Line #104 Fanfic/ToMyDeathIFight


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4	[[OnceUponATime A while]] has passed since [[TheHero Ichigo Kurosaki]] [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique sacrificed]] his [[AppliedPhlebotinum spiritual powers]] to put an end to the BigBad's plans. [[HeroicFatigue Utterly spent]], Ichigo settles down into what appeared to be a life as a normal human for once, with nothing even remotely supernatural about to [[EverythingTryingToKillYou kill him]]. As summer vacation approaches and he thinks about what he's going to do, his [[BumblingDad father]] reveals that he's been signed up for the prestigious [[MilitaryAcademy Honnouji]] [[AssimilationAcademy Academy]] for the next school year, without asking Ichigo if he wanted to go or not.
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6	After being forced to throw a going away party, Ichigo finds out that [[MadScientist Urahara]] requested his presence at his store, Upon reluctantly coming at Kisuke's behest, he receives a call from the shopkeeper, who tells Ichigo that he's being chased by a [[TheDitz ditzy]] blonde [[CuteAndPsycho child]] [[FashionVictimVillain with a hankering for pink]] and urges him to recover the project that he's been working on for a while now - a [[PlotDevice Kamui]].
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8	This {{Fanfic}} is a {{Crossover}} between ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' and ''Anime/KillLaKill'', written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1862949/ BahamutReishiki]]. As of Jan 28, 2018, it is now {{complete\|d Fic}}.
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10	The story can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10077052/1/To-My-Death-I-Fight here]]. Now has a character sheet.
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13	!!Tropes for "To My Death I Fight":
14	* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: This is a ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fanfic, and everything about this trope in the original anime (see it's entry in the trope page) still stands in that fanfic: Honnouji's student council is as military-like and fascistic as ever.
15	* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Inevitable. Also type: ''Canon Mixing''. Heavy elements of ''Bleach'' and ''Kill La Kill'' Canon events are kept, with tweaks.
16	* AccidentalPublicConfession: Having decided to return to Karakura Town in order to [[spoiler: provide assistance against Satsuki's forces, Ichigo]] is confronted by [[spoiler: Satsuki]], who - in a rare moment of emotional turmoil - accidentally phrases her words in a way that allows [[spoiler: Ichigo]] to deduce that [[spoiler: Ragyo is a life-fiber hybrid]].
17	* AchievementTestOfDestiny: Each student takes this to determine their social status. [[spoiler: Actually a way to discover Life Fiber resistance.]]
18	* ActionGirl: Ryuko, and to a lesser extent, Ururu.
19	* AMillionIsAStatistic: [[spoiler: Yhwach]] to Ichigo in regards to their part in [[spoiler: Alucard having devoured all 3 million souls of London's inhabitants]].
20	* AnyoneCanDie: Well if [[spoiler: Urahara and '''''Mako''''']] can, you have to wonder...[[FakingTheDead ''Then again...'']]
21	** Near the end of the London arc, [[spoiler: Alexander Anderson]] dies, and unlike the other two above this one sticks.
22	** [[spoiler:Kugo Ginjo, who was GoodAllAlong, also later on bites the dust.]]
23	** During the final battle at Honnouji Academy, [[spoiler:Yuu Akiyama, who was ''also'' GoodAllAlong, dies while taking Rei Hououmaru down with him.]]
24	* ArmorPiercingAttack: Ryuko does this to try and get inside Scourge Regalia.
25	* AssimilationPlot: PlayedStraight with the original source material. Ragyo is still hell-bent on this.
26	* AxeCrazy: ''Where to start...''
27	* BerserkButton: For Ryuko, don't hurt Mako. And god help you if ''[[spoiler: you kill her]]'', as Nui learns.
28	* BerserkMode: Ryuko is triggered after [[spoiler: the above happens.]]
29	* BestHerToBedHer: During their conversation [[spoiler: inside Satsuki's mind, Satsuki]] tells [[spoiler: Ichigo]] that they are to be [[spoiler: revealed as a couple to the general public]]; surprised, [[spoiler: Ichigo]] questions [[spoiler: Satsuki]] about why she would even think about [[spoiler: a relationship]] between them is possible, to which [[spoiler: Satsuki]] replies that only someone as powerful as [[spoiler: Ichigo]] would be worthy to stand by her side as a partner, both in status and love.
30	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nui and Ururu.
31	* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Kiryuins, [[spoiler: Ragyo being Ichigo's Godmother, Ururu being the twin sister of Nui, and Orihime is another sister to Satsuki and Ryuko sadly includes them in there]].
32	* BloodlessCarnage: Mako after becoming a pincushion by way of Life Fiber disruption needles peppered all over her skin.
