Bleach

*NO SPOILERS* Bleach had great potential, but became annoying with poor character development and random powers. Bleach has one of my favorite concepts ever. The Soul Society is awesome and the Gotei 13 are probably the best part of the show. They are squads composed of a multitude of Shinigami(Soul Reapers) and the show focuses more on the Captains and Lieutenants of those squads that are the most interesting characters in the show. Although, their could have been less squads(like 6) with less members in them(like 5) to have a more focused cast of characters that get more development. Hollows are also very interesting, they are souls that have either decide to let themselves be taken by evil or have been capture by other hollows. The basic concept is that the Soul Society dispatches Soul Reapers to purify the souls of hollows to let them live in the Seretei(basically heaven) unless they were evil while human( then they go to hell). The Soul Reapers use their swords called Zampakuto, that have 2 transformations to purify hollows. The story of Bleach is ok, it is basically a regular shounen protagonist (Serious while fighting and Over powered) vs a traitorous, power hungry, intellectual villain. Bleach biggest problems are its disrespect of its own power level system, its useless side characters, its horrible explanations for certain powers and its fillers.. Bleach doesn't make sense when it comes to power levels, a character can be defeated by an opponent, and then can defeat someone that utterly destroyed that opponent without training or power ups. I don't know how to describe it without spoilers but the power level system is non existent and it is really aggravating to not see that system in place. Ichigo, the main character, will discover some new ability to beat his opponent that is portrayed as being way more powerful than Ichigo, this will happen multiple times. Ichigo is easily defeated by the main antagonist(villain), that same villain levels up 5 times and is defeated by Ichigo who trained for 3 months. What? at least don't make the villain level up 5 times so it makes more sense. The side characters in bleach are useless. The Captains and Lieutenants aren't, but Ichigo's friends are. First off, Orehime Inoue, F**K is this character annoying. Shes is the typical damsel in distress, she is hot, she tries to be extra cute and she has stupid powers that have no explanation(Maybe Fullbringer). Orehime's only use is healing Ichigo so he can get back into a fight. Chad has *MINOR SPOILER* Fullbringer powers, these are probably the stupidest powers in the Bleach universe. Fullbringer is the abillity to control the souls found inside objects. WTF!! an object has a soul? I guess it does in the Bleach universe. Uryu Ishida is probably the on except-able friend Ichigo has. Uryu is a Quicy, they are similar to soul reapers, but instead of using a sword they use a bow and arrow. They also kill hollows instead of purifying them. The problem with all three of these characters is they become to weak to participate in battles except Uryu who can still provide support in battle. Bleach is almost 50% filler. These can be skipped if you binge watch Bleach but on a week to week basis it can be really annoying to have to watch filler almost every other arc. Although Bleach has a huge list of problems I was still hooked until the last cannon arc because the concept of Bleach was so interesting. The Soul Society and the captains are the main reason I continued to watch the show. The most annoying part of Bleach for me was its lack of explanation and logic for powers, Ichigo's friends that shouldn't have existed, especially Orehime and the fact that the main characters can just come full circle and defeat a character that should be way above them in terms of power.

Bleach will always warm my heart no matter how many times I watch it. There are scenes in this anime that I consider iconic to the anime community, regardless of how many people disagree with me, I truly believe Tite Kubo inspired greatness in so many fans. He has the most beautiful artwork I've seen in manga, and while the anime doesn't quite reach the level of skill Kubo possessed, it still presented a beautiful adaptation of his story in a way that impacted millions of people around the world. You can argue that it has cliche moments, or maybe some flat characters, and yeah, the ending was extremely rushed (due to Kubo's poor relationship with his publishers), but none of that matters when compared to the enormous amount of fans who adored Bleach. A community of millions of people were all brought together when Ichigo showed us the power of a human. The strength, emotion, and pain of a human. Human understanding and suffering and friendship and human values. It's not about swords and power ups. Bleach taught us how to love, how to protect, and how to overcome our weaknesses. This is a fictional story with very REAL lessons. And while there are other anime and stories that can teach us about life, there is nothing quite like Bleach. The story captured me at every moment, I could relate to every struggle, and I felt my heart melt at every tragedy. I know that not every person will experience something the same way. I know there are many people who feel disconnected from Bleach. But as for me and the Bleach fans around the world, we gained something by watching this treasure. I have a passion and a strength that developed every time Ichigo fought and won his battles. The soul society became my allies. Ichigo's friends were my friends too. Ichigo became my hero. I started this series back when I was 15 years old and even though I'm 22 now, I still find personal strength and encouragement from watching my hero fight for the good in this world. I believe this will live in my heart and mind until the day I die. Bleach is not unworthy of praise, because it truly helped at least one person on this earth find happiness. Nothing is meaningless. Even if only one person finds value in something, it's worth it. Thank you.

---- Spoilers (FIRSTLY THIS SEIRES CONTAINS AT LEAST 40-55% FILLER! ) Bleach: This anime is a cluster-fuck! Nothing more, nothing less. The concept of bleach is actually decent, and it's execution was 8/10 right up till episode 63. The relationship between hollows , humans and shinigami(death gods) was interesting and continued to progress into a rescue mission . This anime honestly should of ended as that! But instead we get shitty plot after plot hole, deus ex machina(shikai >bankai> hollow mask>hyper bolic time chamber) and basic shounen formula... the current manga for this series is in such a shit-hole that there is literally no hope for this series in my opinion ESPECIALLY with the death of Tsukada Masaaki the voice actor of yammamto. Essentially, the plot for bleach has devolved to a transparent sequential pattern>> i.e ( antagonist enters op status ( aizen) where it canonly be matched and beaten by ultra op status ( ichigo))>> the end. STORY 4/10 It's saddening that really the only redeeming quality of this series is the sound !Shirō Sagisu the music producing god behind such titles such as NGE , black bullet and ofc BLEACH! 9/10 ART: for the first 63 episodes art was definitely 8/10 , honestly even with the lower ratio, the quality of animation and art were superior to the other 300 so episodes... In fact I'd go as far as to say that every episode after 63 is 4/10 in art rounding to 6/10 overall . Characters are thrown into the series in hope that the viewer will like at least one, the main problem with this is that there is virtually not nearly enough time to distribute to each character evenly leaving low amount of needed character development and understanding. 5/10 Enjoyment: There are definitely some good fighting scenes, but there is way too much inconsistency in the story and the power levels between the characters leaving for some predictable plot. 5/10 Overall this series is mediocre as fuck, and it's a shame. I really felt kubo could of rapped up this series ages ago and went on to another one... the first 63 episodes of bleach had a certain flavour to it that couldn't be tasted by any other anime just the versatility of the characters and the interaction between them were interesting. BUT FILLER AFTER FILlER + the cannon material becoming saturated really made this series barely watchable! 4/10

