IchiHime

IchiHime is the het ship between Ichigo Kurosaki and Orihime Inoue from the Bleach fand

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Ichigo and Orihimee aregoode friends. The two first met at high-school and became friends early on. Orihime always had feelings for Ichigo that gradually intensified as the two found themselves interacting more after he became a Soul Reaper. For much of their adolescence theybecame good friends. hough throughout the entirety of the manga, Orihime's love was shown to be one sided, after a ten year time skip, it was revealed that they are married and have a kid..

Orihime had first met Ichigo under tragic circumstances, as she took her severely injured brother to a clinic, that Ichigo’s father owned, and watched him die there. By the time they started high-school Orihime had already developed an interest in Ichigo and was even teased for this by her best-friend, Tatsuki, who was also friends with him. She would sometimes fantasise about him in comedic ways. Ichigo showed no apparent feelings for her, but became flustered and stated she was perhaps showing a bit too much when she wore revealing clothing in front of him which Ichigo has shown to do occasionally in cases of Yoruichi, Rangiku and Rukia. Orihime was scared of Ichigo's hollow mask his Hollow Mask when he fought against Grimmjow, but once she shouted her support when Nell told her to do so for him he was able to regain his momentum.

As it's Ichigo's nature to protect any of his friends he has come to save her from attacks numerous times, such as from Yammy and Grimmjow. When Ichigo couldn't save Chad and Orihime from the Espada attack and was depressed, Rukia came to cheer him up by making Ichigo apologize to Orihime and makes him promise that he will protect her. Rukia's ability to cheer Ichigo up made Orihime jealous of Rukia. At the same time, Ichigo was struggling to control his inner hollow so he trained to become stronger and overcome his Hollow. When Orihime was kidnapped and was deemed as a betrayer, Ichigo entered Hueco Mundo and faced the Arrancar, against the orders of the Soul Society, to save her. Later, Rukia along with Ichigo's friends came to help him. Ichigo previously had a grudge against Grimmjow because he had hurt Rukia and later fought him for this reason. He became furious when Ulquiorra revealed that he had blackmailed Orihime to come with him to Hueco Mundo and made the Soul Society believe she had actually joined them and became their enemy. When Ichigo was apparently killed by Ulqiuorra, Orihime begged before Ichigo's dying corpse to help her and Ichigo's own hollow, trying to protect Ichigo, rose to save him. Back on his feet, he allowed his inner Hollow to take over and relentlessly fought Ulqiuorra until he killed him. Ichigo regretted this action a lot as he killed a person. Orihime also was regretful. Aizen revealed he kidnapped her not because she had any special power but to lure Ichigo and his friends because he knew Ichigo, one of the Soul Society’s strongest assets, would attempt to save her, thus leaving Soul Society weakened.

Orihime is very kind to Ichigo but can be submissive to her own feelings for him. She feels very jealous due to Ichigo’s close friendship with Rukia, and admitted this to Rangiku who comforted her about her feelings. When she gets a job at a bread shop she regularly visits Icihigo’s home to give him some bread and when she was formally invited into his room for the first time she became flustered. She was even willing to expose her under cleavage because Kisuke told her that Ichigo would like it if she did so. As a result she wore revealing clothing in front of him, but became embarrassed and tried to cover herself when she thought Ichigo thought badly of her for doing so. Orihime is also very worried for his well-being and becomes agitated when he has been hurt in battle, and can even feel the pain herself. She will try her best to heal him with her powers, such as after his first brief encounter with Aizen and, when she saw how injured he was in his training with Xcution, she runs over to him in distress and starts to heal him. They both shared a brief moment after Ichigo’s victory over Byakuya where she tearfully apologises for not being of any use to him and thanks him for not dying, admitting that she was so worried for him. After he had defeated Aizen, she notably is the only one to start crying after seeing that he is alright until he collapses mid-sentence. When he had recovered in his bedroom she becomes embarrassed when she was the only one to joyfully shout his name, whilst everybody else was calm.

