Kaien Shiba, a victim of Aizen's Hollowfication experiments, was related to Ichigo through Isshin Kurosaki. Rukia's decision to give Ichigo her powers was emotionally driven by the resemblance ...

Ichika and Kazui Kurosaki's meeting mirrors Ichigo and Rukia's, with Ichika being the Strawberry, embodying fate's cyclical ...