The author's stated intention was to examine the rarely-explored father-son relationship between Isshin and Ichigo. Extremely well-written. Well-characterized Ichigo and the most superbly written Isshin I have ever seen, and the Central 46 aren't the clichéd "destroy whatever we can't control" villains they're usually portrayed to be but rather are pretty sympathetic.
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The author's stated intention was to examine the rarely-explored father-son relationship between Isshin and Ichigo. Extremely well-written. Well-characterized Ichigo and the most superbly written Isshin I have ever seen, and the Central 46 aren't the clichéd "destroy whatever we can't control" villains they're usually portrayed to be but rather are pretty sympathetic.