Human,

Hollow.

Quincy,

Shingami.

Dead,

Alive.

Depressed,

Purposeful.

Hunter,

Hunted.

Of all these things,

There is one unwavering truth.

One thing I know will not change.

But is that really me?

Who am I?

Am I a Kurosaki?

A Shiba?

I am a shinigami,

Yet a hollow,

Yet a quincy.

There is no such thing,

Yet I do exist.

Am I a figure from anime,

Or from manga,

Or am I real?

I my name really Ichigo?

That is what I think.

Yet,

Will that change?

I am a being of opposites.

But which opposite rules,

In the end?

I think,

Perhaps you are what you think you are.

That would mean,

That I am me.

Ichigo Kurosaki,

Substitute shinigami,

Vaizard,

Human,

Child of a quincy.

That is,

My fancy name.

When you strip that all away,

I am simply,

Ichigo.

A human.