Bleach

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>>145704964
"Did you have a nice illusion, ryoka?"

>>145704964
>edition
It will end with IchiHime laughing at Rukia for getting cucked while Renji cries in the background.
>non shitposting edition
>edition
fuck off retard

>>145704964
It's not going to.

yet.

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>>145704964
can't wait to see Ichihime's baseball team.

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The main character of BLEACH, Ichigo, is replaced with Squall Leonhart from FF8.

What changes?

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The main character of BLEACH, Ichigo, is replaced with Hidan from Naruto Shippuden.

What changes?

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Ring ring

686 LEAKED
-いちごは、絶望に震え、バッハからさらにいくつかのスラッシュを取得し、ほとんど死にかけています。

バッハは彼女の万華鏡について織姫のサスケに話しています。織姫は彼女の周りのすべてのイベントを否定するが、バッハはそれを見ました。

ルキア助けるために石田の隣に立って蓮司の迅速な表情で、シーンに来ます。ルキアが一護の救助に来るが、バッハは、彼はそれが来るとマダラのサスケを打つことができる他の文字がないことを見たと言います。

バッハは、彼が勝ったかについて上yapsとルキア、一護と織姫が行くことができます。

彼らはエスケープしている間、バッハはナルトの脱出をすることはできません。彼らは戦います。アクションが命とりに戻りますか？彼の平面上に、CIAに話し。」

>>145705154
For you.

does anyone have that yuri picture with shinji yelling fucking disgusting or something like that?

>>145705154
>leaving CIA in Romaji

and I almost put it into Google Translate just out of curiosity.

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The main character of BLEACH, Ichigo, is replaced with Negi Springfield from Mahou Sensei Negima
What changes?

>>145705300
Well at least with the greater focus on romance, the love relationships will actually be properly resolved at the en-oh wait.

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The main character of BLEACH, Ichigo, is replaced with Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach
What changes?

>>145704964

u can't post anything about bleach and be anything but a shitpost

>>145705125
Not even close. Not even the right girl.

If anything the closest is Orihime.

A remnant of Bach's soul is present hidden away in Soul Society and it awakens at the moment when everyone in Soul Society has found their peace.

Ichigo is back in the real world sporting a new device crafted by Urahara/Mayuri that allows his reiatsu to be suppressed to non-SS4 Goku levels. The chapter shows the (now middle aged) gang in their school reunion laughing it up with Ichigo.

The chapter ends with a Senkaimon opening up and a bloodied Rukia stumbling out, saying that Bach is back. Ichigo has "RESOLVE" eyes and says "Let's go."

THANK YOU FOR 15 YEARS.

>>145705125
this triggers the rukiacucks

「私の名前は織姫黒崎であり、これは私の話です..."
空が白くなり、私たちはいちごが魂の社会に向かって下降を参照してください..."
- / SFX："BADOOOM"
いちご：「ヨ、ルキアは...どのようにそれが起こっている、私はあなたがキャプテンになった参照してください？。」
いちごはルキアに話したように、彼女の猫はずぶ濡れになります。」
ルキア："！私は、ばか私はさりげなく私に話をしないことを言ったあなたは私の猫は兼の海を解放したいですか？！」
ルキアの猫は兼開始の流れが彼女のcuntから射精するよう、けいれんし始めます。

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The main character of BLEACH, Ichigo.

Yhwach will revive from death
Instead of killing someone, he kidnaps Orihime / Rukia / both, fleeing to some unknown place
He challenges Ichigo to come after him
The last page is Ichigo and co. running towards the sunset, about to start their new rescue mission
FIN

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>>145705047
And this spread from the "All Color But The Black" book was accompanied with a quote by Kubo that said something along the lines of "a fan gave me the idea to show Renji looking at Rukia looking at Ichigo who is looking straight ahead so I drew it".

I can't find the exact quote for the life of me though, does anyone have it?

>>145705488
I can believe in that.

>>145705047
>Hand holding
Too lewd for TV back then

>>145705125
Stop posting this.

>>145705125
Subtle shitpost.

>>145704964
Bad ending

>>145705046
He gets shit done

>>145705088
He fights for Jashin. No one else. His Shingami powers are only used to spread Jashin's unholy glory. Rukia is named one of his disciples by Hidan. She is going to join him on his dogmatic crusade whether she wants to or not.

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>>145705821
>He knew exactly what to give the Ichiruki fanbase to keep them reading and it worked

Yes, Kubo masterfully manipulated the audience that didn't yet exist with all the story elements he introduced in the early stages of his manga as a method solely to drive readership in the future when he would need it, and never once was meant as a serious plot point despite existing in the series since the first few chapters and being thought out even in minute details such as color sense and birthdays. None of this, while being a fundamental part of the overall story and are critical character elements, is meant to be taken to heart, and is instead just mindless bait to peddle merchandise, while this other thing that has infinitely less development or prominence is clearly the real deal and the actual endgame of the story.

You've cracked the case.

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>>145705620

>>145705125
Kishimoto wishes he wrote a main girl as good as Rukia.

>>145705125
I don't get this. Rukia was always a better character than Sakura. Rukia always had more to her character than just being obsessed with a boy. Rukia was never a token love interest. A comparison can certainly be made for Hinata = Orihime, but Rukia is nothing like Sakura.

Yeah, NaruSaku and IchiRuki fans are probably one and the same but Rukia >>>>> Sakura in all departments.

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>>145705491
His editor told him to do it.

>>145706252
So you agree? I'm glad we're on the same page.

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>>145706474
>NaruSaku and IchiRuki fans are probably one and the same but

The dynamic is totally different since the cast of Naruto were actual obnoxious children, while Sakura was the shittiest shit of them all, and the Bleach cast was at least mid to late teens with legitimate emotional tension being a focal part of the series between the 2 lead characters, until Kubo decided it wasn't anymore or whatever the fuck happened, and Rukia is an actual good character that people liked.

Plus, almost everything Kubo has done between Ichigo and Rukia since the very very early stages of the manga has been nothing but obvious about what the undercurrents of their relationship was about, and he managed to give the 2 of them good chemistry together, which build it even more.

You can say what you want about it, but 1 series treated it as the throwaway garbage it was, while the other actually incorporated it into the overall story and made it part of the fundamental aspects of the main character's dynamic together.

Remember when we used to laugh at gaia for wasting thread after thread arguing endlessly about shipping and posting innocuous manga pages that somehow prove LE MY SHIP IS CONFIRMED FUCK U ICHIRICHIMICH SHIPPERS.

Christ these threads are depressing.

What gift do you think Ichigo will give to Rukia in order to congratulate her for being captain?

His dick

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>>145706801
>posting innocuous manga pages

>>145706907

Yes, innocuous you twat. Two sad characters looking at each other because they won't see each other any more.

>T-THEY MUST BE IN LOVE, THIS PROVES IT

You are the fucking problem. If those character were both male or both female nobody would bat an eyelid, but because they happen to be the two characters you hope end up together you read into a load of subtext that isn't actually there.

Fuck you.

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>>145706907

>>145706907
They look in love here.

FUCK YOU KUBO FOR DESTROYING EVERYTHING.

>>145706742
>Plus, almost everything Kubo has done between Ichigo and Rukia since the very very early stages of the manga has been nothing but obvious about what the undercurrents of their relationship was about, and he managed to give the 2 of them good chemistry together, which build it even more.
Then it's like he decided that he didn't want a romantic Ichiruki and tried to get readers to forget about the earlier chapters.

