The board I visit was pretty filled with anti-Reira types. More specifically, filled with types who forget Takumi is just as guilty as she is, but without much material to trip over each other to bitch about Reira with, the thread for chapter 75 died within one page (As opposed to the last five chapters that went on quite a bit longer.
I like Kaien/Rukia and Ichiruki, so that whole replacement theory struck a nerve with me, too. I mean, Kaien became a friend and mentor when she really needed someone to see her for who she was and not another Kuchiki, but the relationship between them had a rather uneven power balance, for the obvious reason of him being her superior and Kaien having more life experiences. Ichigo OTOH is closer (mentally) to Rukia's age, and they're more or less equals. Compariing the two just does not compute.
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Date: 2008-07-02 07:07 pm (UTC)I like Kaien/Rukia and Ichiruki, so that whole replacement theory struck a nerve with me, too. I mean, Kaien became a friend and mentor when she really needed someone to see her for who she was and not another Kuchiki, but the relationship between them had a rather uneven power balance, for the obvious reason of him being her superior and Kaien having more life experiences. Ichigo OTOH is closer (mentally) to Rukia's age, and they're more or less equals. Compariing the two just does not compute.