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for all of the story, thru ichigo, we see rain as the equivalent of despair. loss, failure. because of his trauma with his mother and the complexes its given him over those emotions. but also on an overarching look at the manga, why rain? why is it rain that he wants to clear?
the fact that in both pilot & current story, orihime’s family member was upset & became hollowified they say cuz orihime got distracted w/ ichigo, its why they want to kill her—to take her for themselves away from whos stolen her heart. & sora is still characterized like a father