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These panels are from Chapter 528 in TYBW.

Ichigo had just been kicked out of the Soul Palace and rather than going home to sulk, he went to Ikumi’s house.

Personally, I interpret this in two ways.

1.) These are the people that Ichigo doesn’t want to disappoint the most. They hold and trust him in the highest regard, therefore he doesn’t want to see them again until he’s well enough to earn their support again.

He doesn’t want to show vulnerability to those he aims to impress.

Or

2.) These are the people Ichigo refuses to be vulnerable around simply because he can’t trust them.

If Ichigo ever cried in front of Isshin, he’d come out of the conversation with a black eye (Isshin’s love language, shown to nobody but Ichigo)

For Chad and Orihime, they have shown an unwillingness to allow Ichigo to be vulnerable. They seem to have trouble allowing Ichigo to be moody without either taking it personally or telling him he shouldn’t feel anything.

Prime example:

Ichigo just found out his close friend defected to the enemy’s side. To ally himself with the person who killed both their mothers.

Ichigo’s allowed to brood about that but these two don’t allow it. (Not in a slanderous way, I just think they have a perfect image of Ichigo that doesn’t include his “darker sides”)

Anyways, based on the ending of the manga the reasoning is probably the first one.

He repeatedly pushes them away or fakes confidence in front of them rather than have any real moment of vulnerability or connection, and most important to the Ikumi moment is that the TYBW situation comes on the heels of TLA where, when he was the most vulnerable and in need of support in the entire series mentally, emotionally and in-battle, these two actively, literally fought against him - ignoring his pleads for them to listen to him the whole time.

Chapter 546 is titled "Hear Me", and the whole point of it is that he is trying to get Inoue and Chad to listen to him that Tsukishima is a bad guy, but they won't. Not for a moment. They don't trust him enough to listen to or believe him at all, not even to listen and consider his words. They simply reject him and chastise him and turn their weapons against him on Tsukishima's word.

Ichigo has had hard proof that in a he-said-I said situation they will not only not take his side, they won't even listen to it.

Just look at Ichigo's face, read his words, and then look at how Inoue and Chad respond to his vulnerability and attempts to reach out.

Inoue shuts Ichigo down over and over with this look like "I knew it. I knew you were like this deep down and I hoped you'd be better, but you're not", the distrust and dislike and suspicion she had as soon as his hollow power appeared flaring full-force with Tsukishima making her remember meeting him first and so being the one she had a crush on:

Chad is the opposite. Just shouting and glaring and blaming Ichigo for everything while he lectures with proverbial cotton wool in his ears, deaf to everything Ichigo has to say. He's patronizing, demanding over and over why Ichigo won't see things from his pov, but not once giving Ichigo space to say his side:

Again: just LOOK at Ichigo's FACE:

No amount of "I knew Tsukishima first" or "Tsukishima is also my friend" excuses the sheer coldness and refusal to offer sympathy the two of them show toward Ichigo here. Of course he wouldn't ever want to get close to that position with them ever again.

They are not safe to be hurt and vulnerable around.

On the other hand, after dealing with them Ichigo is now wary and trying not to be hurt by betrayal and rejection when Ishida shows up in 548 his expression is closing off:

Which is an expression much closer to the look he gets from here on out whenever anything is going wrong if Chad and/or Inoue are there.

Also, I don't recall Ichigo expressing thanks, gratitude or appreciation for either of them no matter what they do or do for him for the entire rest of the manga.

The closest for Chad is chapter 661 when Ichigo gives this wordless look and then turns away when Chad elects to stay behind to handle the statues Yhwach sent to whittle away the group Ichigo was approaching with:

And Ichigo acknowledging Inoue is the only one with him and therefore the one he'll have to rely on in 672, though he never follows through and actually relies on her:

The Fullbring Arc did irreparable damage to the Karakura Team’s dynamic and cracked any sort of trust they might’ve had for each other. Mostly Ichigo towards Orihime and Chad.

And in a way, it is shown to us in TYBW where

Example A:

He takes the first chance to rendezvous with Rukia and Renji despite knowing that Orihime and Chad likely couldn’t keep up with him even with Orihime’s powers helping them float.

+ Showing a willingness to leave them in enemy territory despite knowing how dangerous the remaining enemies are.

Example B:

Refusing to tell them what Yhwach’s ability is despite Yhwach telling him not too long ago.

Example C:

Not telling Orihime his plan despite allowing her to engage in a battle where the opponent could take her life at any given moment.

Exactly! Ichigo is very much matching their energy in the relationship and reduced his expectations and investment accordingly when they showed how low their trust and loyalty to him really was.

He does this with all of his relationships. He'll give a lot to begin with, then gives what he gets back after that.

Best example: Byakuya, who is an inverse of Ichigo's relationship with Chad and Inoue this way.

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“One thing that endlessly frustrates me within the SVSSS fandom is how so many deny or ignore the fact that for 5 whole years, LBH had been killing 1 cultivator every month in order to control XM. That is approximately 260 people he murdered through forcefully having them take the demonic energy. He was literally keeping cultivators in cages for that very purpose.

But so many claim that he didn't do it or that "it only crippled them, but didn't kill them. 🥺"

Which firstly would not make it better if he crippled 260 people for life for his own selfish means.

