Dear god, I'M BLIND!

Captain of Division Awesome is a silly site. Isshin, despite his occasional serious moments, and his general BADASSARY, is still not someone you can take seriously most of the time. Going for the full blown character shrine analysis would sound pretentious and out of place for a character such as him. And there isn't really that much about him that we know. This is also my excuse for there being no media section at the moment. Not because I'm lazy, or anything. I might scrub up one in the future, because Isshin graphics are fun to make, but not right now.

This is version two of Captain of Division Awesome. Believe it or not, I actually toned the colours for this layout - it was originally more garish. Despite the bright colours, I did try to make the text easy to read. Hopefully I succeeded. "And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly" is taken from the Offspring's Pretty Fly (For A White Guy). I can see Isshin singing that song, and Ichigo face palming. Or kicking him.

This is madness!!!

This site spawned from an AIM conversation with Alex, funnily enough. While I don't have a record of what exactly was said, we were talking about chapter 241, and the general awesomeness of Daddy Ishida and Daddy Kurosaki. On wondering just what division Isshin could possibly have been captain of, Alex said "Captain of Division Awesome" and then the thing just took on a life of it's own. Alex will be taking good care of Quincypapa, while I get to have fun with Kurosaki Daddy.

That explains the name, at least, but why Isshin, in particular? He's always been among my favourite characters in Bleach (there are far too many fun and interesting characters in this story to have just one favourite, right?). At first, he's just the dorky dad, even if he does have a really nice "serious" moment in front of Masaki's grave in volume 3. He's funny, silly, oh-so-stylish and delightfully weird. But always lovable, and you can tell Isshin loves his family dearly, loved his wife more than anything, and is a really decent guy, even while possessing all the social skills of a little boy. I just always thought he was a really cool character, and that was before we all found out he's part of the whole war with Aizen, and apparently well in with Urahara. Oh, and he's a powerful Shinigami too. Throw in fun banter with Urahara and Ryuuken (and you can just *see* the amusing conversations with Yoruichi, right?), and you have to ask, really, Kubo Tite, just how awesome can you make one character?

I've always wanted to make some kind of Bleach site, and over the years a few have been planned and started, but have never actually made it to a publishable state. I suppose Alex just inspired me to get off my lazy backside and do something. Plus, Isshin is still a minor character, and doesn't actually appear all that often - he's absent from the manga for the entirety of the Soul Society arc. As yet, much of his story is still unknown, so this shrine is pretty small, and is mostly just speculation. As we find out more about Isshin and his past, it will be expanded. Hopefully. But the lack of cold, hard facts surrounding him and his antics actually made this site easier for me to make, but quite possibly makes it less coherent for you.