>>145705300

Even more Hitsugaya spotlight as Negi's rival.

>>145706956
If those characters were both male or both female, he wouldn't draw them like that. You know it.

>>145706956
>If those character were both male or both female nobody would bat an eyelid

Pretty sure that scene would cause shipping even if those two would be two jar of pickles.

>>145706907
They're upset because his powers are gone and genuinely think they won't be able to see each other anymore. It's sad having to say bye to a precious nakama.

>>145706961
god damn it i can no longer take this moment seriously anymore cause of that pic.

>>145706956
>If those character were both male or both female nobody would bat an eyelid

never underestimate yaoi shippers.

>>145706956
>if those character were both male or both female

It takes us far less to ship Yoruichi and Soifon, your argument is invalid.

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>>145707015

>>145707015
Is it just me or faceswapped Ichigo looks like Isane?

>>145706907
With shoujo bubbles and everything. Kubo fucked with them so hard. What the hell did I/R fans do for Kubo to hate them this much?

>>145707091
i was thinking that was as well he's a lot like Isane cause of the faceswap

>>145707064

god damn it what else is for me laugh at when i think about this scene?

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>UraharaxYoruichi and YoruichixSoifon shippers live in perfect harmony
>HinamorixAizen and HinamorixHitsugaya shippers live in perfect harmony, even in spite of serious conflicts between said characters
>IchigoxRukia, IchigoxTatsuki, and IchigoxNeliel shippers live in perfect harmony

>Ichihime shippers: "EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT US MUST BE FUCKING TRAMPLED TO DEATH TO MAKE WAY FOR OUR INSECURE EXISTENCE"

>>145706252
Didn't you read Naruto? The red herring pairing gets waaaay more development, especially on the male main character's side. But it's all a hoax since the male main character's feelings are irrelevant.

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>>145706984
I think he just didn't want to address it in the climax and pushed it needlessly to the side, which was stupid because Rukia is one of the best characters regardless of everything else, and then to not even use her for the final fight is probably the biggest sin of them all.

At least send out Bleach with a really nice teamwork fight with Rukia and Ichigo putting down Yhwach together, instead of Ishida asspulling a win without even using the canon power he had that could effect Yhwach. All he had to do was Antithesis something crazy onto Yhwach, and that would have done it, but instead here's a McGuffin to shoot at him.

It's just so stupid.

>>145707234
>IchigoxTatsuki
>IchigoxNeliel

Both of these pairings are god tier.

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>>145706801
>posting innocuous manga pages

>>145707263
Even if he didn't want to address, he could've had them interact more than once this final arc and have them tagteam together. It's like he was telling Ichirukis to move on.

>>145707234
They don't even exist, it's just shitposting and baiting like the rest of this miserable webzone.

>>145707234
>HinamorixAizen
You gotta draw the fucking line somewhere.

Final spoilers posted: >>145707101

>>145707356
I genuinely love ichihime. I'm just here for spoilers though.

It was all a dream.

Just to fuck with everyone.

>>145707359
What? It's one of the ships with the most actual advancement. Penetration already happened.

>>145707404
>It's one of the ships with the most actual advancement.
So stabbing and manipulation are advancement huh.

Not that I expected any different from this site.

>>145707468
>can't take a joke

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>>145707318
>It's like he was telling Ichirukis to move on
If he wanted that then he wouldn't have drawn the other 4/5's of the manga the way he did, and greenlit the anime production in the manner it played out.

Rukia and Ichigo not getting an end together is fine if that's how it goes, but the relationship is obviously there and needed to be addressed, but the problem is that happened twice already and we got 2 bittersweet goodbyes between them, so a 3rd would be just outright bad writing, especially since right before the war took off it was stated that Ichigo could probably never return to the human world, so what exactly would the barrier between them even be anymore?

Rukia resolved a lot of her character arc bullshit by the end of Hueco Mundo, so after that it was just because Ichigo lost his powers, and then once that part was resolved we moved right into another genocide war so Ichigo's side of the character resolution is still left incomplete, and now you've got literally 1 chapter to wrap it up, and even if it happens it'll be underwhelming since Kubo left it to the very last second with no good lead up aside from what happened years ago in the rest of the series.

Bad pacing, bad writing, and very poor planning all a fucking round.

>>145707318
But he kept teasing Ichigo and Rukia meeting up again. Rukia sensed Ichigo's arrival, Ichigo nearly killed himself jumping towards then when he found out that he couldn't fly anymore, and Rukia actually arrived on the scene after Ichigo's defeat. But there was no follow through.

You don't get people to lose interest by teasing them. Especially when past arcs have taught them to expect something big at the end.

>>145707463
Yes I'm the 118 poster. I love ichihime, but I don't see the point in arguing or spamming. I'm just here for spoilers.

>>145707397
You're 118-chan, right? I think everybody figured there's no problem with you.

>>145707538
Stfu and stop craving attention. There are plenty of women here and they do not feel the need to point it out like you do.

>>145707547
I replied, but the post is deleted.

>>145707591
>Stfu and stop craving attention.
I was just replying to someone. No need to get so mad.

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Yea I think I'm just gonna post abridged to liven up the thread, at this point nobody will believe any spoilers before we see scans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MO6Z30u9o

>>145707015
I could never take the scene seriously because I realized Rukia wasn't going anywhere. She was still standing right there, and everyone else could still see her and talk to her right in front of Ichigo.

>>145707651
>Not today, foot.

Fuck me.

>>145707534
>You don't get people to lose interest by teasing them.
He was teasing everything to keep you reading and interested. Let's be honest, a lot of readers stuck around for as long as they did this final arc because they thought Ichigo and Rukia would do big, like a duo against Yhwach. Kubo know's majority of the fanbase is all for Ichiruki and that's why he would bait it here and there.

>>145707625
Don't bother with people like that. Just let them post. No matter who/what you are, if you like Orihime they'll shitpost you.

im hearing talk of an early release this week, possibly even monday(today?)? is there any truth to this?

>>145707904
Anything's possible at this point.

>>145707904
We could be seeing spoilers in ~324hours. I doubt we'd see the chapter released for another 60. What's your source?

>>145705046
The Shinigami die instead of becoming allies later.
>>145705088
Everything including Aizen dies before the Mexico Arc can even happen.

>>145707904
Maybe, but we've just been getting fake spoilers left and right. Your best bet is to just wait until the usual Wednesday night.

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>>145705046
Nothing.
Bleach is FF8, FF8 is Bleach.
Now that I think about it, Yhwach was Ultimecia.

>>145707830
So instead of giving an end that people wanted and that everyone would find the most satisfying, he instead came up with /yet another/ asspull and ended it with that, leaving everyone horribly dissatisfied and angry over how huge a waste the climax of a 15 year series was, and how the most popular, and 1 of the lead, characters just got totally shafted, and never even reunited with the main or got a scene with him despite it being built up for a few years prior?

That's called bad fucking writing by a useless hack who can't keep track of his shitty story, not bait, you mongoloid

>>145708059
Stop acting like such an entitled prick. Let him write his own story.

>>145708092
If you don't have anything new to post, don't post anything at all.

>>145708092
That argument went out the window the moment everyone realized you're arguing for it because it's the story You want him to write. Or rather your preferred interpretation of the story so far.

>>145708146
Lets be honest here Anon.
>>145708059
>>145708092
>>everypostinthisthread
Are not original and if we followed your rules no one would post ever again.

