Orihime Inoue is a fictional character and the female lead in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo. She is one of Ichigo Kurosaki's best friends, and later his wife. Like many other friends, she quickly develops spiritual powers of her own after Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper. Throughout the series, Orihime learns about Ichigo's duty as a Soul Reaper and decides to accompany him when he goes to Soul Society to save Rukia Kuchiki. Besides the manga series, Orihime has al.

• Orihime Meaning

• Orihime likes Asian flower print clothes and comedies. Orihime cooks and eats strange food at home, although she also likes some normal food. Aside from Rangiku Matsumoto and Tessai Tsukabishi, no one shares Orihime's tastes. Her favorite food is red bean paste, and she likes putting butter on sweet potatoes.
• Orihime on the other hand is a normal human fighter backed up by her fairies. Which are not fast by the way. Ninja are fast, as a genin Sasuke was shown moving faster than the eyes can track. Hinata would have zero problems keeping up with a fast moving Shinigami. Orihime on the other hand, never even learned the fullbringer version of flash step.

Hello, it's time for another article!
I'm going to talk about another character. One that I really liked in early Bleach and is one that is now hated by the fandom in general:

Whoa whoa, don't close your browsers, people. Let's be sensible.
Orihime started off as one of Ichigo's Hollow-hunting crew, complete with interesting powers. But like Uryu and Chad, she would soon become a victim of Kubo's writing, mainly to showcase Ichigo and how 'cool' he is.
Any Bleach reader knows what's up. She's got orange hair, bright eyes, and yes.....big boobs. At the mere age of 15. Unusual, but they don't call him Titty Kubo for nothing!
*I apologize to anyone that was offended by that bad joke*
I can think of two classic scenes that starred Orihime:
One of which was Orihime and Tatsuki walking in the hallway of Karakura Town, and while Orihime cheerfully rattles off her 'lunch' to her friend, she is knocked over by Ichigo. Tatsuki yells at the Strawberry, and Orihime is left a little frightened by his perpetual scowl and 'scary face'.
The other was when Ichigo and Rukia spotted her in a street. A car had hit her, but she waved it off as a 'bump in the head', again so cheerfully. Rukia even plays up her innocent polite girl guise to bow to her (as Ichigo as to remind her who she is)
And there's other fun stuff, too!
-As an assignment, she draws a picture of herself as a robot

-A daydream about Ichigo turns into gentle frolicking, but suddenly, they rush towards each other with fire in their eyes.....and then it turns into Orihime winning a boxing match! Wtf?
Yeah, that's who she was. Quirky. And while she is a ditz, it's interesting to note Orihime is pretty high up on the class rank: one chapter had her third when the final exam scores were posted.
She also seemed to be the social butterfly; she had a circle of friends (Tatsuki, Chizuru, Ryo, Michiru, and Mahana). If you don't know four of those five names, go re-read the first 40 chapters or so.
Again, I used the past tense? How come?

To understand how Orihime rose and fell in the narrative, let's go back to a serious moment, and one of Ichigo's first Hollow hunting jobs:
The Hollow Acidwire attacks her, and we soon learn that it is the deceased soul of her brother, Sora Inoue. He manages to knock out her sister's soul (Rukia stated that Hollows go after their family members, if they have any) until Ichigo and Rukia stop him.
In fact, we learn that he was the one that gave Orihime her hairpins, and was the only family she had.
Also note that BEFORE Acidwire attacked, she was with Tatsuki, and they were talking about Ichigo. Tatsuki suggests to her to 'lead him to a dark alley and pin him down', much to the former's shock.
See, Orihime had a little crush on Ichigo, nothing too serious....but NO, I'll get to THAT later.
The attack overall gives us some nice development, and you see her in other scenes (for example, Orihime points out to Ichigo who Uryu is), but here's the kicker:

Remember this, in the chapters where Uryu and Ichigo have their competition, and Uryu uses Hollow bait? Then a Menos Grande attacks, along with a long fury of Hollows to the sleepy Karakura Town?
Say 'yes', please.
Numb Chandelier attacks Karakura High, and Orihime notices it when she is about to leave with Tatsuki and Chizuru. Quickly panicking, she tells Chizuru to run and discovers that Numb planted seeds in students to turn them into controlled zombies.
The crowd of students jump in and surround Orihime, until Tatsuki jumps in to defend her. She can't see the Hollow, but she kicks and punches the crowd AND bites one Numb's tentacles. That owns.
.....wait, we're not talking about Tatsuki? Darn.
.....Anyway, Tatsuki gets seeded (that sounds wrong), and wounded.
Orihime remembers that in middle school, everyone teased her about hair and a bunch of bullies even cut her hair! The fiery boxer we all know and love stepped up to defend her, and from there....the duo became friends.
In a flash of dust, Orihime awakens with resolve! She vows not to forgive those who hurt her friend, and the Shun Shun Rikka form on her shoulders.
The what?
I bet you 90% of hardcore Bleach fans don't even know what I'm talking about
The fairies! Tsubaki, Baigon, Ayame, Shun'o, Lily, and Hinagiku appear and they explain Orihime's new powers.
One fairy (Tsubaki) forms the attack mode, a projectile dubbed Koten Zanshun
Two fairies (Ayame and Shun'o) form the 'healing' mode, a semi-circle that can 'reject' damage and reverse all aliments and wounds within the circle, dubbed Soten Kisshun
Three fairies (Baigon, Lily, Hinagiku) form the defense mode, a shield dubbed Santen Kisshun.

