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Speaking of Black Friday...I need to put up a Black Friday chap for SoulShots O_O

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Dear Bleachers,

Alas, it has been another lovely day. While I sat in my chair in front of one of my 100 mirrors in my lovely room, gazing my perfect appearance, I realized that one of my not-as-lovely fans had sent me a reply. Here is what our dear friend, WarriorofAnime, had said:


Dear Kubo,

Why are some of your female characters so inappropriately dressed, and must you make their bosom size that big? I know it's too late to change it, but why didn't you try being unique and making them look like normal women?Also, will Rukia obtain bankai in this arc?

Sincerely, Jaay-Chan

Again, what is with you people wanting me to reveal all my secrets? Which I assure you, are many.


Well, Jaay-chan, I wondered why you had brought up the woman I draw. For one thing, could it be that you are jealous of them and are yearning to know their secrets? Well, in that case I must assure that all of the, are naturally made with no additional changes. If you are suffering from a case of young adolescent hormones, then I advice you to take a good look at them and decide whether or not they are worth it. I am proud at how real they look—they are three dimensial women but I must admit they sure as hell look lovely in every way. Real women suck. They all left me, the handsomest man alive, just because I trolled them too much. I can't help it. Just like Matsumoto said in her hit song, "We are who we are." Anyway, I created these perfect women by meeting up with the master of Fan Service himself, Hiro Mashima. He learned the art of troll from me and he taught me the secret to creating perfect women that will, sadly, never exist. But despite Matsumoto, Orihime, and Nel being around Ichigo all the time, he doesn't pursue any of them. Many fans send me letters about how Ichigo has a bunch of fangirls and he doesn't even notice them, so that makes him gay. You foolish yaoi loving women. Ichigo is not gay. He is simply the Friend-Zoning Master. Not going out with girls who fangirl over you doesn't make you gay, it makes you a friend zoner. I feel bad for Orihime so I gave her a fantasy where Ichigo invites her into his house. Aren't I so nice? Orihime and the other women in Bleach, perfect or not, shall forever be friend zoned by Ichigo.

Now, as for why I make it, as you phrased, "inappropriately dressed," well, it all comes done to one thing: fan service. Honestly, onna, how do expect me to make the multiple amount of male readers satisfied from this? This is a shounen, which literally means, man. Wait, that's not right….I meant young male. Blasted things, Google Translate is. Now where was I? Oh, and not only do I need to satisfy my male readers, I also need to have an excuse to look at the, er, real models. For example, when I modeled Matsumoto, I took a gander at the number of girls which passed by on their way to school. I began to draw them, but I felt….how would you say it….unsatisfied. I tried to make certain parts bigger and bigger but it just wouldn't work! When I went to find a new job (having been fired from the last one for trolling my boss into looking for the pizza in the bathroom when in fact it was in the printer with the chips and cookies I hid from him), I had realized that I could hire someone to be models. There were many benefits in hiring them, but the most important one (at least here) is that I was able to make the perfect Matsumoto! Orihime though…like I said, that beauty in my ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex work space was the model for that. That is why, Jaay-san, I do not make normal women. However I consider Rukia, Nemu, Tatsuki, and Yachiru to be normal women. Although I must admit, making them with decency is quite….enjoyable.

I will not reveal my secrets to you. If you buy the next magazine featuring my work I assure you that not only will you contribute to my bank account, but you will make all your Bleach-deprived friends proud! The other day I was speaking to my new goldfish (they cost 10 for 5 ¥!) and I asked him, "Why is that no women with big bosoms come to me?" And it answered, "Well, my handsome genius of a master, they do not go to you because they think you have your own models who you use! Why else?" I knew my fish was right. But how I enjoyed my dear drawings!

Speaking of my past love life, I honestly have to complain that you crazy fans send me too many letters for making "IchiRuki," "IchiHime," and "IchiAizen" to happen. For one thing, I had many dilemmas with this entire experience. I originally had shipped IchiHime, but then I realized that half my fan base wanted IchiRuki. The other half wanted IchiAizen, which is actually my secret OTP, but never will I let make that happen in my manga. If I do, the sales will plummet and I'll depressed and poor with millions and millions of dollars heaped around me and my small home. For example, when I was searching for the being that would serve Aizen (aka me) and be a loyal but emotionless servant, I was at a crossroads. I had attempted to make the other perfect being so I used my mother...that cold hearted wench made the perfect Hispanic sword. Not only was she as perfect as me, it was marred by the fact that she was also the one who always saw through my trolling. This itself is an amazing feat, even when I told her I had ate her favorite coffee cake, but she knew I had shoved it done our long-dead cat's throat. Well, I decided to name him Ulquiorra because honestly, doesn't that sound cool? Besides its so hard to remember…..but it sounds quite attractive. Of course, for a laugh I decided to make it so Ulquiorra would become closer and closer to my favorite physical masterpiece, Orihime, and then what did I do? I made Ichigo kill him. Yes, yes, it was quite heartless on my part but wasn't it funny? Because they would never end up together anyway. And it was then that I realized what I shipped.