Bleach is a good choice for you if you're looking to observe the process of the mainstream anime of the 2000's and what they tried to pull off to sell and stay relevant. Outside of the popularity that it got, I see Bleach as a very stale and mediocre anime, which I'll go and detail in the review later, but I'd like to start with the cause and then the effects. You see, Bleach is a product of a time when a shounen reaches popularity to an extent that it can be milked, hinduism will then sue the studios and authors in question for treating their cattle with such disrespect, because those innocent cows have like four japanese businessmen attached to all ends of the udder, with them chugging the milk hard. The strategy was to sell it like it's crack-cocaine, because people will love it and people will buy it because it is something that fits their business strategy. But how did the studios get the warm & sweet cow milk? Here, I'll guide you through it if you wanna do the same. First of all, the source material needs to have garnered some popularity from the target audience desired. Then, as your next step you make sure that it is gonna be a battle shounen and that it does feature some form of fanservice. Third, you make sure to influence the source material in a way that the show will keep its cast mostly out of mortal danger and will turn any of the cool villains into protagonists. And also make sure that nobody dies so you can milk the character popularity too. Fourth make sure you never take a break from airtime ever and air constantly, even if there is no content to adapt. Create filler arcs so the author has time to write content for the anime to adapt. They don't have to be memorable or interesting, you already hooked in the audience. They'll watch anything, so they don't deserve any quality. And then you are set for as long as the author complies. Some free advice on how to keep animating content and delay running out of source material: Make sure to rehash as much material as possible, showing as many flashbacks as possible whenever the character reminisce something important or just make a bullshit reason like trying to remind the audience what the characters are fighting for. It will help you plenty. Don't forget you think your audience is just filled with complete idiots. Very important. What shows like Bleach aspired to be was the next Dragon Ball, because that for most was like crack-cocaine. Since the DB franchise did it first, we just have to do it and make sure we capitalize on all the things it did and make our shows as close in execution as possible, and not risk anything because it won't sell. This is kinda why shows like Bleach disgust me. They just don't aspire in any way to be artistically distinguishable and just try to be the same thing as their spiritual predecessors. They treat their audience like garbage and the only reason I came come up with for such a thing is the reward, which is the money. If this business scheme worked, why not use it? Each of these goliath shounen shows have some varying degree in certain aspects of sins in these departments, but they're all the same when boiled down. Another attempt at getting another Dragon Ball on the market. If you can't respect that, you can just stop reading the review, you read enough. If the show will have potential early, it will dissapoint you because it went nowhere with it. If it won't, you'll be dissapointed again because you had nothing to show for at all after spending some time through it. But if you still hold some interest for Bleach, keep reading, because now I'll get into the actual show itself. But note that I'll spoil some things in the story for like the first 15 episodes of the show. The show has 366 episodes so it kinda is hard to not give you any specifics on the story's direction without giving you any specifics. I strongly advice reading despite that, I did my best to avoid it being plot specific and in a series like Bleach, having a little knowledge of what you'll watch, from where I'm standing, is strongly adviced. The story of Bleach early seems to be about a high school student who gets super powers and has to fight and protect people from spirits that failed to pass away to the other world. And for the most part, he spends his time going through high school featuring some slapstick humor along the way and then, in his responsabilities as a shinigami, he has to fight gigantic monstrous beings with a big fucking sword. Sounds like nothing. As a matter of fact, for the most part, Bleach is mostly generic in terms of its action and story, but it does have a high point. In its introduction arc the series does build itself up. First it does build up the main character, and his overall attitude towards saving people. He isn't unwilling to save people that he sees that do need help, but he isn't exactly accepting of the idea that he would go around and make a day out of it. The way he described it at the time that "Of course I'm gonna help someone if I see they need it. But I don't want to seek doing it." And for a while the series tries to convince him to get to do what he can to take care of everyone and Ichigo constantly does it reluctantly. But that plays into a meaningful decision. Another thing that was constantly built up in the series was the Spirit Society, a society governed by people with the same powers as Ichigo, responsible for the protection of spirits and fighting against corrupt ones. The character responsible for Ichigo having to fight these spirits leaves in order to protect him and not make him also suffer consequences as a result of her actions. He is unsatisfied with her decision and runs off to find her. And so he does, just to find another two people, of whom one proceeds to destroy him in battle, with him being a subordinate of the other. And then a meaningful thing happens. After this sore defeat, Ichigo decides to try and save her. To infiltrate Soul Society. After losing his powers. And after being overpowered. He made a decision about who he wants to protect and why, and goes in to save her despite all odds, in a world filled with an uncountable number of people who might be potentially much more powerful than him, willing to simply just go alone. It feels like an adventure with odds stacked against him with who knows what might come against him. The show is respectable at that point and the decision makes sense and feels meaningful. The Soul Society Arc is pretty much where the non-fanatics of Bleach agree that the show was at its strongest. And I'm one of those people. Now don't worry, I'll stop with the spoilery stuff now, so you won't have to worry about what you'll read on ahead. All I will say that in the Soul Society arc, our characters will explore uncharted territory and have fights of their own. Most of the fights will focus on presenting the personality and motivations of the characters and show off the world. It's the most well executed arc out of the entirety of Bleach, because there's a sense of urgency because you don't know how events will play out and it does pretty much feel like a rescue mission. But everything falls apart after this arc. Fillers with irrelevant events will start pilling up, which even the most thirsty of fans tend to skip. The fights just become a mess where the character who's strongest wins until the other character reveals a "final form". That will be the basic structure of all the fights for the series' remaining airtime and actual abilities and what they do won't matter, because ultimately, the strongest in raw power will win. All of the action of the series is stale and the character motivations just don't matter. Fuck, each character has different abilities and that plays so little into how fights go around, that they feel almost incompetently choreographed. They just seem to bank on pure hype alone. While Ichigo has an interesting execution at the start, he's a very standard s…

