing powers may have brought only more loneliness instead of understanding or connection.

I can't help but think that Kisuke represents Stagnation and Sōsuke represents Progess. Except poth come with an unsavory taste in the mouth. Kisuke waits, likely works towards a goal, bit it's far too slow for the people that have already suffered because of the world. Sōsuke steps forward, also hiding until he's sure of his strike, and he probably would have won if not for Ichigo. What is Ichigo then?

The only part of the Soul King that's named is his heart, which can bring about miracles, things unexplained due to emotions and desires. It acts similar to the Hōgyoku. Ichigo speculates that Sōsuke may have actually wanted to lose to him and that's... also a lot of implication about Sōsuke's character. There's also the idea that Sōsuke may have built Ichigo up. To what? Defeat him? Stand by his side? To make him less lonely? Or are these Ichigo’s unreliable feelings, are they simply Ichigo’s own reflected onto Sōsuke?

Both of Kisuke and Sōsuke's plans and views come with a price. And Ichigo remains ignorant, but he stills fights for everyone to not pay that price, even his enemies.

In a way, it's like Sōsuke decided to pay a huge price upfront to pay back later, Kisuke is frugal and making sure to balance everything while moving forward but that means people can't attain true wealth within their lifetime. Yhwach decided to destroy the concept itself despite that it means everyone will then have to pay that price.

Ichigo, is just, bursting through all of that. But he's also only one person. And idk, that feels important to how change must be made collectively when it's about a whole society. All Ichigo does is step forward, with other people, like the beginning of a wave.

Like, this is the end of the post but SŌSUKE AND KANAME??????? That alone needs a whole thesis and how it informs both of their characters since the only person Sōsuke actually trusts out of everyone is Kaname

Oh, I haven't seen that Nanao art piece before, mistook it as Lisa there for a second haha!

Can't wait for more art from Kubo this year when Cour 3 airs.

Every time the Sternritter celebrate Valentine's Day, the number of their grunts dwindles down💀 (primarily due to Bambietta).

sternritters valentine cards <3

Child of Demeter Congratulations and welcome to cabin 4! You are a demigod child of Demeter, goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. As such you have a natural inclination toward the culinary arts and possess the ability to control plants, sense them, and make them grow faster. Additionally, but in rare cases, you might be able to teleport through plants and summon Karpoi and Satyrs to your aid. Something you can look forward to is working on the strawberry fields alongside cabin 12 and enjoying the first ripe strawberries.

Not bad, the quiz had some fun questions. I'll tag my mutuals if they want to try it out.

@getsusun, @doomsminion, @headcanonsandcupcakes

making a new tag game because i wanna !!

do this pic crew > post your creation 😁

take this quiz > post the photo of your godly parent n copy/paste the description 😤

like so 😋

child of zeus Congratulations and welcome to cabin 1! You are a demigod child of Zeus, the king of the gods and ruler of the sky. Aside from being more likely to die before the 6th grade, you possess the ability to summon storms and rain clouds and perhaps even shoot lightning and electricity! Children of Zeus have enhanced leadership qualities and naturally assume positions of responsibility in whatever group they are in. Much rests upon your shoulders!

starting off the tagging w some moots from my writing blog n my personal😁

@kamesama | @usoppsstar | @pileofmush | @anemptypuddingcup | @kibblz-n-bitz | @leakyweep | @zimzalabimmmmm | @kingofthe-egirls | @alice-chan-chan | @sanjisjuul | @captkiddd | @bby-deerling | @ohmaswife | @alastair-fics

Emergency commission.. 🥺🙏

I would like to have my dad's cell phone repaired. I feel sorry for him because he has no use. because I don't have savings right now I can't buy him a new one, maybe even with a small amount of commission you can help me thank you guys.. 🙏😇

My commission still open now. Thankyou i hope you help me . 💗💗

Happy birthday to the shinigami that's been in the series from beginning to end, Rukia Kuchiki! One more year of being older than all of my living relatives, yet looking better than any of them. A wonderful, fantastic character me and so many others love, write, read, watch, and think about so much.

Credit to @ak47melee for the edit

Ever I began Bleach and experienced what it had to offer, Rukia's been one of my favorite female characters ever to a lot of people. The way that she lived her life through different stages and created meaningful connections with those she met, her heart inspires me. What she presents through her actions is something I wrote about once about her themes.

