headcanon question: do renji's tattoos have any meaning to him bc i forget if they say so in the manga
i’ve been wanting to write smth along these lines for a while so bless. thank you !!!!!
there’s no clear meaning in the manga ? it’s never specifically explained to us but i guess it’s suggested ? ( when i finished the manga i picked up where i left off at the end so whatever arc it happened to suggest, i don’t know, i’d have to go reread but lmao noooope )
renji’s tattoo’s start when he’s young and progress as he’s gotten older. i’ve seen a couple ideas why he’d have them but i’d like to go along side the largely fanon idea that they have a connection to zabimaru ? as renji’s power and connection to zabimaru has increased, the more tattoo’s he’s gotten. ( like with each hurdle he’s come across, ie, achieving bankai, then each version of zabimaru ) i mean, zabimaru has got markings when it shows itself to renji. ( XXXX ) so them being connected to his zanpaktou would make sense to me.
before when they first enter the academy he’s just got his eyebrows and later more of his forehead does ( XXXX )
renji’s actual eyebrows got replaced by tattoo brows and that kills me. :’’’