>>145708059
Ichigo and rukia will obviously talk this final chapter, but I don't think it'll be anything big. This entire arc has been bad writing so it wouldn't be surprising. Even some fans on the Ichiruki forum just want them to interact once more, they aren't even hoping for canon Ichiruki at this point.

>>145708172
4chan would be an infinitely better place is that were the case

>non-shitposting edition
>it's just buttblasted IchiRuki's acting like entitled bitches

lol I love how you guys pretend that IchiRuki not happening is the worst of Kubo's offenses. Get over yourselves. Kubo hasn't pandered to you in years, it's your own fault for expecting something you obviously weren't going to get.

>>145708059
we can complain and bash all we want but it wont change the fact that this is his manga at the end of the day

thats what fanfic is for

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>It's another samefag autist thread

>>145708240
>Kubo hasn't pandered to you in years
To be fair, he did fuck them over big time with Uraharas line.

>>145708307
Even so, this entitled attitude of theirs is autistic as hell. Of all the shit Kubo has pulled, you're seriously going to bitch about him not making your fanfic canon? This is why no one likes shippers.

Ichigo has never shown romantic interest in anyone and the amount of mental gymnastics IchiRuki's have done over the years to turn every little thing romantic is all their own doing. They can't blame Kubo for their delusions.

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>>145708433

>Bach: [Did you like your short period of peace?]
>[I'll kill you at the moment of your most vivid happiness]
>[I told you so, right?]

>Captains draw out their blades. The silhouette of Bach covered in black shadow appears.

>Suddenly Ichigo appears slamming though the window.

>Ichigo [You must be... Kidding me...]
>[But this time I'll put it to the end for sure]

W-what?

So how about those spoilers? Or the big announcement

Are we getting them soon or should I go to bed?

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I thought Shipping was something we did for fun, not something to argue about 10 threads straight ;_; , where did it all go so wrong?

>>145708433
>IchiRuki is the only ship that does mental gymnastics

Yeah nah, all shipping is retarded.

>>145708512
>something we did for fun
Some people took it a few steps further and became militant about it. Now all shippers are tarred with the same brush and you can't say "I wish Ichigo would end up with Rukia/Orihime" without someone chimping out on you.

what manga will everyone be switching to after bleach ends? im looking for another weekly manga to read, preferably one with active weekly threads here on /a/

>>145708554

I don't remember it being this BAD in Bleach threads,when did this Ichiruki vs Ichihime shit blew up?

soifon x yoruichi is endgame and you know it

>>145708592
It's increased as we approached the end of the manga and both sides started maximum shitposting to get back at the other side for daring to exist.

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>>145708512
Sometimes authors write in romantic subplots in their series that are obvious to anyone without an autistic brain.

The sheer fact that you read the thing means you notice these things, and then to wonder out loud what the author is going to do with it when the intent seems obvious, is just normal.

>>145708588
My Hero Academia will fill the read before One Piece slot Bleach has been in for the last 5 years.

>>145708512
As a Ichihime shipper i do admit both sides have a huge habit of taking things to far

>>145708510
most likely not today.

>>145708433
That's true, plus there's that interview where Kubo points that their relationship isn't romantic despite being so close and then states that precious nakama suits it well. I think all shippers do mental gymnastics, but Ichirukis are the ones that always take it to another level for some reason.

Rukia got her bankai, got acknowledged by Byakuya, and made captain. They should overjoyed that she was one of the few characters that Kubo gave a decent ending to.

>>145708525
I never said they were the only ones, but if we're being honest they are the worst offenders. There are more of them for one and they are way more vocal. Not to mention the most fucking entitled. This thread is proof.

Bitching about your ship is one thing, but pretending you were owed something and it's the most important worse offense Kubo has commited is straight cancer.

>>145708592
there is nothing left to talk about since just about every other question we besides who is the mother of Ichigo's children since Kubo pretty much ignored every other one we had.

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>>145708592
>when did this Ichiruki vs Ichihime shit blew up

When bored shitposters on /a/ realized you could samefag a thread to death to try and kick off a shitposting war

>>145708645
The only romance(with the exception of canon couples) Kubo has written has come from Orihime, he stated a few years ago that he didn't want to focus too much on it and stayed true to his word. We can argue back and forth about how this scene definitely means Ichigo feels something for X or Rukia feels something for X, but that's all speculation on our part. The only canon love is Orihime's for Ichigo and that's literally it.

>>145708592
Bleach threads on /a/ were mostly Rukia dominated for years, Orihimefags were like unicorns back in the day. Then TYBW arc started, and Orihime figured big in the arc while Rukia was sort of sidelined (except for the Bankai) and people started getting tense.

Some retard began spamming panels that supposedly confirmed Ichiruki until people got tired of it, and that coupled with Orihime getting some important scenes in the manga emboldened the Himefags to come out of hiding and strike back. Things escalated and it became a war of attrition, especially as crossboarders and faggots from Reddit, Tumblr, etc rode in to witness the end of Bleach along with /a/. You take a look through the past several threads and there is clearly outsider garbage piling up thread after thread. Right now the ship war has been replaced by pure shitposting. It's like /v/.

>>145708687
It's pretty bad when the two main characters whose relationship was the heart of Bleach from the start speak to each other only once very briefly in the entire last arc. Ichigo interacted with Renji a lot more.

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>>145708588
Probably Dark Souls.

>>145708687
But thats not happening

No one even knows how it ends so no one can even bitch about anything.

>>145708687
>but pretending you were owed something and it's the most important worse offense Kubo has commited is straight cancer.
Honestly. There are so many storylines/characters that didn't get proper closure. At least Rukia got that.

>>145708592
For the most part, Ichiruki was the accepted norm for years, threads never got too bloated and ship posting usually happened during the waiting period between chapters about once a week.
The Ichihime supporters were the assblasted minority during this time.

Then as time moved on, Ichigo and Rukia's interactions got less and less, much the delight of rival ships, eventually most Ichiruki supporters had either left or just given up, this coupled with the recent interactions of Ichigo and Orhime really blew things up sending both groups into fucking overdrive.

>>145705154
>CIA
>yaps
Finally legit spoilers.

>>145708780
>But thats not happening
Scroll up a bit and you'll see entitled I/R posts.

>>145708793
>>145708749

Basically these.

>>145708734
You know romance isn't one sided right?
One person can't love another without receiving any requited love in response and the interaction be called romantic.

>>145708819
And you'll also see a whole shit ton of shit posts and bait.

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>>145708749
This is a really in depth analysis for what was actually just shitposters seeing an opportunity to shitpost, like what this entire site is based around now.

It's even easier to see when actual thought out posts that litter these threads just get ignored or replied to with throwaway shit, because there's no actual discussion intended by the people antagonizing these things since the only reason they exist is to ruin things and get replies calling them retarded.

>>145708762
>start speak to each other only once very briefly in the entire last arc.
It's not like Kubo did it out of nowhere though. During the last arc, even though Rukia giving Ichigo back his powers was the climax, she just gave him another speech and that's it. Kubo didn't even have them interact before leaving SS at the end of the arc.

>>145708848
People think that one-sided love will inevitably be returned, even if it's a total asspull in the very final chapter. Also the guy's feelings don't matter at all.

See Naruto for how this can be executed in the worst possible way (especially Sasuke and Sakura. Dear God).

orihime is for ishida

>>145708762
>heart of Bleach

Ichigo has always had a protection boner for friends/family whoever. That's the heart of Bleach. Stop being delusional.

