What if we ran parallel RPs? People writing fic and stuff tend to forget that Ichigo's only met a couple of captains. (I can think of four- Byakuya, Kenpachi, Ukitake and possibly Unohana). Karakura's just as fun as Soul Society. I feel like a spoilsport though. I guess I just think of the 2005 OVA, which was pure fanservice- "Oh, I know! Let's just drop all the most needed people in Soul Society into the human world to deal with a comparatively minor threat, and it just so happens to be in Karakura and Ichigo will need to help them!" I can't help thinking that Ichigo must be a fairly minor cheese to them in the great scheme of things, and he has yet to leave a lasting mark on Soul Society. These are people who've been around for hundreds of years, and even if Ichigo's unusually powerful at an unusually early age, so was Kaien and so is Hitsugaya, and they both actually held status within the Seiretei.
Great, my mum's trying to turn the electricity off. Back soon. >.>
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