User blog comment:Renjifan45/Who would make a better couple: IchiRuki or RukiRen/@comment-5253514-20120702154038

I have to disagree, for me personall, there are more reasons for IchiRuki.

There are all your reasons, plus these: 1. They understand each other on a deeper level (episode 342 for example) 2. The way the look at each other holds something more than friendship 3. Rukia is the one who changed Ichigo's life 4. She helped the rain to stop. Something that feel everyday of his life since his mother died. - When she left after his power loss, he became all depressed again. 5. Kubo even said, they are more than friends, less than lovers. (Fade To Black - movie I know- was mostly Kubo's doing. He had a lot to say with this movie and how it went. And the movie is about Ichigo and Rukia and how they develop feelings for one another.) 6. Ichigo gained Bankai to save Rukia "this sword in my hand was gained for her sake"

Now, not to be rude, but there is a little more against RenjRuki than you think 1. He let go of her 40 years ago. He ruined their friendship for 40 years and did nothing to try and get her back. 2. Once he gets her back, he tries to kill her. He just lost all chance. 3. Its a shounen needs to be under RenjRuki too. 4. Renji and Rukia are friends again, but that bond they had growing up will never be the same again.

Now for your reasons against. Orihime may like Ichigo, but like you said he is too much of a block head to notice. He is so oblivious that when she is in his room she is fidgety like crazy and Ichigo is like "why are you fidgeting?" He doesn't see or know about her feelings. Now for the Hueco Mundo part, no Ichigo does not like Orihime better for that. Both girls needed to be saved and he went. But with Rukia he was solely focused on saving her nothing more nothing less. He didn't go to Soul Society to fight, but to save. With Orihime he went to Hueco Mundo and got distracted. He went to fight. Grimmjow even stated that. Then Ichigo restated that. He didn't even "save Orihime" he didn't take her home or have that talking moment like with Rukia. No he left and fought Aizen. After she healed him he just left to fight. Also he died because of Orihime, and his inner hollow went total beast because of her (even though it was originally stated that Ichigo just heard a female voice, not Orihime's saying 'help'. So his natural instinct was to protect.) And then when he went total best Orihime was afraid of him. So that is two things off your IchiRuki against list.

And if that last one is true, he didn't go to save Orihime out of love either. Which he didn't, but still needed to be said. He saves his friends. Ichigo is just one to protect because he has this overwhelming Hero Complex. He doesn't go out of love. No that one is true.