Shipping Wars

[TheGoldenBoy]

MohammadBadir said:

TheGoldenBoy said:

I'll explain it for him. Before the timeskip IchiRuki had a pretty good chance of happening. However, after seeing everything that has happened since then, I'm convinced—and happy—that Ichihime has a greater chance of happening. Kubo keeps on bring up the fact that Orihime has feelings for Ichigo (i.e. Orihime vision when delivering bread, her feeling pain (crying) at Ichigo's struggles even when she lost her memory because of Tsukishima, the fact that Yoruichi, Chad and Urahara made Ichigo comment on Orihime's new dress, etc.). If Kubo wanted to go the IchiRuki route he could have easily written out Orihime's feelings after the timeskip but he didn't. If anything it's hinted at even more now. There's also the fact that Ichigo has spent much more time with Orihime than Rukia after the timeskip.

I don't see how anything you said supports IchiHime. Sure, it supports Orihime liking Ichigo, which everybody knows at this point, but it does nothing on Ichigo's end. He was and still is oblivious of Orihime's feelings for him.

Also, if anything, the timeskip proved even more that IchiRuki has a better chance than IchiHime. Orihime had 2 years to get close to Ichigo, but it's obvious from the FullBring arc that she didn't. She was still getting all crazy when it came to Ichigo and he was still oblivious. She was still calling him Kurosaki-kun, and he was still calling her Inoue.

Orihime's feelings for Ichigo are the only thing that are canon, everything else is just speculation. Ichigo, at this point, has barely shown any interest in the opposite sex expect when he's being teased by Matsumoto and Yoruichi. I personally don't mind if IchiRuki happens, I just don't think it will though. Like I said, Kubo could have easily written out Orihime's feelings for Ichigo during the timeskip, but he didn't. In fact, he brings it up even more now. I just don't see the purpose of repeatedly bring them up if they aren't going to amount to anything. It's kind of like how Hinata's feelings were always in the background and Naruto was oblivious to them, but they ended up together.

There's also the fact we don't really know where Ichigo is going to end up by the end of the series. If he's required to live out the rest of his life in Soul Society because he's too dangerous to be among normal humans then IchiRuki obivously has a better chance. However, if he can continue to live with his family and friends in the Human World, I don't see how Rukia and him could honestly have a relationship. He'll soon be going to college and Rukia is the Vice-Captain of the Thirteenth Division. They'll both have huge responsibilties that will make a "long-distance" relationship hard to manage.