Credit to @ffffcoffee on Twitter

“We must not shed tears. That is the defeat of the body by the heart. Because, for us, this thing called ‘the heart’ can become nothing less than proof that one’s existence is superfluous.”

Happy Birthday Rukia!

The Happy Birthday Chappy Cafe!

Set A: Curry Rice with pickles and wakame cucumber salad (498 kan)

Set B: Bunny Chow with pickles and wakame cucumber salad (448 kan)

Happy birthday, Rukia! Some post-series January, Rukia mentions that she really misses getting food at dives in the Living World. She’d have Ichigo take her places, and since Ichigo has the disposable income of a 15-year old, they were always dives, and she loved them. So for her birthday–leaning on talents gained while living with/working for the Urahara Shouten–Renji decides to recreate the experience in Soul Society. After interrogating Ichigo, he lands on curry rice. Chappy curry rice.

Here’s everyone he gets to help:

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Happy New Year everyone! 🥳 🎇2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣

BLEACH × BURN THE WITCH Happy New Year

Actually i was talking about hueco mundo

But I understand not telling them because tatsuki before this wasn’t aware of hollows or the soul society so

Yeah right after I posted that answer, I wondered if you were talking about the other incident since that one is more talked about. My bad.

Ok, I reread that moment and Orihime said she wanted to say goodbyes to the others, but chose Ichigo. She’s a teenager who is about to taken to a place full of Arcancar and isn’t certain if she’ll see her friends again, choosing her crush over Tatsuki doesn’t make her a bad person.

The bottom line of it is her wanting to make sure she doesn’t regret not being clear about how she feels while she was on good terms with the rest hence the “goodbye, halcyon days”. Tatsuki would somewhat wanted Orihime to say goodbye to her but can understand why she chose Ichigo. Also like from my last post, telling Tatsuki would probably get her involved which Orihime is completely against considering how much she cares about her friends.

I found someone calling orihime a bad person for not telling tatsuki about where she was going

I swear these get more desperate

Like right before she and the gang decided to go to Soul Society to save Rukia?

Because I could see how one could feel for Tatsuki whose unfortunately kept in the dark at that point, and what repercussions would occur if Orihime died without Tatsuki knowing, but it's pointless to badmouth Orihime for that.

Like there's an afterlife of swordsmen who aren't afraid to kill you if you and your friends decide to go into their domain to rescue a prisoner , and you want to keep your best friend away from the crazy thing you're about to do which is very protective of Orihime to do for Tatsuki.

Kubo's end of chapter illustrations and chapter titles depict Tatsuki as a dragon, which suits her nature of wanting to take action especially if she knew what Orihime was getting herself into. Btw, Tatsuki had a broken arm and no notable powers before the Soul Society arc, but she would still try to go with Orihime if she knew.

But I guess some people wouldn't understand wanting to keep your friend away from dangerous situations huh? On another note, I do wish she told Tatsuki about everything after they came back from Soul Society, considering how calm things were before Yammy and Ulquiorra showed up

Also can we appreciate the fact that Kazui actually knows about shinigami (and probably about the Soul Society, Hollows, etc..) because Ichigo and Orihime took the time to tell him about everything. Like…Ichigo was never told about his heritage, and ended up in the situation with Grand Fisher when he was younger because no one ever told him what hollows were. 

But with Kazui it will never be like that, because Ichigo and Orihime want to keep their precious son safe, and that involves letting him know about the world around him.  

Like…Imagine Kazui knows about Soul Society and Hueco Mundo because he’s heard hundreds of stories from his parents about it. Ichigo’s probably told him several times about his first meeting with Rukia, his fight with Kenpachi, how hard he fought to keep Orihime safe. And Orihime probably told Kazui about how she awakened her powers, her healing everybody, her confession to Ichigo. 

And Kazui knowing he’ll always be safe and happy because of how strong, courageous, and loving his parents are. 

Santa, all I want for Christmas is no more Shinji scenes or dialogue to be cut from Cour 3 or Cour 4 🥺

this is haRDLY THE TIME

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Here’s a tiny comic, that turns out to be pretty large on tumblr. Sorry for that. Also the quality is shit but I had to hurry up with this and I am too lazy to deal with tumblrs resizing, so… hmmm it’s the idea that counts, right?

