Your argument really has no relevance to your ship or its characters. Unless you're really going to look at every detail for those other pairings listed to compare them properly, that section has no place in your essay IMO.
Honestly, I'm a little offended here, and I do ship Ikkaku x Yumichika normally. How much more so for fans of those pairings you list? That section definitely detracts from an otherwise excellent, well thought out, and well written essay.
Also for the record, there's at least one other yaoi pairing (Nnoitra x Tesla) with as many "hints" if not more and comparable symbolism. Sorry, but Ikkaku x Yumichika isn't a unique Bleach yaoi ship in its implicit canon-ness. There may be more; I haven't looked that closely at characters I'm not interested in.
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Your argument really has no relevance to your ship or its characters. Unless you're really going to look at every detail for those other pairings listed to compare them properly, that section has no place in your essay IMO.
Honestly, I'm a little offended here, and I do ship Ikkaku x Yumichika normally. How much more so for fans of those pairings you list? That section definitely detracts from an otherwise excellent, well thought out, and well written essay.
Also for the record, there's at least one other yaoi pairing (Nnoitra x Tesla) with as many "hints" if not more and comparable symbolism. Sorry, but Ikkaku x Yumichika isn't a unique Bleach yaoi ship in its implicit canon-ness. There may be more; I haven't looked that closely at characters I'm not interested in.