Talk:Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Naruto Uzumaki/@comment-25182985-20150703213104/@comment-2218433-20150711135616

I agree Ichigo and Naruto share truer rivalries with other Shonen Protagonists, however, a rivalry can of course be interpreted much differently per person, and my friends could vouch for me in saying that they feel Naruto and Ichigo have a rivalry strong enough to battle one another, it's not imaginary at all, in fact, it's because of the series fans of both franchises that have played a role in bringing about the rivalry, because rivalries are not always created through just similarities, Naruto and Luffy is a rivalry through the same means that Naruto and Ichigo are rivals, popular shonen protagonists with long established stories arcing over years in time, they're also not created when both stories begin, which is why I feel Ichigo and Naruto have a rivalry, granted, it's not as on par with the "true" rivalries you claim them to have, because a rivalry isn't measured until both of them reach a point in their lives when they overcome a challenge much greater than themselves, which Naruto and Bleach both illustrate well over the course of several stories, One Piece and Yu Yu Hakusho also illustrate this well, but there's a certain level of comparison that can be made with Ichigo and Naruto, and it's very hard to not think of the two as similar enough to share a rivalry, I won't argue with you Mike, but that doesn't mean I don't disagree with you, because I see promise in both of those rivalries, but it's very shallow to consider the rivalry between Ichigo and Naruto as "...just an imaginary rivalry by those who are fans of HST..." because not only is One Piece also part of the HST, but it's also quite subjective to think of it as such.