Happy New Year!

I don’t know which volume this poem is from, it still puts in words the dynamics of Ichigo’s and Uryu’s unique bond. Especially in TYBW where you have Ichigo stepping into a more dominant role to stop Yhwach, while Uryu submits himself to Yhwach for his own plan. Hope there’s more parallels about these two in the next 2 Cours.

We are drawn to each other like drops of water, like the planets. We repulse each other like magnets, like the colors of our skin.

hey, just noticed that you liked one of my manga colorings. glad to see you appreciated my nearly decade old post and seeing other bleach fans :')

No problem! Your manga edits are pretty colorful especially the Oetsu ones lol. I wasn't really into manga/anime back then so now I'm just seeing what awesome fan work was made during the Bleach manga's run. You should reblog some of them, they're really good!

All of these amazing pieces look like a vampire drama series poster for each character. Senjumaru and Uryu stand out the most to me, especially with the immaculate accessories/backgrounds.

BLEACH x Vamptober 2023

6 Feral | 7 Lovers | 8 Holy Cross | 9 Sunlight

Thanks for liking my response to saitouh assuming you remember she hates orihime because she couldn’t fulfill her promises how would you have responded

Thanks for asking this! I wasn't expecting this to be my first ask to answer.

First off, the whole thing on responding to someone whose really adamant on their opinions is something I preferably wouldn't want to do, since it usually leads to back and forth arguing. It's just something I got tired of since there wouldn't be a clear resolution to it.

However, if I did respond to them, I would point out many characters in Bleach and in fiction don't really fulfill their promises due to outside factors or their own flaws so why hate Orihime for not being able to fulfill her promises? I would either blame the plot or Kubo since he wanted things to escalate and have Orihime at a breaking point of where she feels powerless.

There was also incorrect claims Saitouh made like Orihime barely knowing Ichigo which isn't true? Before he became a shinigami, he and Orihime were on friendly terms and then in Orihime's manga introduction, she and Tatsuki talk about Ichigo's surface personality.

So I would point out the flaws in their reasons on why they hate Orihime and highlight the main points on Orihime's character that Saitouh didn't get. I don't really know Saitouh that much so I wouldn't really focus on personal jabs on them since that doesn't really help in getting my point across. That's basically how I would respond.

Hope that helps!

What could have been....Uryu vs Senjumaru to see who is the best tailor of Bleach.....

……………= _,= ★

Isshin reacting to all of the insanity during TYBW would be the funniest shit.

Shit Isshin might say (if he saw zombie Hitsugaya and zombie Matsumoto)

As requested by anon. :)

Hitsugaya and Matsumoto were recently turned into zombies, because that is a thing that happens in Bleach now. But what if their old captain, Isshin, finally returned to Soul Society and saw them as zombies? What sorts of things might he say?

1. “T-Toshiro! Why are you wearing a Quincy uniform??”

2. “I know my absence probably left you with abandonment issues, but Yhwach is not your new dad!”

3. “I know his facial hair is magnificent, but even so!”

4. “Rangiku has abandonment issues too, and you don’t see HER joining the Quincy!”

5. “I mean, you haven’t joined the Quincy, have you, Rangiku?”

6. “…….or don’t answer me. That’s okay. It’s cool. I know you’re probably mad.”

7. “Just - how could you join the Quincy, Toshiro????”

8. “Not that I hate the Quincy. My wife was a Quincy. But there’s Quincy, and then there’s Quincy, if you know what I mean.”

9. “Also, why are you so…….gray?”

10. “For that matter, why is Matsumoto so gray?”

11. “And why are you both staring at me with blank lifeless eyes?”

12. “Also, why haven’t either of you reacted at all to my sudden appearance, even though you must have been wondering for like twenty years where I was and what happened to me?”

13. “Also why aren’t you blinking?”

14. “Wait a second………….are you guys zombies?”

15. “Oh my fucking god you guys are ZOMBIES!”

16. “I leave for twenty years, and you BOTH get turned into ZOMBIES?!?”

