#pro-renji

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They are angry that Rukia loves Renji and not Ichigo

Yes and now that she obviously and openly loves him they desperately try to downgrade him because that’s all they have left now.

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Holy crap, those renruki antis are terrible. D: What even?! Why would Renji be any lore or less abusive than Ichigo? If anything, Renji is the one person who deserves to marry Rukia due to always putting her first.

Actually I don’t think it’s a matter of “who deserves more”, but yes. For years the RenRuki ship was mostly ignored (or at least less attacked than IchiHime) and Renji’s feelings for Rukia were simply underestimated (”He is over his ‘crush’ for her”, “he only likes her as a friend/brother”, when multiple times it was pretty much clear that he loved her romantically). Never this “abusive” shit was on the table (except for some ultra antis maybe) 

but now with RenRuki getting focus

*suddenly* being ‘abusive’ is the most important and best describing “character trait” of Renji. How come huh. Like, they don’t have better things to say than picking out a scene that happened over 600 chapters ago, of course totally ignoring the context and everything else. Why did nobody said anything against Renji being Rukias friend when he was *that* abusive? For years when Renji and Rukia interacted it was totally fine but why would he only be abusive in a marriage? Oh I forgot, because they never considered Renji being a threat for their pairing? Well, duh, that’s pretty sad.

I am sorry for this rant, because I usually try to keep my blog free of anything ship war related, but this bullshit is just the king of bullshit.

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You know, I've always had the theory that renji has been in love since forever and he never told her after the 40 years because he could see that rukia was in love with ichigo and ichigo could make her happy so he backed off

Yeah, me too!

I feel like Renji feels love for Rukia for years indeed. Hmm… but it’s hard to describe. What kind of love is it? I feel like it’s a mixture of love, camaraderie, familial and romantic? It’s hard to describe in just one word (dang! Kubo Tite is a master of portraying bonds between people).

But yeah, I also think that Renji is in-love with Rukia. However, saying that it’s “romantic” feels like underestimating it. It looks to me as something deeper than that. Hmm… I guess the closest thing to call it is… “True Love”?

Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, it does not boast, it does not become conceited, it does not behave dishonorably, it is not selfish, it does not become angry, it does not keep a record of wrongs, it does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

I have a different view from those who are hating on Renji. For me, he is actually the most selfless when it comes to loving Rukia.

I know there are people berating Renji for abandoning Rukia. Viewing it from Rukia fan’s perspective (which I usually do), what he did is indeed bad because it hurt her deeply. But actually, in Renji’s perspective, it isn’t really that way. He didn’t abandon her. He let her go. He set her free.

Why? For her sake. He let her go for her sake. He let her go to give her a happy life. He wanted Rukia to have all the blessings and happiness in this world.

This is why he acted this way. Even if he hated it (because he knew he’ll be separated from her if she became a noble), he acted happy. Because he knew that if he ever acted grumpy about it, even showed the slightest hint of dissatisfaction. Rukia, will most likely than not, reject the invitation to become a noble.

But Renji doesn’t want that to happen. He wanted her to live a great life, in which he deemed she’ll get if she live as a noble (she did, by the way. His selfless action had lead her to find a family in the name of Byakuya Kuchiki).

This way of thinking is very obvious when he said this in his thoughts.

For Renji, he didn’t abandon Rukia. He set her free. He knew he can easily have her by his side. But he deemed his self unworthy enough (the stray dog) that he didn’t want to drag her down. For him, she is the star… the one that shines in the dark of night. Well, for Tite Kubo (and Rukia fans), she is The Moon. But the concept is still the same. She is The Light in the darkest hours of night.

Unfortunately, for Rukia, this action hurt her very much. Why? Because she is so selfless she doesn’t want any riches. The only thing she wanted was to live a good life with her comrades.This is why she asked Renji, hoping that he’ll stop her. Hoping that she’ll have a reason to reject such a good offer. But the thing is, he didn’t. He pushed her away to a place she didn’t want. He pushed her  to a place she didn’t want to be. She wanted to stay by his side.