Before you can say I'm becoming a living wiki at this point, I'm just reminding you guys. Keep in mind these facts about Orihime's powers, because they will appear again.
Anyway, Orihime wins, Chad and Orihime learn the secrets of Ichigo's Shinigami life, and they train with Ichigo and Ishida to get ready to rescue Rukia.
Let's skip ahead, to when Kukaku's cannon seperates the rescue group. Orihime and Uryu land together, where Orihime daydreams and pictures the Quincy as her crush (feelings are growing, I guess)
They breeze through, fight some fodder, and even this guy:
But......really, this was more of Uryu cleaning up house than Orihime. I mean, holy shit, he basicially disables his enemy's powers. How come we never see this again?
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Speeding through, Orihime manages to slip into Shinigami robes to blend in. Unfortunately, she and Uryu run into the 12th Division, and witness one Kurotsuchi Mayuri blowing up his minions to attack them.
Orihime blocks the explosion, and tearfully notes that she couldn't save them. She is then ushered away from the action when Uryu commands Aramaki to take her.
.....Could this be foreshadowing for what things await us? I know Orihime is a pacifist and doesn't like to hurt people, but something tells me she could've helped in that fight!
You know, in a way that didn't require Uryu to give up his Quincy powers? Maybe she could've taken on Nemu. ...Look, I'm rambling now. Let's just stay on point.
So after that, she goes with Kenpachi, Yachiru, Ikkaku, and Yumichika to break Uryu, Chad, and Ganju from prison. And from there, Ichigo beats Byakuya, Aizen makes his move, but in the end of the day, Rukia is safe.
Let's note what we have in store for Orihime's character:
-her crush on Ichigo
-her friendship with Tatsuki
-her hairpin powers
-her role in things to come....what will it be?
Unfortunately, I hope you're ready for a long run of disappointment.

So Orihime returns to school, and of course, Chizuru gropes her. But things are happy now, and while Tatsuki notes to herself that Orihime disappeared over the summer (she couldn't sense her), at least friends are back together.
Ichigo has a new problem, however, and it's his Hollow form creeping up. While Shinji appears and lures Ichigo to the Vizard warehouse, Orihime and Chad decide to investigate. Hiyori blocks them.
The next day, however....
.....Our first Arrancar, Ulquiorra and Yammy appear. Yammy sucks up a bunch of souls and almost gets to Tatsuki, but our healer jumps in to assist!

Things are for naught, though. Yammy overwhelms Chad, and a terrified Orihime realizes the giant fought alone to protect her and Tatsuki. She then proceeds to heal Chad, and blocks Yammy from attacking.
Orihime resolves not to be a burden to Ichigo anymore, and wants to do things herself, without constant help. Nice Kubo, you're doing good so far. Angst can be unbearable, but it can be done well if the situation calls for it.
This time in Bleach, the enemies were starting to get really difficult and a real challenge to the heroes. So it's appropriate for Orihime to want to improve.
However, she tries attacking Yammy, but the big oaf smashes her pin representing Tsubaki, and thus, her attacking force. From there, Ichigo jumps in to save his friends.
Sigh
I REALLY hope you guys are gonna get used to this.
But whatever! Yoruichi and Urahara also jump in, Ulquiorra and Yammy retreat, and Orihime and Chad are healed.
While recovering and eventually returning to school, Orihime is troubled by Ichigo's suffering aura (due to not being able to control his Hollow powers), and furthermore, Rukia's little gang of Shinigami show up, undercover!
Rangiku and Hitsugaya decide to lodge with our healer. From there...

So while Orihime is glad to see her friend Rukia again, she painfully notes that Rukia was able to reinvigorate Ichigo and bring back his confidence so easily, but she herself wasn't able to.
And instead of being happy that Ichigo's back his old self (for now), she finds herself more jealous of Rukia.
Look, it's more angst, but you get the running theme here. Our healer continues to feel weak and sorry for herself, this time in a more....emotional way.
Kubo's on point so far, but it won't last.
Skipping around, Grimmjow's little crew attacks, and of course, Orihime gets resorted to being a healer again! Though I suppose it's fair, everyone sans Rukia had trouble with their opponents....
Then comes the shocker. With Tsubaki out of comission, Urahara basicially bans Orihime from fighting in the upcoming Winter War, not wanting her to get in harm's way or have Aizen see her powers. Naturally, she is upset, but understands.
Thankfully Rukia is angered by Urahara's choice and offers to train her in Soul Society, regardless (I swear, these two could be best friends)
Hiyori takes her to the Vizard Warehouse, where....hooray! Hachigen manages to repair Tsubaki, albeit noting that her powers are more based on time distortion and similar to his own.
Remember this, kids. It'll show up later.

