Can you please do Momo for 'Give Me A Character' thing? It will be amazing!
How I feel about this character: my girl! She’s so underrated and deserves more love. She has an incredible story about healing and hope after trauma. She doesn’t just instantly recover after Aizen’s betrayal, she still clings to the idea he’s innocent, and then eventually when she does accept he’s a traitor and he’s defeated, she still struggles with feeling left behind. By the end she has developed a healthy relationship It’s more realistic and heartfelt then other fictional recovery stories I’ve read. She remains dedicated to her work, is kind and sweet, and shows she’s a lot stronger than people give her credit for.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: Toshiro (obviously). However, as sad as I would be if she didn’t end up with Toshiro, I think I could slowly come around to her being with Izuru.
My non-romantic OTP for this character: I seriously wish we got to see more of her friendship with Renji and Kira, it was one of the great things about the first arc and had a lot of potential. I’d love to just see them hanging out and reminiscing about their Academy days, and helping each other recover after the wars they’ve been through. Her friendship with Rangiku also has a lot of potential; it’s never fully shown, only in few scenes, but I can just see Rangiku being an older sister figure to her and supporting her through her struggles. Finally there’s Shinji, who she has a fantastic captain-lieutenant relationship with. He considers her a daughter and she isn’t afraid to express disapproval around him (more on that here).
My unpopular opinion about this character: not sure if this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t thunk Momo has completely recovered by the end of the manga. She’s definitely able to see the brighter side now and doesn’t see Aizen as her admirable a captain anymore, but manipulation he put her through and the things that happened during the Winter War still haunt her from time to time. There will be days where it rears it’s ugly head and she needs more support from her friends on those days, especially if she had nightmares about it the night before.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:considering her panel time/screen time became less and less after Aizen’s defeat, there’s so much I wish had happened. If I could only pick one though it would be seeing her recovery; from her friends coming to visit her to her reconciliation with Toshiro to coming back to her division, I wish we had got to see it all.
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