She also tried kissing him in his sleep, but backed away at the last second out of shyness. Orihime sneaks into Ichigo's room while he's sleeping and confesses her love for him. Ulquiorra gives Orihime one night to say her farewells to the person she cares most about. An Arrancar named Ulquiorra corners Orihime and threatens to kill her friends if she doesn't agree to join their side. Both resolve to improve their skills in preparation for the next assault, and in the meantime Rukia got Ichigo to specifically protect Orihime as compensation for not having been able to be there for her. When the Arrancar (unmasked Hollows) invade, Orihime is badly beaten, leaving Ichigo feeling guilty about not protecting her. She then decides to join Ichigo on his adventures. When Orihime and Tatsuki were attacked by a Hollow, Orihime revealed her own latent spiritual powers and defeated it. Sometime later, a swarm of Hollows invaded their town, leaving Ichigo in a difficult place as all of his friends and loved ones were at risk of being killed by them. Ichigo and Rukia allowed Orihime and Sora to make their peace before he was purified and sent to the afterlife. Ichigo and Rukia (the Soul Reaper who gave him his powers) arrived in time to stop the Hollow, revealing it to be the corrupted soul of Orihime's dead brother. Sometime after Ichigo gained the powers of a Soul Reaper (a spiritual cleanser and warrior), Orihime was attacked by a Hollow (a malevolent masked spirit). Isshin Kurosaki after he was severely injured in a accident, and he died in front of Orihime and the Kurosaki family. It's later mentioned that Ichigo and Orihime met very tragically: she dragged her older brother Sora to the clinic owned by Ichigo's father Dr. They're mutual friends of Tatsuki Arisawa. Ichigo and Orihime are in the same year at high school.
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More information on Ichigo can be found on the Heroes Wiki.
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Ichigo Kurosaki is the protagonist of Bleach as well as being the longtime crush and eventual husband of Orihime Inoue.