squad 6 is jerks

HE'S UP!!!

::roughly 14 minutes pass::

HE IS BACK DOWN!!!!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85772921

This did compel me to sit down and draw for the first time since art class in elementary school, and ended up closer to "fanart and podfic" than "podfic with cover". Various layers things under the cut because they amuse me (incl. thumb sketch Uryuu layer :3).

Jushiro Ukitake

@sailor-v

Featuring:

Canonical evidence of Byakuya being happy with Hisana 🥹 (something like "I don't regret those happy times")

Probably the prettiest portrait of Hisana we've seen yet

Byakuya taking Rukia to the Kuchiki Cemetery

Rukia being the lowest ranking Kuchiki member regardless of her being Byakuya's adopted sister

"Having to mourn my sister after the loss of my wife..." 🥹

Byakuya's Kaien thoughts (no wonder he was so quick to see the resemblance between Kaien and Ichigo!) (also Byakuya's adherence to rules vs him admiring Kaien's kindness and trueness to his own values vs knowing how Kaien used to see him as a brat lol)

Kaien telling Byakuya (off for) treating Rukia too coldly lol I would love to see more Kaien + Byakuya lore just in general

THIS MAN GOING AROUND SEIREITEI SCARING UNDERLINGS INTO TELLING HIM WHETHER OR NOT HE'S CHANGED LMAOOOOOO @ byakuya and his lack of social skills istg this man is so funny whenever he's not joking

Also Renji being so casually respectful + diplomatic

Yama-jii telling Byakuya to stay back after that haori-related scolding scene like a headmaster at a school talking to a pupil lol

And Yama-jii does actually give him advice like a headmaster to a pupil

Byakuya's automated battle dialogue/sfx of "Too slow!" during the fight with Yama-jii is so funny bc of all the people to NOT mock for being slow...

Yama-jii, "I will entrust the Gotei to you (Byakuya)" is this the foreshadowing for Byakuya being the next Head Captain after Kyouraku???????

Renji: "Actually yeah Ichigo does look like he might be Kaien-san's distant relative" AHAHAHAHA

"Actually I always thought Kaien was the opposite of me" not the opposite of Baby!Byakuya though, not with the way he used to run around yelling at people

So she's been disguised as a cane this whole time! (Adding that to the list of things zanpakuto can do.) Although, wait a sec--I distinctly remember Urahara using that thing a couple times to knock Ichigo into his soul reaper form.

Like in chapter 29, when Rukia was too busy being dogpiled by security to punch Ichigo's soul out of his body:

And then again in chapter 53, when Rukia was too busy being confronted by Renji and Byakuya to punch Ichigo's soul out of his body:

I can't help noticing that both of these times, the bottom of the cane has that same flaming skull we see on Rukia's soul-ejecting glove. And I've been squinting real hard at any times the cane shows up this chapter, but I can't tell for the life of me if it still has the same marking now. (Mostly because it's always turned away from view so I can't actually SEE the bottom.) So maybe the marking is something that can be put on or removed when he needs to eject a soul instead of stabbing them? Kind of like putting a pool noodle on a goat's horns to keep them from stabbing things. (Now I'm making myself laugh at the stupid mental image of zanpakuto with pool noodles stuck on the tips.)

It such a classic Chad move, that despite being world champion boxer he chose to ride a train instead of drive a car because he can reduce pollution and save money from gas price.