Spanning 366 episodes, Bleach is regarded as one of the big shonen shows out there, sitting at the same table as One Piece, Naruto and Dragonball. Watching it in 2024, however, I can tell you that Bleach aged like milk. First of all, I could sit here and talk about fillers all day, but we've all seen the memes. Bleach is *at least* 45% filler, but even that is a generous number. If you remove all the useless shonen tropes like pointless flashbacks, repetitive shouts, long running scenes, still shots, slow camera panning and reused frames, you'll soon realize that Bleach is more like 70% filler. Bleach also has a serious issue with bystanders that *constantly* interrupt fights and serious moments so they can do their comedy routine. And it's not even good comedy. It's children's comedy. Manzai is a very popular (and exhausting) type of comedy where the "funny man" does goofy things while the "straight man" gets angry and reprimands them. Alright, now crank that up to the maximum, shove it in the middle of life-or-death situations, and make it as long and obnoxious as possible. That's Bleach's comedy. The thing is, Bleach knows how to create funny moments, but it does so at the worst possible times as the story progresses. Speaking of progress, that's one of the weird things about Bleach. Instead of getting better as the series goes on (like the other three big shonen series), Bleach does the opposite. One quick search and you'll see that the community generally agrees that Bleach was awesome in the first few arcs but had a drastic decline in quality and pacing as the story progressed. Even my friend who recommended it to me said that he skipped almost all of it. Putting Bleach on the same category as Dragonball, One Piece and Naruto is almost disrespectful. How can I recommend a series that only has one or two good arcs and then say: "By the way, it gets really bad towards the end." -- Minor Spoilers Ahead -- Another big issue that Bleach has are the power levels. The power levels are all over the place and it's not even funny. Ichigo always gets his ass kicked by every new enemy, only to be saved by someone he defeated previously. Now the person who is supposedly weaker than Ichigo proceeds to defeat the villain who is supposedly stronger than Ichigo. This happens because Bleach is a kid's show where the protagonist befriends all of his enemies, even the ones that do unspeakably evil things. No matter how edgy Bleach tries to be with its dark imagery, at the end of the day it's just a kid's show. The constant bickering in the middle of fights is no different than children fighting in the playground to decide who gets to be the Red Power Ranger, and in the end we see everyone holding hands and singing a song together. Bleach looks particularly ugly when you compare it to the flashy and action-packed modern shonen shows we've been getting recently, but it also looks ugly when you compare it to the other big shonen shows of the 2000s. The action, pacing, story and even the training arcs are completely messed up. Honestly, I basically just watched 366 episodes of a show I detest for the sole purpose of watching the sequel, which people say is really good. The sad thing about Bleach is that it had such a strong identity. The captains are cool as hell, the overall theme is unique, the setting had a lot of potential, and the Soul Society arc was amazingly good. I loved everything about Bleach at first. Hell, even the way the characters hold their swords when they're not fighting tells you something about their character. Even some of the lines that characters say are so powerful that they'll stick with you for a while. The creativity and attention to detail here was great, and I hate using the past tense here. Honestly, I don't even think that this is the case of a bad anime adaptation. For example, you've probably heard someone somewhere say: "Bleach is good but the ending was kinda scuffed." And no, it's not like a beloved character dies or anything. The "ending" is bad because the author decided to introduce the weirdest and most nonsensical magic system ever created. Everything that made Bleach great is suddenly replaced by elements that genuinely make you forget that you're watching Bleach. Hueco Mundo's arc was bad in terms of pacing and power levels, but the last arc is especially insulting. Bleach's antagonists stopped being cool and memorable after the Soul Society arc (save for a few exceptions), but the last arc manages to be even worse in that regard. We even get a discount Aizen that fails to capture even 1% of what made the original a good villain. In conclusion, I unfortunately can't recommend Bleach. It's simply not worth it. It doesn't hold up well today and only serves as an example of how to ruin something that had everything to be great. This review may sound overly negative, but it's just an honest warning.

this review is SPOILER FREE Story - 2 The narrative of Bleach is, in summary, a failure. The pacing of this show is god awful; and I even skipped the filler. The arcs were very generic and predictable, nothing noteworthy really. Now what is noteworthy, is how terrible the powerscaling in the show is. No show that I have seen has worse powerscaling than Bleach does. Without spoiling, mc beats a character in one arc, then he gets a big shounen power up, loses to someone in the next arc, and then the person that he beat in the previous arc shitstomps the person he lost to (without a big shounen power-up, mind you), this is not a one-time occurrence, it's frequent and happened not with just that one character but with multiple. People that lost to other people besides Ichigo also had similar things happen with them. Art/animation - 3 I know the show is older, and maybe I've been spoiled on more modern animation but it really is below average. Especially for a battle shounen. Older shounens, like the other 2 in the big three and dragon ball perhaps managed to deliver more appealing fight scenes than Bleach, i cannot say that I enjoyed watching a single one of them. As for the art itself, some of it was cool; but a lot of the character designs like for captains and arrancar were just copy and paste. Some characters had good designs and others had terrible designs. I would go further into that but that's spoiler territory right there Sound - 7 the openings are all pretty good, and there were a few bangers, same can be said about the OST. The OST had a few standout songs like Treachery, but it still wasn't anything crazy. The sound effects themselves were about average or maybe a little above, they weren't standout. Characters - 6 i found myself really enjoying a lot of the characters, but that's the key word; enjoying. I do not think a majority of the characters were well written, especially the main cast. All of the particularly charismatic characters were side characters or Chad (but he didn't do much and he wasn't particularly well written either). Back to why I claim that the characters were not well written; development was not handled with care and a lot of it felt rushed, and characters acted in ways that seemed really weird or forced. A score of 6 is simultaneously very generous for Bleach's characters but also a little bit of a letdown because some characters were genuinely cool and charismatic fellas that would've shined in a series with a better narrative. enjoyment - 2 I never understood what people meant by "that show put me to sleep" as I've never almost fallen asleep to a movie or show unless I was severely sleep deprived. However, watching this show i know what those people meant. That said, there were points where I found myself enjoying the show, and some of the characters, especially Urahara and Gin. But all of that aside, during my viewing of Bleach, I have never wanted to drop a show more, it was an absolute slog to get through; the only thing that kept me going was my desire to see the Thousand Year Blood War arc which looks amazing based on the production value. I also wouldn't particularly mind one episode of high-budget Bleach a week.

Im trying to write this review with minimum spoilers. . . . What makes a good anime ? Is it the art ? Is it the story ? We can say a lot of things but in my opinion, what makes an anime legendary is that if you watch it again and again without getting bored, you crave for it when you got nothing else to watch, that makes a great anime. Bleach makes you feel that way. I've read the manga too and its a solid 10 points for me. (Minimum amount of spoilers? below) . . . This will be my most controversial opinion yet; Bleach is the most under-rated anime ever made with how popular it is. It has a %45 filler rate and suffers from a classic shounen main protagonist style which can be seen as a bad thing but the story itself is far away from boring. It evolves with every arc and it's really enjoyable. The art is great (Kudos to Kubo ! we love you man) and the sound, the ost's... In my opinion it has one of the best ost's that anime history ever seen. The sad ost's will be make you cry even after listening to them after 10 years and remembering all the things that happened. While i write this review im listening to bleach ost's in the background and it takes me back to my childhood, the good times when there is no hardships adulthood has, no covid just pure happiness and the joy of watching anime and laughing with friends. This is what a good anime needs. Lastly on the charachters, all charachters got their own personality and you can feel it while watching it. . . . Overall, Bleach is one of the greatest anime that has been made.

