Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-35489678-20190220035651/@comment-29325824-20190220085053

...Really? Aside from the fact that this is one of the biggest rivalries within the Bleach fandom (Ichihime or Ichiruki), the story ended with a conclusion for the romance and the author himself even came out much earlier to clarify it.

Not going to spoil it, though. Unless you want to.