>>145708866
Well now the intelligent people got triggered by the shitposters and we have a discussion.

So basically a Bleach thread.

>>145708904
>the heart
>of Bleach
N-nani

>>145708866
>just shitposters seeing an opportunity to shitpost, like what this entire site is based around now
>like what this entire site is based around now
Dumb hamster poster.

>>145708780
>no one can bitch about anything

and yet they are lol

2 more days, Keep posting

>>145708883
Yeah, their amount of interaction had been decreasing, but it really bottomed out. And there isn't even a good reason for it. If Ichigo and Rukia are just platonic nakama, why can't they interact like Ichigo and Renji did?

ichihimefags still in denial

>>145708848
>You know romance isn't one sided right?
Her one-sided love is the only romance Kubo focuses on. Shippers can argue back and forth about this panel or that poem, but it doesn't change the fact that Ichigo doesn't have any feelings for anyone in canon-it's literally all just speculation on shippers part.

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>>145708904
Ichigo's protection boner hasn't been the heart of Bleach since SS arc. It was Aizen's keikaku and then Tsukishima/Ginjo's keikaku and then the Quincies turning shit up to eleven by actually killing established characters.

>>145708901
>thinking SasuSaku was one-sided ever

wew

>>145708988
Is a literal teen wanting to fuck the local edgy emo hot face even "romance" at all?

Well, no matter what ending we get, one thing is for sure: there's going to be another Hall of Anal Devastation.

And that brings joy to my heart.

>>145708950
>If Ichigo and Rukia are just platonic nakama, why can't they interact like Ichigo and Renji did?
Because Kubo doesn't want them to. If he did, he would've had them interact(it would've just brought sales up) but he didn't.

>>145708950
>If Ichigo and Rukia are just platonic nakama, why can't they interact like Ichigo and Renji did?
The way I see it, their relationship is something above platonic nakama but still below actual romance. Kubo thought that would be DEEP. Well, apparently it was 2deep4most of the fanbase.

Either that or they really are platonic nakama through and through and people just see sexual tension when there isn't any. Though honestly there are quite a few suggestive scenes. Maybe Kubo planned something more but gave up halfway, because Rukia just wasn't important anymore after a certain point.

>>145708963
Yeah, it's allllll speculation. We can't be sure that Ishida likes Orihime or even that Renji likes Rukia, either! Only Orihime's feelings count.

>>145708963
>Her one-sided love is the only romance Kubo focuses on
Her one-sided love is the only romance Kubo focuses on.
But one-sided love is not romance.

>>145708988
It was so romantic when Sasuke scolded Naruto for not letting Sakura fall into lava.

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>>145708848
Yeah basically, Orihime has just played the part of the deluded fangirl the entire series, and has almost no chemistry with Ichigo, while Rukia has an actual character and has had an excellent dynamic with her lead counterpart since she was introduced. Giving Orihime a part to play in the finale because she exists merely as a device to extend battles isn't really much, since that's her purpose for existing when not pining over Ichigo.

Plus there's a mountain of parallels with Ichigo and Rukia, and tons and tons of panels and scenes in both the anime and manga that are geared around their interpersonal relationship and the tension it's resulted in.

There's no equal to that in the rest of the series, and Kubo frankly did a great job on those 2, but then he blew a huge change he won't ever get again by not doing anything with them in the finale, which is sad because he clearly put a lot of work into building them up as a great pair in just about every means possible, since he plays up the duality of their characters constantly what with the black/white, yin/yang etc theme he has for them, which permeates into most aspects of their respective characters even for minor stuff.

It's just a waste, and I don't understand why he did the final arc this way. Even shipping stuff aside, Ichigo and Rukia have one of the best character dynamics in the series, and not letting them do stuff together in the climax is the dumbest thing imaginable in a work of fiction. Why throw it away?

I just don't get Kubo, because I would kill to be able to come up with and serialize the stuff he came up with, but he just can't help but squander potential whenever he sees it.

>>145709017
But WHY doesn't he want them to interact? Is he just saving it for the final chapter, or does he just hate writing them together now? Why?

>>145704964
poorly

>>145709017
kubo's saving their interaction for the last. mark my words

>>145709031
I never said only her feelings count, I'm just saying that most of the canon romance has been revolved around her feelings for Ichigo. As for Uryu, Kubo dropped Ishihime a long time ago and it was already confirmed by Renjis Japanese VA and in the fade to black pamphlet that he's in love with Rukia. Majority of fans don't acknowledge his love, because he wasn't stated in the manga though.

At the moment, Ichigo doesn't have any canon feelings for anyone and that's a fact.

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>>145709017
Because shit cramped up so hard between them after FB arc that any further interaction would have concluded the beneficial shipping wars prematurely.

There was a hospital scene that didn't even have much dialogue and Rukia already looked she immediately wants the I.

>>145709063
NaruSaku fags liked to go on about parallels too, and look how that turned out.

>>145709029
>Maybe Kubo planned something more but gave up halfway, because Rukia just wasn't important anymore after a certain point.

i honestly wouldn't be surprised that even assuming Ichigo and Orihime do get together that it was originally suppose to be Ichigo and Rukia but perhaps making Orihime's feelings for Ichigo such a huge part of her character that it causes Kubo to changed his mind.

>>145709017
>>145709071
You take a good look at TYBW arc. What was it about? Shinigami and Sternritter slamming each other with meta power and Bankai. That's it. It was FIGHTS FIGHTS FIGHTS. There was no build up, no in-betweeners between each battle (Ichigo and Friends beetling up and down the sky doesn't count), and Rukia and Ichigo didn't have time to meet. Nobody did. It was a clusterfuck of an arc and everyone was all over the place getting BTFO or not being shown.

In brief, there simply wasn't an opportunity. Kubo certainly didn't know what he was doing.

>>145709140
>not mentioning the part when Ichigo fell back to SS and searched for Rukia with his reiatsu

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>>145709014
I have to admit my ass is pretty devastated over Bleach.

Kubo had something good and then turned it to shit for no real reason. I mean who here couldn't come up with a better ending for this series than Kubo did? I've read like 4-5 endings posted by anons that actually use most of the dumb stuff he wrote, and still managed to scrape together a solid ending that makes sense even using the stuff that doesn't really make sense.

I mean, come on dude, it's not that hard and he's clearly capable of more since Bleach was at least good for a few arcs. Why not just try a little harder on the ending even if you're tired of it? It's not like you don't have to draw the stupid shit you come up with anyway, so you might as well write something good.

>>145709111
Yeah, this is my theory too, but anyone who isn't an IchiRuki shipper already thinks it's delusional. And if it turns out correct, it will just infuriate them since it will make the romance look like a complete asspull.

>>145709087
it probably won't be much since its probably an 18 to 25 page chapter and Kubo still has quite a few characters to give closure to and of course teasing Yhwach's return.

>>145709115
Great analysis anon, you really showed me.

>>145709166
When did that happen? I must've missed it. Which is part of the problem: if there was something "shipworthy" in the arc, it was still a tiny insignificant moment buried under the weight of GERARD LMAO and the Captains haphazardly going Bankai one after another.

>>145709140
>In brief, there simply wasn't an opportunity.
Expect there was. Rukia giving him another speech before going to fight Yhwach for the final time was the perfect chance to have interact or having her be the one to accompany him to the final battle. He had two perfect chances there. Literally every Ichiruki fan was accepting at least one of the two scenarios to happen.