I do not care what people on the internet say about Bleach. It is a total masterpiece and have wonderfull and epic episodes. I really hope that, they will adapt the final arc! It deserves to have a proper ending, it sad that the final arc has not been adapted to the anime. And the characters are awesome too. The animation is different and uniqe The voice actors for both the dub and sub are well chosen, they fit the characters perfectly It is one of my most favorite, if not my favortie anime. So yeah, that is my honest and true opinion of Bleach

I have been thinking of doing this review in the long time, and now I think it is time to do it, I have been the bleach fan for over 10 years and I am still going to be it until I died, for this I am going to tell about it, Bleach is my very first anime ever and I have watching many anime after that, but I couldn't find any similar anime as a bleach, bleach have something so special place in my heart, so I going to say what I am feeling about all of this though about bleach, For me bleach is the best manga and anime series of all time,(yes I know bleach have many fillers)(yes I know bleach when down after arrancar arc)(and yes I know the bleach ending was extremely rushed) but if you could take it on a side, bleach has been an unbelievable journey and adventure on every arc (including fillers) and the story is just a masterpiece, and the art is just amazing and wonderful in both manga and anime, Tite Kubo's art work is beautiful and amazing, never seen it on others manga series, I thinking Tite Kubo's working show us about everything, the story, the character, the soundtrack, everything of it, but the most important part he really show us is the power of human, as a very good example of Ichigo Kurosaki, ichigo has shows us the power of human in the reality, the strength, the pain, the emotional, the weakness, the protection, and the love, I see ichigo as my childhood hero of everything, he is not like the other character like, Goku, Naruto and Luffy, because those 3 have a goal in their life, ichigo doesn't have a goal, which is unlike from other character, but also ichigo doesn't wanna be the strongest in the world and he doesn't wanna be the best in the world, he just want something he can protect with and save people, he feels more like a real person than others or he is actually a human and the others doesn’t exist, but he's really goal is protect the people he love, he's goal is the way more humanity than the other 3. And the way ichigo is actually like real person is those moments, The way he's fighting against hollow ichigo, it is like he is fighting for himself, the hollow power ichigo had, is the weakness, the negative, the depressed, mental issues and the aggressive, the way ichigo fight for himself, the hollow power is ichigo biggest weakness, and he wants to surpass it with his human strength and his mentality, an another moment is when ichigo sacrificed his power against aizen, he wants ending the battle and save everyone, he sacrificed his power to protect everyone, and he actually did, he saved his friends and soul society, the soul society was he's enemies before, he became the hero of soul society, another moment the biggest one is when he said (the end of manga) what despair? because up till now, I've climbed up, kicked it in its teeth and... surpassed it over and over again just to make it to this very moment!! That is the biggest moment of entire bleach, think about it, when he got the power for the first time, he's have problem, he's have weakness, he couldn't control it, and he couldn't surpass it, when he said that line, it really shows us, how strong he become, how he's surpass of everything, how he overcome all weakness, and no matter how many times he lost, get injured, get aggressive, get depressed, he still wanna fight to the end, and it is not about he's power but about he's humanity, how he grow up to a teenager who doesn’t want the power at first and didn’t care about save the strangers, to the person who want to save many people as in possibly, since the first chapter to last chapter ichigo has growing up so much, about his character development, his personality, his mentality and his humanity, because I feeling every time when Ichigo is fighting, he fights for everyone, not just in anime world, but in our world as well, Ichigo and Bleach has shown us the happiness, the sadness, the emotional and the adventure, and I hope you can see as well, I started to watching bleach when I was 10 years old and now I am 23, I am still going to be bleach fan until I died ^^ I know bleach is not for everyone but I hope you are going to watch it one day And for the bleach fan out there I hope this review is something meaningful to you Bleach is the most important anime for me because bleach has learning me many things, and bleach is the series that changes my life to become manga and anime fan, and I am proud to be a bleach fan ^^ thank you Tite Kubo for create bleach and to change my life <3 ^^

Bleach is one of the three so-called "mainstream shonen animes"; together with Naruto and One Piece these three are immensely popular, and the topic of endless comparison among their fans set out to prove that their favorite is the best out of them. They simply refuse to exit their fanboyism to view the series in an objective light, which is a shame, because they are probably missing out on great adventures, which is the case of Bleach in many ways. If you want my review short and good, give Bleach a try no matter what people have said, as it, despite a lot of shortcomings, presents a most interesting and enthralling universe. The concept seems pretty basic at first; there's the Soul Reapers (Shinigami), empowered souls who guide departed human souls to Soul Society, the afterlife deimension, formed after a Feudal Japan. They also fight Hollows, evil and malevolent spirits, to protect living humans and souls alike. So, I assume you have read the plot summary, which covers the basics of the first story arc, which is basically the arc where we are introduced to the main main cast of Bleach; the standard, headstrong, rash and protective teenage shonen hero, his voice of reason in the form of a girl, his arrogant beglassed rival, the ditzy klutz girl with big boobs, and the large, stoic type. Towards the end of said arc however, a real plot appears, events are set into motion, and before long, it has escalated into an assault on said Soul Society a rescue mission from our team of 4-5 heroes, who fight their way through shinigami of all kinds trying to reach their goal, conveniently placed in the middle of this Society. In this arc, you'll get lots of great action and meaningful fights, bottled together with an extremely large and colorful cast of characters, flashbacks and an interesting plot. It all builds up one hell of an end to the arc, 60 or so episodes into the show, where a most intersting twist takes place. And said arc ending is in each and every way the climax of Bleach. Which is its problem. From there it goes steep downhill to two arcs of slow-paced filler, which lowers your excitement a great deal of levels, and from there the show never manages to get you hooked as much as it did during the Soul Society arc. It does get some interesting new aspects and revelations durign the following Arrancar arc, but it never gets really exciting, nor does it get that much greater during the Hueco Mundo arc. It's just too much fighting, and a re-used "save the damsel in distress" plot. The colorful cast is not seen as much anymore, and aside some interesting emotional developments courtesy of the former klutz girl, there's not a lot to it, and most fights don't have the same enthralling depth to them which made the fights in SS so unique. Now it's more a display of unique powers, and whatever motivations the bad guys had for their fighting is revealed only after the actual fights, which in ways ruins things. Also, there's a few plot holes to speak of, but nothing large. However, aside the completely random filler arc (which re-used several plot elements from the story), Bleach has shown potential for improvement lately, and it keeps expanding its cast endlessly, which makes the universe seem living in many ways, so we can all only hope that Bleach will improve gradually. However, I sincerely doubt that it will ever be restored to how great it was at its peak, namely the Soul Society rescue arc. It does have a lot of shortcomings, yet it is a most enjoyable watch still. Now, why is that? The answer is the unexpectancy factor it has. Due to its vast cast and great universe, you can't really know what comes next, only make qualified guesses. What kinds of powers will that character have? What is the villain really up to? And what's with that guy? What will happen next? Who knows, who knows. So one could say that the true strength of Bleach lies in its cast, which can bring about mysteries, plot twists and other aspects of awesomeness, and cover up for a somewhat lacking storyline. So what about the asesthetics? there's plenty of people who believe that the visual and auditory aspects of anime are just as important as any plot or character development. And Bleach delivers here, in many ways. The animation quality is quite the hassle to discuss, because it is so varying in quality. At its worst it has low frame rates, offset character designs and framed action, while at its best it is vivid, meticulous and full of soft motions and beautifully animated special and lighting effects. Most of the time however, it is decent. Not average, but not in any way anything bragworthy. Expect some ups and downs in this department. The soundtrack however, is very great. It is greatly varied, and is renewed per story arc, introducing new tunes often whilst keeping the old ones around too, and this variation is intrinsical of any above-average soundtrack. It stays perfectly in tone and atmosphere with the current events, and feature everything from upbreat, adrenaline-pumping electric guitar pieces to melliflous piano pieces, and standard comedic moment tracks. The opening and endign themes feature a lot of types and genres, from the serene and sentimental to rap and rock. And pop, of course. I said it in the beginning, and I'll say it again; try out Bleach at least once, desptie what Narutard, shonen haters or anyone else have said. It's pretty enjoyable despite its lacks and faults, mostly in thanks to its great cast. Overall 10 😎😎😎😂😂😂