33	* BondingOverMissingParents: Lampshaded with Ryuko and Ichigo, even though Isshin Kurosaki is not her dad. The name is familiar though.
34	* {{BFG}}: Ururu's trusty rocket spammer.
35	* ButtMonkey: Poor Jack Naito just can't seem to catch a break in this fanfic...
36	* CallBack: During his fight against [[spoiler: Satsuki]], Ichigo - now much faster than her - creates afterimages of himself while taunting her, saying he could go faster so that he'd be on her level - just like he did against Byakuya over a year ago.
37	* CharacterOverlap: The author's done this quite a few times so far;
38	** The first was [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alex Louis Armstrong]]. [[spoiler: Introduced initially in an Omake, he joins the story proper in Chapter 32; he's a member of Nudist Beach... [[ShirtlessScene Of course]]. He is also the father of Maxwell Bradley Armstrong a.k.a. Ira Gamagori.]]
39	** Next up was [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Genesis Rhapsodos]], Armstrong's sister Olivier, [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Motoko Kusanagi and Batou]]. [[spoiler: All of them were members of Xcution who originally joined when their goal was to fight/contain Life Fibers and attempted to rebel when Ragyo decided to use them instead. It didn't end well for any of them...and only Batou and Olivier survived the experience.]]
40	** Next, we have [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Alexander Anderson]]. [[spoiler: He's also a member of Nudist Beach, and his single-minded hatred/desire to destroy Heathens and Vampires translates into a hatred/desire to destroy Life Fibers. And, of course, his debut chapter has him be informed of Ichigo being a Life Fiber-hybrid...]]
41	*** As of Chapter [[spoiler:41]], [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Integra, Walter, and Alucard]] have been thrown into the mix.
42	*** Xcution members includes the likes of [[Anime/AkameGaKill Esdeath Patras]] and [[Manga/KongohBancho Yuu Akiyama]].
43	* ClingyJealousGirl: Mugetsu is this when it comes to Ichigo wearing clothes other than herself.
44	* ChickMagnet: Ichigo; [[spoiler: Satsuki]]'s feelings for him are deeper than she'd like to admit, [[spoiler: Ryuko]] all but freaks out when Mako almost accidentally reveals what she told her (Mako) about Ichigo the other night, [[spoiler: Nonon]] - while less than thrilled about him beating her in battle - acknowledges his good looks and Orihime definitely counts if she's anything like her canon-self.
45	* CrapsackWorld: After [[spoiler: apparent nuclear winter.]]
46	* CrazyPrepared: Isshin goes to great lengths to Life-Fiber proof his house.
47	* CompetitiveBalance: As opposed to Canon where all known Kamui could be assumed as equal in power, here it's explicitly stated that each Kamui has one specific trait/ability/statistic that they excel best in.
48	** Senketsu is stated to have the highest raw strength overall but the lowest speed, making Ryuko the MightyGlacier.
49	** Junketsu is stated to have the highest endurance, making Satsuki the JackOfAllStats.
50	** Mugetsu is stated to have the highest speed, making Ichigo the FragileSpeedster.
51	** [[spoiler: Danketsu is stated to have the highest defense, making Kinue the StoneWall.]]
52	* CombatParkour: The arena brawl after TheReveal, when the suspended platform is wrecked has most of the cast doing this.
53	* ContinuityOverlap: The ending of the Winter War arc overlaps with the beginning of the Kill La Kill opening.
54	* CovertPervert: While she'd die before admitting it, [[spoiler: Nonon]] is fully aware of [[spoiler: Ichigo]]'s good looks and even thinks to herself: "Seeing his naked body is just a bonus!" while trying to force him to come see [[spoiler: Satsuki]].
55	* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Inverted with the Mankanshoku Family.
56	* CurbStompBattle: Ryuko takes the butt end of this in the beginning, then ''almost every EliteMook becomes a victim'' after Ichigo and Ryuko get better with their AppliedPhlebotinum.
57	** [[PersonOfMassDestruction Ururu]] inflicts one to Uzu Sanageyama when he was suspecting her of a hostile student given no approval from Satsuki. [[JustifiedTrope Granted]], he didn't have the chance to activate his Blade Regalia beforehand [[spoiler:and that Ururu is a Life-Fiber Hybrid like Nui Harime]].
58	* CuteBruiser: Ururu and Nui.
59	* DeadlyGaze: The [[spoiler: nameless female Taichou's Bankai]] in chapter 49 has the ability to turn everything they look at, into ash.
60	* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Meninas]], [[spoiler: Lille]] and [[spoiler: Jackie]] all bite the dust eventually.