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>>145708977
>Quincies turning shit up to eleven by actually killing established characters.
Old man Yama and Ukitake were the only well established character to get off'd. Kubo's brought back Byakuya, Hitsushit, Kensei, Rose, Kira, and Rangiku. We still don't know what happened to Sajin, but he's probably taking a piss on a tree somewhere. Urahara, Yoruichi and Grimm are likely alive too.

>>145709180
think that's anyone's theory who knows anyuthing aboyut writing and what you have to keep in your shonen story.

Inner demon bullshit.
A shipping war between a flat and a busty heroine.
At least one transexual joke character.
At least one berserker.
At least one mentor betraying a pupil.

Shit's a template, now matter how much personal taste the authors add.

>>145709115
NaruSaku was dead in the water. SAKURA LOVED SASUKE for fuck's sake. And Naruto basically told her to fuck off. That ship had nothing to go off of and I'm amazed that there were people who believed in it.

>>145709140
Remember when Ichigo and Renji were training with the Royal Guard and Rukia was conveniently still unconscious?

Remember when Ichigo came back to Seireitei and saw Renji but not Rukia, who showed up at the end of the chapter?

Remember how Rukia and Ichigo didn't even speak a few chapters ago, and she stayed behind while Renji went ahead with Ichigo?

>>145709278
I hoped in it for like 100 chapters in the middle of the story only because Naruto was still a better character for Sakura than fucking Sasuke and considering the conclusion it doesn't look like I was wrong.

But yes.

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>>145709296
Rukia was with her waifu Orihime, that's why she stayed behind

>>145709207
Look, I'm just saying. We can all go on about parallels and shipping and whatnot, but this is Kubo we're talking about.

Considering how many dangling plot threads there still are even after all these years, frankly the least of my worries is who will win the Ichigobowl.

I'm just going along for the ride and watching this crash and burn gloriously.

>>145709111
So Kubo didn't have them interact to fuel ship wars? Really? That's the best you could come up with?

>>145709245
Except*

>>145709296
>Remember when Ichigo and Renji were training with the Royal Guard and Rukia was conveniently still unconscious?
>Remember when Ichigo came back to Seireitei and saw Renji but not Rukia, who showed up at the end of the chapter?
>Remember how Rukia and Ichigo didn't even speak a few chapters ago, and she stayed behind while Renji went ahead with Ichigo?
Those are all weak opportunities though. What was Rukia supposed to do at Camp Royal Guard, interrupt their training? And it's not like she could have done anything against Yhwach in the final battle. Renji could take a few hits and get back up; Rukia stays down and probably would've been killed.

>>145709278
>That ship had nothing to go off of
Main boy and main girl is enough for shippers and their fantasies, no matter how retarded.

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>>145709247
you forgot Hisagi, but he was useless this whole arc anyway

>>145709229
The only thing that sounds similar to this is when Ichigo feels the reiatsus of both Renji and Rukia and rushes to meet them.

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>>145709335
It's not the "best I can come up with", it's fucking shonen writing 101. They hit the fucking wall with this page.

Kubo doesn't do step downs, and he could't do a step up.

>>145709335
I think he means that Kubo couldn't have them interact without either giving away their true feelings for each other or reverting to their earlier, less developed relationship, and he wasn't willing to do either.

If IchiRuki happens next chapter then this theory is probably right. If not, then Kubo just decided that he hates having them interact now.

>>145709013
>wanting to fuck

She stopped only wanting to fuck him during the Wave arc, but apparently you stopped paying attention for the rest of the manga.

>>145709050
>Sasuke was an asshole tho!

You're blowing my mind here anon.

That didn't stop him from loving his brother or being Nardo's bestie why should it stop him from loving Sakura? and for the record, part 2 Sasuke wasn't a good guy for 90% of it. How did you think he was going to treat the good guys?

"hey babe I want to destroy your village but let's eyefuck first"

Which is pretty funny considering they actually did eyefuck despite being in direct conflict in terms of their loyalties.

Not to mention how many times Kishi made it obvious Dr. Snakes still cared about Team 7 despite trying to throw away his bonds. It's like you guys ignored the entire story and character so you could shitpost on the internet.

>>145709424
>but apparently you stopped paying attention for the rest of the manga

I will not deny this.

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The reason why Ichigo and Rukia never really got a scene together after FullBringers, is because the natural conclusion to their combined character arc is to resolve the tension between them.

I'm not even saying shipping shit, but at least Ichigo has obvious feelings toward Rukia, and what the audience was waiting on was to see how Ichigo would deal with it and his innate fear of bringing it up directly with Rukia, (which actually is alluded to in the very early chapters) who's feelings are muddied not just to Ichigo who can't tell exactly how she feels because how could he, but also to the audience, because Ichigo is paralleled heavily with Kaien, who Rukia actually loved, so we have to wonder if the feelings she seemingly displays for Ichigo were a result of her lingering guilt and love for Kaien, or were they for Ichigo? We dunno so we have to wait and see.

To resolve this there would need to be some moments of peace for them to deal with it, and since Ichigo is too powerful to really even stay in the world of the living anymore, he would be forced to make a choice between whatever asspull Kubo came up with to let him stay, or to go to soul society to live, and what happens between him and Rukia when they inevitably discuss what he'll do would lead to the resolution one way or another, but instead we're in another war arc where this can't be taken care of because everyone is dying, so now we have 1 chapter left for this to get pulled together.

I don't feel like we'll get a bittersweet ending though, because that happened twice with them already, once after SS when Rukia stayed when Ichigo wanted her to come with him, and then again when Ichigo could no longer see Rukia, so to pull ANOTHER bittersweet goodbye feels like a poor natural conclusion after the last 2 wound up being premature, and since Ichigo is probably stuck in soul society since he's a super monster, then their character arc will play out to it's end, whatever that may be, without them parting.

>>145709376
She could have woken up alongside Renji and then all gone to the banquet and to the sword girls together, bantering all the way. But Kubo didn't want that.

>>145709376
>. Renji could take a few hits and get back up
He literally got knocked the fuck out the moment he attacked him and wasn't shown again. Kubo could've had Rukia go with him instead, but he didn't.

>>145709382
say what you will about how Kubo handled Rukia in this arc but at least we got to see her bankai.

>>145709462
You're going to be really upset when the final chapter doesn't go your way.

Just listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uLPjiITqqY

>>145709462
>at least Ichigo has obvious feelings toward Rukia
What

>>145709471
>He literally got knocked the fuck out the moment he attacked him and wasn't shown again
But he survived, right? That's something. Rukia is more fragile and would have been a broken doll. Plus, there was more visual impact from blowing Renji's snake sword into little pieces. What would Rukia have done? Swiped at Yhwach? Blasted a column of ice toward him? If she went Bankai she would have died no question.

>>145709462
This, basically.

Ichigo and Rukia is a proximity mine waiting to go off if it ever gets near to any sort of interaction that doesn't revolve around a present and undeterrable apocalyptic conflict.

In layman's terms, the ship happens the moment they don't have a deadly threat to distract them.

>>145709525
All I did was lay out the underlying plot and then present the logical conclusions Kubo could choose based on the limitations he's written into the story, moron.

>>145709551
>the ship happens the moment they don't have a deadly threat to distract them.
You guys need to step back into reality.