Things are looking up! Ichigo's developing his Vizard powers, the Gotei is mobilizing, and Orihime reclaims the chance to develop her fighting strength.
However.....
Ulquiorra's report when he and Yammy attacked earlier shows Aizen exactly what Orihime can do. And he is interested. He issues the command.....
...and when Orihime finishes her training and crosses over to get home, Ulquiorra intercepts. He tells her that she will either go with him or kill all of her friends.
......This is where things take a SERIOUS nosedive.
Mr. Stoic gives Orihime a bracelet to hide her presence and allows her to say goodbye to one person before departure. Guess who she picks?
Yeah, it's Strawberry. Oh em gee what a shocker!
Look, it's not the romance part of this scene I dislike. Orihime's speech about living five lives and falling in love the same way is poetic and kinda tugs at the inner romantic in me.
She even tries to kiss Ichigo!
(note: keep in mind, I'm not some rabid Ichigo X Orihime shipper, but when it's supposed to be part of a character's development, you want to see where it could lead)
Romance in shonen is one of its weaknesses, since the demographic is geared towards young boys, who would rather see ass kicking and comedy than people in wuv.
But I thought it was fine here. No, what bothers me about this scene is that:
She says to goodbye to Ichigo, who is not her closest friend.

Remember what I said earlier about what Orihime has in store for us? Romance with Ichigo and....that's right, her friendship with Tatsuki! HER BEST FRIEND.
I'm pissed that she didn't chose her. That's a little selfish, wouldn't you say? Orihime was the one who made this determination at the beginning to protect Tatsuki, and pretty much forgets she exists.
Tatsuki was the one that saw Yammy's soul slaughter and was about to be next! Did Orihime forget all about that?
And really, I know we're talking about Orihime here, but this was pretty much the scene to me that said 'yeah don't expect Tatsuki to be relevant anymore'. Kubo focused a little too much on the romance aspect and in turn, shafted her closest friend.
*sighs* Whatever. Again, Orihime is the focus of this post.
So she's taken to Las Noches after biding farewell, and obviously, Aizen cuts the BS and asks for her power right away:

To repair Grimmjow's lost arm. Yes, so apparently she can repair limbs out of nothingness. Aizen remarks that her power is godlike, too.
HUECO MUNDO HEAL COUNT: 1

Keep an eye on that counter, folks.
.....Soon, word gets out that Orihime is captured. Ichigo is alarmed and immediately gathers Uryu and Chad to do something!
Unforunately, it doesn't look like Soul Society will assist. Because Yamamoto is convinced that Orihime went willingly to Hueco Mundo and thus, is now a traitor.
.......I remarked on this last post, but understand why this is extremely stupid:
-It's a gross assumption to say Orihime went off willingly. Where's the proof? And SS knows Orihime is a simple, kindhearted girl, not a lol Aizen mastermind.
-ORIHIME HAS NO OBLIGATION TO SOUL SOCIETY. She is not a shinigami. She is not a deceased soul. She is an alive 15 year old girl, who, if it wasn't for Ichigo, wouldn't know the spirtual world even exists!
-Yamamoto is a jerk, plain and simple.
Naturally Ukitake and Ichigo object to this ruling, and Strawberry breaks the rules to go off and rescue Orihime.
....Wait. We're rescuing someone......Ichigo is rescuing a female friend with his buddies, breaking customs and risking his life to do so. They're going to a special dimension.
Does this sound familar to anyone?!
This is a retread of the Soul Society arc, only this time, we're going to Hueco Mundo and Orihime's the one in captivity!
......Wow, this is awful.
1) Doesn't it seem cheap and unfair to Orihime's character to be reduced to someone that means to be saved? When the past few chapters/episodes she's been trying to become independent and strong?
2) It was fine with Rukia because it was a totally unique situation then. We're getting a rescue arc literally right after a rescue arc this time!
Damsel in distress arcs are a staple of shonen, and they're usually executed well. But the problem is that Kubo is copying the groundwork for the same situation twice in a row!
It'd be fine if there were like 3-4 arcs in between......and the situations varied.....however, this is not the case. Kubo only knows how to write rescuing and training.
Maybe I'm complaining too early. Let's just see how it turns out.