61	** Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler: Hououmaru]] dies fairly late into the story.
62	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:The Original Life Fiber hijacks Ragyo's corpse after Ichigo kills her.]]
63	* DemotedToExtra: Aikuro Mikisugi is this literally as he goes from the leader of Nudist Beach and Prof. Matoi's number two guy in the anime to a much less important sub-role. While he retains his role at Hounoji Academy early on, [[spoiler:he ends up overshadowed by the Armstrongs and Anderson in later sections.]] Tsumugu is also hit with this.
64	* DeathCourse: What Ira Gamagoori sets up on No-Late day.
65	* {{Determinator}}: Most of the protagonists, actually.
66	* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Yuu Akiyama]], and he's quite proud of it.
67	* DiscardAndDraw: Instead of regaining his spiritual powers, as in canon, Ichigo gets a Kamui and is revealed to be [[spoiler: a life fiber hybrid]].
68	* DistractedByTheSexy: At one point in his fight against [[spoiler: Satsuki]], [[spoiler: Ichigo]] is accused by her to have the audacity to say ridiculous things about drive and ambition while not even looking at her, to which [[spoiler: Ichigo]] replies that he just can't stand looking at [[spoiler: her Kamui]] as it "leaves virtually nothing to the imagination"; though surprised by his modesty, [[spoiler: Satsuki]] nonetheless compliments him on being able to fight her on equal terms while suffering from this.
69	* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: [[spoiler: Isshin]], upon hearing Nui - who has traveled to [[spoiler: Karakura Town]] specifically to see him - say how she should [[spoiler: kill his daughters since they're "holding him back"]], grabs her by the throat, momentarily [[spoiler: sheds his "disguise" as a normal human]] and threatens her to never, EVER try to act upon her words lest he use his full power to destroy her; Nui wisely decides to retreat but would hold a serious grudge against him for making her feel fear for years to come.
70	* TheDreaded: As ''Carry On Wayward Son'' shows, Ichigo's already built a reputation for delivering top-class beatdowns, so much that the One-Star Student messenger from Satsuki shivers just being near him. [[TooDumbToLive It doesn't stop the Two-Stars from trying in order to gain a better life, though.]]
71	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: In the midst of the [[spoiler: Karakura Invasion]] arc, [[spoiler: Nui]] - affected by the [[spoiler: Kaizo Trap]] that Isshin previously installed to protect [[spoiler: Karakura Town]] from the [[spoiler: Life-Fibers]] - sits down and has a talk with him, all the while speaking with little to no emotion and eyes to match that lack of emotion.
72	** That same character also suffers from this while agonizing about [[spoiler: Ichigo]] not [[spoiler: being 'awake']] or after being questioned about [[spoiler: her long-lost sister, 'Amu' (Ururu)]]
73	* EnemyMine: You know things are going to get real messy when you have both [[spoiler: Millennium]] and [[spoiler: the Vandenreich]] aiding Ichigo and friends in their struggle against Ragyo.
74	** [[spoiler:Nui aids Ichigo's group against the Original Life Fiber after it possesses Ragyo's corpse]].
75	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ragyo, Nui, and [[spoiler:Clone Satsuki]] can't understand why Ichigo, Ururu, Ryuko, Isshin, and Satsuki would choose to save humanity rather than feed it to the Life Fibers, ''especially'' since their plan was to have the group survive the resulting cataclysm and rule the world with them.
76	* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Ragyo muses over how none of her children turn out quite perfect. [[spoiler: Hybrid-wise.]]
77	* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: Nui]] is this to [[spoiler: Ururu ('Amu')]].
78	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Aizen]] is so utterly contemptible that even ''Ragyo'' feels repulsed by [[spoiler: his]] presence.
79	* EveryoneChasingYou: After Satsuki declares rewards for whoever takes out Ichigo, he gets hounded for a while.
80	* ExactWords: Nui's agreement not to hurt Mako [[spoiler: in exchange for her eye being repaired.]]
81	** [[spoiler: Played straight when she goes after Ichigo instead.]]
82	* ExternalRetcon: Explanation of why most of Japan is a ruined wasteland.
83	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Harime Nui. Ururu to a lesser extent whenever she accesses her Berserker Mode.
84	** One could postulate that the Kamui themselves are this.
