Ichigo's hollow mask : Orihime's FEAR

              I have seen a lot of excuses from Orihime's and Ichihime's fans (not generalizing) for Orihime's behavior at this ever so famous SCARDY Orihime scene...

              Most of those people are saying that it was because she was only 15 living a NORMAL life?,and she doesn't have enough BATTLE EXPERIENCE,unlike Rukia,so it's normal that Rukia might not act the same way.

              Another argument that was being brought up for this is,the man that she claimed to LOVE for FIVE LIFETIMES,is standing there in front of her,and was looking like a monster,then asking "who wouldn't freak out/who wouldn't be scared?",then they are comparing her behavior with Rukia when she saw Kaien being POSSESSED by a hollow.

               It really looked the same huh?,still,can we really say that they really are the same?Well,in terms of reaction,then yes,but if we are going to talk about why they are SCARED,then there's a HUGE difference between the two.Let's take a look at those differences.

                 As you can see,Kaien is going to attack Rukia.On the other hand,let's take a good look at Orihime's situation with Kurosaki kun.

                 Ara? (japanese term).Kurosaki kun is not attacking Orihime,it's completely different from Kaien and Rukia's situation,right?Another thing,what is the reason that Rukia got scared in her situation with Kaien?

It was because of this.

                  Rukia is not afraid of Kaien,she was afraid of the fact,that she'll need to fight with Kaien.On the other hand,what is the reason that Orihime got scared of Kurosaki kun?

It was because of this...

                  Do you understand now?Orihime's FEAR doesn't come from his appearance,it wasn't from his strange and scary reiatsu either.Orihime's FEAR comes from her wish to be NOTICED by Kurosaki kun.After seeing Kurosaki kun like that,Orihime KNEW that it is more possible that Kurosaki kun might not recognize her,he might not NOTICE her even more (because of Rukia is already overwhelming).

                  Because of her LOW SELF ESTEEM (not being NOTICED by Kuurosaki kun *the way that she wished him to be*) that comes from Rukia's HUGE importance to Kurosaki kun,Orihime became too focused on her wish to be NOTICED by him,as a result,she became unable to notice that Kurosaki kun is hurting,he was suffering at that moment.This is totally different from Rukia's behavior with Kaien.

                 Rukia thought of helping Kaien dono.She was so worried about his well being,although she was afraid of the fact,that she needs to fight with him,she still turned back to try and help him.Even though she did it for herself as well (not to feel regret that she didn't help him),she's still able to see,that Kaien dono is suffering,she wasn't hindered with her ADMIRATION towards him.

                 Judging by the reason of her fear,how can we say that it was because of her age and lack of battle experience ? obviously,those reasons cannot justify her behavior.The only reason there is,is her personality (her way of dealing with her feelings for Kurosaki kun).

                 There's also a lot of speculations about Kurosaki kun's sad look that he showed to Orihime,after seeing her scared expression.

                   Funny,how some people think that it was because Ichigo was sad to see that the woman he loves (secretly?) was scared of him.I wonder where does those ideas came from,because I'm pretty sure,I haven't seen any hints from Ichigo before (during the previous chapters),that he might have a romantic feelings for Orihime,so why think that way?In any case,the reason why he was sad after seeing her scared expression,was this....

                  Do you remember those pages?Those are the reason why Ichigo showed a pained expression,after seeing Orihime's scared face while looking at his hollow form.Orihime just showed him,that Hirako was right with his INTUITION about him going to lose his friends,because of his hollow.Orihime blatantly showed Kurosaki kun,that it was possible to happen,she made his FEAR come to reality,right in front of his face (in love with her,huh?where's the proof of that?).

Interesting part : Rukia doesn't belong with the group of the shinigamis,in his image (the friends that he'll lose).

                  Ironically,some of those people are so adamant to accept that "looks (from the characters eyes)" are important.They kept on denying the importance of Ichigo and Rukia's eyesmex (as the fans call it),gazing,that is...though here they are,implying that Ichigo's look/behavior towards Orihime screams romance (though he's not saying anything either,that he loves Orihime *another argument that they are using against Ichiruki*).

                   Plus,Hirako's words are also the reason why Ichigo reacts with Orihime's "Don't get hurt anymore" speech  here....

The reason why Ichigo showed this kind of expression here...

                  
                    The reason why his face softened after hearing Orihime's "Don't get hurt anymore" speech,doesn't mean that he was happy because the woman that he loves is not scared of him anymore.Ichigo felt relieved that Orihime is not scared of him anymore,because it shows that there is still hope,that he might still be able to redeem their friendship.---------courtesy of Nel


One more thing,Ichihime's (I don't know if these people are serious about this,but...)...

 Ichigo likes showing off his machismo to Orihime.----posted by Ichihime

Is this what are you saying that a guy wants to show his machismo to a lady?

Well then,I guess he failed so badly there,because he ended up scaring the girl instead of impressing her.....^.^'>......

or these?

Ichigo showing off his machismo to Orihime,epic fail ヽ（´ー｀）┌

In any case,the only time I saw Ichigo seems like acting someone like that "Ichigo likes showing off his machismo"

Was here....

And definitely here...

See that? he was standing in front of a certain woman (namely Rukia),while facing his back on a firebird which is equivalent of 10,000 (1,000,000?) zanpakutos.And remember his big smile here?

Ichigo is showing his confident smile,in front of Rukia,as if reassuring her,that everything will be alright.Oh,how can I forget his sexy "YO" .....>.<......*squeal*.......

Another show off scene.....

And look at the shinigamis reaction to these.

Ah!...It's priceless （*´▽｀*）

And also in these scene....

Ichigo once again looks like a knight in shining armor
Can we take a glance at him few seconds before these scene?

He was barely standing while Ganju was supporting him.....but as soon as he heard these....

He reacted immediately

And went there looking like these in front of *cough* Rukia *cough* (and Renji).

Ichigo,is once again,looking like he wasn't injured at all,though just a few seconds ago,he still needs Ganju to support him,to be able to stand...（*´▽｀*）

I guess I should end up for these topic,it's getting long enough now....^.^....

I wasn't convincing anyone,to be clear...I was just sharing my thoughts,everyone have the right to stick with their own opinions (as long as KT haven't confirmed everything yet...)..XD