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Confirmed
Toushiro was so convinced his friends would abandon him primarily because of Hinamori.
Toushiro's past was pretty lonely, but he used to at least have Hinamori on his side. It's heavily implied his and Hinamori's relationship completely fell apart after Aizen and the Winter War. A likely reason he was so prepared for his friends to abandon him (and why he was in so much emotional pain when he begged Izuku to never call him by his title) is because of her. She abandoned him despite them being so close for so long, so why would his new, recent friends be any different?- Confirmed.
Unsorted
The identity of the Greater-Scope Villain.
Someone from the Bleach world is manipulating things from behind the scenes and is sending Arrancar and Espada to the Hero's world. They are also the one behind the alliance between the Arrancar and the League of Villains.Possible candidates:
- Aizen. All-for-One's last words of "He was right about you, Hitsugaya-taicho." imply his "friend" is an enemy who knows Toushiro more than just in passing. Aizen is the obvious candidate. Soul experimentation is right up his alley and since a chunk of Toushiro's PTSD is due to him, facing him will be troublesome (and maybe flashback-inducing) for Toushiro.
- Yhwach. He could have survived the war.
- Mayuri. Immorally finding out more about Quirks by performing experiments on people who have them is something he would do. He (like Aizen) is also one of the people responsible for Toushiro's PTSD so why not make him an antagonist Toushiro has to confront?
- Mayuri is the author's most hated Bleach character and they see him as a Karma Houdini, adding credence to this.
- Tokinada Tsunayashiro. He's a Man Behind the Man and Greater-Scope Villain who is privy to and responsible for a lot of Soul Society's atrocities and corruption, primarily with the Soul King. It depends on whether the author is willing to use info from the light novels and sees them as canon or not.
- Tokinada's involvement is Jossed. The author has never read the light novels and won't include any elements from them.
Toushiro's strong reaction to brainwashing.
Toushiro will meet Shinsou and find out about his Quirk (or Shinsou will use his Quirk on Toushiro or one of his friends). Cue freakout.Toga will replace Izuku.
That is, if she gets his blood like she does in canon. It could be for a single instance or for a while. When she does, she will call Toushiro by his title. This will alert Toushiro that something is wrong since Izuku promised to never call him "Captain".If Ichigo appears, he will also have trauma.
He was fifteen/seventeen when he fought in the same wars Toushiro did, which will be touched upon. He will be better adjusted than Toushiro since he had friends to talk to, so his PTSD won't be as life-affecting. Ichigo may help Toushiro deal with his own trauma and regret not being there for him before.The fic's Toushiro will be revealed to have lost most or all of his respect for his former Captain because of Isshin's actions (i.e how he abandoned Toushiro and Rangiku and his questionable way of raising Ichigo). If this happens, Isshin's not-so-great parenting will be cranked up and Played for Drama since Sol thinks he is one of the worst fathers in anime.Toushiro and Hinamori won't make up.
Their strained relationship won't be mended and Toushiro will instead learn to turn to his new friends for emotional support. Once this happens, Toushiro will no longer listen to his recording of Hinamori's singing, which he uses to help him sleep.