85	* FauxAffablyEvil: Nui, as usual. She's cheerful most of the time, but causing her to feel pain will make her drop that mask like a hat. She also keeps referring to Ichigo and several others - Ryuko, Satsuki, [[spoiler:Orihime]], and [[spoiler:Ururu]] - as family members, ignoring their protests as a form of playing hard to get... until her HumiliationConga in Chapters 57-60, in which [[spoiler:Ururu breaks free of Ragyo's brainwashing and disowns her completely; Urahara uses his Bankai to destroy her life fibers; Ryuko subjects her to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown while simultaneously drilling it into Nui's head that her "family" holds nothing but utter hatred for her.]]
86	* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: Isshin plants several fake memories in Nui's mind, hoping that - once manifested in her dreams - they could provide her with the choice of either continuing to help Ragyo or abandon her, a choice that Ragyo had been denying her from birth]].
87	* FlashStep: Implied with the Nui vs. [[spoiler: Ururu]] fight.
88	* FightMagnet: Anyone with a Kamui. Anyone with a Star uniform for that matter.
89	* FinishingMove: '' '''THREAD STRIPPER!!!''' ''
90	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Being too young to remember at the time, Ryuko had forgotten her past with [[spoiler: Heinkel, Yumiko, and Maxwell]], the four of them having [[spoiler: lived in the same orphanage together]] for a while.
91	* ForWantOfANail: At one point in his attempt to save [[spoiler: Satsuki]] from having [[spoiler: Junketsu consume her mind]], [[spoiler: Ichigo]] sits down for a conversation with [[spoiler: a mental representation of Satsuki]], the latter firmly convinced that like in the canon material, [[spoiler: Nui never had her eye fixed by Orihime and she tore Senketsu to shreds, leading to the events of the Tri-School Raid Trip]], suggesting that [[spoiler: Ichigo's]] presence was a key factor in that change of events; [[spoiler: Ichigo]] even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this as he ponders the subject.
92	* FrenchJerk: [[spoiler: Jackie Tristan]].
93	* FriendlySniper: In chapter 11, [[spoiler: Sukuyo Mankanshoku]], of all people, is shown to be a VERY experienced sniper as [[spoiler: she]] snipes [[spoiler: Ichigo]] with [[spoiler: vaccinations]], while being very... modest, about it; [[spoiler: Gamagoori]]'s reaction is HIGHLY justified.
94	* GenkiGirl: Mako.
95	* GodzillaThreshold: Ragyo's invaded Karakura with an army of COVERS, along with [[PersonofMassDestruction Nui]] and [[spoiler: [[BrainwashedandCrazy Ururu]]]]. Kisukes plan? [[spoiler: Free Aizen]].
96	* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Kugo Ginjo, Sosuke Aizen ([[AntiHero for a given]] [[TokenEvilTeammate definition of good]])]] [[spoiler: [[DoubleAgent Rei Hououmaru...]] [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Except not really regarding Rei]]]].
97	* GoodWithNumbers: Mako suddenly becomes this during the Fight Club initiation.
98	* GroinAttack: Ichigo, having only just arrived at Honnouji Academy and has not yet [[spoiler: awakened his kamui]], does this to Jack Naito in their fight which Jack initiated against Ichigo's will.
99	* HighSchoolAU: Both ''Bleach'' and ''Kill La Kill'' are this taken up to eleven so it stands to reason.
100	* HumiliationConga: Nui gets one starting in Chapter 57. And it reaches its peak in Chapter 60
101	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Much like in Kill la Kill, chapter titles are named after popular songs from the 70s and 80s. Instead of J-Pop, though, they're songs from western bands like Music/{{Queen}} and Music/{{Kansas}}.
102	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Ryuko's rage fight with Ichigo and Satsuki.
103	* ImprovisedWeapon: The Bleach Bomb in Chapter 2.
104	** Ira's clipboard, utilized by Ichigo to headshot his embarrassing father.
105	* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Everyone with a bladed weapon.
106	* ImpliedLoveInterest: A lot of people think Satsuki has a crush on Ichigo. ''Right now'', she doesn't.
107	* InstrumentOfMurder: Nonon's Subwoofers.
108	* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind:[[spoiler: Ichigo enters Satsuki's mind in order to save both her and Junketsu. ]]
109	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Ichigo and Satsuki.
110	* KendoTeamCaptain: Uzu asks Ichigo to consider this after a demonstration of his skill.
111	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:When Ragyo creates a clone of Satsuki, she gives the girl free will, in full knowledge that this will result in the girl realizing she's nothing but a clone and becoming emotionally unhinged by this fact.]]
112	* KidsVersusAdults: Or everyone else against impossibly old people. (Ragyo)
113	* KillTheCutie: Played straight with [[spoiler: Mako. Then {{subverted}}. ]]
114	* LackOfEmpathy: Ragyo and Nui, just like their show canon counterparts; also, we have [[spoiler: just about everyone in Xcution except for [[HeelFaceTurn Ginjo]]]], [[spoiler: Yuu Akiyama]] and [[spoiler: Millennium]].
