{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9fec8adff882831dd71ad3df","clusterId":"c_5ebaca8d0549ec685f2d1fac","slug":"bleach-s-hitsugaya-and-hirako-get-look-up-figures-despite-no-on-screen-pairing","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"BLEACH's Hitsugaya and Hirako Get Look Up Figures Despite No On-Screen Pairing","summary":"MegaHouse announced Look Up figures of Toshiro Hitsugaya and Shinji Hirako from BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War on August 18. The two captains, who have almost no direct scenes together in the series, appear in the look-up and sitting pose at about 110mm. Release is late February 2027 at 4,730 yen each, with preorders open at AmiAmi. Fans responded warmly, praising the expressions, and international fans joined in.","whyItMatters":"MegaHouse paired two characters who almost never share scenes, and the warm fan response shows the Look Up line can sell on individual character appeal alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, both captains fight Gerard, but they enter the battle in rotation rather than side by side. Their indirect link runs through Momo Hinamori, who is Hitsugaya\u0026#39;s childhood friend and Hirako\u0026#39;s vice-captain after he returns to the Fifth Division.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat gap did not cool the response. Fans praised Hitsugaya\u0026#39;s innocent expression and Hirako\u0026#39;s unexpectedly pure gaze, with comments like \u0026#34;I\u0026#39;ve never seen Hirako with such clean eyes\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;My favorite has arrived.\u0026#34; International fans reacted too, with one post reading \u0026#34;TOSHIROOOOO.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"MegaHouse's Look Up line adds Toshiro Hitsugaya and Shinji Hirako from BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War. The two captains almost never share scenes, but fans are celebrating the pair anyway. 110mm figures, late February 2027, 4,730 yen each.","twitterPost":"MegaHouse's Look Up line adds Toshiro Hitsugaya and Shinji Hirako from BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War. The two captains almost never share scenes, but fans are celebrating the pair anyway. 110mm figures, late February 2027, 4,730 yen each.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"MegaHouse announced Look Up figures of Toshiro Hitsugaya and Shinji Hirako from BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War. The two captains have almost no direct scenes together, yet fans responded warmly to the pair. The 110mm figures release in late February 2027 at 4,730 yen each, with preorders open at AmiAmi.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Magmix\",\"url\":\"https://magmix.jp/post/371118\",\"title\":\"BLEACH: Hitsugaya and Hirako Look Up Figures Welcomed by Fans Despite Almost No On-Screen Interaction\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4902,"outputTokens":2999,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787415714,"createdAt":"2026-08-22T16:16:41.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-22T16:16:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-22T16:16:41.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5ebaca8d0549ec685f2d1fac","canonicalTitle":"『BLEACH』日番谷＆平子の「るかっぷ」、作中でほぼ絡みなしでも「推しが来よった」とファン歓迎","representativeArticleId":"a_4c0585e51b44c86984ec5a9d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"BLEACH\"],\"work_titles\":[\"るかっぷ\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-22T07:10:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-22T07:10:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-22T16:16:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Magmix","url":"https://magmix.jp/post/371118","title":"『BLEACH』日番谷＆平子の「るかっぷ」、作中でほぼ絡みなしでも「推しが来よった」とファン歓迎"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War"],"manga_titles":["BLEACH"],"work_titles":["るかっぷ"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}