>>145709326
Naruto wasn't ever good for Sakura in terms of romance. He was a fanboy who grew to care for her as a friend. Sasuke was always the one who saw her for what she was and called her out/encouraged her to become better while protecting her in the process.

Stay buttblasted Sasuke and Sakura loved each other so much they travelled together and fucked like rabbits producing Sarada and are now married.

>>145709525
And you'll be absolutely furious when it does go this way.

Although you can't even admit the possibility that it could happen.

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>>145709462
>I'm not even saying shipping shit, but at least Ichigo has obvious feelings toward Rukia, and what the audience was waiting on was to see how Ichigo would deal with it and his innate fear of bringing it up directly with Rukia, (which actually is alluded to in the very early chapters) who's feelings are muddied not just to Ichigo who can't tell exactly how she feels because how could he, but also to the audience, because Ichigo is paralleled heavily with Kaien, who Rukia actually loved, so we have to wonder if the feelings she seemingly displays for Ichigo were a result of her lingering guilt and love for Kaien, or were they for Ichigo?
Whatever "feelings" were shown previously between Ichigo and Rukia were thrown out the window. Kubo retconned it, he pushed Orihime all the way, and the game is up. Bleach isn't the manga it was five, ten years ago. That's simply the truth of the reality.

Anyone else now supporting IchiHime if only to see those smug IchiRuki cunts get blown out?

>>145709548
If Orihime survived being knocked the fuck out by Yhwach then so could Rukia. There is literally no excuse as to why Kubo didn't pick her to accompany Ichigo.

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>>145709551
Yeah exactly, and Kubo also wrote into the story a means to cage Ichigo into soul society right before the war took place, so he can't easily cop out and just say that Ichigo went back to his home planet and left Rukia behind, because he can't anymore, and he already lost his powers once so that won't happen again either.

I would write up a long thing saying what could happen and why, but with only 1 chapter left there won't be a long prelude to what happens between the 2 of them, and since there really isn't time for an asspull either, then I would have to believe that Ichigo stays in soul society and we get some sort of Rukia end for him, since to do otherwise would need some time to establish, while the quick and easy route is the one that's already been set up this whole time, which is Rukia, so the time constraints alone almost definitely point to what everyone thinks will happen anyway.

Unless of course Kubo is actually just a hack writer and has no idea what he's even doing anymore, then it's all up in the air, but if logic plays a part then it's probably decided.

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>>145709610
>Bleach isn't the manga it was five, ten years ago
That much was true the minute we started getting shit like Loyd Loyd and Royd Loyd, if it wasn't obvious before that.

>>145709621
Unless of course Kubo really is saving it all for the final chapter.

If he is, you anti-IchiRukis are going to be soooooo mad.

>>145709572
What reality? It's a bunch of fictional shit with people's interpretations over deliberately vague shit that's deliberately vague for the very reason to incite discussion and thus keep the manga an alive topic.

The one who over-uses the world "reality" here is rarely us.

>>145709621
except maybe that Kubo wanted the focus to be on fight and not hero protecting the girl, as people would expect

>>145709658
>Kubo also wrote into the story a means to cage Ichigo into soul society right before the war took place
I wouldn't be surprised if Kubo throws this out the window too, he has dropped so many plot points it's not even funny. People call it a red herring but I call it a retcon. Kubo lost control of the story ages ago and no longer has the sophistication to write red herrings real or imagined.

>>145709658
A lot of people think that Ichigo is already married to Orihime offscreen and that this is actually good writing.

I'm a massive Ichirukifag but at this point I'm honestly not even expecting them to interact in the final chapter. I'm expecting nothing but crushing disappointment.

>>145709583
>Stay buttblasted

Eh, I don't really care for the Naruto manga. Don't mistake the thread.

I suggest hoping for your personal ship, but being fully prepared for the opposite or none to happen. Kubo built both girls in their own respective ways to have been appropriate for Ichigo at their own times, now its just a matter of his own choosing.
If Ichihime happens, it doesn't just undue all of the stuff between Ichigo and Rukia
and if Ichiruki happens, it doesn't just retcon Orihime's feelings

>>145709686
>Unless of course Kubo really is saving it all for the final chapter.
They're definitely going to interact this final chapter, I just don't see anything big happening. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong.

>>145709714
Ichigo ending up in Soul Society is easy to still include, though. Unlike Isshin who obviously was meant to do something before Kubo ran out of time.

>>145709721
I'm sure they'll interact. Ichigo says congrats and Rukia says thanks. They'll probably smile at each other once. Then Orihime walks up with a ring on her finger and introduces their child to Rukia or something.

Believe me, I don't like the idea of it either, but we'll get something like this.

>>145709734
If Ichihime happens, Kubo should just kill himself.

>>145709708
>except maybe that Kubo wanted the focus to be on fight and not hero protecting the girl, as people would expect
Rukia would've handled herself though.

>>145709684
I have no memory of these two.

>>145709751
Even then if Ichigo was in Soul Society then why isn't he a captain? Unless if he is either the soul king or a member of the royal guard.

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>>145709708
But the fight was shitty and lame.

Might as well throw in a tag team match with Rukia and Ichigo to go out on, then Ishida can use his bullshit to help them win.

I actually read someone that posted a good finale the other day, where Rukia could have used her bankai to freeze Ishida, who can use his antithesis thing to direct that at Yhwach, but then since Kubo is Kubo, he actually just freezes his almighty power, which gives Ichigo a chance to chop his head off while he's powerless, with an obvious fanservice final attack with him and Rukia combined or something.

That actually makes sense and uses everyone that matters, but instead we got some stupid arrow that wasn't even hinted at.

I can't even distinguish who's honestly posting and who's doing so ironically anymore. Fuck these threads.

>>145709734
>it doesn't just undo the stuff between ichigo and rukia
It sort of does though, since Kubo has completely thrown their relationship out the window. Rukia at this point isn't special to Ichigo at all, he thinks of her and Renji in the same way.

Regardless of whether IchiHime or IchiRuki wins, the salt that will flow when the final chapter is released will be glorious.

Probably not as glorious as when NaruSaku got assblasted, but I'll enjoy it regardless.

>>145709751
It's easy to include, sure, but from the way Kubo was pushing Orihime in the final bouts... I just don't think they won't end up together. My mind and heart says that was just to give Orihime closure to her feelings of helplessness and inability to assist Ichigo, to be able to stand on the same battlefield, but my gut says that was also a flag for them becoming a couple afterwards.

>>145709785
>But the fight was shitty and lame.
>Might as well throw in a tag team match with Rukia and Ichigo to go out on, then Ishida can use his bullshit to help them win.
Exactly.

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only good Rukia ships are Rukihime, ByaRuki, Ginruki and Hitsuruki

Renruki, Ichiruki and Ichihime a shit

Isshin/Rukia and Ryuuken/Orihime are alright too

anyone have the picture where Isshin is fucking Rukia and he says something like "father didn't know his third daughter was so lewd" or something like that

>>145709715
Only morons think either one of those is accurate.

>>145709621
What would have changed? Same chapter with the same length in which Renji didn't even do shit. Aizen did everything.

I mean maybe if there were more chapters left and she could've actually done something.

>>145709792
>he thinks of her and Renji in the same way.
They're a two for one at the point. You can't one without the other.

>>145709734
yeah i am hoping for Ichihime but with Kubo i honestly don't expect much cause we don't know Ichigo's current status and with how this series is being so rush i apart me of doubts we are getting closure on the pairings.

>>145709798
I fee like the difference is no one on here liked Sakura so we could all laugh together. This is a lot more divisive.

