Discussion UnintentionallyUnsympathetic / AnimeAndManga

• Orihime fell into this during the Hueco Mundo arc, which was intended to show a prolonged Break the Cutie sequence on a relatively normal girl. What many saw was a Recycled Script of Rukia's kidnapping during the Soul Society arc, one that was much more grating given Rukia was De Powered and somewhat suicidal out of her guilt over her mentor's death, while Orihime's powers (which the Big Bad describes as near god-like) are not being restrained in any way, making her come off as a bog-standard Neutral Female Damsel in Distress. Her total breakdown after Ulquiorra blasts a hole in Ichigo's chest was viewed by many as the final nail in the coffin for her negated Character Development, as there was never any payoff for her stated goal of learning not to rely on Ichigo.

It's been a while since i've seen bleach, but what i see here seems to be techically correct but painting inacurate picture of the situation. First of all, Hime let herself be kidnapped to stop the fight her friends were losing(or it seemed they were losing, i'm not entirely sure). Secondly the power tha was described as near godlike was her HEALING power, which isn't much use for an escape. Her offensive abilities were at the time really weak, so even if she DID have them, she had no way to fight her way out. As for breaking down after Ichigo was shot through... please, anyone would be hit hard seeing someone they're in love with being blasted, like that, how would that make her unsympathetic?