Bleach

Average with cliche fairy like story and overall a failed anime which fails to immerse you in the world though characters were pretty good and believable. The thing is the bleach universe is not completed yet and there is some good plot points liketh e imprisonment ईएनटी of aizen, yhwach which was personally my favourite but till now it's pretty unlikable world that doesn't teaches anything new andis overall just fails to immerse you in the world. Story is not unique and it's predictable. Art style fits the story Characters were all great and believable. The characters react to situations and events in a realistic way Others won't enjoy the series

I've decided to rewrite some of my reviews since my other's were more opinions then reviews. There may be spoilers involved so if you haven't finished the show yet, then you've been warned. I said their may be spoilers because I'm basically typing what I say, so don't troll me if my grammar is off. Anyway's, The Bleach series started out as any cliche Organization Vs Evil Things does ( Such as in D Grey Man, Soul Eater, Trinity Blood, Etc) and doesn't really start to get interesting until around episode 16 or 17. If you enjoy action over other genres and are willing to sacrifice having a Tolerable story to get it, then this is the show for you. This rather generic anime has some of the most intense fights in anime, which is perfect for those who watch anime for the fight scenes. I'll use the order of the rating system to review the show and others I might decide to review, So let's begin. First up for judgement is the Bleach story line. In my experience of the show the story was good up to the end. As I stated, the show didn't really start to get interesting until episode 17 were they travel to soul society. From their the story progressively gets better, Fights get more epic and powers become ridiculous. At the end of the soul society arc your left with some questions, as to be expected, and instead of giving answers they give fillers. The Bleach series was riddled with them, popping up when you just want to find out what happens next. I got sick of fillers and searched for a filler list so I could skip them. Without them the show was a little more enjoyable. Unfortunately, the ending of the main story was rather dreadful and quite frankly left the feeling of chewing on razor blades and using lemon juice as mouth wash afterwards. Sorry if that last phrase was more opinion then review material, but I was quite furious with everything that happened after Ichigo fights Ulquiorra. Next is art, Which was the best part of the show. The show was full of color and had an interesting array of special effects thrown in. The shows art style changes as it progresses, representing the advancements the studio is making towards more fluent animations. The fight scenes are Bleach's specialty and they certainly deliver. The way it seemed to work is that the show uses a lower budget anime style for the small engagements leading up to Kurosaki and his next boss fight ( Byakuya, Grimjow, Ulquiorra and Aizen). When those fights begin the animations become so flawless the you can't look away and so epic that you forget the color pink, the ability to transform into a cat elf thing and being emo aren't badass. As for Aizen turning into a butterfly? No wonder he wanted the world to end. His fight had spectacular animations even if lacking in movements. The field they were fighting on seemed to be more active then they were. Not much to say about the sounds, other the the fact that I loved the noise Cero makes when it's charging and then fired. The soundtrack was amazing as well, with my favorite song being Mysterious. The voice actors in the Japanese version were spectacular. I didn't watch the English version other then a couple episodes here and their for a comparison... Never watching dubbed anime again thanks to that ordeal. Now for character's. Ichigo is a decent enough protagonist. Aizen started out as an amazing antagonist. Other then that, there's way to many characters to review. Would have been nice if the story would kill some good guys off for once, you know, so the show doesn't feel so over populated. As for Aizens decline from amazing badass, well let me explain. When you first see Aizen he appears to be the only captain who gives a crap about the world, only to find that he's the one who triggered the events leading to Ichigo entering Soul Society. He appears to be a genius who is more then just an exceptional spell caster, but is extremely over powered and is prepared for every scenario. After he gets what he wanted and Beats a few captains to express his dominance he takes his glasses off and folds his hair back Clark Kent to Superman style and disappears into the world of the hollows. Unfortunately Kubo's writing ruined Aizen by taking his Foresight overboard. Having him state that all of ichigo's life has just been another one of his experiments. That he was aware of the boy from birth and had pushed Ichigo into all these situations to watch him progress to a stronger state. Then he turns into a butterfly and gets slaughtered by Ichigo in the completely one sided final battle. The show had a great deal of potential, but was lacking in almost every aspect. The concept of the Zanpakuto was very interesting and made for some nasty fight scenes. But I suppose it just wasn't my cup of tea, though I would rather watch every non fighting episode of this show then any episodes of DragonballZ. Keep in mind the I excluded everything after 310 cause as for as I'm concerned that's where the story should have ended. I give Bleach a 5 out of 10.

