No matter which main girl the protagonist ends up with, the other side will be salty...

I'm not twisting anything. Read slower next time.

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Problem is though, that confession was one-sided and setup a moment of follow up that never occurred. Ichiogo never got to hear that confession by the end of the Aizen Saga so in his mind he was still nothing but close platonic friends with Orihime. Similarly, with Rukia, there was never a second big moment, after Soul Society, that clearly defined their relationship as close platonic friends which is why the possible status of romantic pairing with Ichigo and Rukia was left on the table.

I miss Kubo posting

Post the next pages, user. She states that Rukia is the one that changed his world. She didn't mean more than friends in a romantic way. Nice try though.

It doesn't matter if he didn't hear it. The point was to confirm to readers that Orihime was in love with him. That's it. It's how Hinata confessed her love to Naruto while he was awake, but didn't get an answer. Both confessions were just seeds to plant the love interest role.

>which is why the possible status of romantic pairing with Ichigo and Rukia was left on the table.
It wasn't. Kubo even mentioned in the Fade to Black interview that it's one of the most unique relationship in manga and there is no romance.

As with everything Kubo had lofty ideas and failed to deliver.

here u go user

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It's one thing to state stuff like that in interviews, but it's another to actually show that in canon. I am saying that Kubo failed to do exactly that which is why to the very end people still held out on the prospect of Rukia and Ichigo being a romantic pair.

>I am saying that Kubo failed to do exactly that
He didn't. You just had your shipping goggles on the entire time.

Marrying a literal literal who. Like just introduce a completely new character as Ichigo's wife.

>It's one thing to state stuff like that in interviews, but it's another to actually show that in canon.
But Kubo didn't have Rukia or Ichigo fall for each other or have romantic development so he stuck to his word.

Just an eternal reminder

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>What is the best way to resolve such a situation?
I believe the problem lies within the MC, the MC has to state over a long period of time (various arcs before finale) who the winner is and slowly build said their relationship for the inevitable end. The problem with most of the butthurt people over, lets say, Orihime, Hinata, etc is that there wasnt any real romantic development over time, authors just threw the winner at the end with no proper build up. Some may disagree but come on, Ichigo never really implied romantic feelings for any girl at all and Naruto was even worse, the only character that had personal feelings development and conclusion with him was fucking Sasuke. A most recent example with the Quints, author made an attempt to give a development and build up with the winner (which is a really good initiative) but really, the very last 5 chapters is far too late to start doing that. Proper readers (as in, not brainless shippers) have to see it coming from way beforehand in order to accept it and get proper closure on the characters/story they are currently invested with.

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In Bleach you just needed Ichigo to show some romantic interest in Orihime instead of only Orihime showing interest in Ichigo.

Make ichigo develop feelings towards orihime.
Make orihime more likeable (less perfect) and less annoying.
Make rukia a boy.

Problem fixed.

But confirming a ship means the other ships will never happen so you can't bait those shippers which means profits drop :(

Look, I'm just stating facts. I had no stake in the Bleach MC shipping wars so I was able to see that neither Rukia nor Orihime got the Ichigo relationship development they need & deserved.

Well Kubo was too subtle about that, which is why people still held out to the very end. If Kubo had been more explicit in canon then people would have gotten of the bandwagon.

>Well Kubo was too subtle about that
How is Ichigo x Rukia not getting any romantic development subtle? The only reason irfags held onto their delusions as long as they did is because

>MUH POPULARITY
>MUH CHERRY-PICKED PANELS THAT ARE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
>MUH ANIME FILLERS AND MERCH
>MUH KUBO WOULD BE HATED AND NEVER WORK AGAIN IF HE DIDN'T GO WITH THE ICHIRUKI END

They legitimately had nothing concrete in the manga which is why they were desperate for Kubo to have Orihime magically fall out of love.

I guess that depends on the genre. On harem sure, its all about the ships, that shit will impact on sales. On something like a shonen dont think its that much of a big deal. People will shit on it online like its the fucking apocalypse but sales will be pretty much the same

Why are we here, still having the same argument, with the same points and images being used? Orihime won, take the loss already, it was obvious she would win, if you really believe she wouldn't, you are a fucking moron.

This. Every girl that won an MCbowl in WSJ has always been obvious as fuck. Doesn't matter if the manga was a shonen, or a romcom. Bokuben was the only one to surprise me since we're getting an ending for every heroine.

Don’t pander to shipperfags.

As different Bokuben's ending is, its still having its cake and eating it too, at least Gotoubun had the balls to go off beat, despite it not being that good, even if I do like Yotsuba best.

Discussing the story is not a competition you braindamaged shipperfag.