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There was a fanfic i liked called the Flower Princess and the Alchemist. Its a Fullmetal alchemist/Bleach crossover that has a believable romance between Ed and Orihime. Its not a canon ship but it got me thinking about why Ichigo/Orihime never worked for me.
A lot of shounen manga don't really build romances in the present, often saving it for the past and the future. Which isn't too bad but unless you tackle it in the present, its not gonna come off as strong. Most stories are told in the present tense. So my issue with Ichigo/Orihime is that it never happened in the present. They started out as friend of a friend and stayed that way. Even in the Hueco mundo arc Orihime's feelings intensified but i never got the sense Ichigo's did. So it just became a rehash of the Soul society arc to me but less interesting.
Granted i could be wrong because i gave up bleach soon after and haven't really touched it since.
So my tip for shounens would be just to explore romance in the present or commit to not having it like One piece.
This was inspired by Nukura's thread and i didn't want to necro their's
A lot of shounen manga don't really build romances in the present, often saving it for the past and the future. Which isn't too bad but unless you tackle it in the present, its not gonna come off as strong. Most stories are told in the present tense. So my issue with Ichigo/Orihime is that it never happened in the present. They started out as friend of a friend and stayed that way. Even in the Hueco mundo arc Orihime's feelings intensified but i never got the sense Ichigo's did. So it just became a rehash of the Soul society arc to me but less interesting.
Granted i could be wrong because i gave up bleach soon after and haven't really touched it since.
So my tip for shounens would be just to explore romance in the present or commit to not having it like One piece.
This was inspired by Nukura's thread and i didn't want to necro their's
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