Ichigo and his friends traverse through the desert, and eventually word gets out. Ulquiorra informs Orihime of this development, and forces her to swear loyalty to Aizen.
And....she does.
Ulquiorra talks to Nnoitra later, saying including the choice to say goodbye to a friend and time to do so were the methods to give Orihime the sense of free will, and in turn, lower her resistance.
.....However, Orihime resolves to reject the Hogyoku in secret, which would stop Aizen's plans! Whoa! Kubo, you tease. But hey, that's something to look forward to....it'd be great, right?
Things are going to get seriously messy now. Just warning you.


We see Orihime again after Nnoitra easily defeats Chad. Ulquiorra comes in and taunts Orihime, not only saying that all of her friends are going to die, but this whole situation is a futile effort, that her friends were idiots to charge Hueco Mundo head-on.
.....Well, it's not like the protectors of the souls were offering to help!
Orihime, offended and angry, slaps Ulquiorra.....err, okay, it's something right? No....no, I don't understand. Orihime has her powers, and with her emotions, could easily reject Ulquiorra to teach him a lesson, then cue resolve speech. Something more a slap would have a greater impact.
....I guess she didn't want to push her luck, because the whole fortress is filled with psychotic monsters.
By the way, here's a YouTube comment from that video:
I did not make this comment up; whoever this user is, they shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.
From there, Orihime begins to cry and worry that everyone is needlessly risking their lives. It's a kinda a lapse in character for the independent strong pay-off we're waiting for, but whatever! Kubo will make her do something important, right?!
Eventually, Ichigo confronts Ulquiorra and battles him for the first time...however, Loly and Menoly, two female Arrancar, appear and start to bully her:
Which turns to physical violence.
....Man, Kubo, this is REALLY unfair for Orihime. In the span of a day she gets captured, imprisoned, emotionally knocked around, and now....bullied by Arrancar bitches.
I really feel bad for her in this scene, though. .....But we all know things are gonna look up, and Orihime will develop into an iron willed maiden!
.....wait a sec-

Yes, Grimmjow appears! He decimates Loly and Menoly, ending their torture, why? Because he wanted to clear the debt he owed to Orihime when she healed his arm.
See, that's why he's leagues better than Nnoitra.....he has a sense of honor.
.....

Before taking her away, Orihime decides to heal Loly and Menoly....including the latter right back from death!
HUECO MUNDO HEAL COUNT: 3

.....What?! Who the hell decides to revive their torturers?! Is Orihime a masochist or just really nice? Look, either way, I'm not happy with this. She's reduced to a healing item again, and it's to heal two sadistic bullies! By choice! Not cool, Kubo.
Grimmjow takes Orihime away to find Ichigo, whom at this moment had just had his chest stabbed by Ulquiorra and left for dead.
Wanting him at full power, Grimmjow orders Orihime to heal him......yet Orihime tries to refuse, saying she'll only allow him to get hurt again.
....so you'd rather have your crush die on your watch? C'mon now.
HUECO MUNDO HEAL COUNT: 4

Ichigo and Grimmjow fight, blah blah, and when Ichigo busts out the Vizard Mask, Orihime is afraid of his power and what's he become. Nel scolds her and her fear is vanished.
....Look, I understand Kubo's trying to make Orihime strong and independent this arc, but how come everytime she's doubted herself or been afraid, someone else had to snap her out of it?
It seems contradictory. You'd think she'd learn by now.
Ichigo wins, yadda yadda, and while he tries to take Orihime and Nel away, Nnoitra (of course) shows up and ruins another person's day. God I hate him.
Nnoitra toys around with Ichigo while Tesla holds Orihime captive. Goddamn it, Kubo! Again Orihime is trapped and no more than a crying damsel in distress! And before she can even use her pins to help, Tesla threatens to destroy them.
......sigh.....
Ichigo loses, Nel transforms and fights, then she gets turned back, Kenpachi appears, and beats Nnoitra, you know the story. Finally, no more bullshit in our wa-

Orihime Meaning

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Flowers[edit]

First of all, please check your grammar if you edit the page, and re-read your changes right away to find out errors (this is for 124.numbers).

Additionally, we don't know that Orihime can kill a hollow but not a seated shinigami. In fact, the shinigami she targeted was 4th seat (very powerful, compared to seats like 15th or 20th who are weak, or even a guy like Hanatarou), plus she didn't actually want to kill him unlike the hollow, so it's even possible that she potentially could. Please don't add that line a 3rd time.

Oh yeah, and who knows what a chrysanthemum is? I did because it's the only word for it in Russian, but most English-speaking folk wouldn't. Daisy is a simpler and more common word which means practically the same thing.

