Fai said:
skwok-raven said:
You have a dense protagonist
Not dense.If anything Ichigo is one of smarter shonen protags. He is also extremely introverted for a shonen protag hiding his emotions, the guilt he felt for his mother's end and various other turmoil behind a punk facade.
Introverted? In what way? He's a punk but introverted? That strongly contradicts.
who got together with a female side character with unrequited love throughout the whole series.
Except that it was not unrequited. It just did not really progress due to Ichigo's own issues. The moment Ichigo overcame his own despair and stopped lingering in the past, the relationship progressed
It is only not unrequited now because of this random chapter. What issues? They had tons of time to develop, Ichigo never reciprocate those feelings, nor did he show a slightest hint of knowing. If so, I would like some chapters.
And unlike with Naruto both characters progressed and changed through the story, as did their relationship.
What do you mean? Naruto progressed just as much as Ichigo did. An amount of zero progress in relationships between potential love interest throughout the series.
Then you have the side characters magically get together with no precedent of such development that is no more than fanservice.
You mean if you ignore all the obvious hints that Renji is interested in Rukia, sure. I mean its classic "a slum underdog falls for a princess" kind of story too.
Ignore what obvious hints? The single only one in the last or so chapter?