My Eternal Sunshine.

Ichigo and Rukia had a beautiful bond. You can say what want, but you can’t deny that. Kubo stated HIMSELF they were more than friends, less than lovers. And just because he doesn’t confirm them a couple, that doesn’t mean that their relationship wasn’t special. I would’ve been fine if they didn’t end up together, if he just left them the way they’ve always been. But to do this? This is a betrayal. Aside from the ending making absolute no fucking sense whatsoever, he throws Rukia with Renji and Orihime with Ichigo with no explanation. What happened between those years? Who knows? And let me get one thing straight, I would ship IchiRuki to my grave, BUT RENJI AND RUKIA AT LEAST MADE MORE SENSE THAN ORIHIME AND ICHIGO. Ichigo never acknowledged Orihime’s feelings. Yes, we were fully aware of her feelings, BUT IF ORIHIME DIDN’T FEEL THREATENED BY ICHIGO AND RUKIA’S RELATIONSHIP, THEN EXPLAIN TO ME WHY

SHE WAS

SO JEALOUS

OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP

EVEN ORIHIME SAW HOW CLOSE ICHIGO AND RUKIA WAS. SHE WASN’T IN DENIAL ABOUT IT. SHE WASN’T STUPID. SO WHY EVEN BOTHER SHOWING HER BEING JEALOUS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS? SHE KNEW THEY HAD A BOND–A CONNECTION, SHE COULD NEVER HAVE. ORIHIME WANTED HER FEELINGS TO REACH ICHIGO BUT THEY NEVER DID. AND YET SOMEHOW THEY MAGICALLY DID WITHIN THIS 10 YEAR TIME SKIP? YEAH, SURE…

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate Orihime, in fact I love her. I think she’s cute, bright, and adorable. She liked Ichigo, I know that. I understand that. But she deserves someone who recognizes her feelings. Ichigo didn’t. And I’m not saying that because I want Orihime to not love Ichigo, he just didn’t see her that way. Yet magically he does in the end? I’m sorry but, it doesn’t work that way. Ichigo never recognized her feelings even once. Maybe it was obvious, maybe it wasn’t, but he didn’t see it. Why do you think she was jealous in the first place? He was too busy looking at Rukia. So at least give a chance to someone who does look at her (Ishida, anyone?). Ichigo and Rukia’s meeting was always defined as “destiny” that means it was meant to happen. But I don’t think Orihime and Ichigo’s relationship was meant to happen. 

Renji and Rukia? Yes, I can see how Renji had feelings for Rukia, he did have a past with her. But again, it was mostly one-sided. And it doesn’t change the fact that it was probably an excuse to make their children meet up in this horrendous ending and give the chapter it’s mockery title “Death and the Strawberry”. But worse of all, nothing is explained. It just is what it is. 

But you know what? Bleach died years ago after this last arc started. No matter what you shipped you can’t deny that Bleach was going downhill. Nothing made sense, there were plot holes galore, and Kubo was throwing in and out new characters like crazy. What the fuck happened to Grimmjow, Nel, Harribel, the fullbringer group? HELL, EVEN ICHIGO’S DAD? URYUU’S DAD? They had a bigger role in this arc yet they don’t even appear in the last chapter. This conclusion was half-assed, regardless of what was canon or not. It was very anti-climatic to say the least. So nothing will change the fact that the story went to shit.

The series was good, don’t get me wrong, but it went to shit. And I guess to match the way it was going, it had to end that way too. At least Kishimoto knew where the hell the direction of his manga was going. So it’s unfortunate it had to end this way. It had plot-holes and the development of these characters were completely wasted. Poor Uryuu, we got the back of him on the color page, and a mere panel in the last chatper. No reunion with the rest of his friends. There wasn’t even a proper conclusion with Ichigo and his Shinigami role. We even saw during the fullbringer arc, Ichigo felt empty when he wasn’t a Shinigami. And yet, we don’t get an explanation of what he currently does? Does he still perform his role as Shinigami? Has he given it up? We’ll never know I guess.

So you wanna know why I feel betrayed? This is why.

