Ichigo could see those emotions in her eyes. And yet with Ichigo, the man she claims she was so in love with, she can only regard with horror and shock. Inoue did have to deal with her brother and see him as a hollow but even then she could reach out to him and find her true brother when he bit her shoulder attempting to eat her. She was absolutely terrified and believed this was not ‘her’ Kurosaki-kun. She doesn’t fear Uliquiorra, she slapped him! No, but Ichigo himself? She does not fear Grimmjow like this, or hell, maybe even at all. Inoue was exposed and has knowledge of all that is going on and even if she had never seen Ichigo in his vaizard form, It shouldn’t have mattered because she should have known it is still Ichigo.īut, instead, what does she do? What does the girl who claims to love Ichigo with all her heart and would choose to love him for five lifetimes do when faced with the harsh reality and glimpse of the true Ichigo? The one she wanted to gallantly ride like a knight in shining armor through her rose colored glasses and deluded visions? Most likely Yuzu, who loves her brother dearly but if she were to see Ichigo like that, she would be horrified while Karin would be frightened but she would be more concerned for her brother and very much confused. However, the differences is his sisters, despite being in the dark, if they were exposed to this side of Ichigo, while they would be frightened,they would still be concerned for him. To me this really puts Inoue on the same level as Ichigo’s sisters, more or less. I was close to tearing up reading it I almost couldn’t stomach the hurt he expresses that someone he cares about as a friend and wants nothing more to protect fears him. I know Inoue’s human and she has faults but this is the man she claimed to love for five lifetimes and she couldn’t get past his mask? When he was doing nothing to hurt or threaten her–he was doing everything in his power to protect her and she only stares at him in absolute horror, terrified of his appearance? It is one of the main driving forces that make me so disgusted with ichihime. It really broke my heart how much that stung Ichigo.

I came across where initially Inoue was trying to be optimistic in front of Nel as Ichigo fought to protect them even though she was shaking visible and I was like okay that’s fine at least she’s trying.īut then it just goes all to hell when Ichigo is in his vaizard form and Nel is the one to remind Inoue that this is the same Ichigo from minutes before and yet Inoue only looks at him with fear.

I like to collect the original Japanese version of the manga but from time to time in bookstores (both English and Japanese) I read the volumes just to pass time and today I was rereading 32 and 33 briefly.

The monster within us ichihime