115	* LandslideElection: What Ragyo is hoping to accomplish in her attempt to [[spoiler: lift the Revocs embargo placed on England, which is the only thing that's stopping her right now from achieving the % of people around the Earth wearing COVERS that's necessary to initiate her plans]].
116	* LargeAndInCharge: Ira Gamagoori.
117	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Done a shocking number of times when '''BOTH''' Ichigo and Ryuko comment on things that usually happens in Manga.
118	--> '''Ichigo:''' "That makes things a lot easier to understand, but what's the deal with the blackboard behind you?\
119	'''Uryu:''' "I'm not quite sure..."
120	** Later on when Ryuko is fighting Sanageyama, we get this little gem:
121	---> '''Sanageyama:''' "H-How? My Tengantsu should have seen that attack coming! What did you do?"\
122	'''Ryuko:''' "This isn't a manga, you know. I'm not going to explain my powers so you can find a weakness!"
123	* LivingWeapon: Ryuko, per the manga, [[spoiler: and Ichigo. Ururu, Ragyo, Nui, Isshin, and the Kamui to a lesser extent.]]
124	* LoveTriangle: One in the past between [[spoiler: Masaki, Isshin, and Ragyo. Ragyo never really had a chance to win Isshin over-- unfortunately for a lot of people, she hasn't ''quite'' accepted her loss.]]
125	** Possibly [[spoiler: Ryuko, Ichigo, and Satsuki. While Ichigo hasn't shown any sort of interest in either of them romantically, the girls have shown some level of interest in him.]]
126	* MasterSwordsman: Ichigo, Satsuki, and Sanageyama.
127	* MeaningfulName: Every single Kamui revealed so far.
128	** Danketsu stands for Unison [[spoiler: signifying the relationship to its wearer, Kinue Kinagase]].
129	* MindRape: Poor [[spoiler: Junketsu]] has her memories, personality and just about everything that makes her, herself - slowly and forcefully altered due to having [[spoiler: Ichigo's life-fibers sewn into her]], and she's wide-awake during all of this, desperately trying to hold on to her very being.
130	* MistakenForGay: Isshin Kurosaki reveals that he thinks Uryu is gay just because he sews, and asks if his father knows he's in the closet. When Uryu indignantly says his father was the one who taught him how to sew, Isshin assumes his father is gay too.
131	* MoreThanMindControl: Debatable, but [[spoiler: Maxwell]]'s actions in England come across as more this than just being controlled by [[spoiler: the Life-Fiber-infused clothing he was wearing]].
132	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Scissors, clothes, and a Bleach bomb. Yes, '''a Bleach Bomb.'''
133	* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler: Kinue]], having ignored [[spoiler: Danketsu's]] voice within [[spoiler: her mind]] for years, finally begins to see the error of her ways and just how badly [[spoiler: Danketsu]] was hurt by her actions, leading her to try to make amends with [[spoiler: Danketsu]] with little (but some) progress made.
134	* MysteriousPast: Nui calls Isshin on this. [[spoiler: Technically, a ton of people have this.]]
135	* {{Nepotism}}: Satsuki initially thinks this is why Ichigo was invited to Honnouji [[spoiler: by her mother]].
136	* NerfArm: A sewing machine gun.
137	* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Ichigo believes this when Satsuki invites him to her office.
138	* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]][=/=][[spoiler:HesJustHiding]]: [[spoiler: Kisuke, as revealed at the end of Chapter 38.]]
139	* NoodleIncident: What the hell did Ichigo do at the Water Works while evading Sanagaeyama and his minions?
140	* NominalHero: [[spoiler: Alucard and Sosuke Aizen]].
141	* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Gamagoori]] says this to [[spoiler: Chad]] during their fight, comparing their roles as [[spoiler: shields for their comrades (Satsuki and Ichigo, respectively)]].
142	* PervertRevengeMode: Ryuko, having received a dubious 'compliment' from [[spoiler: Kon]] about her figure, begins chasing him around the academy, grinning maniacally upon receiving permission from [[spoiler: Ichigo]] to do as she pleases with him, so long as it's not fatal.
143	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Nui, Ururu, and Nonon.
144	* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler: Yhwach.]]
145	* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
146	-->'''Ururu:''' [[spoiler: [[BerserkButton "You Killed Mako."]]]]
147	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Ryuko does this in chapter 49 during her fight against [[spoiler: one of Alucard's minions, a nameless female Gotei 13 Taichou]].