Cargo. I had shipped cargo.

Indeed, this is the ultimate shipping ever made. Marvel over the genius of this shipping. Without handling at that too. When I shipped my first million coppies of the first volume of Bleach I felt so happy and proud, that I actually went and ordered a few of those models I was speaking of before. And then I realized my new love and occupation.

Cargo. Those words sound like a Souls' scream while a Hollow eats them. In other words, it sounds like heaven.

I must confess something. I never liked Ichigo. The main character was supposed to be Aizen *cough cough me cough cough* This is why. At a certain point in my life when my 13th consecutive girlfriend left me because I didn't give Orihime to actually kiss Ichigo when he was sleeping, like a stalker -well I made her seem like a stalker- I realized I hated Ichigo. This was the root of all my problems and I realized later my fame as well. I was contemplating whether or not to kill off Ichigo during the fight with Grimmjow, Nnoitra and Ulquiorra. That is why, my naïve readers, Ichigo turned Visored/Hollow/Arrancar/Vasto Lorde. Truth be told, I made that up last minute. Ichigo was supposed to die there, and the story was supposed to pick up with Aizen as the main character. Who wouldn't want an overly handsome trolling Shinigami with awesome hair to be their world conquerer? Apparently my ex-girlfriend didn't want that. So I had to make Orihime annoy the crap out of Ichigo and bring him back from the dead as a Visored/Hollow/Arrancar/Vasto Lorde thing. I was originally going to have Rukia slap/kick/abuse him back to life while Ishida called him names, but it didn't really fit. The other reason why I don't like Ichigo is because of his hair. It's unnaturally orange. Orihime doesn't have orange hair, it's actually Caramel Brown. There's a big difference. Ichigo's hair though, was a complete accident. It was supposed be bright purple, but my niece colored it Orange with her brand new crayons. It was a horrifying experience. From then on I hate drawing color pages with Ichigo. My first masterpiece was ruined and now I need Orange hi-lighters. Do you know how expensive hi-lighters are in Japan? Especially the exact shade of Ichigo's hair. It's the most expensive, even if I am sleeping in a bed of money.

Talking about Ichigo leads me to the other main character, Rukia. I can't say if she has reached Bankai yet, because I didn't make that up yet, I mean I don't want to spoil the surprise. But Rukia is also a friend Zoner. Every time the IchiRuki fans see an intimate moment between them, Rukia plays the Friend Card. Like in Episode 342, Ichigo and Rukia are together and she gives him a Nakama speech. Who does that sound like? No not Rukia, you idiots, I mean you amazing readers whom I love to exploit. She starts to sound like Natsu who we all know loves to give the nakama speeches. That was also part of my secret exchange with Hiro Mashima. If you didn't realize by now, Rukia was a member of Fairy Tail before she died. Master Mavis rubbed off on her quite a bit. Oh, and I guess Zeref helped too.

From Rukia let's move to Grimmjow. First of all, is he the blue haired one? Wait no that's Ulquiorra. After I Googled it.. Where was I? Oh yeah, Grimmjow. Everyone wants me to bring him back. I already did! Do you even read the manga? Do I draw all day and night for nothing? Or if you can't do that at least Wikipedia it! I can't wrote the same thing three million times, my delicate hand will get injured and then there will never be anymore Bleach. Ever. So stop asking me that. On the topic of my epic creation of Grimmjow, Ichigo is shipped with everybody from Rukia to Orihime to Byakuya to Aizen to Grimmjow. People asked if I shipped GrimmIchi even before the Arrancar Entry Arc. Grimmjow was in your heads before I, your beautiful mangaka, drew him.

Well, Jaay-san, I hope I answered your question. I must get going now—I had found a new victim—I mean a new girlfriend and I must get going to her now. I'm taking her out to McDonalds, and I reserved a booth. First dates are supposed to be amazing right? She will be amazed by my brilliance and handsomeness.

And you say I'm a troll. In fact, I am not the true troll here. I am just the open troll. The real trolls are the ones inside us.

Love, your romantic mangaka,

Tite Kubo

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