From the beginning of Bleach, ͏Tite͏ Kubo subtly ͏crafted a͏ deep bond between Ichigo Ku͏rosaki and Ori͏h͏ime Inoue͏, positioning her as͏ his destined love interest rather than Rukia Kuchiki.

When fans caught up with Ichigo and Rukia, readers were stunned to see where the pair wound up in life, and plenty of shippers were quick to go to war. After all, Bleach ended with Ichigo married ...

We knew Bleach would eventually have to save Rukia and then it would be the end of Ichigo and friends' journey into the Soul Society. I have to admit this episode was a bit of a downer ...