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effervescible) wrote2007-12-05 04:56 pm
effervescible) wrote2007-12-05 04:56 pm
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Some Shiba thoughts
I was reading the Kaien entry in the awesome-ass translated profiles from Bleach Bootleg.
Special Notes: (Top secret!)
Back when the Shiba clan was still one of the five great noble families, Kaien found a wounded boar piglet in the mountains in Rukongai, and brought back Ganju's precious Bonnie-chan to be raised by the family. Bonnie-chan's ribbon is a gift from Kaien. To this day she still isn't as attached to Ganju because she loved Kaien so much. The Shiba family's guardsmen, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko, were in charge of Kaien and Kuukaku's education when they were younger. After the Shiba clan's decline, only these two servants remained behind to continue working for the family.
What does this tell us? Besides, as Aino put it, Kaien being unable to do anything that is not woobie. It gives us a few timeline hints.
-I CAN'T WRITE THIS HOW I MEAN. Third edit: Kaien was alive and Ganju was a kid at some point before the fall of the Shibas, so while it didn't happen yesterday, it didn't happen like generations ago.
-ADFGKSAFDGKAG BONNIE-CHAN. I guess boars live a long while in Soul Society! This isn't really a timeline issue, I'm just too fucking crazy about it.
-There is likely a significant age difference between Kuukaku and Ganju, if Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko were not his teachers as well. We already knew there was one between Kaien and Ganju. Ha, maybe Ganju was a late-in-life baby.
I am intrigued that the fall of the Shiba is a relatively recent thing. I think the idea that Kaien's death caused it is bullshit, because why would that reflect on his whole family? He's a shinigami; death in battle is not an unexpected thing.
Some have speculated that the fall had to do with Isshin's departure from Soul Society. Timewise, this could be correct, but if it is, then it means his tenure in SS and Rukia's could have overlapped. Kaien was a noble when he brought Bonnie-chan to Ganju; Ganju was still a child when Kaien died. As weird as aging is in SS, who knows how old he really was, but it does give us more to think about. Curiouser and curiouser.
P.S. KAIEN AND BONNIE-CHAN. BONNIE-CHAN STILL PINES FOR KAIEN. OMG.
Special Notes: (Top secret!)
Back when the Shiba clan was still one of the five great noble families, Kaien found a wounded boar piglet in the mountains in Rukongai, and brought back Ganju's precious Bonnie-chan to be raised by the family. Bonnie-chan's ribbon is a gift from Kaien. To this day she still isn't as attached to Ganju because she loved Kaien so much. The Shiba family's guardsmen, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko, were in charge of Kaien and Kuukaku's education when they were younger. After the Shiba clan's decline, only these two servants remained behind to continue working for the family.
What does this tell us? Besides, as Aino put it, Kaien being unable to do anything that is not woobie. It gives us a few timeline hints.
-I CAN'T WRITE THIS HOW I MEAN. Third edit: Kaien was alive and Ganju was a kid at some point before the fall of the Shibas, so while it didn't happen yesterday, it didn't happen like generations ago.
-ADFGKSAFDGKAG BONNIE-CHAN. I guess boars live a long while in Soul Society! This isn't really a timeline issue, I'm just too fucking crazy about it.
-There is likely a significant age difference between Kuukaku and Ganju, if Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko were not his teachers as well. We already knew there was one between Kaien and Ganju. Ha, maybe Ganju was a late-in-life baby.
I am intrigued that the fall of the Shiba is a relatively recent thing. I think the idea that Kaien's death caused it is bullshit, because why would that reflect on his whole family? He's a shinigami; death in battle is not an unexpected thing.
Some have speculated that the fall had to do with Isshin's departure from Soul Society. Timewise, this could be correct, but if it is, then it means his tenure in SS and Rukia's could have overlapped. Kaien was a noble when he brought Bonnie-chan to Ganju; Ganju was still a child when Kaien died. As weird as aging is in SS, who knows how old he really was, but it does give us more to think about. Curiouser and curiouser.
P.S. KAIEN AND BONNIE-CHAN. BONNIE-CHAN STILL PINES FOR KAIEN. OMG.