#isshmasa

NOTE: Be respectful of my choices; the OTPs are not ranked, just of who I thought when making this list.

Dreamworks' HTTYD franchise: Jun Wong + Tom Kullerson = Wongsen

2. Dreamworks' Tales of Arcadia franchise: Darci Scott + Toby Domzalski = Darby

3. Disney's Moana: Tui Waialiki + Sina Waialiki - Tuisina

4. DC Comics: Princess Diana of Themyscira/Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman + Kasia = Diasia

5. Marvel Comics: Miles Morales aka Spider-Man + Margo Kess aka Spider-Byte = Flowerbyte

6. Disney's Us Again short: Dot + Art = Dart

7. TLOK: P'Li + Zaheer = P'heer

8. Bleach: Ryuken Ishida + Kanae Katagiri = Ryugiri

(Edit not mine)

9. Bleach: Isshin Kurosaki (né Shiba) + Masaki Kurosaki = Isshmasa

10. Critical Role franchise: Imogen Temult + Laudna = Imodna

specifically Memories in the Rain chapter 25

And Chapter 188

  LITERALLY THE ONLY REGRET HE'S HARBORED SINCE HE MADE THAT DECISION TO SAVE MASAKI THE FIRST TIME AND GAVE UP EVERYTHING HE KNEW IN SOUL SOCIETY

WAS THAT HE COULDN'T SAVE MASAKI AGAIN LIKE HE PROMISED HER HE WOULD ALWAYS DO

FEELING POWERLESS EATS AT HIM JUST LIKE IT DOES TO ICHIGO WHEN HE CAN'T PROTECT SOMEONE

But he also knew that Masaki was the kind of person to give up her life to save anyone especially her son because she had done exactly the same thing for him leading him to make that very decision to bind himself to her for a lifetime.

Despite being upset over Masaki's death, it doesn't completely surprise him. In truth it only made him love her more like

"I’m glad I made that decision, she was worth every second"

Masshin and their story guys I can't take it THEY ARE KILLING ME WITH FEELS

AAAH OH MY GOD IT HADNT EVEN REGISTERED THAT HE MEANT THE NIGHT THEY MET, FROM THE HOLLOW SO THAT HE COULD BE THERE TO SAVE HER WITH THE NEXT ONE DOLLY OH MY GOD THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING ;A;

I KNOW RIGHT

THE ONLY REGRET HE'S HAD THIS WHOLE TIME IS THAT HE COULDN'T SAVE MASAKI AGAIN

HE FAILED TO PROTECT HER WHEN THAT WAS HIS MISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHY HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE IN SOUL SOCIETY.

OH ISSHIN LEMME HUG YOU ;A;

But I adore how he also knows that Masaki was the kind of person who would give up her life to save anyone especially her son like he told Ichigo so in a way, it doesn't surprise him. I believe it actually makes him love her more like

Isshin and Masaki both wondering about each other, looking up at the sky...SOON YOU WILL BOTH HAVE BABIES AND LIVE HAPPILY UNTIL MASAKI DIES. ;__;

Anyway...

It seems that Isshin and Masaki are both changing each other's worlds, bringing a new perspective to what it means to be a shinigami and a Quincy. They weren't supposed to meet, weren't supposed to be friends, aren't supposed to fall in love. And yet, here they are sacrificing themselves to protect each other no matter the cost and they've just met.

What did Aizen mean by

A hollow created from a dead shinigami...actually chose a Quincy, a being opposite to it.

?

It seems that his words are implying that this hollow was based specifically off of a dead shinigami (maybe Kaien?) and infected/is laying dormant inside Masaki. I suggest Kaien even though I don't think it is, because, while Ichigo and Kaien are cousins, having a hollow presence that was based off of Kaien residing in Ichigo could explain a few other similarities.

I don't think it was mentioned before, but it seems that Masaki and Ryuuken are indeed related as they were referred to as "cousins." I know it's only been a couple weeks, but I remember there being a debate about whether or not they were related...So I guess this makes Ichigo and Uryu second cousins? Kinda funny/ironic if you ask me, considering their relationship.

I just really hope that Ichigo is able to go to the respective sides of his extended family after this flashback (and maybe after the War). He's got a bigger family than he knows.

 Bankai in the Love Nest

rating M

 In One Heartbeat

rating K+

Tales of the Living and the Living Dead

rating T

The Death, The Strawberry, and The Deathberries

rating T

The Liar and the Light

rating T

Today, Even if You Can't Touch the Sun