-- Ynhockey 00:38, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

They don't mean the same to me, I think of chrysanthemum as a rarer flower than a daisy. It would be like changing iris to tulip and camellia to rose. They would be changing rare/exotic flowers for more common flowers in my mind. Though they all could be more common in Japan. Also if you wanted to change one, ume would be better changed to plum as the Ume page says the word's imported from Japan.Hackwrench 06:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore, when I think of daisy, I think of a flower that more looks likethe picture of Bidens torta in the Asteraceae page and not like the picture of a chrysanthemum, fewer, bigger petals, not a bunch of smaller ones. Then there's the matter of what the English translation of the Anime/Manga uses. They've just shown the first appearance of them on Cartoon Network last week, so I'm not sure. There's also the question of whether the attack animations take on the appearance of flowers. If there is one that looks more like a chrysanthemum than a daisy, or vice-versa, that would be another indication of which path to take. Hackwrench 06:22, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, Mums is better in English, didn't make the connection at first, partly because for a long time chrysanthemums had been mispronounced Chrysanteim or some such. Hackwrench 08:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Since Orihime's healing and barrier skills are considered to be very powerful, it is likely that her division skill would be as well, if she ever put her heart into using it. Also, who doesn't know what a chrysanthymum is? Besides, all that really matters is that people recognize it as a type of flower. I guess it doesn't really matter though.--Tjstrf 09:38, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed that Orihime is consistantly referred to as liking Ichigo in 'a rather sisterly fashion' in the anime. I wouldn't say this is correct. She is usually flustered, nervous and blushing around him, even in the latest episode of the series (ep 59). To me this reflects more of a crush, possibly just a 'past crush, now good friend' but definately not 'sisterly'. Tatsuki is probably a better example of sisterly affection.

Feedback on what others think on this issue would be good because I believe that these references should be removed and leave the 'crush' for both manga and anime - possibly with a simple '(this is more obvious in the manga)' or something. -- SpringBoy 13:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes I agree. I didn't change it because I thought I missed something and probably the author was correct. It should be changed if you also think this way. -- Ynhockey 13:41, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Brother[edit]

Does anyone know his name? There was Sora and now Kakei? I don't remember if it was ever mentioned but both seem strange. Anyone care to confirm/refute either? For now I removed the name entirely. -- Ynhockey 17:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

In the manga, they always call him her brother, no name given. Unless they mention it in the anime or her character bio page,he doesn't have one. --Tjstrf 18:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Terribly sorry that I'm over 10 months late here, but you're wrong. It's clearly stated by Orihime that his name is Kakei (this is mentioned multiple times in chapters 5 and 6 in the first volume of the manga). // Sasuke-kun27 03:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

That's dub/Viz only though. --tjstrftalk 03:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

In the official character polls, it mentions an Inoue Sora, the name given to Orihime's brother. Though it can be argued as non-canon, the filler episode shows a 'fake' version of Orihime's brother, also refered to as Sora.

OK, the Bleach character book (page 40) clearly states that the name is Sora (昊). If you see anyone changing it again (especially to Kakei), please revert immediately. Thanks. -- Ynhockey^(Talk) 11:23, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

vandalism[edit]

Two different IP with the same first three digits recently vandalized the page in very similar ways. I don't know how you can tell if its an AOL user or other proxy-type connection, so someone should try and find out and post AOL user or whatever on their talk page. The two IPs were 200.9.73.142 and 200.9.73.103. --Anaraug 23:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

My revert[edit]

Apologies for writing a misleading summary, I meant to write it for the other revert I was going to make. But as for this one, the comments about very large breasts are completely unnecessary, and sound like fancruft (whether they are or not) too. -- Ynhockey^(Talk) 14:42, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Disagreed; her very large breasts are indeed the butt of some jokes thorough the series. And you call a cat, a cat. Her breasts ARE very large. --Delf 19:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Doesnt this need a spoiler warning somewhere?[edit]

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Perhaps just the synopsis needs it, most of the other info is general information... Fruitcake119 08:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Synopsis[edit]

This article needs a synopsis section. Hopefully it won't be a mess like the one at Ichigo Kurosaki though. Is anyone willing to write it? I will only have time on Thursday. -- Ynhockey^(Talk) 20:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

If you dont want it to be a mess, why dont you do what the Naruto articles did and make a separate article named 'Plot of Bleach' then link it to every character page that is growing too large? --GhostStalker 08:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Because wikipolicy states these articles really shouldn't be plot summaries. I take this to mean only information about the character themself should be included, not everything that happened in any scene they were in. This gets to be a huge problem in things like Ichigo Kurosaki, where the most recent plot, revealed in the last 6 chapters (that's 5% of the series) takes up as much space as the entire first arc, but the solution there is simply to heavily slash the summary after each mini-arc concludes. --tjstrf 08:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Eh, the Uzumaki Naruto article had the same problem, because editors, including myself, added too much information from the latest chapters and didnt trim it down later. What Im suggesting is to make a seperate article for the entire plot of Bleach, if the synopsis portions of articles become too large to manage. --GhostStalker 09:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