When talking about BLEACH there's always a heated debate going on. People who have watched the show complain about many things, from the character development, to the matter of the fillers, to the lack of necessary explanation for certain events and lots more... I admit some to be legitimate, but there are some other issues that may be caused by various sorts of misunderstandings. For instance, some people complain about the numerous fillers that break the original story line; I rather think they are necessary, since a long run show like this needs to be split, otherwise it would be too much to handle. Fillers are fun (I said what I said ;)), and a great way to feel less overwhelmed by the heavy and thick plot. Obviously I am talking as someone who watched it during the last year all at once, people who watched it while it was airing have all reason to complain. Then since we are talking about a thick plot, it is true that some situations, events and systems are not well explained, as well as some characters' backgrounds, and it's kind of frustrating, because everything else is so great that you just miss that one little piece to make it perfect. Needless to say that this happens because there are just too many characters, too many stories, too many details squished in one single show. Thing is, it doesn't matter how annoyed you are by this chaotic system, you will fall in love with those details, that big bunch of characters, those complex arcs, ending up wanting those 366 episodes to never end; because basically, besides their abundance, all these features are iconic: amusing characters, no plot holes, A LOT OF PLOTWISTS, great fights, amazing soundtrack and themes and so on. BLEACH became quickly one of my favourites, despite not being flawless, it kept me in suspense, made me laugh, also cry sometimes, it always got me hoping to see more, and if it made me feel all that, it means that (at least to me) it is a piece of work worth of recognition.

Bleach as an anime is mediocre at best. The concept is great but the execution is extremely lacking. The early episodes have fairly poor animation, and I didn't feel that the anime was even remotely good until around episode 270, but at that point it was still only a /decent/ anime. There's a huge power-scaling problem with the characters, and the fillers are horrible. Bleach has a higher filler:canon ratio than Naruto does (at the time of writing this review). While one may dislike Naruto fillers (I personally like them due to the following reason), at least Naruto fillers almost always add to character development and the story. You can even look at them as canon if you so wish. Bleach filler is fairly low quality with plot holes. Bleach fillers also add zero character development, and to top it off, most of Bleach's full filler arcs do not actually have a place in the Bleach universe (they physically cannot have happened in the past or happen in the future). The arcs also come around at the most inopportune times (i.e. a full 30 episode filler arc unrelated to the story between two consecutive fights in a canon arc). The anime's story is very linear. I felt as though it was being written day-to-day rather than planned out. "Okay, this person's going to win this fight; let's make it happen." I honestly didn't get the feeling that any sort of deep thought had gone into the anime until after 310 wherein it's mostly filler from then until 366. Many anime can provide certain levels of "hype" during a big fight. Whenever Bleach presents such a moment, it's extremely short lived. The "final" fight gave me the most "hype," which only lasted MAYBE two minutes. I don't find any of the soundtracks to be worth returning to. I occasionally listen to some of the openings and endings, but the overall soundtrack is relatively unimpressive. I enjoy Bleach's character design and wide range of characters, and it was "entertaining," to say the literal most. I gained very little from this anime besides adding 366 episodes to MyAnimeList. I feel generous to have given it a 6.

I wrote this review when I was like 14. Please ignore everything. Im sure you will after reading "Bleach remains one of my favorite mangas...." anyways. Just dont bother with this series watch something good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bleach remains one of my favorite mangas of all time, and I was excited to see it as an anime, but after finishing it, I wish I had just stuck with the manga. Lets start with story; Which the anime did a decent job of conveying from the manga, that is, when the anime CARED about the actual story. There is so much filler in the anime. There are entire filler arcs that completely de-rail the pacing of the rest of the show, adding filler characters that have their own filler back stories. FILLER INSIDE OF FILLER.The plot also moves at a snails pace in the anime, one issue of the manga boils to about 4 episodes at best. Some times it just feels like a chore to watch, but it has its moments.Overall, the story is very good with many, many, unexpected twists that you won't see coming, and a very satisfying ending, (I'm actively trying to forget anything happens after the fullbringer arc) Art and Sound; The animation is nothing special, very stereotypical stuff. Does nothing to shake up the formula, but doesn't really need to. As for the soundtrack, its very, VERY hit and miss. The beginning of the show hosts some great openings, decent at best endings, and at the time, a GREAT in show soundtrack. Notice how I said 'at the time'? Well it's true, in the beginning, every song seems so cool, but with 366 episodes and only 1 or 2 songs added in, the background music quickly gets repetitive and tedious,except for the series's "signature song" 'Number One', and it's many re-mixes Characters; Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Here we have Bleaches biggest downfall, the cast. While they're a certainly great, funny, relate-able, and bad-ass characters in bleach, their screen time is very lacking. The main cast that has most of the screen time are either 2cool4u edgemasters (like Ichigo, Renji, Byakuya, Rukia, the list goes on...) or just annoying as fuck charecters (KUROSAKI-KUN, KUROSAKI-KUN, KUROSAKI-KUN....) It's not a completely hateable cast, its a 50/50 draw of whether you will like a certain character or not. For the most part, you can put up with them, but it is by no means a solid cast. Overall Enjoyment and Recommendation; Bleach the Anime is very, very long. And in my opinion, the amount of enjoyment you get out of it vs the amount of time you put into it is not equal. It's so painfully average in everything it does while just being able to barely keep you enticed for the whole ride. My recommendation is that if you really want to experience bleach, just Sod the anime and read the manga. If you are hellbent on watching the anime, I would quit after the soul society arc, because it goes far downhill from there.

