History FanFic / HogyokuExMachina

* ItsPersonal: See ArmourPiercingQuestion. While explaing to Ishida why Aizen needs to be stopped, not once does Ichigo deny Ishida's claim, suggesting that Ichigo did eventually come to resent Aizen like his allies in the Gotei 13 and the Vizards already had.

* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Ichigo ends up in this position, despite also being a GodModeSue]].

* {{MST}}: While done rather creatively, a large portion of the story is effectively the cast from the Soul Society arc commentating on the events of the later arcs of ''Manga/Bleach''.

* ContinuitySnarl: All filler arcs and movies are treated as having happened, even the ones that don't fit cleanly anywhere in the timeline. The issue of how exactly these conflicting events could all have occurred is never addressed.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6437275/1/Hogyoku_ex_Machina Hogyoku ex Machina]]'' is a completed ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/230982/Mac_Ceallach Mac Ceallach]]. It is the most popular Peggy Sue story, and the third most popular story overall, in the ''Bleach'' fandom.

It's different from most other PeggySue stories in that both TheHero and the BigBad get sent back in time, leaving both sides on a level playing field. Ichigo also wastes no time in explaining to everyone that time travel is going on, forgoing any masquerade or working behind the scenes.

* ObliviousToLove: And Admiration, Ichigo again. [[spoiler:This is why Muramasa manages to blindside him.]]

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Nnoitra gets annoyed by Aizen's complex plans and EvilGloating and wishes he would just kill the good guys and get it over with.

** [[spoiler: Ichigo/[[TheLostLenore Senna]] happens to get shipped a fair bit in-story after everyone sees his forgotten memories of her, though as a TragicShip due to how it ended.]]
** Ichigo/[[spoiler:Neliel sneaks up early when [[SuperPoweredEvilSide The Hollow]] brings up her [[MarshmellowHell smothering]] Ichigo a few times. Then an adult-body-restored Neliel hears about Ichigo comparing her to one of his [[LikeBrotherAndSister sister's]] and [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe takes offense]] and decides to [[TheTease prove a point]] when they meet up. [[ShipperOnDeck Ichigo's family]] invite her to visit in the future. ]]

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: When [[spoiler: [[MsFanservice Neliel]], now an adult permanently due to [[TheMeddler Aizen]]]], hears that Ichigo [[spoiler: thought of her as one of his '[[LikeBrotherAndSister younger sisters]]' in the future,]] she's... [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne somewhat]] [[WomanScorned irked]]. [[spoiler: She very pointedly goes out of her way to [[TheTease remind]] [[ShipTease him]] that she's ''definitely'' not his sister when they meet up.]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Surprisingly]], he responds back positively.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: When [[spoiler: [[MsFanservice Neliel]], now an adult permanently due to [[TheMeddler Aizen]]]], hears that Ichigo [[spoiler: thought of her as one of his '[[LikeBrotherAndSister younger sisters]]' in the future,]] she's... [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne somewhat]] [[WomanScorned irked]]. [[spoiler: She very pointedly goes out of her way to [[TheTease remind]] [[ShipTease him]] that she's ''definitely'' not his sister when they meet up.]]

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: When [[MsFanservice Neliel]], now an adult permanently due to [[TheMeddler Aizen]], hears that Ichigo called her one of his '[[LikeASisterToME younger sisters]]' in the future, she's... [[ITakeOffenseToThatOne somewhat]] [[WomanScorned irked]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6437275/1/Hogyoku_ex_Machina Hogyoku ex Machina]]'' is a completed ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/230982/Mac_Ceallach Mac Ceallach]].

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Subverted. Aizen effortlessly slaughters several Shinigami when he and Ichigo return to the past, but they're all revealed to have just received a TapOnTheHead from Ichigo once Aizen's illusion drops. The author even defies this trope in the following chapter's notes: "If I kill [Yoruichi], [[DyingMomentOfAwesome it'll be way more epic than that]]. [[{{Badass}} She's awesome]]."

** The various shinigami and visored commenting on how weird it is that Ichigo knows the future.

* RetGone: Senna, to a greater extent than in her movie. [[ForWantOfANail Since Ichigo spent all of his time after Rukia's rescue in Soul Society, she never forms in the first place]]. He doesn't even remember her]] until the AppliedPhlebotinum reveals his [[RippleEffectProofMemory subconscious memories]] of the events surrounding her.

** When Hollow Ichigo invokes the You Need To Get Laid trope.
** Toshiro's reaction to Ichigo's Knight Templar Big Brother attitude.

->''In the final battle with Aizen [[ForWantOfANail a different choice is made]], and now Ichigo and his greatest enemy have [[PeggySue gone back to the beginning]]. His best friends are powerless, his allies don't know him, and everything he loves is in danger.''