If you're going to do that, why not just write a wikibook? As I see it, purposefully creating articles for fancruft is about the worst thing you could possibly do. I like thinking of our articles here as at least being well-intentioned even if not perfectly implemented, this would be a huge step away from that. --tjstrf 09:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that you can just make a summary of all the information. Like for example, the anime section. Instead of writing it all in great detail, you can just say 'Inoue was captured by some mysterious people, and Ichigo, Renji, Chad and Ishida had to go through several challenges to save her' and so on. The whole page would become much shorter that way. Am I a bit confused with what you all are talking about? If you are discussing ways of trying to shorten the page somehow, then writing summaries is the best thing we can do. Sumhtun 05:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

The problem is that it's not so simple to determine what information to include in the short summary. Some of it may be important for the article overall (not just as a synopsis) for example. -- Ynhockey^(Talk) 05:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the Anime section can be cleared up anyway. The story about the Bount ends half-way, and is it really important to the story? I don't remember reading about any Bount in the manga. Sumhtun 06:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I have attempted to rewrite the synopsis in a way that includes only the relevent points to the overall development of the character. Also, another thing I did notice is the inconsistency over the reference for Orihime. She is referred mostly by her first name while referred by her last name in some part of the article. I've tried to edit most of them so that they all refer to her as 'Orihime'. -- Finestela 06:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

All right... The synopsis section is, overall, cleaned up (with the exception of the anime, which I have not followed since the Bount Arc has begun). I've concentrated mostly on the events that builds up Orihime as a character, and weeded out the rest.

Also, thanks to Sumhtun and some others, the article now refers to Orihime by her first name in all instances, as oppose to the back and forth reference. -- Finestela 21:00, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Jump Heroines Special Cover[edit]

Here's the source for my edit.

The reason I'm making my edit sounding a bit vague (as oppose to saying outright that she has replaced Rukia) is because Kubo did not (and probably never will) indicate such change. From my understanding, Kubo never stated who the female lead (heroine in Japanese) is in the series, and referred Rukia as a protagonist (shujinkou).As far as I'm concern, both Rukia and Orihime are female leads in the story officially.Also, another reason there have been noises around the internet is the feature of Don Patch from Bobobo in the heroine coverpage (damn you! Bobobo!), which some used as an excuse to discredit the cover as 'official' (while ignoring the fact that all other characters, excluding Orihime, are, in fact, female leads).-- Finestela 01:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is intentionally irrational and tries to violate one's expectations at every turn. So it proves nothing that it would put a non-female (at least not obviously female) character where there should be a sexy female character. JRSpriggs 13:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

While I would personally agree with you (and indeed wish Rukia would up and die already), it's still speculation. You'll also notice that Orihime makes much better fanservice in the minds of most readers, so one can construct other reasons for the change. --tjstrf 01:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

There are the huge words of 'Gathering of Heroines' stamped on the top right hand corner (ヒロイン集結). The only reason I've listed the above 'alternative viewpoint' is stating the 'speculative nature' for such dissent. The statement itself, that Orihime is 'a' female lead, is a undisputed fact, via a graphical announcement of Weekly Jump. -- Finestela 01:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I thought we were talking about that IP edit that claimed she had replaced Rukia. Your edit is fine. --tjstrf 01:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem. I didn't like that IP edit either, since it was phrased poorly :P -- Finestela 10:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I am so laughing at you guys. http://ileenka.livejournal.com/28427.html#cutid2

• 1. Sign your discussion entry.
• 2. Why don't you go back and do more research? Mainly when the two Official Books were published, compare to when the Weekly Jump Magazine Cover came out, before running your mouth?
• 3. Now that you've brought up... why not try to find the exact quote about what Kubo really said regarding this so-called reference for Rukia's 'shujinkou' status (as well as when and where the quote was from)?? Yes? No? Maybe? The fact is you can't find it anywhere! Even 2ch stopped referring to that statement altogether.
• 4. There are plenty of people on Wikipedia that knows Japanese... so don't worry about your little sentence filled with romaji... we'll manage.

- Finestela 17:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me as I tremble in fear of your blog. Sorry I pissed off the shippers.

Besides, I actually was REMOVING the claim that Orihime had replaced Rukia in my edits. like this one

My comments on the talk page were in opposition to inserting the claim that Orihime had replaced Rukia as the female lead into the article. --tjstrf 19:18, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

There we go... Our beloved ileenka is finally done after having every single twisted argument she came up refuted... It's funny how it ended with the 'picture side by side' argument to prove this is an official statement for Rukia's status as the 'sole' female lead.

No one is disputing the fact that Rukia is a female lead (or the first female lead), but you can't just use a unverified statement to prove a fact (though she still doesn't seem to grasp this).

