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Also I would point out im not sure where anyone gets that Ichigo and Rukia had anything more then friendship or a brother/sister relationship. She has never expressed any feeling for him outside of platonic feelings and certainly nothing on the lvl of Orihime's feelings toward ichigo. It seems people saw what they wanted on that one. Considering Orihime's feelings it was least possible for Ichigo to come around to finally seeing that and returning those feelings. As Arrancar said Kubo didnt intend to write romance but as far as Rukia and Renji are concerned it seems to be insinuated extremely subtly that Renji's feelings for Rukia are apparently more then friendship. I myself never noticed this but apparently this extends from when she first became a kuchiki and onward. Apparently alot was done in order to prove himself worthy or something. But as said before 10 yr period could explain alot of room for development. Unfortunately it happened in a way that we didnt see it.