Because the facts were there but completely disregarded. 15 years down the drain. It all feels wasted. I was way to dedicated for my own good. I spent years analyzing every little thing of this manga. So before anyone tells me I was in denial all long, no I was not. I was not wrong. It’s all there. It was always there. It’s clear to me this manga should’ve ended after they defeated Aizen. As it was initially supposed to end.

Ichigo, despite expressing extreme discontent at his human life in the beginning of The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc and having zero plans for his future, staying in the World of the Living.

Uryu becomes a doctor after swearing to never become one after his mother’s illness and death. Like, seriously? In the earlier chapters he expressed his interest in design and fashion and it was clear that this, aside from being a Quincy, was his passion. I know many a friend that have had this happen to them; after illness takes a loved one away, after they themselves have personally had to go through that tragedy and be on the patient end of the doctor-patient relationship…that’s not something you just get over. It happened to my bae, actually.

Chad using his fists for profit after he swore he never would use them for personal gain (the entire reason why Ichigo and Chad became pals was because Chad WOULD NOT DEFEND HIMSELF).

There being little to no interaction between Ichigo and Rukia despite them being the catalysts for the ENTIRE GODDAMN SERIES. Sand and Rotator, Black Sun and White Moon, and so on and so forth. I’m not even asking for romantic, but it seems that somewhere in the span of a few days in the war with the Quincy, their bond literally poofed into nothing which makes no sense because they didn’t see each other for over a YEAR after he lost his powers, yet Rukia still believed in Ichigo and defended him to the shinigami when they thought he had turned against them.

Other inconsistencies:

Ichika and Kazui are the same age, which makes no sense whatsoever because the residents of the Soul Society age differently than the residents of the World of the Living.

Given Ichika’s and Kazui’s age, that means that their parents literally fucked right after the Thousand Year War was up. That makes Ichigo and Orihime underage and popping out a kid. And, honestly, I don’t feel like they had the development by the end of this arc to be emotionally at that place where they could. I’m not saying that it’s completely unreasonable for them to have fallen in love in 10 years, because a lot can happen in a decade, but as of the conclusion of the war with the Quincy, I don’t feel like that had chemistry. Renji and Rukia I can deal with (despite Renji being friendzoned so hard it hurts and there being no development between them for like a century).

Why is Ichika’s last name Abarai? Shouldn’t it be Kuchiki?

Why don’t Ichika and Kazui know each other before this point? Did Ichigo and Rukia just stop talking to each other? Did Ichigo just cut the shinigami out of his life completely?

Rukia forgetting about HER OWN CHILD WTF

Urahara saying he was leaving the future to Ichigo and Rukia and then….nothing.

A large majority of the cast has unresolved backstories that were teased for this arc and then never resolved.

What about the Shibas? This arc was perfect for their house’s redemption and it was set up that Ganju and Kukaku know who Ichigo is to them and reflect upon that, but never bring it up.

And what about the Shihoin house?

I hate this trend of “develop the canon relationships outside of the canon source material”. Kishimoto pulled this with NaruHina and left the development of Naruto’s feelings to a movie. I’m saying this as a NaruHina fan–Naruto and Hinata deserved better than that craptastic mess of a movie where HINATA WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH NARUTO THAN HER OWN KIDNAPPED SISTER. And then they get married almost immediately after so they can pop out kids yet can remain young in the spinoff series?

I will say I owe the NaruSaku fandom an apology, because now I know what it feels like to be ship baited. Technically everything outside of the manga is non-canon, but still. Kubo gave interviews in which he himself praised the bond that is IchiRuki, said that Rukia is Ichigo’s light, gave them a honeymoon spread and helped write on entire movie revolving around how they change each other’s world.

After a whole series filled with Ichiruki moments.

After Tite Kubo says he ships Ichiruki.

After said manga-ka gives a fan (who asked for a drawing of Ichigo) a drawing of both him and Rukia because he says they belong together.

After he explains Rukia’s name (which summarized means light) is to represent she’s the light to counter the darkness in Ichigo’s life.

After Ichigo plunges into HELL for Rukia.

After the orange top stormed the Soul Society for her.

After we’re shown Ichigo in a deep depression after saying good-bye to Rukia when he loses his powers, and Orihime can’t do shit to get him out of it.

one of my favorite quotes about relationships (via safeguards)

THIS OH MY GOD THIS IS IT

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