Orihime Character Development! Chapter 283 spoilers

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The full script isn't even out yet as I type, but the buzz is Orihime, Orihime! It's as if Kubo-san heard our cries and clarified a thing or two about her present state of mind. And he gave her something else to say besides "Kurosaki-kun." (Didn't Kubo, who's so perceptive of these things, not know the hilarity of having her say that for chapters and chapters? Or was he telling us she has a one-track mind)?

For the record, I'm not a Orihime basher, but I'll make fun of her as if she were my own sister. She's my 2nd favorite character and she's been enduring some rough times (oh...being kidnapped, witnessing gruesome dismemberings, getting beat up.... and looking stunned and helpless (and rather pretty in her princess dress at that). Now, at last in this chapter, Orihime's character appears to snap out of it.  I was smiling so much from the raw sneak peeks of 283 that I made a banner today:



This chapter 283 seems to be a prelude for some serious plot fulfillment. We see Orihime trying to be stronger. We see Ichigo... oh well, look under cut.

( spoilers 283 )