Soul Chess/Characters/Ichigos Nakama

Okay so we've seen Lelouch's support group, but what about Ichigo's? These are the characters that, regardless of what other affiliations they might have, are strongly correlated to his friendship.

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Tatsuki Arisawa
Ichigo's childhood friend. Changes in the timestream have brought her and Ichigo closer than in canon. These changes have impacted Tatsuki greatly in numerous ways. .


 * Animal Motifs:.
 * Ascended Extra
 * Fingerless Gloves: Obtains a pair from . And apparently has wanted a pair for quite a while.
 * Freudian Trio: with . She’s The Ego.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Delivers this to Ichigo during the  arc while he
 * Glass Cannon
 * : By  in chapter 44
 * Leeroy Jenkins: You just have to facepalm when Tatsuki . Ironically, Lelouch anticipated she would do this and calibrated it as part of his plan
 * Meaningful Name: Her nickname as part of the Karakura gang battles is Noble Dragon, which is one particular way of translating the characters used to spell Tatsuki’s name.
 * The Determinator: goes Up to Eleven when Orihime is nearby.
 * The Lancer: To Ichigo's Five-Man Band.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Upon obtaining her powers.
 * Upon  Tatsuki is now as powerful as.
 * Actually according to Word of God . It's very possible that.
 * She's taken yet another one in ch 96..
 * Waif Fu: while fighting  who is over 7 feet tall.
 * The Determinator: goes Up to Eleven when Orihime is nearby.
 * The Lancer: To Ichigo's Five-Man Band.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Upon obtaining her powers.
 * Upon  Tatsuki is now as powerful as.
 * Actually according to Word of God . It's very possible that.
 * She's taken yet another one in ch 96..
 * Waif Fu: while fighting  who is over 7 feet tall.
 * Actually according to Word of God . It's very possible that.
 * She's taken yet another one in ch 96..
 * Waif Fu: while fighting  who is over 7 feet tall.

Rukia Kuchiki
The reason Ichigo was involved in the affairs of the Soul Society in the first place,  of course. and other factors as well Rukia.


 * Be Careful What You Wish For: In chapter 38, during her mission to Karakura Town Rukia starts wishing that  would come to help her. Both wind up showing up, but they're not they're not exactly there to make the situation better for her.
 * Demoted to Extra: Rukia is pretty much Ichigo’s sidekick in the main series. Here we certainly don’t see her as often. Though for her it’s not as bad as say Renji.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Four words: Yottsu no mai, Byakuren.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Four words: Yottsu no mai, Byakuren.

Orihime Inoue
The naive, well endowed, classmate of Ichigo's. She has an obvious crush on said protagonist.


 * Beware the Nice Ones: Chapter 124 shows that Orihime can be an extremely competent foe when forced to be so.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: In chapter 93 she is tasked with . The very notion is lampshaded by.
 * Identical Stranger: To Shirley.
 * : Subverted in that Orihime.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In her desire to help Tatsuki, Orihime only succeeds in getting the girl thrown off Acidwire's back.
 * Restraining Bolt: Her voice is capable of
 * The Cuckoolander Was Right: When talking about why  isn't around, among other, absurd, guesses, she almost correctly guesses exactly what   is
 * Took a Level In Badass: She.
 * Orihime shows us just what happens when she’s serious in chapter 124. She is unafraid to.
 * The Cuckoolander Was Right: When talking about why  isn't around, among other, absurd, guesses, she almost correctly guesses exactly what   is
 * Took a Level In Badass: She.
 * Orihime shows us just what happens when she’s serious in chapter 124. She is unafraid to.
 * Orihime shows us just what happens when she’s serious in chapter 124. She is unafraid to.

Yasutora "Chad" Sado
Ichigo's best friend since Middle School. Chad's as large and quiet as always.

Uryu Ishida
A quincy and the smartest student of the freshman class at Karakura High School. .


 * Character Tic: Uryu pushes up his glasses like almost every other scene he’s in if not more. Usually it’s to say something smart.
 * Disc One Nuke: Obtains Ginrei Kojaku, the bow that let him contend with low level espada before the fic's version of the Soul Society arc.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: As a result of the endangered quincies being left alive.

Shinji Hirako
The former captain of Squad 5 now is one of Ichigo's closest companions thanks to some meddling from those around him. He's still the same wisecracking perverted overbite blonde everyone remembers. He also oversaw Lelouch's entrance exam into the Shino Academy.


 * Interface Screw: The Shikai can screw up your perception very badly.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Leaving Cirucci alive with a pierced soul chain allowed  to use her powerless body to.
 * "Look if you want to go and get yourself killed that's fine by me. Don't expect me to be at your funeral." This was the last thing he told the morning of the upcoming battle.
 * Sixth Ranger: To Ichigo's Five-Man Band
 * Spanner in The Works: Lelouch's plan against Talbumosuke would've worked flawlessly in the Battle of Karakura Town arc if Shinji hadn't gone into to Hueco Mundo
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Lisa lays into him by saying that he told them that he was failing to recruit Ichigo, but didn't tell the other Visoreds that.

Keigo Asano
Ichigo's hyperactive dumbass of a friend. Ever since  he is the only one shown to have spiritual power and not be able to do anything with it and not know what's going on around him. It seems he would like to know though.


 * Ascended Extra: As of the Fullbringer arc
 * Crash Into Hello: How he meets Riruka
 * Locked Out of the Loop: CONSTANTLY! And he’s none too happy about it. Poor kid.
 * OOC Is Serious Business:  Soifon know that something is up with Keigo because he’s actually paying attention in class for once.
 * Throw the Dog A Bone: In chapter 52 he gets to spend quality time with Ichigo.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Keigo is the first person to beat the arcade game Demons and Devils. If he wasn't surrounded by awesomeness it might have a bigger efect.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Keigo! Honestly, did you really think that Ichigo would help you without fuss if you ?
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.
 * OOC Is Serious Business:  Soifon know that something is up with Keigo because he’s actually paying attention in class for once.
 * Throw the Dog A Bone: In chapter 52 he gets to spend quality time with Ichigo.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Keigo is the first person to beat the arcade game Demons and Devils. If he wasn't surrounded by awesomeness it might have a bigger efect.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Keigo! Honestly, did you really think that Ichigo would help you without fuss if you ?
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.
 * Throw the Dog A Bone: In chapter 52 he gets to spend quality time with Ichigo.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Keigo is the first person to beat the arcade game Demons and Devils. If he wasn't surrounded by awesomeness it might have a bigger efect.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Keigo! Honestly, did you really think that Ichigo would help you without fuss if you ?
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.
 * Throw the Dog A Bone: In chapter 52 he gets to spend quality time with Ichigo.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Keigo is the first person to beat the arcade game Demons and Devils. If he wasn't surrounded by awesomeness it might have a bigger efect.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Keigo! Honestly, did you really think that Ichigo would help you without fuss if you ?
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Keigo is the first person to beat the arcade game Demons and Devils. If he wasn't surrounded by awesomeness it might have a bigger efect.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Keigo! Honestly, did you really think that Ichigo would help you without fuss if you ?
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.
 * Keigo also seems to constantly think reality works like a videogame or a manga seeing how he thinks eating a lot will give him lots of strength.

Yoshino Soma
A Bount. . Her doll is Goethe.


 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Heading in this direction