Bleach, you were once considered by the anime community to be one of the greatest shows of all-time. Now you're considered one of the worst. Let me start out by saying, this was my gateway anime, and it's what got me actively into anime 4 years ago. Despite its flaws, I still love this series, but not as much as I used to for many reasons which I'll get to in a bit. Bleach is about a high school student named Ichigo Kurosaki, who can see the spirits of the dead, and later encounters Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper (Or Shinigami as it is in the fansubs) who helps send the deeply departed to the Soul Society, and slays Hallows to do that as well. She later ends up having to give him her powers in order for him to protect his family. However this is a grave crime in the Soul Society, and Rukia is later taken back where she is waiting execution for her crime. Ichigo and his friends of course then go to save her, and later many in the Soul Society also find corruption, and conspiracies in their system. This is where Bleach was at its best, the Substitute arc (1-20) and the Soul Society arc (21-63) are what made Bleach so successful in the first place. You had such an action-packed story, with deep elements, and good character development. You could have almost considered the show a masterpiece with what took place in episodes 1-65. Then from there, it went downhill. The first of the filler arcs began, the Bount arc which personally I find to be the best out of all the filler arcs. Speaking of filler, about half the show is filler. This is all due to Tite Kubo's complete inability to pace, period. Manga readers know full well he doesn't know how to pace. He draws such large of panels, and puts in hardly dialogue (And backgrounds-"Backgrounds in my Bleach?"), it's no wonder why a single episode will cover 3-5 chapters, causing them to catch-up to the manga very often, leading to all that filler. Now back to where it went wrong, Bleach began to fall apart after the Soul Society arc beginning with the first filler arc, the Bount. The Bount arc did have its fair share of good points (Like going into the extermination of the Bounts, and what they had gone through because of the Soul Society), but it was a letdown at times due to the poor pacing (Yes, even filler had bad pacing, go figure...), plot holes, and the lack of explanations to certain things that need explaining. The other arcs later suffered from these same issues (and from a few Dues Ex Machinas), and the character department began to suffer as well. The arc that had the most issues was the infamous Hueco Mundo arc which dragged on and on, and is by far the longest arc in Bleach. This is where Bleach's success began to wane. The TV ratings became shit to the point later on it led to the show getting cancelled after the Fullbring arc, people were dropping this series left and right, it lost its "Big 3" status (Note: If you still believe Bleach is "Big 3", you're either ignorant or behind the times) and more. The characters of Bleach are what the fans love the most about the show. Many have such cheesy personalities, deep backstories, and the usual desire to protect someone. However one character that really stands out as being bad is Orihime. You cannot turn a blind eye to her. After the Soul Society arc, she becomes almost completely useless (The only use she really ends up having aside from that minor support for her friends is healing people), whines a lot (Ex: "Kurosaki-kun!!!!!"-Oh look we ripped off InuYasha, not just YuYu Hakusho (Spirit detective) and Hunter x Hunter (Clan extermination, you being the only one left-Uryu-and wanting revenge against who did it)...) which is the reason why so many people cannot stand her), and has her development go completely backwards as she becomes a damsel in distress, and willingly no less. The others will suffer from the same issues at times. For example Ichigo changes as he realizes he's not able to really protect what he loves most, but then will go backwards back to where he was at times by being scared of his own power. He'll also keep being the blind idiot that'll charge towards every opponent without ever really thinking things through. Now's not to say the show doesn't have any good points after it goes downhill. For example, you still have the desire to protect, an intricate plot with Aizen and what he was planning to do with the Hogyoku, what does it mean to be human, and the issues of exterminating something you created. But with Bleach's many issues after the Soul Society arc, it fails to ever be as good as it once was. It's a shell of its former self. The storytelling issues just leave you scratching your head at times, causing you to not be as deeply involved with the show as you once were, the characters having messy development also causes the same issue, and more. This is where you find yourself not loving it as much as you did. The art and animation comes from Studio Pierrot, who does not do a very good job with what they do with production values, even today, but this is where they did it that best. The artwork looks rather nice, and it's not the typical art you'd find from your average Shonen. The animation can be awkward at times (Especially during fights, and running scenes), but it can be rather nice. The sound is just good, the characters have good voice actors (Both sub and dub), and the background music fits in with almost every scene, but some tracks leave much to be desired. Bleach in the end is a show that started out truly great, but later went downhill, and became a shell of what it once was. It's still very good (Barely, just barely), but not the near-masterpiece it once was.