That’s why this reaction.

Rukia felt rejected.

And thanks to this. Rukia became a very anti-social person. She never approached or open up to people. She had felt abandonment so many times. First by Hisana, though she doesn’t know this. She had been living her life as an orphan in the dangerous outskirts of town where you have to steal to live. She doesn’t have a family… until she met Renji and gang. But the life in Rukongai is harsh, and all her friends (family, if you will) died with the special exception of Renji. That’s why she wanted to leave that place. She doesn’t want to stay there anymore. It was only after her friends died that she wanted to live a good life with Renji (take note, her talent could have make her easily enter Seireitei but she never did. She only did so after her friends died).

Anyways, with Renji pushing her away. It served as a final straw. Rukia never felt right in the Kuchiki household. Byakuya never looked at her. People put her in a pedestal because she’s a Kuchiki. She’s treated “special” even though she didn’t want it. She wanted to be treated normally. She wanted to be treated in an equal manner as comrades. Oh, and the fact that the one person who made her feel this “normalness” die by her own hands just made everything worse. No wonder she closed her heart (until Ichigo came along and open it up for her just like what she did to him).

Anyways, back to topic. Renji’s ways of showing his love is not really the way Rukia wanted him to do. It’s ironic to say this, but his selfless love had lead him to selfishly impose what he deemed best for her.

And take note, he didn’t abandon her (although I love using that term to describe what he did to Rukia). He pushed her up. And he was planning to catch up to her and join her side. That was why he was working hard. He wanted to be someone “worthy” enough to stay by her side. Staying by her side is what drove him to rise in ranks and become a Vice Captain. Oh, and yes, the reason why he views Byakuya as a rival is because he’s the one who gave the happiness that he wanted to give Rukia. For him, Byakuya is the one who took Rukia away from him. This is why he wanted to work hard and beat Byakuya someday (but their levels are so different). This is why he views himself as the “stray dog that barks at the star”. You can say that the star symbolizes Rukia, or Byakuya who took Rukia.

Of course, he is so absorb by his own weaknesses and desire (to make Rukia happy) that he didn’t realize that Rukia is very unhappy (THE IRONY!!!). But he already became a vice captain. So he can finally stay by Rukia’s side like always.

But that is all until …

… ICHIGO CAME AND RUINED EVERYTHING!

He planned to approach her after she returned from her mission. He postponed to approach her, thinking he have all the time in this world to tell her the news that he can finally stay by her side.

But then BOOM!

Rukia is going to be executed because a human boy got in the way and took away her powers. Just as soon as he thought he can get to her, he was delivered with the news that she’s going to die because of a human boy.

No wonder he is so pissed off here.

Oh, and yes. Even though it seemed his anger is irrational to some fans (hey, it’s his fault! He should have talked to her first). I think Renji is still being sensible here. What he failed at is to communicate his feelings, but this is inevitable if he had low confidence in his self. He felt like Rukia is still out of his reach. She’s the gentle soul that is full of light. She’s not someone you’ll selfishly take for yourself. You need to be a worthy one before you can take her. But when he is so close to his goal, a mere human boy, a newbie shinigami (that she just met at that!) took her away!

I think anyone will lose their temper here and flip if they are in his position. I mean, he worked so hard for years to stay by her side. But then a new guy out of the blue just took her away in just …what? A few days? Rukia sacrificed her life (Renji worked so hard for to be a happy one) to a boy she just met (literally at day one!).

To make it worse? Do you know why Renji attacked Rukia and berated her? It’s because she’s acting “human”. He immediately saw at her an expression he hadn’t seen for years (cause this dork doesn’t understand how to make a woman like Rukia truly happy). Ever since she entered the Kuchiki household, her face had always been rigid and serious. He and his friends thought it’s because she’s a “noble” now so she became “unapproachable”. He never knew that the reason she’s acting “unapproachable” is because she’s been hurt so much she doesn’t want to be hurt again by the people she love (I still blame Renji :P). She had been hiding and ignoring all her emotions away, deeming it as a nuisance for shinigamis because it only causes “unnecessary pain”. In a sense, you can say she’s acting like a robot (this is why I made a post that her acting skill used for laugh is from her dark painful past). He had never seen her show so much emotion before.

