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bleachlists:

As requested by geoceanstorm. :)

In a perfect world, a list like this would be written with plenty of Wikipedia browsing and deep thought. In this world, this list will be written as quickly as humanly possible based on what I remember about Shakespeare because holy shit I have no time to write lists today. *cough* But! I have seen a great deal of Shakespeare (I’ve even seen King John!), so, uh, hopefully this will all work out! So which Shakespeare character would each Bleach character be?

1. Urahara: Prospero (from The Tempest)

A man with quasi-supernatural powers, living in exile, manipulating everyone. Yeah.

2. Yoruichi: Ariel (from The Tempest)

A being with supernatural powers, who mostly goes along with Prospero’s bidding. Seems fairly cheerful about it. A bit of a trickster.

3. Grimmjow: Caliban (from The Tempest)

Works for Propsero but is super grumpy about it. 

4. Bazz-B: Romeo (from Romeo and Juliet)

While at a party battlefield, Bazz-B encounters someone who by all rights should be one of his greatest enemies, and his reaction is “niiiiiiiice.” Not that I’m saying Renji is Juliet or anything. 

5. Orihime: Juliet (from Romeo and Juliet)

Because Orihime is (a way more successful) Juliet. Juliet fakes her death so that she and her boyfriend could live together safely. Orihime fakes being a traitor to keep Ichigo safe. Only Ichigo, not being a dumbass like Romeo, doesn’t fall for it, so everybody lived. Except for all those espada.

6. Kurotsuchi: The priest (from Romeo and Juliet)

I feel like his solution to any love-related problem would be “poison.”

7. Renji: Henry V (from Henry V)

Okay, literally all I remember about Henry V is that he gave a big rousing speech before a battle (St. Crispin’s day maybe), which was necessary because his army was way outnumbered or something. Kind of like Renji gave that rousing speech before everybody split up in Hueco Mundo.

8. Hinamori: Julius Caesar (from Julius Caesar)

Both Hinamori and Caesar were all, “Why the hell is everybody stabbing me?”

9. Hinamori: Othello (from Othello)

Wait but Hinamori is Othello too, because when her “super trustworthy” adviser captain tells her to murder somebody she loves and trusts, she’s like, “Yeah seems legit.” And if Hitsugaya had been asleep like Desdemona, the murder might have happened.

10. Aizen: Iago (from Othello)

Which makes Aizen Iago: a totally trusted guy who uses that trust to manipulate people into murdering each other. And then ends up in prison for his trouble.

11. Aaroniero: Antipholus of Syracuse (from Comedy of Errors)

Comedy of Errors is about two twins who don’t realize they’re in the same city causing a whole lot of mistaken identity trouble for each other. Of the two, Antipholus of Syracuse mostly takes advantage: “Hey, somebody’s giving me money for no reason? Awesome!” Sort of like Aaroniero taking advantage of his similarity to Kaien.

12. Ichigo: Antipholus of Ephesus (from Comedy of Errors)

While the other twin was like, “What the fuuuuck is going on?” So more like Ichigo with his similarity to Kaien. 

13. Hichigo: Lady MacBeth (from MacBeth)

How do you obtain power? You get your husband shinigami to become as powerful as possible for your own benefit. Only in Hichigo’s case, there’s less insane guilt and more jolly laughter. 

14. Ichigo: MacBeth (from MacBeth)

Which I guess means Ichigo is also MacBeth. Makes sense. MacBeth was more or less herded into becoming powerful, then realized he kinda liked it, and went for it. Like Ichigo, only Ichigo’s trajectory made him into a hero rather than a villain. 

15. Tosen: Shylock (from Merchant of Venice)

Because I know Shylock was supposed to be the villain or whatever, but he was hugely abused by his fellow citizens and then was fucked over when he tried to take revenge for it. Which reminds me of Tosen looking for justice, albeit by joining Aizen and trying to kill everyone.

16. Hisagi: Brutus (from Julius Caesar)

Because it sucks when you end up deciding to kill your leader and friend, just because you think he’s gone bad. And Hisagi didn’t even have a bunch of senators there to help him kill Tosen.

17. Gin: Hamlet (from Hamlet)

Throws all he has into a big ol’ revenge plot, which includes a healthy dose of fake personality traits and messing with people. But despite all of this effort, he totally fails and dies.

18. Weirdly Handsome Squad 12 guy: Rosencranz or Guildenstern (from Hamlet)

Minding his own business, tryin’ to do his job, super doesn’t realize that he’s about to be used to commit a murder…and yet he still ends up dead because main characters can be dicks.