Binghe swings by during a peak lord meeting, and Liu Qingge chases him out. The peak lords think it's because Binghe is technically still banned: Shen Qingqiu knows it's because Liu Qingge is still mad that Binghe woke him up by biting his ass that morning

Liu Qingge, on his way home from a mission, notices a stall with pretty fans and starts examining them. The other cultivators on the mission share pitying glances, because "poor Peak Lord Liu; pining over a man who's smitten with another!" But actually Liu Qingge is staring at this One Fan because he's 95% certain it's one of Shen Qingqiu's custom-made ones, and now he's debating whether to check if Shen Qingqiu is at a nearby inn to confirm or just skip to fighting the stall owner for stealing his boyfriend's fan

Binghe calls Liu Qingge "husband". Everyone thinks he's being sarcastic, especially when Liu Qingge rolls his eyes. (He is rolling them because they're not married yet. "Yet," Binghe will repeat.)

Shen Qingqiu tries to convince Liu Qingge to "give Binghe a chance". Others think he's trying to get Liu Qingge and Binghe to become friends, oblivious to Liu Qingge's true feelings. In reality, Shen Qingqiu is trying desperately to get Liu Qingge to forgive Binghe for the second ass-biting incident and to let Binghe back into their bedroom (as Binghe has been exiled to separate quarters until further notice).

Bingliu starts dueling in public and everyone shakes their head and sighs, like "poor Shen Qingqiu. Will those two ever get along?" Not knowing this is considered foreplay in bingliu language. Shen Qingqiu is perfectly happy to let them tire each other out.

Liushen going through town on their day off, looking at matching couple's accessories together and buying a set. Sightings spark terrible rumors of a possible affair. Meanwhile, liushen was just looking for a reasonable gift for Binghe, who loves finding ways to match outfits/accessories with his husbands all the time.

Binghe whining and complaining to Shen Qingqiu about how "unbearable" Liu Qingge is. He is upset that Liu Qingge still won't forgive him for the ass-biting. It's not his fault Liu Qingge's ass is so shapely!

These panels are from Chapter 528 in TYBW.

Ichigo had just been kicked out of the Soul Palace and rather than going home to sulk, he went to Ikumi’s house.

Personally, I interpret this in two ways.

1.) These are the people that Ichigo doesn’t want to disappoint the most. They hold and trust him in the highest regard, therefore he doesn’t want to see them again until he’s well enough to earn their support again.

He doesn’t want to show vulnerability to those he aims to impress.

Or

2.) These are the people Ichigo refuses to be vulnerable around simply because he can’t trust them.

If Ichigo ever cried in front of Isshin, he’d come out of the conversation with a black eye (Isshin’s love language, shown to nobody but Ichigo)

For Chad and Orihime, they have shown an unwillingness to allow Ichigo to be vulnerable. They seem to have trouble allowing Ichigo to be moody without either taking it personally or telling him he shouldn’t feel anything.

Prime example:

Ichigo just found out his close friend defected to the enemy’s side. To ally himself with the person who killed both their mothers.

Ichigo’s allowed to brood about that but these two don’t allow it. (Not in a slanderous way, I just think they have a perfect image of Ichigo that doesn’t include his “darker sides”)

Anyways, based on the ending of the manga the reasoning is probably the first one.

He repeatedly pushes them away or fakes confidence in front of them rather than have any real moment of vulnerability or connection, and most important to the Ikumi moment is that the TYBW situation comes on the heels of TLA where, when he was the most vulnerable and in need of support in the entire series mentally, emotionally and in-battle, these two actively, literally fought against him - ignoring his pleads for them to listen to him the whole time.

Chapter 546 is titled "Hear Me", and the whole point of it is that he is trying to get Inoue and Chad to listen to him that Tsukishima is a bad guy, but they won't. Not for a moment. They don't trust him enough to listen to or believe him at all, not even to listen and consider his words. They simply reject him and chastise him and turn their weapons against him on Tsukishima's word.

Ichigo has had hard proof that in a he-said-I said situation they will not only not take his side, they won't even listen to it.

Just look at Ichigo's face, read his words, and then look at how Inoue and Chad respond to his vulnerability and attempts to reach out.

Inoue shuts Ichigo down over and over with this look like "I knew it. I knew you were like this deep down and I hoped you'd be better, but you're not", the distrust and dislike and suspicion she had as soon as his hollow power appeared flaring full-force with Tsukishima making her remember meeting him first and so being the one she had a crush on:

Chad is the opposite. Just shouting and glaring and blaming Ichigo for everything while he lectures with proverbial cotton wool in his ears, deaf to everything Ichigo has to say. He's patronizing, demanding over and over why Ichigo won't see things from his pov, but not once giving Ichigo space to say his side:

Again: just LOOK at Ichigo's FACE:

No amount of "I knew Tsukishima first" or "Tsukishima is also my friend" excuses the sheer coldness and refusal to offer sympathy the two of them show toward Ichigo here. Of course he wouldn't ever want to get close to that position with them ever again.

They are not safe to be hurt and vulnerable around.

On the other hand, after dealing with them Ichigo is now wary and trying not to be hurt by betrayal and rejection when Ishida shows up in 548 his expression is closing off:

Which is an expression much closer to the look he gets from here on out whenever anything is going wrong if Chad and/or Inoue are there.

Also, I don't recall Ichigo expressing thanks, gratitude or appreciation for either of them no matter what they do or do for him for the entire rest of the manga.

The closest for Chad is chapter 661 when Ichigo gives this wordless look and then turns away when Chad elects to stay behind to handle the statues Yhwach sent to whittle away the group Ichigo was approaching with:

And Ichigo acknowledging Inoue is the only one with him and therefore the one he'll have to rely on in 672, though he never follows through and actually relies on her:

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"