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At the beginning of chapter 117 of Bleach, Juushirou Ukitake says, "Byakuya...
Who is he?" (referring to Ichigo) and Byakuya replies, "He's not related. At
least not ... to the one you're thinking of. He's no one. Just a ryoka. I'll
dispose of him. And then... this trifling conflict... will come to an end."

Who is Byakuya referring to when he says, "He's not related. At least not ...
to the one you're thinking of."? Or another way to say it, who did Juushirou
Ukitake think that Ichigo was related to?


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Who are Byakuya and Juushirou referring to in chapter 117?


He's referring to Kaien Shiba, the former lieutenant of Jūshirō Ukitake's
squad.

In the anime, his wife Miyako who was the 3rd Seat was possessed and devoured
from the inside by one of Sōsuke Aizen's Hollows Metastacia. Kaien decided to
track her down and kill her. However, Rukia followed him and saw him becoming
possessed by the Hollow which leads to her having to reluctantly kill him and
then deliver his body to the Shiba clan.

This begins Ganju's hatred for Soul Reapers as Kaien was his brother and he
knew a Soul Reaper killed him because of the sword wounds on his body.
However, Kūkaku knew full well it was Rukia who killed him and knew why she
did and vowed that should she confront her about Kaien and apologize she would
forgive Rukia.

Now, what Jūshirō Ukitake talking about is Ichigo's appearance in relation to
Kaien's as they both look similar which in some cases may explain Rukia's
actions as she's always felt guilty having been the one to kill Kaien, one of
the 2 people who didn't treat her differently because she was Byakuya sister,
the other was Miyako.

**Ichigo**

![Ichigo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i0suM.jpg)

**Kaien**

![Kaien](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ivlyt.png)

I should point out that this is from the Anime. From my understanding, apart
from fillers, the anime is faithful to the manga.


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I have been through this and I have to say I have a different take. They make
mention (I can't remember which episode) a red haired person from eons ago who
Ichigo reminds them of. Ive read all of the Kaien references but I haven't
read anywhere about the red haired guy they dont full speak about.


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I think Brock's comment is possibly correct. I believe that Captain Ukitake
was remembering the spiky red hair from Ashido Kanō, a soul reaper trapped in
hueco mundo. Although, I am partial to The Kaien Theory™ and reading about
Ichigo's dad being a Shiba clan member has me on the fence.


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