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*** Given Byakuya's desire to represent the ideal aristocrat and samurai, it's not a stretch to assume that - as in keeping with idealised samurai - the most important person in his entire life is the mentor that trained him in the samurai way. The difference between Byakuya and Sado/Orihime is that Sado and Orihime have never made a secret of how Ichigo has benefitted their lives so their bond with Ichigo would be an obvious target for Tsukishima to attack. Byakuya keeps his mouth shut about his bonds, they tend to have to be dragged out of him or observed indirectly via his actions instead of his words: even Tsukishima observed Byakuya's very shy about sharing information with anyone but those who are the closest to him. Byakuya is, however, very open about his desire to represent the idealised image of the aristocratic and samurai. On that basis, there would therefore be nothing wrong with Tsukishima's reasoning - the ideal samurai's greatest bond would be to his mentor and that's exactly what Tsukishima targeted. He simply didn't understand the impact Ichigo'd had on Byakuya's life and mentality to realise that Byakuya's greatest mentor was actually Ichigo. He therefore targetted the wrong bond.

 

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