Bleach recs

[valmora]

Most recent update: January 2008

I'm just putting these in as I go along and find stuff I like. And BTW, I'm organizing by:
1) authors you should know in general
2) fics: gen first, then by ship (order: ryoka, then division. If from two separate divisions, then by whichever one I like best).
3) Reference sources for names, meanings, etc that are written in coherent English, unlike most of the reference sites.

Authors you should know in general:
peroxidepest17, whose fic journal is peroxide_fic
incandescens, who writes not just slash but occasionally also 8/8b and 6b/Rukia and whose website is here under the pseudonym "Maya".



Zaraki Kenpachi

Formal Reporting Made Easy, by peroxidepest17 (PG-13)
The eleventh division has a style of reporting all its own.


Kurotsuchi Mayuri

A Matter of Mind by sophiap (worksafe)
Mayuri has his own, unique perpective on Aizen's betrayal.



Kurosaki Ichigo/Ishida Uryuu

Strawberry Shinigami Hates You, by chibi_trillian. (NC-17)
Ichigo hates everything about Ishida. Especially the fact that he's infernally attractive.

Seven, by shayheyred. (R)
Envy, Wrath, Pride, Greed, Lust, Gluttony and Sloth

Butterfly, by Broken Coda (PG)
Ishida questions his values.

Three Kisses and a Sprinkle of Stars, by Broken Coda (PG-13)
"It’s too late to back out, isn’t it?"

Dreaming of Skies Elsewhere, by sublimeparadigm (NC-17 overall)
Three years later, caught between dreams of death and the memory of a kiss, Ishida returns to rewrite his personal history. Ichigo, however, has ideas of his own.



Kurosaki Isshin/[Kurosaki] Masaki

man, beautiful woman, and cigarette in an italian restaurant, by theyellowvespa. (possibly PG-13)


Shiba Ganju/Yamada Hanatarou

Drunken Gamble, by sanoken. (R)
Sometimes you need a little liquid courage.

peroxidepest17 has written a lot of very good Ganjyu/Hanatarou fics.


Aizen Sousuke/Ichimaru Gin

Always Smiling, by evils_twin (PG-13)
Somewhere along the way, Gin had learned the smile. (a few grammatical errors)

Mismatched, by peroxidepest17 (PG-15)
No one understands Aizen and Gin’s attachment.
(Archived at FFN)

study at dusk, by bladderwrack (R)
They danced the slow ritual dance of fighting or fucking or maybe both, to the music of breath and heavy fabric.


Kuchiki Byakuya/Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Byakuya (val is not picky XD )

Defiler, by peroxidepest17. (R)
The Kuchiki household will never forgive Renji for what he’s done.

Burden of Truth, by rasquine. (R, gentlemanly smut)
He felt lighter now without the burden of the truth pressing upon his heart, but had it been a price too high to pay? And speaking of burden of truth, why did he feel as if there was something else that needed clarification?
To tell the truth, there are a number of things I really, really don't like about this fic, but it's good overall.

Capture, by eclipse_etoile (PG, Val says PG-13)
Byakuya paused mid-step and turned his head to the familiar voice calling his name.

Challenge 16: shutters, by incandescens (R)



Kyouraku Shunsui/Ukitake Jyuushirou/Kyouraku Shunsui

Sing for Me, by peroxidepest17 (PG-13)
A complete work together.

lunaticthirteen has written some interesting work with Shunsui/Jyuushirou overtones.

untitled, by nagaina_ryuuoh (PG-13)
When he was a young man, angry and rebellious over the choices his family had made concerning his life and his future, he did not find Jyuushiro Ukitake in any way perfect.

Twin Souls series, by liralen (various ratings)
More than 2000 years ago, before the Gotei 13, before captains, before Divisions, there was only Yamamoto's Academy.


Madarame Ikkaku/Ayasegawa Yumichika
Because the eleventh division is LOVE, oh yeah. XD

Dressed to Kill, by vituperatist. (NC-17)
"My ex-boyfriend left some clothes here that would probably fit you," Keigo's sister was saying.
(summary taken from the text of the story, not supplied by author)

Clean Up, by jasmel_ket. (Val says 'R for blood')
Yumichika sat seiza before the polished bronze mirror, bare to the waist.

Blood Sport, by vituperatist. (hard R, for, um, blood. and sex.)
It's nights like these that Yumichika and Ikkaku like best of all, when the moon is high and large and bright, and Yumichika manages to get Ikkaku out of his clothes long before they hit the bed.

Let's just say that vituperatist has written quite a bit of really awesome Ikkaku/Yumichika and not make me rec it all, okay?

Anatomy, by bittersplendor (Val rates PG-13)
Bodies, and beauty, and Yumichika and Ikkaku. (my summary).




Urahara Kisuke x Shihouin Yoruichi (entirely possibly one of about TWO het pairings I will ever endorse)

My Feline Valentine, by sophiap (PG-13)
Someone in the Urahara Shoten had chocolate and it wasn't her. This would have to be remedied. (it starts slow. keep with it)

No Time for Love or Romance, by the_beanmaster (G)
Urahara Kisuke was not a romantic man.


Reference Sources
Zanpakutou Megapost, in soul_society
Bleach Character name list +meanings, in soul_society
Character Birthdays
Characters' names written in Japanese.

Comments

[yuusei-enigma.livejournal.com]

...T_T *is sad*

I hope your Aizen is not that mean to my Gin ;-;

[yuusei-enigma.livejournal.com]

Oh! And one last thing:

http://blog.saint-beast.net/?p=66

You've really gotten me addicted, curses to you. That was my gratutious AiGin fluff, now I need to write creepymasochistandetc!AiGin.