17. “Toshiro, you’re supposed to be smarter than that! Rangiku, you’re supposed to be WAY more sensible than that!”

18. “Love the new hair though, guys. Seriously. Great look for both of you.”

19. “So, uh, I guess this means no big reunion, huh?”

20. “I was gonna say how proud I was of both of you, and how sorry I was for the way I left, and I was going to blow both of your minds with the news that I’m Ichigo’s dad! That’s right - I raised the kid who keeps saving the universe!”

21. “But now it just seems so….pointless. Can you guys even hear me?”

22. “Grunt if you can hear me.”

23. “Grunt if you can’t hear me?”

24. “Man. I can’t tell if you guys aren’t talking ‘cause you’re just that mad, or if it’s the zombie thing.”

25. “I guess I shoulda talked to you guys in the world of the living, huh?”

26. “Back before you were zombies.”

27. “That would have meant Ichigo finding some things out earlier, but then, maybe that would have helped him.”

28. “I’m just…….I’m really sorry.”

29. “…”

30. “I really gotta stop waiting so long to talk to people!”

Absolutely love this, your art style is so immaculate on expressing Young Unohana and Minazuki.

young Unohana-san and first meeting with materialized Minazuki

I was debating whether to reblog a post related this week's Bleach episode but I couldn't stop laughing at this xD

From Bleachlists’ “If the captains and lieutenants swapped bodies…” list. :3

I also put Bleachlists’ URL in the watermark as a precaution from art thieves (People who crop shit from artworks are art thieves o u o) because hey, I don’t want other people taking credit for her brilliant ideas, too.

And yeah, I added a bit of OOC-ness for the humor *cough*pimp daddy yama*cough* XD

What captains think about in their captain meetings

As requested by anon. :)

We already imagined what the espada think about in their meetings. But what might be on the captains’ minds during theirs?

1. Unohana

“Murder.”

“Murder.”

“Murder.”

“I really need to tell Isane what a nice job she did with those pillow covers. They are making all of the patients so happy, and that is so important.”

“Murder.”

2. Kensei

“I wonder what Mashiro is doing right now. Getting into trouble, probably.”

“Ugh she drives me nuts! Why did I want her to be my lieutenant again?”

“And Shuhei had better be working. Not daydreaming about Matsumoto like usual.”

“I need to get back to those idiots.”

“Why is Soi Fon glaring at me?”

3. Soi Fon

“Ugh. Kensei never pays attention in these meetings.”

“Of course, he’s a visored. Associated with Urahara Kisuke, so naturally he’s trouble.”

“I can’t BELIEVE the head captain let those visored come back.”

“Man, these meetings would be so much better if Yoruichi-sama had come back instead of those idiots.”

“I hope she does come back. She’ll see how strong I am. Love me. Be beautiful. Be - SOI FON STOP IT PAY ATTENTION!”

4. Aizen

“If only you knew, head captain, that during this meeting, I have come up with the next eleven steps of my plan.”

“And I narrated my own actions to myself the whole time. Because I am a multitasker”

“Aizen thought to himself. Smugly.”

“I can feel you watching me, Gin.”

“This meeting would be so much better with tea.”

5. Gin

“I will kill you dead, Aizen Sosuke.”

“Now that I know your weakness, I could do it anytime.”

“I could even do it…..right now.”

“But nah.”

“Never hurts to wait a while.”

5. Kenpachi

“This is dumb.”

“I don’t even know what’s going on.”

“Why do we even have these meetings?”

“Instead of meetings, we should all just fight each other.”

“I’d fight Kuchiki Byakuya so hard. That would be so awesome.”

6. Byakuya

“I can feel your eyes on me, barbarian.”

“I am going to have take such a long bath.”

“Hitsugaya is still wearing that scarf. Took the idea from me, of course.”

“I am a fashion icon.”

“Recognize.”

7. Hitsugaya

“Holyshitholyshitholyshit Kuchiki is looking at me.”

“Stand up straight, Hitsugaya. Be tall. Look smart.”

“As tall as you can, anyway.”

“Stop that! No short jokes in your own head!”

“I wonder if Kuchiki would be amused if I told him a short joke.”

“Maybe I should try that. One day.”

8. Komamura

“What an excellent point the head captain has made.”

“He is very wise as well as very strong.”