Her commitment to him is absolute and she told Riruka, when asked if she would help with Ichigo’s training by healing him even if it means he will endure endless pain, that she will heal him as much he needs her to. When Riruka then asks what she will do if he’s injured beyond her powers she says that she would not allow such a thing to happen to him.Despite Ichigo being masked by the Visored, she could still sense his spiritual pressure and locate him. At one point she becomes concerned for him when he appears to be hiding something from her and when talking to Uryu admits that she senses a change in him. Despite her love for him, she can be scared by his incredible and ominous power. When she first witnessed his Hollow form she became unnerved by the sight, which bothered Ichigo and disturbed his battle focus against Grimmjow. It was only after she was reprimanded by Nel that she overcame her concerns and shouted words of encouragement to him. She felt guilty when, in her despair, she called out for Ichigo’s help as the hollow tool over to protect Ichigo and attacked Uryu because Uryu tried to tame him. During their battle with Yhwach, when Ichigo transformed once again, she could only stare in horror as she was worried his body had been taken over by his inner Hollow once more, but was relieved to see he was still the Ichigo she knew.

When she was kidnapped by Ulquiorra, he granted her wish to be able to say goodbye to her friends, but she could only do so to one person and that person, nor anybody else, could not be aware of her presence. Although she had numerous choices, she chose to visit Ichigo, who was unconscious. She leaned over an unconscious Ichigo and contemplated kissing him but tearfully pulled back. She anguishes over her situation, listing all the things she wanted to do with her life, and wishes she had five lives so she could do everything she wanted, but says that in every single one of those lives she would fall in love with only him. When she witnessed Ulquiorra seemingly kill Ichigo by blowing a hole through his chest, Orihime falls into a pit of complete despair and begins to panic as she kneels by his lifeless body, filled with tears and unsure what to do. Despite being tricked by Tsukishima with false memories, her love for Ichigo unravels his effects on her and she begins to question why she feels the need to cry when she thinks Ichigo is crying but it is arguably controversial why she didn't question Tsukishima's actions when Byakuya later seemed to not betray Tsukishima even after falling under his power. She desperately calls out for him not to cry as her body fills up with pain at the thought of Ichigo’s despair. She was relieved to see he was not actually crying but still questioned that Ichigo should be stopped before soon after being knocked out by Kisuke.

Although she is grateful for everything Ichigo has done for her, Orihime is constantly wrought with guilt as she feels like she is nothing more than a burden to him. As such, she desires to strengthen herself in order to one day fight alongside him. She impressed him when she both protected him and attacked Kugo during their training session and, on another occasion, was able to protect him again, this time from Uryu’s attack. At the entrance to the throne room in Soul Society, before facing Yhwach, Ichigo told Orihime that "He is counting on her" and be in charge of the defence. Orihime was overjoyed at this, as after so long she was now able to fight alongside him. Ten years after the events of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, Ichigo and Orihime happily marry each other and have a son named Kazui.

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onhextremelboth an extremely popular pairing in the Bleach fandom but also a very controversial one, as the rival ship, IchiRuki, is just as popular. As a result, the community was divided over the decision to pair them together and for Rukia to be paired with Renji.

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Ichihime is both an extremely popular pairing in the Bleach fandom but also a very controversial one, as the rival ship, IchiRuki, is just as popular. As a result, the community was divided over the decision to pair them together and for Rukia to be paired with Renji.

Nonetheless, it appeared Bleach author, Tite Kubo, had planned for these romantic outcomes from the start. As Orihime’s feelings for Ichigo were made apparent very early on and the relationship between Rukia and Renji was established in the Soul Society Arc.

Critics of the pair lament the damsel in distress troupe that is excessive between Ichigo and Orihime. Orihime is not much of a likable character or not popular because she is one dimensional and only seem to have one personality: pining over the main character. She is only shown to "tell" to do things only to end up doing nothing when time arrives. This results to readers being quite annoyed to her character. Throughout the series, her Character itself isn't well written or developed. As Rukia is capable of looking after herself, whereas Orihime had to be saved numerous times. Beyond that, people found that Ichigo and Rukia shared the most endearing chemistry and mutual development throughout the series with the narrative supporting it which had the most potential to be romantic. Supporters of Ichihime argue that Ichigo and Orihime share a close bond that comes from a sense of mutual trust and deeply care for each other which seems quite far fetched given the one sided nature of the ship.

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