He is angry at Rukia for the fact that she just sacrificed her life. A life he worked so hard to make into something great. He is angry at her for showing such emotions when all the years he spent so much to make her happy she only had this cold serious expression on her face. His angry at her for not being happy for something he worked hard for but she grown attachment instead to a world she didn’t belong to.

Yeah, he’s angry at her here.

Oh, but his real pet peeve here is Ichigo.

The human boy, the newbie shinigami who took away Rukia from him. The reason why she’s going to die. Yeah, he really wanted to kill him. And hey, maybe the death sentence would be lowered if this newbie shinigami died. It’s a two birds in one stone.

This is what made the Renji vs. Ichigo fight so meaningful.

Why? Because they are fighting for the same woman. But their approach is different. Renji’s approach is to still operate by the laws of their world. Ichigo’s approach is to break everything that is chaining her down. Just like the Byakuya fight, the theme of SS arc is “Order vs Chaos”. The Order is presented by Shinigamis, but Chaos is represented by Ichigo.

And Ichigo (the Chaos, The Yin) is willing to go against anything that will make Rukia sad. Who said this isn’t “romantic” again? This is what I’ll call True Love!

Oh and just in case, it seems there are some fans who didn’t realize this. But what Renji feels for Rukia is the same as what Ichigo feels for her. Kubo Tite has been paralleling them together since day one.

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When Rukia is hurt so badly by Grimmjow, and Ichigo felt lost and angry at his self for letting it happen. The one who sympathize with him was …who? It’s Renji.

Renji: At least you’re alive.Ichigo: You wouldn’t say that if you’re in my position

Renji tried to cheer him up by saying that at least he is alive. But Ichigo knew better how empty those words there. Why? Because they have the same feeling. Having Rukia get hurt, is a hurt to their pride as a man. Why? Because she’s the “precious one” they wanted to protect the most.

What Renji and Ichigo feel for Rukia is the same.

But there’s a difference.

What is it, you ask?

Unlike Ichigo who is confident in his power, Renji isn’t. This is why he never approached Rukia until he felt worthy enough. As I said before, It’s Renji who has the most selfless love. Ichigo does too, but he did show some desire to keep her by his side (acting like it’s a given that they should stay together).

But these two had the same desire,

They wanted Rukia’s happiness.

And they both know that her happiness is something she chose for her own.

Rukia wanted to stay at Soul Society instead with me? Okay, if that’s what you want. That’s what I save you for after all. So you can choose without those tears in your eyes.

Rukia is sad? Okay, then I’ll mention Ichigo to cheer her up. It’s the first time in years since I saw her eyes light up like that.

Well, let me correct myself a bit. Renji is initially indignant at Ichigo because he’s just a new guy she just met. That’s unfair after all he went through. This is why he kept on calling him “newbie” and such. But after seeing Ichigo’s resolve to save her, his own resolve wavered. He finally see that Ichigo is much worthier for Rukia than him. He can’t save her. He feel that he’s just the Stray Dog who couldn’t do anything but bark at The Star. But seeing Ichigo’s strong will to save her… he gave in. He gave up Rukia and entrusted her in his hands.

This scene was way more emotional and dramatic because of this.

Renji is in-love with Rukia? Yes, I believe so. And this isn’t some mere form of “romantic love”, it sounded shallow if say it just like that. What Renji has for Rukia is in the form of True Love.

And that made RenRuki so loved.

Honestly speaking, the only reason why I can’t ship RenRuki (I actually love childhood/bestfriend couples) is simply because it’s not Renji who made her happy. He’s not the one who dried her rain. He’s not the one who can save her when she needed it most.

All of those were done by Ichigo.