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Can anyone explain the King and his horse conversation in Bleach?

Can anyone explain the conversation between Shirosaki and Ichigo about the king and his horse in Bleach?

In this scene, Shirosaki says: "Ichigo, do you think you can tell me the difference between a king and his horse?" Ichigo responds, confused, "What?" Shirosaki continues, "And don't even think about giving me a simple riddle answer like, 'Because one has two legs and the other has four.' It’s about form, ability, and power! It's almost as if the two could have been the same existence at one point! But the one who fights to rise to the top becomes the king! The other, left behind, becomes the horse, lending his power to the king.

Now I ask you, what's the difference between the two? There's only one answer: INSTINCT! It is a vital tool for someone who has power but seeks more. It drives someone to want to be a king! A person with such instinct will, by nature, be drawn to battles, to more power, and will use this instinct to mercilessly obliterate their enemies beyond recognition

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Anonymous

Feb 06, 2025

What he says is not true! Those who disagrees most probably have a different logic than mine!

To answer your question though! He means that if you are weaker than him yet you are his boss, he would take action and turn it the other way around!

Basically, Hollow Ichigo Is telling Ichigo that Ichigo should not be the king, because he lacks killer instinct and is weaker than him. Hollow Ichigo believes that Ichigo should be the horse and he himself should be the king, for Hollow Ichigo has killer instinct

. Zangetsu became apart of Hollow Ichigo, which meant that Hollow Ichigo was going to take over Ichigo and become the dominant force (the king)

Hollow Ichigo does not believe that he himself should be the horse to a king who is weaker than him, meaning that he doesn't want to just be apart of Ichigo when he could make Ichigo apart of him, since Ichigo was weaker than he was.

Well, in a nutshell, Hollow Ichigo was basically saying that it's not fair for him to have to serve Ichigo, the king, who is weaker than Hollow Ichifo and lacks killer instinct, when he himself is stronger.

The other part of the conversation, is when Ichigo find his "killer instinct"

Basically, ichigo is soft. He needs reason to kill, he doesn't just fight for the sake of fighting, like kenpachi or Hollow ichigo. Hollow ichigo believed ichigo did not have a shred of killer instinct or the will to fight without reason but in reality, ichigo does have all of that, but I believe he doesn't like to accept it. Hollow ichigo then tells Ichigo that one of them will always be the king and one will always be the horse, and tells ichigo that if he wants to stay the king, he better not become weak (die) or hollow ichigo will be able to take over.

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