User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Chapter 375: The Supernatural, Predictions./@comment-4829046-20140313110525/@comment-4829046-20140314142513

@Miskos "he even said it himself." And there you go. One of my biggest reasons for hating him that has nothing to do with his general faults in the series. Oh my, this got weird... But let me get this straight. So it is a given that love for Ichigo was a plot device right? Well.... funny thing...

Romance - a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.

Bingo. You make someone fall in love, you are obliged to see it through. Not be a poor shit writer and just leave those feelings in the air and make shippers go on killing sprees. Romance is a part of life, especially teenage life when you take all those bajillion school life series into consideration. Not having it because he doesn't want it to become a romance is bullshit. You can have people fall in love and confess and still not keep it as a romance. There are tons of examples where the romance aspect is literally put aside after the crucial moments. No chapters of hand-holding, blushing, or any of the associations(take RAVE, did we actually see any "romance" beyond the occasional moment here and then?). Kubo could still end this like FMA though, where the actual official confirmation is given in the final chapter and it is what I am hoping/praying/wishing/dying for. End Bleach like that, and I can overlook the other problems. Sounds petty I know, but hey! have always been a hopeless romantic and always will be.