Rangiku Matsumoto

access: Venus in the Dark
adopted in Mar. 2006
anime/manga character
shrine included, in good shape

Rangiku is my favorite female character in Bleach the manga, anime, rock musical and probably more forms in the future. Not only is she a worthy partner to my favorite character of all time, she's also someone you can't help but look up to: beautiful and caring, mature and professional - Bleach might be in serious lack of girls overall, but when it does invite one into the plot, said character is oftentimes of very high quality and value - Rangiku being the perfect example.

Now only if Kubo would bring Rangiku into the big scenes more...

Critic's choice

All tracks are placed in random orders

What I suggest is that you listen to all my picks as dialogues between characters instead of... music, except for the OST track which is instrumental. Rangiku's voice actress is not exactly whom you'd call a good singer, but listening to her makes you feel that Rangiku herself is Karaoke-ing, which is great in its own way! I've also attached one character song of Gin's as well as his duet with Rangiku because I enjoyed the lyrics. You can find a quick translation of all three songs at the media section of my Rangiku shrine, preceded by a short blurb for my instrumental pick.