#karakura gang

[incorrctbleach]

Uryu: Chad drives. Orihime: Why?? Uryu: He's least likely to hit something just for fun. Ichigo: True.

#s: tmnt 2012 #orihime inoue #ichigo kurosaki #bleach #karakura gang #ishida uryu #inoue orihime #kurosaki ichigo #uryu ishida

[crispybonkeggllama]

If ichigo was a crybaby as a child, the fact that ossan hates rain and all means that ichigo is STILL a crybaby, he just doesn't cry out loud, his crying is all internal.

But i like to think he sometimes gives himself 'alone time' to cry.

Soooooooo-

Imagine at the Shoten all the group and his sisters and family, goat-face being a clown that he is wailing all the evening that he and ichigo had their usual family banter but this time was worse, 'cause isshin was wailing about how his kids grew up so fast and he wants to baby them etc etc only for ichigo hurting and scarring inside a little more because it was him since nine who took care of sisters and helped in the neighbourhood to gain some money and stole some from isshin's wallet and it was difficult, it was tough and he doesn't like to remember this, because when he does he's tearing up and isshin wasn't even supposed to be at the shoten today-

So he storms off at some moment with goat face's shouting at how his son is a tsundere in the background.

And everyone just thinks that ichigo needs time to cool off, they saw and heard these acts of 'tough love' several times already only for ichigo not returning even after half an hour. Thus they went to search for him. And of course with his radiating reiatsu it was easier to find him, though urahara and yoruichi were the first to do so, but they were just standing there, staring.

They found him at the riverbank silently shedding tears with his knees up to his chin.

Curling in a ball trying to supress his shaking shoulders and sniffs.

Blinking rapidly to wipe away the tears with the base of his hand.

And his lips were trembling with each shuddered breath-

'Oh,' urahara thought, seeing as the gang caught up to them with various looks of disbelief and fear. 'Isshin, you fool, you utter fool.'

Not that he felt any ounce of sympathy towards his old friend.

Judging by the looks in everyone's eyes and slowly seeping bloodlust in the air as the situation sank in the minds, the man won't be able to even be near orange head in the near future.

(And he would gladly and enthusiastically assist)

No one can make kurosaki ichigo cry and get away with it, as it turned out.

#bleach #ichigo kurosaki #ichigo #kisuke urahara #bleach headcanons #urahara kisuke #karakura gang #isshin kurosaki #uraichi #ichigo holds more power over these people than he thinks #crying ichigo #i'm crying with him #let ichigo cry he deserves this #don't make ichigo cry you don't know what's coming for you

[el-yon]

one thing i love overthinking about the "Inoue, are you ok?" is that is more than "just" concern for her safety/well-being...

because as Ichigo gets to know Orihime and he learns how she acts:

he's genuinely building something with her where he shows that he cares for her true sentiments, everytime he specifically asks about her. He wants her to be safe and happy, but if she's not, and she hides and masks it beneath cheerfulness, he has learned that it hurts.

We talk a lot about how important Orihime was to get Ichigo to open up and deal with emotions, but it's great that he has an important effect on getting her not to hide as well: because hey, when she does express herself, when she lets the feelings-river flow (or you know, when rain comes up), she reaches him -- could she connect two hearts? yeah, she could. they did connect.

It's touch and go, and they still try to hide things to protect each other again, and again, but by constantly showing concern, they have both shown each other that they don't need to hide. Ichigo gets to be his true self around her, and Orihime gets to be her true self around him - a lot of smiles and jokes, but also tears of all kind.

When you ask someone you love "hey, are you ok? how are you?", you don't want them to fake a smile, you want them to be honest so you can be there for them - just like they are there for you. You want them to speak from the heart, because when they do, it means they trust you. And, imagine that, they might express something you are feeling too - whether if it's something just between the two of you, or to express the feeling of love and care shared between six people after a war, or the relief that your nerd friend-turned-enemy is still the guy you love.

They are so real, so healthy, they make me so soft 💕

#orihime inoue #ichigo kurosaki #ichihime #bleach #six hearts beat as one #karakura gang #i should be writing for work or for fic but NEITHER is coming up so have some loving thoughts

[turnbackthependulum]

[The Squad is in the classroom, revising for an upcoming English test.] Uryu: A sprite is a spirit, a mythical, fairy-like creature with magical powers. Like an elf, or a fairy. Ichigo: A sprite is a faint, red electrical discharge that occurs high above a thunderstorm. Mizuiro: Wait, isn't sprite a 2D bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene in a video game or something? Uryu: Ichigo: Keigo, yelling in confusion: WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SAYING?! ISN'T SPRITE A FRICKIN' SODA?!!

