http://ichinoue.tumblr.com/post/149149871875/why-ichihime-was-obvious-as-hell-for-endgame
I don't simply write this to refute the post, because I had seen it long ago and respect the persons opinion, I write because you directed it to me so yeah.
1st panel- Ichigo hates rumors. Early on he sweats and gets nervous because Mizuiro makes rumors about Him and Rukia. Does this mean anything? No.Next
#2 Ichigo never noticed her clothes until Chad mentioned it..Im sure if the girl I had a crush on was exposing tits I’d notice. I mean Ichigo blushed for Yoruichi on his own( Ichiyoru ftw lmfao). Also Urahara is a troll and likes to make people go through unfortunate situations. Also Ichigo was even carrying Orihime over his shoulder with her ass in his face and nothing sooo…..Next.
#3 Wrong translation..oh god. First of it’s “you want to save them” not her...Nell is also being attacked because she is right next to Ori. Next
#4 … In the beginning of the chapter Ichigo was thinking of Shinji because of his Vizard Offer. As soon as he sees him he is shocked that he is in school acting like nothing happen. Then he drags him out because he’s in his school trying to act like he’s normal when he’s some shady dude who could be dangerous. That’s why his classmates say that he never reacts to things like this, which means it happens often and Ichigo doesn’t give a damn lol. Also it means that his behavior is unusual why? Because of shinji not because he cares if he interacts with Orihime… Even Orihime and Chad have a suspicion about shinji if you look at the page before and their reaction. Lastly Ichigo says that it’s not about that and that he should apologizes because “it’s what should be done” not “or else”....Next
#5 Filler can’t find chapter moving on
#6 Ichigo feels guilty that's why he wants to apologize. You only apologize if you did something wrong and he felt like he did wrong in not protecting his friends not just orihime, in the next page he mentions everyone. Also his look is very different from this . Next
#6 Ichigo wasn’t happy we knew that he had been battling with inner problems here and Rukia was right he was facing much more. Also we have seen Ichigo’s real large smiles here , here and a couple other places. In this panel we know that Ichigo is not okay but he is relieved his friends are okay because he is worried which is what he said to chad in the next page. Orihime even says that he is lively when we know that the rain has started again. Even Rukia notices even though Ichigo is cracking jokes and acting nonchalant (which is how he acts when he’s troubled) but Orihime doesn’t notice this even though In the earlier chapter she catches his sadness once. Next
#7 See like I said Urahara is a troll lmfao he target Orihime’s feelings, to get Ichigo to notice her (which he doesn’t without help) and flaunts her booby lol (of course not of completely through her own knowledge.) but orihime isn’t dumb. She knows her body and her feelings (even though she is very innocent) she knows words like exhibitionous and she knows that her breast exist which is why she covers them...So she know what impact it would have on a man, she not a fool. She wants Ichigo to notice her. Ichigo reacted that way because his still an inexperienced virgin lmao not because he has hidden feeling because when he see Yoruichi naked he’s beyond blushing and he even peeks through his fingers and only covers one eye lmao (IchiYoru ftw), and when he see Rukia’s behind he’s flustered as well, and he said he is tempted by Rangiku’s chest and blushes. All this scene shows is that Ichigo is nervous around breast as he has been about 3 times so far in the manga. This experience isn’t unique to Orihime, if the point is oh he blushed and reacted to her chest there’s attraction then damn it he’s attracted to Rangiku too. Next
#8 Same for the Nell scene Ichigo has no reaction and gets beat up for it. What type of man with “Hidden feeling” doesn’t react to a women’s body like Orihime’s. Ichigo as an inexperienced young guy should be even more sensitive to a curvy women like Orihime but zero. He’s simply like well “it be faster this way so..” and Nel just like Yoruichi feels bad for Orihime and it’s Ichigo for not noticing her... and it’s not because Ichigo isn’t a perv or doesn’t notice because he has proven that he does notice but he just doesn’t feel anything.
#9...Shinji had Ichigo’s attention even before he walked in the classroom lmao. He was thinking of him and then when he saw him he said, with a shocked face “he came to school as if nothing happened”. Next
#10 Ichigo had already attacked Tsukishima the first time a couple pages before to say Orihime was the Catalyst wouldn’t be true a catalyst is a stimulus that triggers an event. Ichigo had already attacked Tsukishima the event had already taken place before Orihime’s name was mentioned… If anything Tsukishima was the Catalyst himself not Orihime…
#11 Both example of Ichigo reacting “for Orhime’s sake” can’t be used because Ichigo reacts to both Shinji and Tsukishima as soon as he see them not after Orihime is mentioned, and why does he react that way? Because both people have invade Ichigo’s life to get close to Ichigo.
12# From the first few chapter we see that Orihime is popular. Ichigo knows this himself because Keigo always has something pervy to say and Chizuru is always grabbing her boobs in front of everyone… Ichigo also noticed when he was getting glares after Mizuiro started that rumor about him and Rukia (even though Rukia was oblivious) Ichigo may be dense to Orihime’s feelings, but he isn’t blind. And no Ichigo isn’t annoyed because when Ichigo, like many character in Bleach, Kubo puts too little lines on his nose to show they are scrunching their face like Here, Here, Here, Here and other parts of the Manga
#12 But this moment is one sided because from this point on Orihime is the only one thinking of Ichigo. I mean Ichigo definitely cares about Orihime and when she is visibly injured he does show that he is concerned but so does everyone in their circle, Tatsuki specifically. We get an inside to Orihime’s mind about Ichigo constantly but it’s never the reverse and Ichigo is always having inner monologues about moments in his life so I don’t get why Orihime has popped into his head multiple times.
#13 Ichigo is speaking to her like a friend or sibling. He’s lecturing her, telling her to go see a doctor, he even notices her blush and questions her for blushing (which is interesting because if he notices then why did it take him until a while after the last arc to notice that she has feelings for him….), and then offers to walk her home but then gives up pretty quickly as Orihime says. Orihime along with Tatsuki, Mizuiro, Kegio and Chad all sit near the back so logically anytime Orihime came in injured he would notice. Also he mentions that she he’s not really but kinda close to her because she is best friends with Tatsuki. Even though they chat everyday he feels he isn’t particularly close to her and I guess it makes sense when you consider Japanese culture and the first name basis thing. Also one of Ichigo’s personality traits is the fact that he is caring. He takes care of little kid spirits and routinely watches over them.
#14 True Orihime is introduced as someone that is interested in Ichigo so of course her feelings would be highlighted throughout the series. But then Rukia is introduced as well as well as a destined to meet. Rukia was also Kubo’s first character and Ichigo was created to match Rukia which is why he has Red hair instead of black, why he doesn’t wear glasses, and why his sword is black and her’s is white so on and so forth.