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6437275/1/Hogyoku_ex_Machina Hogyoku Ex Machina]]'' is a completed ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/230982/Mac_Ceallach Mac Ceallach]].

* [[spoiler:[[AllAmazonsWantHercules All Zanpakuto Want Ichigo]]: Ichigo succeeds in convincing Muramasa to stand down. He did not expect Muramasa to choose him as his next wielder.]]

--> ""Kurosaki. When did this become some kind of grudge match between you two?!"
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: "Consorting with a declared threat to the peace! Offering to free a dangerous criminal! Releasing hundreds of Menos Grande into Soul Society! ''Merging with a second zanpakuto!''"]]

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The crystals that create holograms.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Because Muramasa isn't a zanpakuto formed from Ichigo's soul, Aizen isn't able to drain him into the King's Key's creation right away. Thus, Ichigo is able to call upon Muramasa before Aizen can kill them both.]]
** Also, [[spoiler:Uryu, Isshin, Renji, Chad, Neliel and others arriving to save Ichigo from the hollowfied Tousen.]]

* BlatantLies: Zangetsu tells Renji that Ichigo is practicing how to [[LiteralSplitPersonality split himself up]] to make training in other areas easier. This is a brazen lie, as they have entirely different reasons to do this and it will actually make the training harder. Ichigo is rather disturbed that his ''sword'' is a much better liar than he is.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Ichigo, his hollow and Yamamoto discuss whether or not it's possible to [[spoiler:bind two zapakuto to a shinigami at once.]] All while [[spoiler: Tensa Zangetsu and Muramasa]] try to kill each other about 20 feet away.
* CelibateHero[=/=]ChasteHero[=/=]CluelessChickMagnet: Ichigo as usual and lampshaded mercilessly. In fact, his obliviousness to when people are interested in him [[spoiler:indirectly leads to Aizen's defeat]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Muramasa. Without him, [[TheBadGuyWins Aizen's plans would have succeeded]]. You really don't expect a filler character to carry so much weight]].

** KnightErrant

* CrazyJealousGuy: Non-romantic example. When [[spoiler:Muramasa decides that Ichigo should be his next wielder, [[TheStoic Zangetsu]] does NOT [[NotSoStoic take it well]].]]
* CynicalMentor: Yamamoto acts as one to Ichigo by discussing battle strategies and forcing him to use his hollow abilities when he's been too frightened of them so far. He finds Ichigo far too idealistic, but as he put it, "In one thousand years, no shinigami has been born who was able to stand against the full force of my spiritual pressure." Guess who the exception was.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ichigo's hollow. See DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything below.

* DeusExMachina: See the title.
* DisguisedHostageGambit: Right after traveling back, [[spoiler: Aizen switches appearances with Ichigo, leading everyone to attack the wrong person]].

'''Ichigo:''' What?\\

'''Ichigo:''' No, but- don't say it like that!\\

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Subverted. Aizen effortlessly slaughters several Shinigami when he and Ichigo return to the past, [[spoiler: but they're all revealed to have just received a TapOnTheHead from Ichigo once Aizen's illusion drops.]] The author even defies this trope in the following chapter's notes: "If I kill [Yoruichi], [[DyingMomentOfAwesome it'll be way more epic than that]]. [[{{Badass}} She's awesome]]."
* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding: For Shakushi, the spirit of Kenpachi's zanpakuto. Kenpachi even promises to be a bit more responsible with him!]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Nearly everyone is sickened with the thought of another Tousen (enough to agree with the less-than-popular Gin), [[spoiler:and nearly everyone was enraged by Kouga's mistreatment of Muramasa, whether they showed it or not.]]
* FantasticRacism: After learning that the Vizards that had been cast out a century ago were still alive and not crazy, the Gotei 13 members decide to actively avert this by asking if they want to come back with no strings attached, [[spoiler: offering the two empty captain positions to them]], and make plans to appoint a less racist Central 46 this time around.
* FantasticRomance: The hollow just can't get enough of [[spoiler:Neliel.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Ichigo does not use the Final Getsuga Tensho release against Aizen in the FinalBattle. Another example of this is that Senna from the first film never exists since Ichigo spends all his time in Soul Society and she is never created]].
* FridgeHorror: In-universe example when Ishida and Ichigo explain TB and antibiotics to Unohana. Unohana suddenly has OhCrap moment when she realises that if Ukitake had TB, she'd been unintentionally strengthening the disease.
* FridgeLogic: "I guess antibiotics don't work on dead guys then."
* GoodNewsBadNews:
-->'''Ichigo:''' I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you got your powers back.
-->''*Ishida looks hopeful*''
-->'''Ichigo:''' The bad news is, you never told me how.
-->''*Ishida looks pissed*''

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Muramasa and because she was restored to her rank, Nel.]]
* {{Hologram}}: Using specially formed crystals, Mayuri created a device that allows people to project memories of theirs as holograms. It's main purpose is to not have the audience sit through Ichigo constantly explaining the plot to everyone else.
* [[spoiler:[[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Family and Best Friend]]]]

-->'''Ikkaku''': Hmmm… you got guts, Ichigo. Even if you're blind I'm not gonna go easy on you. You sure you want to do this?
-->'''Ichigo''': You don't think this is a good idea? ''(ponders)'' Yeah, you're right. This is really unequal.
-->'''Ikkaku''': ''(surprised)'' Huh?
-->'''Ichigo''': ''(smirking)'' Maybe if I tied one arm behind my back?
-->'''Ikkaku''': Oh, you're going ''down,'' punk!