148	* RaceLift: [[spoiler: Jackie Tristan, who was implied to be American in the original Manga but is portrayed as French here]]
149	** [[spoiler: In a more literal example, Ururu, whose original species is ambiguous in Bleach canon, is now a Life Fiber hybrid (Nui's twin, in fact) who was spirited away by Isshin after her birth and given to Kisuke to raise.]]
150	* RapeAsBackstory: During [[spoiler: his [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Journey to the Center of the Mind]]]] in order to save [[spoiler: Satsuki]], [[spoiler: Ichigo]] learns why [[spoiler: Satsuki]] is the way she is, and it dramatically changes his opinion of her.
151	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Aizen's Bankai gives him this ability. He uses it to rescue Orihime, thereby severely weakening Ragyo.]]
152	* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Xcution are agents of Revocs, rather than Fullbringers]].
153	* SadisticChoice: Realizing she can't beat [[spoiler: Isshin (Kurosaki)]] in her current state (apparently, they're equally matched) thus being unable to proceed with [[spoiler: commanding the COVERS around the academy to devour every human in sight, Ragyo]] 'surrenders', much to her opponent's surprise; what she meant was that she was giving up on fighting in the traditional manner, following which she proceeds to make a phone-call and tell her opponent that [[spoiler: she has just ordered an assassin to kill both his daughters]], claiming that while said [[spoiler: assassin]] would not stop on his own now, [[spoiler: Isshin]] is fast enough to [[spoiler: return to Karakura Town and stop the assassin in time]], but not fast enough that he'd be able to also [[spoiler: save everyone present from the COVERS, the only obstacle in their way being Isshin's presence]], forcing him to choose between [[spoiler: his daughters' lives]] and [[spoiler: the lives of every (normal) human currently present in Honnouji Academy]].
154	* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: When Aizen realizes that Ichigo has just given up his powers out of the desire for a normal life and all of his plans to save the world from the original life fiber are now worthless, he snaps and devolves into a [[TheCorruption Hogyoku]]-fueled ranting.]]
155	* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The Gardening club.
156	* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Yhwach and the Wandenreich are still at large and preparing to continue their plans with Ragyo out of the picture.]]
157	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Poor Ichigo repeatedly gets teased about [[spoiler: Satsuki]]'s hidden (even from herself) feelings towards him, much to his dismay. He also tells [[spoiler: Ryuko]] later on that his father has been teasing him about her possibly becoming his girlfriend, [[SubvertedTrope which doesn't bother her that much.]]
158	* ShipperOnDeck: Isshin strongly wants Ichigo to hook up with either [[spoiler: Ryuko]] or [[spoiler: Satsuki]] and constantly pesters him on the subject. [[spoiler: Ragyo]] wouldn't mind it, either.
159	* ShoutOut: There are a lot of them.
160	** '''Chapter 1:''' Orihime's vivid explanation of where Uryu went over the summer brings to mind the post-apocalyptic series ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''.
161	** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' quotes uttered by several characters throughout the story.
162	** The [[Franchise/MassEffect Carnifex]] is one of Tsumugu's more frequently used weapons.
163	** [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Millennium]] is already evil in canon, of course, but a little shout-out to [[ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} another well-known fictional Nazi organization that outlasted WWII]] certainly drives it home:
164	--->'''The Major''': You cannot stop us, my dear fraulein. For every soldier cut down two more shall rise.
165	---->--Chapter 45
166	* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: What exactly is Ryuko even learning here? What is Ichigo learning here that he didn't already know at Karakura?
167	* ShutUpHannibal: Ryuko delivers this to Ragyo in Chapter 62, declaring that she's sick of hearing the latter's doomsday speeches and EvilGloating. When Ragyo responds by pointing out that Ryuko had to rely on others to get where she is, Ryuko acknowledges this, then fires back that Ragyo is in no position to criticize anybody for anything, given that she's nothing more than a [[PsychopathicManchild whiny bitch]] who keeps [[HopelessSuitor pining after]] a man who hates her guts.
168	* [[spoiler: [[SiblingTeam Sibling Team]]]]: [[spoiler: Ryuko and Ururu taking on Nui together]].
169	* SinsOfOurFathers: Why Nui is so hell-bent on mentally torturing Ryuko [[spoiler: until she gets her eye restored completely by Orihime, at which point she becomes much less antagonistic towards her (but still very villainous)]].
170	* SirSwearsALot: [[spoiler: Danketsu]].
171	* SkilledButNaive: Ryuko's had the Scissor Blade for months, yet she never really trained with it, despite the fact that she can handle it well.
172	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Kinue Kinagase.]]
