ever since I was 5, I knew that ichigo and rukia were just platonic. I say this because their friendship is one of the major things in the manga and anime, and the ichiruki shippers love to point that bond they have when comparing ichihime vs ichiruki or making an anti ichihime post. the reason why ichiruki is a key to the series is because if rukia didnât lend ichigo her powers, then that hollow would have killed karin and yuzu. ichigo was helpless, he didnât know why he was seeing these spirits and hollows, and he couldnât do anything to help the people he loved. what the main reason why ichigo wanted to be a soul reaper? to protect his family and friends. heâs grateful for rukia because she helped him protect those people along the way throughout the series, the reason why ichigo went to go save rukia from the soul society was because he was grateful for her (like, idk what I would do without my bestfriend sort of grateful) he also felt as if it was his fault if she would have gotten killed, he would have thought of himself as useless. letâs be honest, I think the reason why people ship ichiruki romantically is because they see that bond as a romance (obviously) but they mistake his gratitude for rukia as love. no, itâs simple, the bond they share is because if rukia didnât come into his life, who knows what would have happened to ichigo and his family. the reason why ichigo constantly goes to save rukia is because, he would feel terrible if she died, because this is a friend who changed his life and helped him save the people he cared about.
thatâs how I always saw ichiruki, a strong friendship.
ever since I was 5, I knew that orihime and ichigo belonged together. not simply because she was in love with him. letâs think about it, orihime made a vow to protect the people she cared about, her friends. I hate when people make it seem as if all she did was cry and call for ichigo. orihime had powers, she didnât know what to do with them and she even stated that she didnât want to stand around and do nothing (although there wasnât much she could do, since her power was specifically to heal). she wanted to fight (but she couldnât fight, sheâs not a fighter), are we forgetting that orihime even went to the soul society to go and train for the battle with aizen before she was kidnapped? (anyways,) however, thatâs not the point. at first, orihime had a simple crush on ichigo, until rukia came, rukiaâs one of the reasons for ichihime developing. but I knew that ichihime would end up together somehow is because ichigo genuinely cares about orihime. he expresses how much he wants to protect her and he cares for her the most out of all his friends. he even vowed to protect her, even bowing down and looking her in the eyes, he even states it multiple times throughout the hueco mundo arc. these are strong words, and it affected him emotionally when he couldnât come through with that promise. they both promised to protect each other, and it would affect them both when they couldnât make those promises. Tite Kuboâs made it clear that he didnât want romance to take over the plot or get in the way, but he kept poking at Orihimeâs love for Ichigo. itâs one of the things that made her stronger and develop as a character too. she promised that whatever wounds he had, she would heal. thatâs what she would do. In the beginning of the series, she felt useless, but she figured that her purpose was to protect and heal ichigo. the feelings ichihime have for each other are selfless. theyâve shown that theyâll go through any life or death situation to protect each other. aside from that point, another point is, after battles, even if ichigo was practically covered in blood, he would still ask if she was okay, her safety came before his. and when she would say yes, he would smile. the closest thing I could describe the smile would be a smile of relief.
some people say that orihime thinks of ichigo as her perfect night and shining armor prince, but shall I point out that when ichigoâs hollow side came out, she was scared and yet she still managed to love him after that? the hollow side should have taken the idea of him being her prince away.
people say that ichigo ignores orihime but are we FORGETTING that one quote that shows that he doesnât ignore her during the grimmjow vs ichigo fight ??? âYou donât have to win, You donât even have to try your best, just please donât get hurt anymore!â with her words, he pulls himself together and he takes in her words and he tells grimmjow, âI canât die right nowâ and HE KICKS HIS ASS.
orihime slowly learns that ichigo isnât going to win his battles easily, heâs not indestructible, so she gains confidence and she makes it her goal to protect him no matter what. (SOMEWHAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT)
some anti ichihime shippers say that ichigo doesnât care about orihime.. are you forgetting that when the head captain called orihime a traitor and refused to help her and strictly told ichigo to not help her, he got angry and upset, that for one, shows he cares about her.
ichigo doesnât care about orihime? whenever yammy or ulqiorria threatened to kill her, he would scream out her name, âORIHIMEâ, he doesnât care about her? when loly and menoly tried to attack orihime, he was about to abandon his fight with ulqiorria and run to Orihimeâs side, he cares about her.
ichigo and orihime bring out a different side from each other, ichigo is much more gentle towards orihime than he is to his other friends, he genuinely cares about her feelings.
ichigo is able to be calm and be himself around orihime, thatâs what I like. usually, he seems annoyed and pissed with his other friends, (not always, but.. itâs ichigo, being ichigo what do you expect)
but, I think ichigo likes orihime, although weâll probably never get insight on how his Romantic feelings, but like ever since I was 5, I knew what was canon. Ichihime = Romantically and Ichiruki = Platonically.
however, you can ship what you want, I ship both. (just like I said, ichiruki, I ship it as a brotp and ichihime as a otp)
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