#orihime was taken by her brother at age 3 bc their parents were so abusive & then he died

[ofdreamsanddoodles]

it’s interesting to me that ichigo canonically has so much reitsu that he can increase abilities of the people around him, if he spends enough time with them, which is why chad & orihime have powers (or at least, the ASSUMED reason since chad’s really a fullbring) but both of their abilities have to do with like, having more soul than everyone around them, basically, which is a power ichigo himself was born with

like chad says that he feels the power of his abuelo dwelling in his right arm & that his own power is in his left, while orihime’s power is having six different spirits that are supposed to represent her soul. canon describes it as being like a shiginami’s sword, which makes sense, because they all, like, are housed in her hairclip, there’s still more variation just one weapon one power (an oversimplification, i know)

there’s no real point to this post, i just think it’s fun that out of everyone ichigo could have met, he gravitated towards the kids with powers closer to his

#like we see the other fullbrings & chad is the only one who describes theirs as being part of someone elses soul #its just the guy whos best friends with ichigo. who was infected with a hollow soul #also interestingly enough all three of them either had to leave a parent or watch a parent die at a young age #orihime was taken by her brother at age 3 bc their parents were so abusive & then he died #while chad had his parents die at 8 & then grew up w his abuelo who also passed #& now theyre both living as emancipated minors #or they were when they were introduced. i guess theyre adults now #anyway what a wild and wicked fun coincidence that the characters with the most souls #also have a wicked amount of childhood trauma #wonder what thats about #aster speaks #bleach