173	* SwordBeam: Ichigo, natch. However, [[spoiler: after seeing the new Getsuga Tenshou in action, Ryuko, Satsuki ''and Kinue'' all decide they want one of their own.]]
174	--> [[spoiler: "'''''GETSUGA TENSHOU!'''''"]]
175	* TakingYouWithMe: Ryuko's dad's reaction to Nui.
176	* TellMeAboutMyFather: Ryuko, having just learned that [[spoiler: Isshin (Kurosaki)]] knew her father back when he was alive, pleads with him to tell her everything he knows, which is quite difficult for him to do since he's unsure how Ryuko would react to learning the full extent of her father's actions; thus, he tells Ryuko half-truths and hopes that she'll be pleased with them - and she partially is.
177	* TheCorruption: The [[spoiler: Hogyoku]] was made with a piece of the Original Life Fiber and thus functioned as this for [[spoiler: Aizen, constantly trying to brainwash him into serving the OLF and is responsible for his AGodAmI moments.]]
178	* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Urahara writes a letter to Ichigo, which starts predicting his reactions and then boasts about it.
179	-->'''Urahara:''' "And yes, I can read your thoughts even through this letter that I wrote days before you found it. I am THAT good."
180	* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Popping up in [[spoiler: Isshin's]] car, [[spoiler: Nui]] - in her attempt to 'persuade' [[spoiler: Isshin]] to come meet [[spoiler: Ragyo]] - shows him something that forces him to relent: [[spoiler: items belonging to his daughters, which she could've only obtained by physically entering his house]].
181	* TrespassingToTalk: Nui's ''modus operandi'' whenever she feels like it.
182	* TookALevelInBadass: Sukuyo Mankanshoku, giving Ichigo his scheduled injections [[spoiler: ''with a sniper rifle from half a mile away.'']]
183	* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Xcution]], excluding [[spoiler: Ginjo]].
184	* TongueTied: While he did gain a considerable power-boost thanks to the [[spoiler: Original Life Fiber]], a side-effect of its influence also involves [[spoiler: Isshin (Kurosaki)]] being unable to tell the good guys the more critical bits of information about Ragyo's plans, forcing him to tell them half-truths and hope that they'll connect the dots, themselves.
185	* TrainingFromHell: Ichigo recalls this when Ururu tells him she wants to spar. Ryuko eventually complies and is shown [[TakeOurWordForIt why]].
186	* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:Ragyo believes that Satsuki is a failure as she is merely a human, while Hybrids like Nui or Ichigo continue to outclass most of the rest of the cast.]]
187	* {{Troll}}: Nui Harime, [[spoiler: Schrodinger]] and - to some extent - [[spoiler: Kisuke]].
188	** [[spoiler: Aizen]] tugs at Ragyo's BerserkButton by casually revealing that had it not been for [[spoiler: his]] machinations, [[spoiler: Masaki and Isshin never would have met]].
189	* UngratefulBastard: Nui; having been defeated by the combined efforts of [[spoiler: Ururu and Ryuko]], she is rendered unconscious and provides them with the perfect opportunity to finish her off... and they don't, because they're not killers. Nui knows she was vulnerable back then, but still sides with Ragyo and continues to act like her old self.
190	* UnskilledButStrong: Ryuko knew how to use the Scissor Blade, but not how to use it well.
191	* UseYourHead: Ichigo uses this method to deal with [[spoiler: Satsuki]] several times throughout the story.
192	* VillainousBreakdown: Nui after feeling pain. ''Real'' pain. [[spoiler:She gets an even bigger one when Urahara uses his Bankai to destroy her Life Fibers]]. And then comes Chapter 60, in which [[spoiler:she goes completely off her rocker after Ryuko kicks her ass while delivering a vicious [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Reason You Suck" Speech]], snarling that they are ''not'' family and that everyone she considers as such - Ichigo, Ururu, Ryuko, and Satsuki - do ''not'' reciprocate her feelings ''at all'' and will always regard her and Ragyo as enemies to be destroyed. All Nui can do is [[BrokenTears curl up in a fetal position and sob like a helpless child]]. It's so pathetic that Ryuko, who's been itching to butcher Nui after learning that the little bitch [[YouKilledMyFather killed her dad]] and almost killed Mako, cannot find it in her to strike the finishing blow.]]
193	** At the end of Chapter 62, Ragyo is finally OutGambitted by [[spoiler:Aizen]], to the point where all she can do is pathetically try to reclaim [[spoiler:Orihime]] while shouting ThisCannotBe in between cursing her enemies.
194	* VillainTakesAnInterest: Taken to a disturbing degree with [[spoiler: Ragyo]] and [[spoiler: Nui]] towards [[spoiler: Ichigo]] and [[spoiler: Ururu ('Amu')]].