“I am glad that we can have these meetings so that I can see true leadership in action.”

“I hope that he is proud of me.”

“Maybe one day….he will pat me on the head as I have always dreamed.”

9. Shinji

“I did not miss these meetings. Ugh. It’s like being in school. Only standing up.”

“Like, at least in high school we had desks.”

“Although at least the head captain doesn’t give us homework. Homework sucks.”

“Okay well at least the meeting must be almost over. It’s been…….FIVE MINUTES?!?”

“I won’t survive this.”

10. Tosen

“I hate listening to you speak, Yamamoto Genryusai.”

“All you speak are lies.”

“There is no justice here.”

“There is no justice anywhere.”

“Except maybe with Komamura.”

11. Kyoraku

“I hope Ukitake is doing okay. Looks a bit wobbly.”

“I should go and have tea with him later. See how he’s doing.”

“If Nanao-chan will give me the time off, anyway!”

“Look at all these youngsters. Paying such good attention.”

“Hopefully no one can tell I’m not listening.”

12. Kurotsuchi

“I wonder what Komamura’s brain looks like.”

“If I gave Unohana my new adrenaline drug, would she snap and kill everyone, or just go after Kenpachi?”

“This meeting is going a ridiculously long time. I should make some more time drugs.”

“Maybe one to speed up time for these meetings. And one that stops time, just for fun.”

“Now which captain could I trick into testing them for me?”

13. Rose

“They say that if you imagine the end of a song, it will no longer be stuck in your head.”

“But what if it’s a song you’re writing, and it doesn’t have an end yet?”

“Then I guess it just stays in your head forever.”

“Like pain. And grief.”

“I wonder if bone would make a good guitar pick.”

14. Ukitake

“I’m so glad I felt well enough to be here!”

“A little wobbly, but that is okay.”

“Pretty sure Kiyone and Sentaro are right outside, so if I faint, they’ll come and collect me.”

“I should have tea with Kyoraku later. See how he’s doing.”

“Hopefully I’ll be well enough for that.”

Really true insight, it'll be intriguing if the final chapter gets adapted and people see the full-circle of Aizen's journey to this realization.

Honestly, Bleach is a series that took time for me to understand it's core message on the importance of connections with those who make your life meaningful, especially when that message isn't in your face like other shonen.

Looking at Aizen's actions through that lens makes me think "Aizen doesn't need a backstory to make you feel sorry for him" because his very nature is so devoid of what makes us human no matter how we change as people. So many of Bleach's characters have connections they make with each other and wouldn't be who they are without their friends and adversaries.

It always surprises me when Aizen is mostly perceived as this genius-evil-mastermind like oh he is so crazy, who knows what he'll do next!! (and he is, to a certain extent, don't get me wrong) but the silent victory has Ichigo acknowledge him as a sympathetic but ultimately misguided man who sacrificed everything for godhood only to be reduced to....utter loneliness. And I find that interesting!

Of course, this isn't a Conclusive Take (tm) as Urahara's silence definitely leaves a lot of what Aizen did as up to interpretation, but the loneliness of godhood is definitely an interesting theme, especially when you consider how often it occurs in literature, where the trope of the 'God' character playing around with lives due to his own boredom is so common (see: Frankenstein, all of Greek mythology, etc etc). It isn't a stretch to say Ichigo, the Arrancar, the Vizards, the Hogyoku and even Urahara were all just an experiment to him – pawns he played with to ease his own boredom. It isn't exactly that he's evil...per se. It's that he's innately unable to relate to the lives and struggles of mortal beings, because his quest for more power/scientific discovery/pushing the limitations of nature render him devoid of empathy. The intent is not malicious, it's just...curiosity. Which makes him 10× more creepy, but ultimately not one- dimensional.

I think I read somewhere that people found Aizen to be out-of-character here in his dialogue to Yhwach in 686, but I think this is his character arc coming to a close. When he says 'people,' I think what he really means is himself and how he understands it now, now that he himself isn't as invincible as he once strived to be. When you try to alter the cycle of life, when you try to exist beyond social/existential constructs, it's ultimately a very lonely and isolating existence, and that sometimes the status quo is just a means to an end of connecting with other people (ghosts, whatever) and living in social harmony.