Bleach was an anime i got into after a recommendation from a friend. At the time I had caught up to naruto and was looking for another good shounen anime. I was introduced to bleach and I was hooked. However as time passed, the quality of the series took a significant dip. Here is why. Story- In the beginning Bleach had alot going for it. It had an interesting premise. Shinigami aka Death gods send Hollows or Evil spirits to the after life. It was comparable to ghost busters if i may say so. The 1st 15 episodes were of this nature, focusing on Ichigo Kurosaki the main character slaying hollows. The introduction of Renji And Byakuya shook things up and propelled the story into its 2nd arc, The Soul Society arc. This was were Bleach was at its peak: Brand new characters were introduced, The awe inspiring concept of Shikais and Bankais were jaw dropping at the time and a mysterious conspirator moved in the background. It was all very very good stuff. The infamous reveal at the end of the SS arc made me excited that big things were on the way for bleach Then the bount arc happened. A 45 episode long filler, while decent for a filler made my interest in bleach drop. Sadly as the arrancar arc began, that interest never really picked up as the same damsel in distress plotline was rehashed, the plot devolved into 1 vs 1 battles every episode with no real story or character development and ludicrous plot twists arose. Kubos bleach train had long since derailed itself from its tracks by the time the Arrancar Arc ended and The fullbring arc began. Now the once impressive Bankais are no big deal since every character can use them. The damage had been done. 300+ episodes of pointless fighting had all but destroyed any hope i had for the series. The fullbringer arc was a major letdown and is widely considered to be the worst arc in Bleach. With uninteresting villains, a plot clearly made up as it went along and a very weak conclusion, this arc destroyed the show and resulted in its eventual cancellation. Currently The Thousand Year War Arc is going on in the manga and while better than the Arrancar and fullbringer arcs, It has again fallen into the same old 'Forget plot, focus on 1 on 1 battles' formula that has plagued bleach since the arrancar saga began all those years ago. Art- The art is a major plus point for bleach. Certain fights are animated beautifully and i could sit down and watch those repeatedly. Kubo has always had an eye for great character designs. However the lack of backgrounds brings the rating down. Sound- Bleach has an excellent soundtrack. The arrancar arc especially has some catchy spanish tunes while the bounto arc has haunting music befitting the vampire theme of that arc. Overall id say its worth a listen. Character- Bleach has cool character designs but an overload of characters, many of whom overlap with each other. In other words in its like creating a new character but throwing in a personality of another old character. e.g Riruka and Hiyori. There was alot of potential in bleach before. Now characters have just become caricatures of themselves with no real character progression. Inoue is still a damsel in distress. Chad still lies face down in a pool of his own blood. Mayuris mad scientist vibe which was once scary has been made into a running gag. Byakuya and Kenpachi are now jokes. Ichigo is the only character capable of holding his own to the enemy and thats in part due to kubos inability to decide what to do with him. Is he a hollow, shinigami quincy or fullbringer? Kubo has no idea what to do with Ichigos character and even goes so far as to negate everything we have learnt about the characters sword for the past 500 chapters in a major ass pull. Not good. Enjoyment- Bleach was once very enjoyable. Now i read it for the sake of it, just to finish it. Overall- Id recommend the 1st 63 episodes. Otherwise skip it. Its not worth the time.

This anime IS a pure masterpiece One of the Big 3 No comment Story 10/10 : it's Logic i enjoyed every second whatching this anime Characters 10/10 : 100% of them are badass asf Art 10/10 And of course the fighscene,the drama , the loar ....ect that'w why this anime deserve more than 7.84 score without mention the oppening and ending songs. So this IS a 10/10 score for me The only thing Bad in this anime IS that 55% of eps are filler the first filler arc was pure trash and long but yeah you Can skip it anyway So that's all i have to Say about this one thx kubo for this masterpiece and thanks Pierrot studio including the voice actors and all

Bleach has got to be one of the worst series I have ever watched and I've watched 113 series. I heard that the show will be returning soon so I have to deliver the facts as to why this series is dead Firstly , The story in Bleach is so tedious and lacklustre , it is a blatant Yu Yu Hakusho ripoff and in short , it follows a teenage boy who gets chosen to be a part of the Spirit FBI and so he joins and as such is forced to wear a ridiculous outfit and fight with a kitchen knife The power scaling in this show is all over the goddamn place , everytime I sneezed Ichigo had a new power up and I thought it couldn't get worse than Dragon Ball The characters in this show are so generic and one-dimensional , You get your cliche dumb but strong (thanks to plot) MC , generic emo kid and generic tsundere who only has one line throughout the whole series The music in this series is awful and overrated Overall : Stay away from this garbage , I've also read TYBW arc in the manga , it did absolutely different aside from give me the best sleep of my life . This series is drawn out , badly written and just unenjoyable don't waste your time

One problem I noticed is people giving notes based on what others have said, without saying what they thought of such a subject. With the animes the same things, of course there will always be someone who will hate something, there is no ''perfection''. To be honest the first 4 episodes made me drop the anime, but after reviewing dragon ball, I decided to give this one a chance. (It was anime that made me see the otakus differently). In the end I did not stop, I finished in 3 or 4 weeks or so. Well, knowing that, let's go to what I found. History NOTE: 10 Ichigo, (the protagonist) has the ability to see spirits. One night, he meets a reaper named Rukia, she is impressed by his ability to see her, but in the midst of it all, a Hollow appears an ugly and evil beast. She decides to transfer some of her power to him, and without Rukia knowing that Ichigo is badass the fight ends on time. Well, in the end, Ichigo took all her power, being a big problem for her, because no Shinigami/Reaper can hand over power to someone else. Good rest need not add, it's already a good summary ... Oh, in my view I really liked the added things, some bad fillers of course... but nothing that demerits the anime itself. Art NOTE: 10 The fights, my God! They're fantastic, and since I don't quite understand this, I'm going to give you the top score! The expressions weren't great, I think it's as much as I can get as someone who doesn't understand about anime art. Sound NOTE: 10 All openings, and endings. Amazing! Fantastic Japanese and Brazilian voice overs! (Very sad for the discontinuation of Brazilian voice acting) :( Characters NOTE: 10 Ichigo is my favorite character, I love everyone else, hard to tell who I hate... Entertainment NOTE: 10 Good for a large majority who love shounen, this anime must conquer. I, for one, love the style. And of course there's going to be people who ooper it, but then that's other talk. I hope you've been helpful in my analysis. Could it have been exaggeration I given a 10 at all? Well, that's just my opinion. :) Um problema que notei é as pessoas darem notas baseadas no que os outros falaram, sem dizer o que acharam de tal assunto. Com os animes as mesmas coisas, é claro que sempre vai ter alguém que vai odiar algo, não existe ''perfeição''. Pra ser sincero os 4 primeiros episódios me fizeram largar o anime, mas depois de rever dragon ball, eu resolvi dar uma chance para esse. (Foi o ANIME que me fez ver os otakus de maneira diferente). No final das contas eu não parei, terminei em 3 ou 4 semanas mais ou menos. Bom, sabendo disso vamos para o que ''eu achei''. História NOTA: 10 Ichigo, (o protagonista) tem a capacidade de ver espíritos. Em uma noite, ele se encontra com uma ceifadora chamada Rukia, ela se impressiona com a habilidade dele de vê-la, mas no meio disso tudo, aparece um Hollow um bicho feio e do mal. Ela resolve transferir um pouco de seu poder a ele, e sem Rukia saber que o Ichigo é fodão a luta acaba na hora. Bom, no final das contas, Ichigo pegou todo o poder dela, sendo um problemão pra ela, pois nenhum Shinigami/Ceifador pode entregar o poder para outra pessoa. Bom de resto não precisa acrescentar, já é um bom resumo... Ah, no meu ponto de vista gostei muito das coisas acrescentadas, alguns fillers ruins é claro... mas nada que desmereça o anime em si. Arte NOTA: 10 As lutas, meu deus! São fantásticas, e como não entendo direito disso vou dar a nota máxima! As expressões não eram grande coisas, acho que é o máximo que posso chegar como alguém que não entende sobre arte de animes. Som NOTA: 10 Todas as aberturas, e finais. Incríveis! Dublagens tanto japonesa, como brasileira fantásticas! (Muito triste pela descontinuação das dublagens brasileiras) :( Personagens NOTA: 10 Ichigo é meu personagem favorito, amo todos os outros, difícil dizer quem eu odeio... Entretenimento NOTA: 10 Bom para uma grande maioria que ama shounen, esse anime deve conquistar. Eu, por exemplo amo o estilo. E claro que vai ter gente odiando, mas aí já é outros papo. Espero que tenha sido útil á minha analise. Pode ter sido exagero eu dado nota 10 em tudo? Bom, isso é apenas minha opinião. :) Translation done on bing, lazy to put into English. Tradução feita no bing, preguiça de colocar pro inglês.