#karakura gang #karakura high school #uryu ishida #ichigo kurosaki #mizuiro kojima #keigo asano #KHS EN class au #fycanon

[momoty]

#bleach #uryu ishida #uryuu ishida #ishida uryuu #ishida uryū #chadishi #ichigo kurosaki #bleach ships #ishida uryu #kurosaki ichigo #kurosaki orihime #orihime kurosaki #inoue orihime #orihime inoue #sadoishi #ishisado #ichihime #karakura gang #ichiori #bleach anime #bleach manga #bleach memes

[kcuf-ad]

I want an Arc where Ichigonis kidnapped.

Why?

Because I want the Karakura Gang to go FERAL!

Chad is giving several combos to everyone on sight, Rukia is freezing everyone, Orihime negating their lungs, Renji SWINGING Zabimaru around, killing several people in the process and Uryu acting like a Tsundere while beating everyone with his bow and arrows.

Ichigo is watching this while eating popcorn

#bleach #chad yasutora #ichigo kurosaki #renji abarai #rukia #rukia kuchiki #orihime inoue #uryu ishida #karakura kids #karakura gang

[thebiggestwheel]

Made a Volume Cover for Tatsuki.

I based it on early Bleach Volume covers hence the multi-colored name. The name itself comes from the fact that "Tatsu" stands for "Dragon". The Colors represent the different colors that a Karate Belt has.

It's Volume 7.5 because it's supposed to take place in-between the events of Volume 7 and Volume 8.

#bleach #bleach tybw #tatsuki #tatsuki arisawa #the substitute shinigami arc #karakura gang #karakura town #manga edit

[zabiume]

#SHUT THE FUCK UP OGM THIS IS SONFNFNFJ CYTE!!!! #tybw spoilers #karakura gang

[iamumbra195]

Early Ichigo is so unhinged it’s actually hilarious. It’s less obvious as the story goes on because the cirsumstances are more dangerous for those he cares about but this kid sees a huge hollow and his first thought ‘I wanna cut that’ like ??? 

boy is literally unhinged

also kisuke is shady as fuck in the beginning, to the point that Ichigo, the king of adapting to weird ass shit, calls him out on it

ik he’s preparing Ichigo to fight bigger and better opponents, so all the shady shit he does has a reason but I’m actually curious, why did Ishida’s hollow bait trigger so many hollows to come to Karakura? Was that explained later on, cause Urahara seemed sorta surprised when all the hollows started pouring in  but then he just rolled with it

also ICHIGO WHAT IS THIS XD

#bleach #ichigo kurosaki #kisuke urahara #karakura gang #ishida #menos grande #unhinged ichigo #manga

[reynawonders-art]

Karakura Team from the Rock Musical Bleach

Just love how they're promoting the cast

https://x.com/RM_BLEACH2024?t=pIF2aYvjdb0_LeoU5keZpw&s=09

#coming soon #shinigami team #hope they will release #grimmjow jaegerjaquez #my fav #bleach #karakura gang

[incorrctbleach]

Ichigo: We've been through so much together, haven't we, Uryu? Uryu: Yeah. And most of it was your fault,

#s: unknown #ichigo kurosaki #uryu ishida #bleach #karakura gang #kurosaki ichigo #ishida uryu

[idetheriverfish]

Never ever trust Seinosuke to “go get a gigai for a proper disguise”

#bleach #fanart #bleach fanart #bleach cfyow #tsunayashiro tokinada #cfyow #tokinada ​cfyow #bleach tokinada #tokinada #karakura gang

[substituted-shinigami]

Roommates Assemble!!! (College AU)

AO3

Characters: Rukia and Ichigo (RenRuki/Ichihime), with a guest appearance of the rest of the Karakura Gang

Rating: G

Genre: Slice of Life, Friendship, Humor

Chapter Summary: Having chosen to go to an out of town college, Ichigo has found dorm life to be less than ideal. Rukia, a friend he met in college, feels the same way about her living situation, and so do several of their friends. But don’t worry, Rukia has a plan! (Author’s Note after the story)

Part of the "We Can't All Be Winners" anthology series of oneshots.

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“That complete and utter- ARGH!!!!” Rukia yelled, forcibly shutting off her phone and stuffing it deep into her bag. She stormed up to the college breakroom table, and dropped her bag heavily onto it, before slumping down into a chair.

“Oi! Don’t rock the table, I'm trying to write in pen here!” Ichigo complained as he scowled at the fresh, unintended pen marks on his page. He sighed and reached over to his bag to grab his whiteout. “Who was it this time? Byakuya or the old man?” he asked.

“The old man…” Rukia grumbled, as she rubbed her eyes with the palms of her hands, “Ginrei was bad enough when Byakuya was actually at the mansion. But now that he and Renji are gone on active duty for two years, he is utterly unbearable…”

“How are you dealing with that, by the way?”