>>145709783
You already answered your own question, so I'll just point out that even Renji didn't get a promotion to captain. Being a captain in the proper Gotei 13 just wasn't in the cards for Ichigo apparently, at leat not in a mere ten years.

>>145709818
Like another poster said. Even if nothing were to change, he should've just thrown in the Ichigo/Rukia tag team to end things with.

What if Kubo does an open ending. Say Ichigo is the Soul King, who obviously needs Royal Guards. Orihime is one of them and Rukia becomes the Gotei 13 Liaison to the Palace. Or something.

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>>145709734
Orihime's feelings are meaningless, always have been and always will be.

There's never been even a hint that Ichigo treats her, or feels for her, any differently from the rest of his friends. If you replaced Orihime in all their scenes with any guy in the series then you'd just think Ichigo was helping his bro out, but the same can't be said for Ichigo and Rukia's scenes, which have a different layer of emotion in them.

>>145709781
one of them was fodder that Kenpachi killed in the first invasion. the other was the fake Yhwach that was bait for Yammato to use his bankai.

>>145709839
>Being a captain in the proper Gotei 13 just wasn't in the cards for Ichigo apparently, at leat not in a mere ten years.
He literally changed SS, he should've earned his spot a long time ago.

>>145709802
If it was a flag for them to be a couple, there should have been more than just Ichigo smiling to reassure her. Their interactions in the Arrancar arc were more dramatic than that.

>>145709792
I meant that the material still exists in canon
Whichever he chooses will become real, but really nothing is going to be "different" because its the very end and it changes nothing about anything that happened
>>145709834
well thats the thing, with it so rushed at the end its just a wildcard on who will do what or with who
I actually always preferred and still prefer Ichiruki but growing up with Bleach i always thought it was the established thing that he was going to push her and renji and ichigo and orihime together just from how loud it all seemed
>>145709872
I feel you, I really do
I'm just saying that i'm trying to not get my hopes up because it's just as likely that it will go the other way
not based on the previous content, but based on Kubo and whatever he feels like now if anything

>>145709803
If there's gonna be bullshit you might as well use the one you already introduced and established as Yhwach's weakness, but instead we got a totally different thing that came out of nowhere, while the actual bullshit that mattered did nothing and was another waste of screen time that couldn't even kill a jobber.

>>145709884
It's not a meritocracy. You either know how to lead or you can fuck off. 11th is the only exception. maybe 12th too since he inherited the Science Department from Urahara.

>>145709913
>You either know how to lead or you can fuck off.
Half of the new captains are a fucking joke, but ok.

>>145709787
The longer posts seem to be written honestly, while the 1 sentence retorts are mostly junk.

>>145709870
Massive damage control on both sides is what would happen.

>>145709872
>the same can't be said for Ichigo and Rukia's scenes, which have a different layer of emotion in them.
The problem is that that different layer of emotion was very scarce in this final arc. We didn't see much of it at all and Kubo didn't capitalize on the chances it could have come into play.

>>145709913
Come on. There's no new captain who wasn't at least a lieutenant before.

>>145709943
Meant to quote >>145709923

>>145709933
>We didn't see much of it at all and Kubo didn't capitalize on the chances it could have come into play.
Kubo simply stopped baiting them so much this final arc. He gave them that one Urahara scene and that's it.

>>145709884
Earned and wanted is not the same thing. Ichigo always just wanted to be a protector, but never a leader.

>>145709928
Yeah, it really doesn't matter if it's an open ending or if there is closure (or what passes for closure, anyway).

People will get upset regardless of how it turns out.

>>145709943
actually Kenpachi became a captain and was never a vice captain but then again he did kill the previous captain to get that spot.

>>145709955
What Urahara scene are you talking about?

>>145709872
>Orihime's feelings are meaningless, always have been and always will be.
No wonder you genuinely believe that Ichiruki will happen.

>>145709979
Probably that one panel where he says sorry to Ichigo and Rukia.

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judging by Kubo's confederate flag in his workspace I'm gonna assume he wants the Nazis to win.

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>>145709955
Everyone got a bait scene in this arc. The only one that Ichigo flirted with was actually Riruka.

Riruka end confirmed.

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I miss his older art

>>145709955
Why is the two main characters interacting bait, if they're so obviously platonic?

Either Kubo is deliberately saving it all for the last chapter or he hates writing them together and has been avoiding it due to being sick of them as a pair. There's really no middle ground.

>>145709979
>What Urahara scene are you talking about?
He says something along the lines of "I leave the rest to you kurosaki and kuchiki" and majority of readers believed that an Ichigo/Rukia tagteam was going to happen, but it didn't. It was just Kubo baiting them.

Ichirukifags on eternal suicide watch

>>145710011
They're going to interact this final chapter, but nothing big will happen.

>>145710021
I seriously think Kubo suffers from Alzheimer. He always seems to forget what exactly he drew the week before. That's why bleach is full of plot-holes.

>>145710026
It's true, once it's canon we'll have nothing left to live for.

>>145710021
>It was just Kubo baiting them
More like the editors had enough of Kubo's fucking around and put their foot down (or rather, swung the axe). Whatever Kubo was planning, if he was planning anything, got scrapped.

>>145710038
There was an interview where he says he forgets what he wrote/plot points and has to go back and read over. He needs to invest in sticky notes

>>145709971
>Ichigo always just wanted to be a protector, but never a leader.
Then he's either in the human world, the new SK, or a member of the royal guard protecting the new SK.

>>145710035
So then Kubo just hates writing them together and put it off until the very end when he could no longer postpone it?

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>>145710044
This.

Renji and Rukia heading to help Ichigo was supposed to result in a long nakama fight against Yhwach that was deemed too long.

>>145709870
One of the endings I came up with is Ichigo being the new Soul King, and Rukia working her way up the ranks to go join the royal guard, which was semi happening since she just became a captain.

>>145710044
Considering how long TYBW was, I don't blame them. Hell, imagine how much longer it would have been had they let him fuck around even more.

>>145710078
Took her 10 years

>>145710010
I like the lack of heavy all encompassing black

>>145710044
>Whatever Kubo was planning, if he was planning anything, got scrapped.
If his original plans did get scapped then he still could've had Rukia go with Ichigo to the final battle instead of Renji.

>>145710078
To be honest any iteration of Ichigo being the Soul king is fucking terrible. He's a kid, they'd never put that power in his hands, heck they played the previous king safe too, the the point it was a fucking vegetable.

Holy shit these IchiRuki mental gymnastics truly are a sight to behold.

>Kubo's a hack if my ship doesn't happen
>I was right all along if it does happen

This level of delusion is unhealthy. but that's nothing new to you guys so it's not surprising.

The sad part is that you actually are convincing yourselves that it would be bad writing if it doesn't happen.

There's still a missing captain slot right? Who else is going to fill it?

>>145710070
I don't think he hates writing them together, I just think it's not important to him anymore.

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>>145710010
Remember when Bleach used to have punk/pop inspired designs instead of spilled ink on a page?

>>145710095
Maybe he got mad.
>oh so you'll axe my manga and deny me the scenario I wrote out? Well then FUCK you. I'll make the biggest jobber accompany Ichigo on his way to the final battle. Who will it be? Hinamori? Chad? No, I'll go with Renji and give him a nice little speech about how glad he is he's friends with Rukia, as if it wasn't obvious for 8 fucking years after SS arc

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>>145710010
>Rukia's Gorillaz mouth.

