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Ssshaha's avatar
I'm not so good at expressing my thoughts but I will try to.

It is common that opposite personalities attract each other, and that's what gives harmony in a relationship.
While Nel is pretty calm, she hates fighting and she's kind of wise, Grimmjow is totally an opposite, he is a reckless, he loves fighting and he is aggressive. That's the opposite side of them.
They also share some things in common. Well at least them both being a member of Espada, and both are pretty strong, unlike in a lot of relationships, where the girl is usually weak.
Although Nel being #3 and Grimmjow #6 they kind of have this "I'm stronger" competition, (which can be seen from the last arc). Also there's a little bit of "Ichigo is mine" competition :D

Also, if there's anyone to pair Grimmjow with, Nel will make the most sense, at least for the reasons above. Some people pair him with Orihime, which first of all looks gross (at least to me, they look too diverse to match) and second of all Grimmjow would smash Orihime, who's too soft, with his personality. I don't even think he would find something interesting in her or she would even like someone like him. That wouldn't even work if it was a real life. They simply have zero touching points.
Some others pair him with Hallibel, but again, first, they have zero interaction in the series, second they have nothing in common, third they simply don't match look wise.

Grimmjow and Nel just look harmonious together: they've got matching colors (blue and green are complementary colors, which is so satisfying), they both got face paints, both are relatively good looking. Also they both stand out among the others (I noticed this recently while looking at Espada group drawings) with this kind of unique look.

And yes, there's actually some potential in them sometime coming together, even if very little (well I know Bleach is over). Its not shown who exactly finds Grimmjow in the last chapters (if you read the manda) but its either Urahara or Nel. So again, there's at least some kind of interaction between them, unlike with others. Nel is the one to save Grimmjow, Yoruichi and Urahara in the end. They don't show their interactions, but it's apparent that they work together and communicate somehow. . And they both probably return to Hueko Mundo. So I think if Kubo ever decided to show us an Espada pairing (which is obviously not gonna happen) it would be GrimmNell, because there's no other options. And because they totally work, from every point.

Well this turned out long. But you see, when I was watching Bleach recently I got fisrt thoughts about this couple and was like meh, wth, this doesn't make sense. But as I got more into Bleach, I started to get more into them, because this is the one couple that would actually work.

I actually don't know why this pairing is not that popular.
Trainwrekcomics's avatar
Actually, this is precisely what I was looking for! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Ssshaha's avatar
you're welcome :D