“With Ginrei? Hmph,” Rukia crossed her arms, “By avoiding him whenever possible, of course!”

“No…I mean with Renji being gone,” Ichigo asked as he continued to rummage through his bag, “You two got engaged right before you found out about the deployment, right?”

“Ah…that…” Rukia looked down and was quiet for a moment. She glanced at the simple, but beautiful ring hanging on the chain around her neck, before closing her eyes, and stuffing it back inside her shirt, “It sucks that he’s gone, but it sucks more that I couldn’t go with him. But ever since I got injured on my last rescue mission, I’ve been useless. That’s why Brother- that’s why Byakuya submitted for my discharge after all…” Ichigo glanced up at her, before returning to his rummaging.

“Hey, don’t get me wrong, from what you’ve told me before, this Byakuya-guy sounds like a real pain, and I’d never defend him. But as a brother, I don’t think that’s why he did that.”

Rukia continued to look down, “You don’t know him like I do…” she muttered. She uncrossed her arms and sat back up, waving a hand dismissively, “Whatever, it doesn’t matter. This is Renji’s last deployment, I’ve got college to keep me busy, and when he gets back, we'll elope, and then I can finally leave that stupid mansion and its worse occupants behind for good.” Rukia withdrew a notebook from her backpack, “Although, with how things have been going with Ginrei, I might just move into the dorms at this point.”

“As someone who is currently living in the dorms, trust me they can be just as bad,” Ichigo grumbled, as he finally found his whiteout and began carefully spreading it across the aimless marks on his paper. Rukia looked up at him.

“What? Is your roommate still causing you trouble? Do you want me to come over and beat him up for you?” At that, Ichigo finally fully looked up from his assignment, in complete exasperation.

“What?! No! Why is that always your first solution!”

“Hah! Says the guy always getting into fights!” Rukia countered with a laugh, as she took out her markers, “Orihime told me how you “valiantly defended her donuts” from the “confounding confectionery thief” on her way home from the bakery the other day. You get into fights over donuts, Ichigo. Donuts. Still mad you didn’t call me about that, by the way, I wanted to give the guy who messed with her a good licking too…” Ichigo threw his hands up in the air at that.

“I don’t try to get into fights! Plus that was different! First of all, he was a thief, not just a general jerk like my roommate. Secondly, that guy started it by grabbing her arm. And thirdly, it was off school grounds so no one was going to get expelled by it!” Ichigo said, ticking his excuses off on his fingers. He waved his hand dismissively and went back to writing his paper, “Plus the guy went down fast, you wouldn’t have had any fun with him.”

“Hmmm,” Rukia hummed in agreement, “Still it sucks that she lives in such a dangerous neighborhood. If she could live in the apartments closer to the school, she wouldn’t have to worry about it so much.”

“Yeah…” Ichigo agreed quietly, as he stopped writing again. They sat there silently for a while as they fretted over their friend. Suddenly, Rukia perked up, and slammed her fists on the table.

“Ichigo!”

“Gah! Rukia, what did I just say about rocking the table!”

“Hey, I waited till you stopped writing, didn’t I? Anyways, listen to this!” she looked at him, eyes gleaming with…ideas, “You and Orihime should get an apartment together closer to the school!” she exclaimed excitedly. Ichigo looked up at her with huge eyes.

“W-WHAT?!? Rukia, we’re not… But I haven’t yet… Even if I had…” He stammered, but Rukia just waved her hand dismissively at him.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be there too, as a chaperone,” She stated matter-of-factly. Ichigo’s face immediately deadpanned.

“Gee, thanks a lot,” he scowled. He scratched his head, “Anyway, that’s not the only problem, y’know? Even between the three of us, there is no way we could afford the apartments that are near the school. They are way too expensive!”

“Hmmm…true,” Rukia agreed, as she tapped her chin in thought. But she quickly perked up again, much to Ichigo’s chagrin, “What about Chad? You two were tight back in high school, right?”

“Since middle school, actually, and I can ask him, but I’m still not sure. I think we need one more to be in the clear.”

“Easy,” Rukia shrugged, “Ishida.”

“What?”

“Ishida. He hates his dad, constantly complains about the guy. He’d be glad to move out.”

Ichigo stared at her. “First of all, just ‘cause someone doesn’t like their parent doesn’t mean they want to move out,” Ichigo said. Rukia shrugged nonchalantly at this, “Secondly, Ishida might be a bigger introvert than you.”

“Untrue, Ichigo! How could you utter such a falsehood? No one is a bigger introvert than me!”

“That’s exactly my point!” Ichigo exclaimed as he waved his hands for emphasis, “Out of the people you have gathered, including myself, you’ve got three huge introverts, a guy who barely talks, and a girl who constantly overworks, and never asks anyone for help. Ever. Also, we’ll probably each have to share a room. How in the world do you expect us all to live together?!”

