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thinking how much kubo must've treasured everything he did for ftb bc he reused the same themes later in the manga.
returning to bleach roots? ftb version: ichigo giving rukia powers, manga version: rukia giving ichigo powers again, both scenes intentionally mirroring the 1st ch
not ppl in mf 2022 still calling this moment “parallels” 💀💀💀
the black highlight on ichigo's panels is an indication of the fact that it is actually A FLASHBACK. renji remembered this moment of ichigo during his training that he saw himself AND REPEATED THIS INTENTIONALLY FFS
i got curious n looked up these frames w ichigo n just look at this
152, right after 151 “Deathberry Returns”
196, right after 195 “Death & Strawberry [Reprise]”
460 (“Deathberry Returns 2”), right after 459 “Death & Strawberry 2”
ALL these moments are actually ir iconic reunions https://t.co/GB6zfCqpqm
no but the way all of this was completely forgotten. why to spend pages on this, who needed the supposed “red herring” if plot-wise there was no real tension on this topic, let's alone from ichigo's end?
one of the biggest retcons in manga istg
how often do you think abt uryuu and how disappointed he was in a career of a doctor bc of what ryuuken did to katagiri's body AND the fact that ryuuken literally told him quincies are of no use bc you can't make for a living by being a quincy i--
@kaylee2908 she literally told that she knew he had made up his mind 😭 it was the last reassurance, not the main motivation ffs
“hime motivated ichigo to save rukia, he wouldn't have done this w/o hime” is such a clear nonsensical bullshit. also OOC for ichigo that paints him as an asshole
volumes 49 and 54, the first and the last volumes of fullbringers arc, ichigo and rukia and their poems referring to each other 🥺😭💔