Oh well... it's still Finestela 1, ileenka 0 I guess... -- Finestela 19:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

...Finestela, did you HAVE to do that? I'd be slapping WP:CIV and WP:DFTT warnings all over your talk page if that were onwiki. I can't say she didn't deserve it for so absurdly misrepresenting us though. --tjstrftalk 08:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. One of my contributions[1] was ranted about in a blog. That's a first for me. Admittedly, I was being a little sassy in the comment, but it was important to reach a consensus rather than wrestling back and forth in pointless edit war. We eventually decided to go with order-of-appearance. –Gunslinger47 10:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Happens more often than you'd think. It's happened to me 3 times that I know of, and I'm not even that controversial. --tjstrftalk 10:36, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

What would a 'confirmed federal contractor' like yourself ever do to cause controversy? :-D –Gunslinger47 10:58, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Wait, aren't I a sockpuppet of User:MONGO? I can't be a contractor, because sockpuppets aren't human beings and contractors are clearly defined as 'person's. (And if Cplot has a blog, then I'm probably on 4, I wasn't thinking of that.) --tjstrftalk 11:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

'Official' VIZ site[edit]

A link to the official VIZ site has been put on the main Bleach page. It says that Orihime weighs 75kg. Sounds like she's already been installing parts of future Orihime (maybe the lasers?). Good job again, VIZ! Dekimasu 12:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

ROFL... I can't stop myself from laughing as I see the info on that site... Someone ought to send an e-mail to Kubo and tell him what's happening in the U.S.

Jokes apart, I'm going to ignore that and pretend it's not there untill some poor soul unwittingly believes in this and tries to change the info box.

Personally, I believe it's the missles that's packing all those weight... =P -- Finestela

Update: They chanaged it back (awwww...) But for those who missed it fun, here's a screenie of the misinformation/typo: This must've packed with anti-ballistic missles of some kind... :P -- Finestela 22:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

She must have been jumping on the scale when they took the measurement. 75kg? That's nearly as much as Chad, isn't it? --tjstrf 22:42, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Who's to say that's not all boob? :DHentai Jeff 09:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Realm of the gods[edit]

Looking at the RAW, Aizen says this about Orihime:

神の領域を侵す能カだよ

Kami no ryōiki o okasunōryoku da yo.

M7: 'This power violates the realm of god.'

Kami is something I always see translated inappropriately; mostly due to Judeo-Christian baggage on the word 'god'. From what I can see, whenever they're talking about a specific god, it is referred to as Kami-sama. The word kami alone can refer to one or more gods. 'Kami no ryōiki' is probably best translated as 'the realm of gods'. This avoids any incidental references to the God god, while staying true to Aizen's original meaning. –Gunslinger47 06:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

You are correct. Kami does not mean the God, it can mean any god, or gods. Although gods in plural are often referred to as kamigami. -- Ynhockey^(Talk) 16:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Often, but not always, right? A realm of dogs could be translated to inu no ryōiki accurately enough. There'd be no need to say inu tachi no ryōiki or whatever, according to what my pathetically minimal knowledge of Japanese tells me. –Gunslinger47 00:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Orihime destroyes the orb?[edit]

'She appears to have converted to Aizen's side and is ordered by him to repair the Orb of Distortion, which was damaged via the excessive transformations of various hollows into arrancar, by reversing time and returning it to the moment before Aizen started using it. However, this proves to be false, as she resolves to destroy the orb with her powers by erasing its existence altogether.'

Is the last sentence true?or is it some sort of prank? DivineBaboon 03:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

She resolves to. She hasn't actually done it yet. --tjstrftalk 03:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Sora or Kakei?[edit]

In the anime, they say that Orihime's brother is named Sora and in the english manga it's Kakei. Is there any difference between them, if there isn't shouldn't the article include something about the names? T3h Seeahrahsoo 04:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)Syarasu

If you've overlooked it, this topic is touched on in one of this article's footnotes: Orihime Inoue# note-Sora. –Gunslinger47 04:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

woah....now that's the reason to see those....kills, man. Sorreh. T3h Seeahrahsoo 01:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Syarasu

What page number states the name Kakei? Which volume? WhisperToMe 01:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

English manga only, Kakei was an invented name so that they didn't have to include lots of onii-chan/'big bro' in the dialogue. Orihime never actually says her brother's name originally, so until the databooks came out it was unknown. --tjstrftalk 01:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

For a specific location, refer to page 137 (as well as a few others) of Viz's volume 1. It's 'Kakei' in my copy (third printing, 2005) so it's not out of the realm of possibility that it has since been corrected. ~SnapperTo 07:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Edits[edit]

I've made some minor revisions to the article. I hope you don't mind. This regards the deaths of the Arrancar. From my copy of the translation it is shown that only Menoly was killed where as Lolly was still alive though injured. I have also put Lolly's observation on the incident since it seems like an important observation that may effect the development of the Orihime. (NewDreams2 09:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC))—The preceding unsigned comment was added by NewDreams2 (talk • contribs) 09:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

Orihime as a female lead[edit]

Is it really neccessary to say that she's 'a second female lead' when there's no concrete evidence of that? It seems that only the fact that she has had an expanding character is enough. Shun Shun Rikka 00:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I disagree, I think saying she's the second female lead is accurate, after all, who would you say it is, she does appear and make more of a diffrence than any other girl in the series (except Rukia ofcourse) besides, it's some 'gossip' that Orahime will actually destroy the Hogyoku and be the real hero of the story, I don't no about that, but it's fair to see that she's the second female lead, absolutly! —Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptinAsagi (talk • contribs) 17:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Picture of inoue in her outfit keep?[edit]

Ok i put up a image of inoue in her new outfit at Las Noches. I thought it went along with the other picture of when she was in a shinigami outfit. Optimous (talk 12:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC).

