Throwback #88 - Fated Meeting of the Demon & Innocent

I've talked about it before a lot on my Blog, but I will address it once more ~ Kenpachi Zaraki & Yachiru Kusajishi's meeting is one of the most dynamic backstories in Bleach. When you think about it, Yachiru's meeting with Kenpachi should be traumatizing. However, the author decided to play it off and develop Yachiru as Kenpachi's "daughter." I put daughter in parenthesis because not much is really known about the two other than showing that Kenpachi began caring for Yachiru and treating her as if she was his own daughter. Yachiru grew up surrounded by bloodshed and rather than fear it, she embraced it because she knew there was no blood to be feared so long as Kenpachi Zaraki was around. Kenpachi wouldn't be the man he is today without Yachiru ~ you see him genuinely worry over Yachiru's wellbeing and it's unfortunate that we're left in the dark on whether or not she's okay. Point of the matter is, Kenpachi & Yachiru's history and their time together is the personified and reflected in the 11th division ~ craving the fighting, fearing nothing, and enjoying every second it. I'm surprised that Yachiru grew up this way, but at the same time I like this approach better than the cliche of her beinh horrified of Kenpachi. You could go further and say that the two can relate since they were both nameless and both were given names of things/objects that were already given that name (Ex: Kenpachi named himself "Kenpachi Zaraki" after the person he aims to be titled "Kenpachi" and "Zaraki" is where he's from). Yachiru isn't to be underestimated as she is the lieutenant of the 11th division. Despite the looks, she is more than capable of doing her fair share of getting her hands dirty. Both Kenpachi & Yachiru are just awesome in their own right and it's because of their history together that they're always regarded highly by Bleach fans.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Throwback post. Look forward to Throwback posts on Fridays. Until then, you all stay classy now.

The Final SGABR post will be delayed til tomorrow (latest is Sunday).