* IWarnedYou: When Ishida's warns Mayuri (not very hard, mind you) that it wouldn't be a good idea to have Ichigo attempt to place his reiatsu into a rare and valuable crystal because he's clumsy, Mayuri blows him off. Then Ichigo (having a ''massive'' amount of reiatsu and no control over it, hence “clumsy”) makes the crystal explode.
-->'''Mayuri:''' DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT ''COST?''
-->'''Ishida:''' I told you so.

* {{Irony}}: When Ichigo hears that Hitsugaya hung out with his sister, he says, [[KnightTemplarBigBrother “He dies.”]] When it's pointed out that Hitsugaya probably didn't reciprocate any possible feelings of affection, he replies, “He'd [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] better not have! He's at least ten times her age!”
-->'''Hitsugaya:''' He wants to kill me because I'm too ''old?'' (''There was just something [[ChildProdigy cosmically unfair]] about that.'')

* KarmaHoudini: Gin. Justified by the fact that Ichigo simply wasn't around when he committed his worst crimes and couldn't mention them.
** Though to be fair, Ichigo's intervention also prevents those crimes from ever happening.

* LoopholeAbuse: In this fanfic, ain't no rules say a kido-user can't serve in the Eleventh Division. Yumichika is surprised.
** [[spoiler:Muramasa claims this when he bonds with Ichigo as a zanpakuto. He and Tensa Zangetsu disagree but Muramasa simply refuses to go away.]]

* MentalTimeTravel: Because of how the two of them gained their powers, Ichigo keeps all of his power-ups while Aizen ends up back at square one. This has advantages and disadvantages for both of them.
* MistakenForPedophile: The characters mistake Hollow Ichigo's attraction to Nel for this when they first see her in Ichigo's memories. They're very relieved when they learn about Nel's adult form.

-->'''Gin''': Intrigue, action, and a tragic ending. I give it four sta—
-->''(Matsumoto kicks him in the shin)''
* MrFanservice: The Shinigami Women's Association will NOT let Ichigo get a haircut for this reason, and they take great pains to keep it that way.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: When Ichigo discovers that Karin held an interest in Toshiro, he decides that he's going to kill Toshiro, as [[Really700YearsOld he's at least ten times her age.]] Toshiro, who along with the rest of the Gotei 13 is watching Ichigo via a surveillance device, is [[OhCrap less than enthusiastic]] about the idea.

* PassThePopcorn: Several characters watching parts of Ichigo's life via [[AppliedPhlebotinum projections of his memories]] (which they had permission for) and with hidden security cameras (...which they did not). At one gathering, they comment on how entertaining his life is, some bring popcorn and Coke (Rukia told them it was a tradition), and everyone, even [[StoicSpectacles Ishida]] and [[GrumpyOldMan Yamamoto]], ends up treating it like a movie night.
* PeggySue: In the final battle, Aizen and Ichigo kill each other simultaneously. The Hogyoku then makes them snap back to the point in time when Aizen first touched the Hogyoku three months ago. They both quickly take advantage of the new circumstances.
* PhysicalGod: The full implications of Ichigo's ascension after fusing with Zangetsu are explored. Bleeding out, half-dead, he cuts through ''Yamamoto's Bankai'' like so much tissue paper.
** And you know how powerful soul reapers have a heavy spiritual pressure? Ichigo's is like the sky: It's there, it's beyond immense, but you can't actually feel it, [[ShownTheirWork just like Aizen described when he first saw this form]]. This actually works against Ichigo when he needs to be healed; since the healer can't sense his reiatsu, they can't do anything.

* PrecisionFStrike: After being told his plan will ultimately not work, Gin's eyes are [[EyesAlwaysShut wide open]] and he says, "Well....shit."
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Shakushi. Also a ScaryBlackMan, literally.]]
** MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Red Death."]]
* RetGone: [[spoiler:Senna, to a greater extent than in her movie. [[ForWantOfANail Since Ichigo spent all of his time after Rukia's rescue in Soul Society, she never forms in the first place]]. [[RippleEffectProofMemory He doesn't even remember her]] until the AppliedPhlebotinum shows it]].
* RunningGag: The various shinigami and visored commenting on how weird it is that Ichigo knows the future.
-->'''Renji:'''"… that's gonna be creepy for a while, isn't it?"

