#ichisaya

1, he was joking

2, it’s not like he thinks he genuinely owns her

3, he was worried about her, but was slowly figuring out she was a superhero while deciding to give her the space to tell him in her own time. the cat bell was to hint at that before it was fully revealed, but also… he was just teasing her about running off all the time without trying to sound overprotective. never in the series after this point does the bell represent masaya’s possession of ichigo, but rather ichigo’s loyalty to masaya.

4, masaya has never had someone he truly respected before, and he had every right to be worried when the one person he felt like truly understood him kept being flighty and not communicating with him very well. even if she had a valid reason, he was being abandoned with little to no warning several times.

5, ICHIGO LOVES THAT BELL SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SWEET.

6, you cant say masaya is abusive bc of that and then turn around and ship ichigo with “ichigo is my toy” quiche.

7, while i dont rlly like it, there are pet play jokes throughout the series surrounding the girls bc theyre,, yknow,, animal mutants,,, so it’s not just a masaya x ichigo thing.

Tokyo Mew Mew New S2 Final episode Ichigo bride carrying Aoyama (final piece & storyboard) Possibly from the 12 BD/DVD Booklet