195	* WeCanRuleTogether: This is one iteration that Satsuki puts forth when asking Ichigo to become Vice-President.
196	** Subverted with Ragyo. While she would like to have Isshin and Ichigo on her side, she ultimately realizes that neither of them would ever see things her way, and thus, doesn't bother trying to recruit them. Doesn't stop her from bemoaning her failure to achieve this, though.
197	* WellIntentionedExtremist: In addition to Satsuki - whose intentions are identical to those of her canon counterpart - [[spoiler: Alexander Anderson]] will not rest till he has completely and utterly removed the threat of life-fibers from the planet, but said threat, unfortunately, happens to (in his opinion) include [[spoiler: life-fiber hybrids, such as Ryuko, Ichigo and Ururu]].
198	** As it turns out [[spoiler: Aizen]] is this. Everything he did was to [[spoiler: stop the Original Life Fiber, even manipulating Ichigo into becoming a weapon capable of killing Ragyo. When Ichigo rejected his powers at the end of their fight [[SanitySlippage he didn't]] [[VillainousBreakdown take it well]].]]
199	* WhamEpisode: Chapter [[spoiler: 40, 'Blumenkranz']]; notice how it's named in a different fashion from all the other chapters? That should clue you in.
200	** Speaking of oddly named chapters how about [[spoiler: 54, '[[ShoutOut Turn Back The Pendulum]]'.]] Guess who does this chapter point to?
201	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Esdeath Partas disappears from the story after her final appearance and her fate remains unknown]]
202	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Discussed by [[spoiler: Ichigo]] and [[spoiler: Alucard]], the former claiming that it's one's actions and beliefs that determine the extent of their humanity while the latter admonishes the former for not embracing his nature as a monster.
203	* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Ichigo]] to [[spoiler: Satsuki]], having learnt from [[spoiler: Mugetsu]] that she [[spoiler: had sewn Ichigo's life-fibers into Junketsu without her consent]], which is basically the equivalent of RAPE. [[spoiler: Ichigo]] is rightfully outraged, as is [[spoiler: Mugetsu]].
204	* [[WhenSheSmiles When They Smile]]: [[spoiler:Kinue says that [[SparedByTheAdaptation despite being able to survive her experiment]], it has been a long time since she's ever seen Tsumugu and Aikuro smile sincerely again. Because of this, the same could also be said of herself.]]
205	** Also in chapter [[spoiler: 36]]: having saved [[spoiler: Satsuki]] from having [[spoiler: Junketsu devour her mind]], [[spoiler: Ichigo]] gets to see one of the rarest sights in Kill La Kill - [[spoiler: Satsuki]] smiling a "warm and wide smile".
206	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Chapter 54: [[spoiler: Turn Back The Pendulum.]] This Chapter shows how [[spoiler: Sosuke Aizen]] enters the official story [[spoiler: before and during his time in Muken.]]
207	* WhyAreYouNotMySon: [[spoiler:Ragyo believes that Ichigo would serve as a better heir than her own daughter.]]
208	* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler: Gamagoori]] acknowledges [[spoiler: Chad]] as one during their fight in the [[spoiler: Karakura Invasion]] arc.
209	** [[spoiler: Sanageyama]] considers both [[spoiler: Ryuko]] and [[spoiler: Ichigo]] to be this, the latter having defeated him in battle.
210	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Ragyo]] towards [[spoiler: Isshin (Kurosaki)]]; [[spoiler: Ragyo]] freely admits that had [[spoiler: Masaki]] not died on her own, she would've definitely killed her eventually.
211	** Nui towards pretty much everyone she considers "family" - such as Ichigo, [[spoiler:Ururu]], Satsuki, [[spoiler:Orihime]], and eventually Ryuko. She so desperately wants them to embrace her and Ragyo's misanthropic beliefs and [[WeCanRuleTogether rule the world]] as a "big, happy family"; but absolutely ''none'' of them are interested in the slightest, and take every opportunity they can to drive it into her skull (verbally ''and'' physically) that they hate her guts and want her dead. [[spoiler:It's one of the biggest contributors to her breakdown in Chapter 60.]]
212	* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: Keigo Asano]], of all people, pulls this on Gamagoori during the [[spoiler: Karakura Invasion]] arc, denying him access to [[spoiler: Karakura]].
213	* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[spoiler: Gamagoori]] says these exact words to [[spoiler: Chad]] in the midst of their fight in the [[spoiler: Karakura Invasion]] arc.

Context Fanfic / ToMyDeathIFight