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Three weeks later, Ichigo stood outside the nice apartment building, his bag swung around his shoulder and a suitcase in his hand.

“You’re in the way, Kurosaki,” Ishida said as he bumped his way past him with his bags.

“Come on, Rukia, let’s go pick out our room! Oops, sorry, Ichigo!” Orihime apologized as she accidentally grazed him with the large item she was attempting to carry in by herself.

“Orihime…let me…help…” Chad muttered too quietly for anyone but Ichigo to hear. He ended up having to jog to catch up with her. Finally, Rukia strode up beside Ichigo, bags on each shoulder, hands on her hips, looking smug.

“This is going to be great!” She grinned. Ichigo just sighed.

>>>>>>>>>> Author’s Note <<<<<<<<<<

A/N: So I've started reading through the Bleach light novels and I really like their chill, slice-of-life feel. This piece was inspired by the first one, Letters From the Other Side, where they really tap into Ichigo's and Rukia's roommate/schoolmate relationship. I would love to turn this into a whole series one day, but that would be a pretty massive undertaking, so this is it for now. Thanks for reading!

#bleach #rukia kuchiki #ichigo kurosaki #karakura gang #renruki #ichihime #roommates assemble #roommates au #college au #we can't all be winners #wcabw

[el-yon]

[ personal sharing time ]

beyond all the character/narrative reasons for Ichigo to live a full life, I have a very personal/political/professional (cannot dissociate the three) appreciation for the fact that he does not join the Gotei - nor any organization, for that matter.

I know Kubo draws mainly from Buddhism, and I don’t think he’s worried about political organizations at all, since his message is about self-realization. However, as he takes us through Ichigo’s journey, he does take us through different political arrangements, meaning, organizations of violence: oligarchic and militaristic regimes, colonialism/imperialism, theocratic and totalitarian ideologies, you name it. For instance, I think Kubo said somewhere he chose the spanish/latin motif to Hueco Mundo and the Arrankar/Hollowfication stuff because he thought it sounded sensuous, which makes sense with the uh... subtext of it all, BUT, the predatory viciousness of Hueco Mundo is such a strong colonization subtext too!. Also, expropriating a population/territory (Karakura) to literally fabricate and access sovereignty (the Royal Key)... wow. Then you know, don’t even need to get into Ginjo literally stealing powers, or everything about the Wandenreich.

But the most important “organization of violence” here is not the one that imposes one’s will onto another, but the individual one that informs human agency and autonomy. Ichigo happens to have all the available types of power in his hands, he has a lot of means to inflict violence, but he gets to learn how to use them to be his own person.

No gods, no hierarchies, no masters but himself.

When we’re kids, we’re vulnerable. Things happen to us, and we are powerless. Then, as we grow up, we gain physicial strenght, we get the chance to walk on our own, to actually do things, to be active - we get access to power, including, to do things to others. When we start Bleach, Ichigo gets this immediate power boost in his life and we see him fighting the world: he chops off Sora’s hand, he chops off the serial killer hollow and he is angry, he’s brutal, he’s violent - as we see even more clearly in the whole hollowfication journey. A journey that, beautifully, comes to its closure when he finally learns the truth about himself, stops trying to supress it, and learns how to use it, how to regulate it, and once he relies on Orihime. Which brings me to the next part.

Growing up right beside him, we have the development of three other young people, each one relating to particular aspect of his own powers, dealing with violence too: Chad is a window to racial violence and learns how to fight back on his terms, Orihime is a window to gender violence and learns how to fight back on her terms, Uryu is a window to genocide and learns how to fight back on his terms. And they are also helping and being helped by Renji and Rukia, two people who have been hurt by class opression and nobility dynamics, who also found their own way to make it work - the “we gripped each other’s hand instead of the blade” is very important to lil old me.

In a world that is terrible, but also full of possibilities, Ichigo and Karakura are (to me, this is a personal take) an amazing ode to human agency that is informed by self-improvement, desire to help, to care and protect more than any disciplinary power out there, and I love that for them.

#bleach appreciation #ichigo kurosaki #six hearts beat as one #karakura gang #this is also my way of saying why i firmly believe karakura gang are a married poly #when they die then we'll see what happens (rukongai revolution or hell uprising? I'll be there for it)

[turnbackthependulum]

Uryu: Everything will be ok. You can't stop it.

Uryu: Everything will be fine. You have no choice.

Ichigo: What the fuck kind of pep talk is that?

Uryu: Ominous positivity.

#uryu ishida #ichigo kurosaki #incorrect bleach quotes #incorrect bleach #karakura gang

[skullywullypully]

#bleach #bleach memes #crappy memes #karakura gang #ichigo kurosaki #orihime inoue #chad #bleach chad #ishida uryū