-->''"People keep stabbing me. It's not as easy to survive as I make it look."''
* SelectiveObliviousness: One could make a case for Ichigo since his hollow, who's a part of him, never fails to point out his ChickMagnet status.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Several characters are saved from dying the second time around and most if not all of the conflicts outside of Aizen's rebellion are worked around with diplomacy or other similar planning]].
* ShoutOut: Ishida is able to [[TaughtByTelevision rile off several treatments for tuberculosis because of an episode of]] ''Series/{{House}}'' he saw.

*** Unohana gets one too. When she notices that Ichigo is OnlyMostlyDead, she notes that this means he is slightly alive.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:When Aizen decides to make the King's Key out of Ichigo instead of Karakura Town, he doesn't realize Ichigo now has another zanpakuto. [[BigDamnHeroes Muramasa to the rescue!!]]]]

* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Ichigo and his interactions with the hollow are HILARIOUS and must be read to be believed.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: The Captains use security cameras to keep an eye on Ichigo (and to keep updated with the plot). Unohana is particularly disturbed when she finds out Mayuri had them installed long before Ichigo even showed up.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When presented with the AppliedPhlebotinum.
-->'''Ishida:''' Would it modify Ichigo's memories in any way?
-->'''[[MadScientist Mayuri]]:''' It is perfectly safe! Only the first test subjects went insane!
-->'''Ichigo:''' Um…
* TapOnTheHead: During the DisguisedHostageGambit, most of TheCavalry gets knocked out before any damage is inflicted on themselves or the hostage. It failed to work on Kyoraku and was deemed as not even worth attempting on Yamamoto.

-->'''Ichigo:''' Hinamori? They were pretty close, right?
-->'''Matsumoto:''' Were?
-->'''Ichigo:''' Are. Sorry. She got… will get better.
* TooDumbToLive[=/=]AssholeVictim: Oh, ''Yammy.''

* TrustPassword: Yamamoto gives Ichigo one of these for when Rukia will be RetGone d in the future (i.e. the third film). [[spoiler: It also ends up being useful for identification against Aizen's illusions, though Ichigo almost gets killed then anyway since the password is a name and he has trouble remembering it.]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: When Shinji decides to finally use his Bankai, Aizen knocks him out cold before he can even say, "Bankai".]]

-->Ichigo's bankai was not the most powerful. It was not even the fastest. What it was, however, was the ''easiest to use''. Ichigo had attained it and fought a captain with decades of experience an hour later, and had been able to do so because it needed no special abilities or skills beyond the fighting techniques he was already familiar with.... who was permanently in Shikai release, who compensated for the lack of decades of practice by using his Bankai as though it were his Shikai, who used his mask as though it were his Bankai, and who had still further means to increase his fighting ability.

--> "This isn't right. This is what he wants. Us distracted. Always reacting to what he does."
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Oddly for [[{{Shounen}} the genre]], most of things that are [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong set right]] are done by talking to people. Telling people that their rebellion will fail and/or offering an olive branch has surprisingly good results. Notably, this did not work on [[spoiler: Tousen]].
* WakingNonSequitur: Subverted; [[TheMedic Unohana]] thinks this is happening when Ichigo wakes up after a two day coma and, when asked about his previous fight, answers with "Aizen… [[OneWingedAngel turned into a butterfly]]." [[EmpathicWeapon Zangetsu]] has to inform her that it actually happened.
* [[spoiler: WoundThatWillNotHeal: The power of Shakushi, Kenpachi's sword. The effect can be deactivated.]]

* YouNeedToGetLaid: Ichigo gets told this word-for-word by his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide hollow self]] since he's severely weakening himself in order to not be a PoisonousPerson (it came with his PhysicalGod status) and he's a ChickMagnet anyway, so why waste it? [[ChasteHero Ichigo's so embarrassed and adverse to the idea]] that the hollow turns to Zangetsu and asks, "He's not gay, right? I'd know if he was gay."

The sequel, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9424156/1/Further-Machinations Further Machinations]]'', had its first chapter published on June 24, 2013, but it has not been updated since then.

* MistakenForPedophile: The characters mistake Hollow Ichigo's attraction to Nel for this. They're relieved when they learn about Nel's adult form.
* MrFanservice: The Shinigami Women's Association will NOT let Ichigo get a haircut for this reason and they take great pains to keep it that way.

* PoisonousPerson: The author added this effect to Ichigo's PhysicalGod form to give him a weakness; basically anyone who touches Ichigo's bare skin while he's in this form gets severely burned, which makes sense given what we know about spiritual pressure if the individual in question were indescribably powerful.