holy shit so i need a place to rant about fucking manga fucking hell have fun watching me bitch
kay so basically bleach ended today and the thing is that i haven’t given two shits about this series since like 2012?? i think idk it’s been a while. but the story went downhill like a LOOOOOONG time ago. like the last arc was such a clusterfuck i just didn’t bother reading it.
anywho these two characters has SUCH buildup and such good chemistry aka ichigo and rukia. ya so they’re like the super poplar ship, both with western fans and with japanese fans also apparently. like they were THE SHIP. but it’s more than that!! cause she was actually relevent to the plot line, esp with helping ichigo deal with depression over his mom’s death, and when he learnt he was part hollow. like shit girl u a tru friend actually supporting ichigo’s tired ass.
but there was this other chikypoo, orihime. ya know long hair big boobs, called the main character _____-kun. sound familiar?? coughhinatacough
and of cooooooourse ichihime is the ship that happens despite the main having no romantic inclinations previously, and rukia ends up with her childhood friend who never actually apologized for treater her like shit when she got arrested. of course they all look like they’re happily married and still 17 and its such a mess since there’s a SLEW of plotlines that just got abandoned like tf
i dunno how much i believe the rumour that wsj forced kubo to end it but it sure as shit seems that way. i mean there’s like there’s noooo resolution what so ever. and while the whole fam thing was still kidna shocking in naruto, it just came outta left field with bleach. like i know the narrative’s been fucked for so long, but still this kinda “we’re all settled n happy n i’m-not-a-shinigami-anymore ichigo” has no place in this narrative.
then there’s chad the gentle giant who didn’t like fighting fucking becoming a boxing champion or w/e
there’s more that’s wrong but w/e it’s fucked like kubo
but the thing that fucking pisses me off is shippers who ONLY see through shipping goggles think this is a “win” or a great fucking ending because they’re super precious totally-made-for-each-other ship is together. like orihime had her plot relevent moments too, don’t get me wrong. she was strong in her support role, but she was always the secondary female lead, yet these shippers treat her like she’s the star of the show, despite the fact that rukia & ichigo are often detected as two sides of the same coin. like even taking all the romantic subtext outta their story, they’re both still soooo important to one another.
but NOPE it’s the ichigo and orihime show. yup.
the series is just a shade of it’s former self, and i pity you who actually thing it’s good and ship ichihime.