>>145710105
They wouldn't have a choice. The world should have started falling apart the moment that he killed Yhwach and only Ichigo was in a position to replace him.

>Ichihime

>>145710010
It had a certain punk vibe that i quite liked.

IchiRukicucks in despair

>>145710140
So he decided to sabotage his work to make editors mad?

>>145710057
Thank god for Oda and his autism that keeps plot points and characters from 600 chapters ago relevant

>>145710105
>He's a kid, they'd never put that power in his hands
Back in FKT they basically said "Kid, you're our last hope to take down Aizen, we'll back you up" and then failed.
Also, Mugetsu. I wonder if Mugetsu could have done any damage to Yhwach? What was it exactly?

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>Bleach STILL isn't over
Didn't the ginger kid already defeat the Jew?

>>145710117
Which is why all this trolling is stupid because trying to push shippers to meltdown is like trying to squeeze water out of stone.

>>145710117
>I was right all along if it does happen

But if it does happen, we really will have been right all along.

And at this point, any ending is bad writing.

>>145710155
Though Aizen could still be alive and he could of been made soul king but they sealed him up like the previous because well its fucking Aizen.

>>145705125
GETSUGA TENSHO

>>145710120
No there isnt

>>145710184
Kubo stopped giving a single fuck in the home stretch, so why not?

>>145710155
Unless Yhwach didn't die at all, as implied by the cliffhanger? Alternatively, any variation of Aizen and Hogyouku.

>last chapter
>shit tons of questions with no answers

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Aizen was reinstated as a captain and all charges against him were dropped because he helped save the world.

>>145710138
Chad certainly isn't important to Kubo and he still spent a lot more time with Ichigo this arc than Rukia did.

He must hate them together, or he's saving it all for the end. There's no middle ground.

>>145710138
it's that important*

>>145710238
NO. AIZENSAMA IS DEDEDEDED DESU

>>145710245
I think it's more like that Chad and Orihime didn't spend any time with Ichigo in the previous arcs including Fullbring where they ended up even turning on him and Kubo felt bad that he's giving the Shinigami too much screentime.

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>>145710189
>Nienami poster

Not enough people post Nienami.

It's been said a million times, but I just want all of this to end. I just want to see THE END OF THE END or whatever quirky English title Kubo comes up with to confirm that yes, Bleach is decisively and undeniably over. Done. Finis.

We're definitely getting spoilers on Wednesday, right? 150%?

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>>145710105
There was some stuff that implied that both soul society and hueco mundo used to be really different places, and since the soul king is basically a corpse frozen in a cube, then I would think that something big happened in the past that either resulted in the soul king being nearly killed which made the shinigami preserve what was left and guard it from being destroyed, or maybe him going berserk and having to be chopped up and restrained in a huge war that resulted in the spirit world being divided in half and things just generally fucked.

If Ichigo, who is an existence that spans the various life forms of the setting, were to continue to gain in strength like he had been all series, then he might be the natural replacement for the soul king, and since he's in 1 piece, he could mend the realms of the spirit world and set things back into a natural balance where shit doesn't suck anymore.

But instead here's whatever don't bother thinking about it.

>>145710203
True. however, actually sealing Aizen with the power of the Soul King would be even harder than killing Yhwach.

>>145704964
With a blank page.

>>145710286
What is the context of this image

>>145710245
>he still spent a lot more time with Ichigo this arc than Rukia did.
He's obviously not going to roam around SS by himself while Ichigo and Orihime are the only ones to go get Uryu back.

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Post 5 best girls

>1
Hiyori
>2
Riruka
>3
Neliel
>4
Soi Fon
>5
Yachiru

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>>145710284
It's never over. Kubo's wild ride will never end.

>>145710228
Yhwach has been gone for a decade; something else has been acting as the Soul King since then. Aizen is the only alternative to Ichigo, assuming that he didn't die.

>>145710238
Is Hinamori more like Anko or Tsunade?

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Finish the image.

>>145710198
>we really will have been right all along

No, all it means is that Kubo decided he want them to get together. None of your retarded essays and theories will make any more sense than they do now. Which is no sense at all.

>any ending is bad writing

The fact that no matter what you fags will never even consider the idea that you were wrong is autism incarnate.

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>>145710282
Unfortunately I don't have any more Nienami images to share. I'm saving the one you just posted though.

>implying Mayuri didn't make a soul king machine

>>145710245
>He must hate them together, or he's saving it all for the end.
Or maybe having them interact just wasn't high on the list for him.

>>145710380
Kon is the mod soul king. Screencap this.

>>145710376
>No, all it means is that Kubo decided he want them to get together. None of your retarded essays and theories will make any more sense than they do now. Which is no sense at all.

Ah, preemptive damage control. It begins.

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>>145710377
Have another.

>>145710306
Some Japanese KFC worker posing with mops that someone drew FZ Lancer over.

>>145710212
The old man is dead you idiot.

As always, the fate of shippers rests on Aizen. If Aizen is dead, Ichigo HAS to be in Soul Society as the Soul King. If Aizen is alive, Ichigo probably got to return to the Human World. EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON AIZEN'S STATUS.

>>145710429
Ichigo might be guarding Aizen as a Squad Zero member, too.

>>145710429
Have you considered the Kubo option?

Ichizen

>>145710429
ALL ACCORDING TO KEIKAKU

>>145710380
Ah fuck I can see this happening.

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>>145710329
Original haircut schoolgirl Rukia
Yoruichi
Mashiro
Lisa
Mindfucked Hinamori

>>145710406
Calling a retard a retard isn't damage control.

This whole fucking thread is IchiRuki damage control.

>waaah it's okay guys even if it doesn't happen we were still right and Kubo is a hack

>>145710329
Rukia
Rukia
Rukia
Rukia
Rukia

>>145710424
Kyoraku is the CC since literally years, speedreader.

>>145710458
Refer to >>145710190

>>145710458
Dude, Kubo has already proven himself to be a complete hack. This final arc was terrible. The last chapter isn't going to change that no matter which ship, if any, happen.

>>145710479
Temporary job.

>>145710458
>>waaah it's okay guys even if it doesn't happen we were still right and Kubo is a hack
They can't stand the idea of being wrong that's why. Some people on here have been shipping I/R for over ten years. It's not an easy thing to swallow.

>>145710429
So i have to hope that my favorite character is alive for increasing the odds of Ichihime happening common Kubo don't let Aizen have a worse death then Madara.

>>145710458
Well then, it's a good thing you're here to set things straight. You really saved the thread. My hero.

>>145710506
No, you fucktard.

>>145710495
Different anon, but I just really want Kubo to Kubo all the shipperfags one last time

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>>145710429
Ichigo can't go back to the human world no matter what.

He's stronger than several captains combined, if not moreso, and even just a captain can't stay in the human world without fucking it up big time.

Ichigo is in soul society doing something for sure.

>>145710527
Ichigo x Chad pulling through for the win

>>145710527
Chad end would do that the best.

>>145710533
>implying Kubo won't handwave that away if he really wanted Ichigo to live with Orihime
He'd do it, too.

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>>145710475

>>145710527
Tatsuki end would cause the biggest butt hurt.

>>145710556
Nah, he'd have Orihime pull a Kagome. Or some Tanabata they can only see each other once a year bullshit.

>>145710329

Tatsuki
Tatsuki
Tatsuki
Tatsuki
Mullet Tatsuki