Bleach is one of the best anime to ever exist. its a 10/10 people down play it because they dont understand the characters at all. most of them are sheep if you disagree just say your biased and explain.The first arc is one of the best new arcs with grand fish vs ichigo coward vs pride. it also shows a lot of foreshadowing like the quincy symbol on ichigo bed and also ichigo absorbing more reistu which are all foreshadows. Then the SS arc shows the best of ichigo titainism vs byuakuya legalism. then the next arc which i think is the best arc which grimmjow vs ichigo shows nature vs nurture and also him accepting himself as a hollow in the fight which then he showed his full power because he wasent scared about what other people think. people are blind or the just dont really watch the show if they didnt know that and that isnt plot amour at all. Ulq vs ichigo is also not plot white told ichigo that and also chapter 217 is foreshadowing his hollow in the fight. it shows how ulq starts to realize what a heart is and he starts to value human life more and become non nihilistic while ichigo started to become nihilistic its a complete switch. Aizen vs Ichigo has a lot of stuff which one of the best is the religious part of the moon in Buddhism which aizen search for enlightenment and koyoka suigetsu translates to the moon then ichigo sword zangetsu translate to moon cuter showing him cutting down false enlightenment and aizen goal was to dethrone the soul king (god) and ichigo being ever race soul reaper hollow full bringer and quincy is him being closest to the soul king which aizen wanted to be above then got cut down by him. Then the fullbringe arc which people think is just some arc to give the mc there power back which it isnt ginjo represents alot of stuff which one of those is revenge on the corrupt soul society for manipulating and lying to him which also happened to ichigo with the soul society and he did that exact same thing showing his hypocrisy.Then it shows his titanism as he wants revenge to the soul society and wants revolt in their systemic oppression.This arc wasent some arc for ichigo to get his powerse this arc is shown what its like for him to not have any powers and it shows his savior complex alot and shows is hypocrisy. Ichigo vs ulq he shown not to want to kill him because its not noble or heroic and it doesnt mater to him but now he was pushed so fair he wanted to kill someone which is also showing his development in character.More and more into the show ichigo has became to realize that him and his sword are one which he didnt accept it. When ichigo is given his sword back when yhwach destroyed it he doesnt use bankai because he has realize what his sword has done and was grateful fpr what his sword has done. Yhwach is also represented by some people like jesus which him being son of god (soul king) and also being born in poor conditions like him not having his 5 senses and he was able to perform miracles which also sets up a dynamic between him and aizen (devil) which some are him stating the soul society belongs to him which in the bible it says that earth belongs to the devil. the arrow that was used to kill yhwach wasnt a bad ending and it was foreshadowed in 659 when he was cutting his wife open when she died of the Auswhalen. Bleach is the best animanga and its a 10/10 and there is more then that.

Now i know that everyone saw that Bleach has sooo many Fillers and what if u don't want to watch them then skip them. The story is amazing Kubo Sensei wrote this amazing manga that turned into an amazing anime. And now Thousand years blood war for me the long wait was worth it. I recommend everyone to try and watch Bleach and see the amazing character development that is there. Bleach has the story of Ichigo who is just an outstanding man and to follow his development in the anime is just amazing not just him but everybody else I Recommend everyone to watch the anime and see how great it is!!