I think there should be a diifrent picture, I liked her apperance more in the Soul Society arc., there should be picture of her from that time period, besides, in this picture she looks way to depressed to be like the Orahime we all no and love, we have way enough deep charecters, and deep pictures of them, we finally get the mascot for pure happiness here and now look, besides, for fans just browsing they would'nt want to read a depressing looking artical! -CaptinAsagi--CaptinAsagi (talk) 02:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Trivia[edit]

I integrated the trivia into the article. However can anyone verify the first bit regarding the word Vega being printed on a cover (I assumed it was chapters since the person who initially put in the trivia bit didn't elaborate more) in volume 1 of the manga? Fox816 05:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Image[edit]

Orihime isn't a shinigami, she's a human. We should get a picture of her without a shinigami outfit. Artist Formerly Known As Whocares 21:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree Twsl 22:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe Sephiroth's been the one going around replacing all the images in the last couple days, ask him. (Also, we do have the Loituma Girl image which shows her in normal human garb.) --tjstrftalk 23:01, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

As much as I like the Orihime-shinigami image, it should be changed to reflect her not actually being a shinigami. I can get a screenshot and have it uploaded. Fox816 23:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

New image added. See Image:OrihimeAnimeEp113.jpg. Been at it ever since I figured out how to use 'print screen.' If anyone has a better image in a certain episode, then tell me on my talk page and I'll fetch it. Sephiroth BCR^(Converse) 06:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

She looks a bit sober but that will do I guess =) Twsl 09:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

To Sephiroth BCR: Be careful adding or replacing images. The issue is not just whether you can input a better image, but whether the image will stay in the system, which depends on it not being a copyright violation. Notice just below your editing window it says 'Content that violates any copyright will be deleted.'. This is really true. JRSpriggs 01:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Discussion continued at User talk:JRSpriggs#Images. Sephiroth BCR^(Converse) 01:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

If it's alright, I'm planning to replace the current image with a...er...happier one of Orihime considering she's really upbeat a lot of the time. The one used now is rather melancholic. I'm still going through the episodes to find a good one. Fox816 03:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind. In fact it has been bugging me as well. Twsl 10:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

There should be a picture of Orihime in her Las Noches stile outfit same as there is for for Aizen, Gin and Tousen. if no one dissagres i will go ahead and add one next to her Synopsis. WhiteStrike (talk) 06:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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AGE[edit]

her age is 16 now. she was 15 at the beginning then on the last day of shcool it says they get back in school in september and her birthday is in september and it has been 6 months scince they got back in school so she is definately 16 by now —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.53.226 (talk) 14:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

We know, but we're only posting their ages at the beginning of the series for each character. King Zeal (talk) 14:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

WHY? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.201.53.226 (talk) 15:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Because we dont know the exact date in which they are born.AND also it has not been officially stated what age the characters are as of now in the series.Grimmjow E6 (talk) 16:36, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Golden princess?[edit]

I think that 'Orihime' might be 'ori' (gold) + 'hime' (princess). So 'Orihime' means 'golden princess'. Does that make sense to you-all?

When the arrancars Loly and Menoly are harassing her they call her 'princess'. JRSpriggs (talk) 13:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

So?Tintor2 (talk) 16:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

If you agree, we could add a sentence to the article saying that 'Orihime' means 'golden princess'. Perhaps in the lead? JRSpriggs (talk) 00:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

New Image[edit]

Finally following up what I said here roughly 3yrs ago, I'm planning on uploading a new image of Orihime to replace the one we have now per previous reason. I was thinking of using an image from early in the series then possibly having an image showing her progression in design within the text such as is how the article Sakura Haruno does so. Thoughts? Fox816 (talk) 15:34, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I guess an image with her wearing normal clothes or school clothes and also smiling would help. I don't think one image with her white clothes from the Arrancar arc should be used as I guess it will stop being regular in some time (although Kubo seems to be dragging the arc too much).Tintor2 (talk) 15:41, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Yea, that's what I was thinking as well in regards to a new image - her in regular attire while smiling. I think at one point we had an image of her in Las Noches attire placed in text but that was taken out. I agree that bringing it back or putting that one in would be unnecessary. Fox816 (talk) 19:04, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

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