I've neither a Ichiruki or Ichihime shipper so maybe I've been in the wrong Bleach circles , but in my humble experience most people had no problem with Rukia ending up with Renji, but rather Orihime ending up with Ichigo, if that makes sense. Something something Rukia and Renji falling in love makes sense because they have a shared history and mutual chemistry. Compare this to Ichigo and Orihime's relationship which is portrayed as very onesided where Orihime is obviously in love with Ichigo but Ichigo doesn't really treat Orihime any different from any of his other nakama. THAT is why the two of them marrying at the end came as a shock, not JUST "noooo muh (insert ship here) was not endgame waah waah".

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Older women make for poor breeding stock. Dating without the potential to reproduce is just masturbation with extra steps.