Bleach is the ultimate delusion. You may take a look at the average rating for this show and think "Hey, this show must not be that bad. I'll give it a watch." I am posting this review to warn you ahead of time: those reviews are not for Bleach in its entirety. Let me explain. I, like many others, got hooked by Bleach in its first season. In fact, I should state now that if you're only interested in watching the first three seasons you'll probably come away feeling pretty happy. Up to that point, the show is stellar. It's fast-paced, full of interesting characters and has a great story set in a fascinating setting. If this were a review for the first three seasons, I would be offering glowing praise. Unfortunately, Bleach is a lot longer than three seasons. A lot longer. And that's where the torture begins. It's like buying a new tv that's amazing for a while and then explodes in your living room or making a good friend who takes you out to lunch and jokes with you about everything before leaving you tied up behind a dumpster while they clean out your apartment. After the first three seasons, the writing nosedives very hard. And it isn't just bad, it's distinctly bad. It's clear that whoever is writing this trash has no idea where it's headed and is hoping and praying that no one will notice by flooding the script with as many characters as possible. Oh but it doesn't stop there. In writing, there is an idea referred to as "setup and payoff". This is the notion that something in a story can be set up for the reader to be resolved at a later time. For example, in Star Wars: A New Hope it could be Luke learning the ways of the force and by the end of Return of the Jedi, mastering the force. A good setup leaves the audience intrigued yet mystified, wondering how something will resolve. And a good payoff is that moment where the setup is satisfied and all the loose ends are tied up. Bleach is the textbook example of what NOT to do with setups and payoffs. The thoughtlessness that went into writing Bleach is kind of amazing: it has a very rare distinction of dumping so many setups on the audience that I actually lost track. I had to be reminded by others watching the show of numerous other plotholes I hadn't even considered. Oh and before you ask "Did they payoff all those setups?" I will remind you that this review is scored very low for a reason. Every rule is broken. Every character is ultimately meaningless. Every relationship develops no one. By the end of the series, it becomes painfully obvious how much time has been wasted, not just by the audience, but by the architects of this train wreck. The only possible satisfaction I can imagine that anyone would derive would be due to the character designs. Maybe it could be a springboard for fanfiction. I can't imagine any fanfiction would be worse than this. I'm giving the story a 2 because I can't overlook the first three seasons (which were very well done). The animation was highly inconsistent and it was extremely obvious when the studio was spending more or less money on their episodes. The soundtrack was compelling (again, for the first three seasons) and then just became reused and rehashed everywhere they could think of. By the end it was just annoying. For those who don't know, the manga continued on after the show finished. You might ask: why did the show stop then? As the show progressed, it became obvious how painful it must've been for the studio to keep making this swill every week. The animation suffered hard, the voice actors stopped trying and it was generally clear that no one really cared about Bleach anymore (both those making it AND viewing it). They decided to finally stop pumping it full of whatever it took to keep it alive and let it die. It should've died about 250 episodes before that but better late than never. It's very sad because Bleach had tremendous potential. To take something so good and run it so hard into the ground is painful. It didn't have to turn into such garbage. Overall, Bleach was a phenomenal waste of my time and I wrote this review as a warning to others. If this review was too long to read or you just want the gist, it's this: the first 3 seasons are great and worth watching and everything else after is just filler. NOTE: This is not a review of the manga. I haven't wanted to risk finding out if the source text is as bad as what spawned from it. ***SPOILERS AHEAD*** I have decided to add an addendum for all the things wrong with Bleach that I could think of, just to emphasize the point of how badly this show lost its way. 1) The relationship between Rukia and Ichigo. In the beginning of the story, it's complex and interesting. You can't really tell if they're just really good friends or if there's a bit more between them. Whatever it is, it's endearing and special. However, after Soul Society, their relationship is completely ignored and they barely have any useful interactions. By the end of the ACTUAL last season (not the filler-like "manga canon" last season with Xcution), the fact that Ichigo would not see Rukia again doesn't matter at all. 2) Bleach introduces three totally useless characters during the protagonist's trip to Hueco Mundo: Nel, Porsche and Dummychaka. They clearly exist for no other reason than to add humor yet they consume an immense amount of screen time. By the end, their purpose is still unclear as they seemingly vanish and no one ever brings them up again. 3) Perhaps the most egregious of Bleach's failures is that of Aizen. Let's go over ALL the problems with Aizen: 3a) Here's a guy who seemingly tricked everyone into believing he's a good guy because of the power of his zanpakuto. Then it turns out a bunch of captains from a hundred years prior figured out how bad he was (including Urahara). But for some reason none of them thought it would be useful information to share with anyone because present-day Soul Society still has no clue that he's bad news. Oh yeah and Urahara seems to think that information is useless to share with Ichigo when he's training him for Soul Society, the place WHERE AIZEN IS. 3b) The one blind guy who can't have been affected by Aizen's hypnosis follows him willingly. Wow, cool, interesting. Why does he do that? Is he really tricking Aizen and waiting for a chance to strike when his guard is down? Nope! He's just blind. And he randomly becomes an angry monster at the end and dies. Probably the grossest misuse of setup and payoff in this entire disaster of a show. 3c) Ichigo, it turns out, is the ONLY person that hasn't seen Aizen's released zanpakuto and thus isn't affected by his hypnosis. Therefore, he's the only one that can save the day. The fourth captain warns him ahead of time: don't look at his zanpakuto! So what does Ichigo do? Look at it. A lot. Does it make any difference? Nope. Does Aizen's fall have anything at all to do with Ichigo seeing through his hypnosis? Nope. It's totally irrelevant. 3d) Aizen has this extremely powerful hypnosis ability. It makes everyone see what he wants them to see. But he decides to show his hand to everyone instead of maintaining that illusion. Why? Who knows. Maybe it's because he doesn't need that ability at all because his spiritual power is through the roof. 3e) Aizen has no backstory. What's that you say? The main antagonist for the ENTIRE SHOW has no backstory? Yes, that's right. There's none. Not one time do we ever get any motivation for Aizen's actions. He's just a bad dude who's smart enough to trick everyone but not smart enough to keep tricking everyone. Considering that pretty much every single meaningless character who shows up gets a backstory, this is a pretty major oversight. 3f) Why was it important for Ichigo to progress? Aizen said he'd been spying on Ichigo for pretty much his whole life. He said that he carefully planned it out so that Ichigo would progress the way he did. Okay cool - so why? We never find out why. No re…

Don't let anyone tell you that Bleach is a bad anime. For some reason it has become a trend to hate on this masterpiece, mainly due to tiktok and other social media platforms. But this show is a masterpiece nonetheless. Some people may think it there are random power-ups, plotholes etc, but I know for a fact that those guys didn't read the manga which answered all these questions. The Power System: 10/10 best I've seen Character Design: 10/10 has the drippiest characters in shounen Plot: 9/10 very entertaining, very enjoyable Villains: 10/10 the best villains I've seen OSTs: 10/10 the osts are absolute vibes, and bring it all together Fights: 10/10 so many epic moments and cool powers that aren't rushed or prolonged This anime in general is a 10/10, and you should give it a try. Watch till episode 17 at least because that's when it starts the actual plot of the anime, and skip all the fillers except the Zanpakto Arc, which is crucial for understanding the power system and has great character development.

Bleach, yea after watching this that's what I want right now, a big bottle of bleach so I can wash some of my clothes and try to get my mind of this train wreck. Bleach is nothing but a dubious shire twisting down a landscape of softened pathways. Do you really wanna watch bleach? I mean do you? I would like to think if you are into anime to the point of being on this site you would be aware of much better shows. The characters, you know what they have such little character that they shouldn't be called characters, the connected lines in the shape of bodies with mouths that move during dialogue are horrible abominations with very little development or personality. After 23232 episodes Ichigo could get decapitated and I wouldn't give a fuck, I barely knew the guy. He was a kind of a delinquent with a good heart? He cares about his friends? He was a 27 year old that's still in school for some reason and has no interests in life? that's about all I have on him, I don't even know why he cares about his friends they never seem like they have any fun with each other when their not in danger. They are all just kind of stoned face with nothing to talk about or convey. Characters that are upbeat or tough or whatever are just one note unless they are worried about something in battle. The story should be cool, the premise is sounds good but I just never end up caring because whats really at risk? oh no kurashitface town and the rest of their awful world might be consumed by hollows, who cares? They need to kill off 90 percent of the cast, maybe have a twist and reveal Ichigo was a mega chocolate hollow sent from the future to kill all humans, and have a slice of life subplot with Rukia and Rangiku that goes all yuri. The fights are cool I guess, when they have them, I thought Nel and the Espadas were boss. The whole show has a pretty cool atmosphere and the soundtrack is good, it's watchable just really boring. If you are still reading this go read hunter x hunter or watch the 2011 anime, support that shonen not this fucking garbage, like seriously have you seen hunter x hunter? What the hell right? So good its from the dude that made YuYu Hakusho, like even if you despise everything I've wrote go watch hunter x swagger it is orgasmic. That is pretty much everything I have to say about Bleach, if you think this show is good then are an ignorant animal filled with the tears of a jaguar.