INFAMY IS STILL FAME Bleach is one of those series which took the world by storm, kept building up while oozing with style, before eventually realizing it had no idea what to do next. It began walking in circles as slow as possible so it can drag on for 5 years, and eventually ended incomplete because the manga got an abrupt ending. As a whole it is undermining the quality of shounens, it’s full of plot holes and inconsistencies, yet it also managed to become one of the most popular anime in existence. Why? PRETTY COLORS & NICE SOUNDS The shallowest yet obvious reason is its style. It looked great at first, had a funky soundtrack, artistic overtones, occult atmosphere, and exciting battles. Along with that it had snail slow pacing, and it played out like two 12 year olds measuring their dicks while insulting each other. And need I point out how conveniently everybody was conveniently pitted against dark counterparts of himself who had the exact same style of personality and way of fighting? Coloring and artwork improved in later seasons, but at the same time the aesthetics which made the initial episodes so great, almost disappeared. Along with the animation; after a point on they just stand still and use a few frames that repeat a hundred times, like this is the second coming of Dragon Ball. What should be blood-boiling battles were more like macho-talking that always ended with cop-out power ups. It’s ironic how the main battle song has lyrics such as “If you want to get some action, you need be the center of attraction.” The action moved like a snail and relied solely on blinded fanboyism for giving off the illusion of excitement. OTHER PROS The bar was low as a lot of people were pleased with peanuts, resulting to endless cosplays and fanfics about this show, just because the characters look cool and sexy. And there are so many of them, each one with his own custom sword, various stages of power and different abilities. There is no way you won’t find at least one you will like in this huge crowd. It had a cool premise that was making it seem deep and mature. Dealing with death, the afterlife, psychological fears, scars of the past, and a mysterious plan set in motion by nefarious masterminds. Who wouldn’t be interested in following such a story and revealing its secrets, while constantly getting introspection to its characters? It was also the counterforce to the Naruto fandom. Not everyone liked that super popular show about emo kids wearing bandanas and crying in a corner about not getting recognition. Many viewers wanted more thug-like characters, full of cocky one-liners and arrogant smirks. Bleach was what they needed, a rivaling shitty shonen to balance the fame of another shitty shonen. NO PLANNING Despite all the positives, it fell apart after 60 episodes because Kubo had no idea of how to continue the story. So, he did the usual trick that works since the days of Dragon Ball. Introducing more characters, rehashing the exact same plot, constantly throwing around power ups that mean nothing after a few episodes, gradually making less sense, having less consistency, shallower characters, and fillers which are thrown in without giving a damn about continuity yet somehow manage to be better written than the canon story. I can overlook a few minor hiccups here and there but not to the point I need to have my brain imploding as if it was hit by Kenshiro. You just can’t turn a blind eye to the thousands of continuity errors and dull scenes without gorging your own eye sockets. RULE OF COOL NOT There are those who defend the show as nothing more than a guilty pleasure, thus there is no reason to complain about plot holes or bad writing. And yet not even they can deny how much more thought and planning was put into the early episodes. The ghosts were presented as people who died with a grudge, the characters had to face the shadows of their past, and there was some cute school romance in the air. Such elements degraded to faceless monsters defined by their superpower, males that are just bravado and transforming swords, females that are trophies for males to rescue, and excuses for fan service. Oh, and not to forget to mention how everyone with a tragic past eventually becomes a comic relief. - Ichigo the angsty teenager, degraded from a sympathetic youth who was simply trying to protect his friends and family, to an imba warrior that only cares about saving chicks, and keeps getting his ass kicked, yet wins all the time with ass-pulling power-ups. - Butchy fighter Rukia, degraded from a dynamic woman with a tragic past, to a frail damsel in distress that needs to be saved every ten days. - Love rival Orihime, degraded from a sad and innocent girl, to a bimbo with huge boobs who repeats KUROSAKI-KUN every ten seconds. - Everybody is less interesting that a berserker with bells glued on his hair, and sole purpose to cut thing just for the heck of it. - Aizen was hyped up as an unbeatable villain with an ingenious masterplan that is kept secret for hundreds of episodes. Kubo was stalling the final showdown by constantly introducing more characters, just so they can waste time in meaningless battles. And then had Aizen getting defeated very fast with a shitty power up that was meant to take away the protagonist’s powers forever, only to have them returning with an asspull, and never explaining what the hell was Aizen’s plan. Well excuse me, this is not guilty pleasure. It’s a test to see how much insult a person’s intelligence can tolerate before dropping your stupid show. JUST STOP It is not simply the constant plot holes and asspulls that made Bleach so bad, it’s also Kubo not finishing it, because he was making money out of this shit. He just introduced more characters, contradicted everything he said before, repeated the exact same plot, and got paid for it. Anything he kept secret from the viewer for making him speculate what could it possibly mean always ended up being complete bullshit, since he never planned ahead. - Why is everybody flying out of nowhere? - How are Bankais rare, if everybody has one? - How can you outrun a ray of light by seeing it hitting you once? - Why is the blind black dude betraying everybody? - Why didn’t the story end after Aizen got defeated and Ichigo lost his powers? - What was Aizen’s plan? - Why are the Quincy still alive when they are supposed to be dead? IN CONCLUSION Bleach was the youngest of the so called Big Three, and also the first to fall apart in just a little bit over a year. For a title that was hailed as the anti-Naruto, it got discontinued and replaced by a zero budget Naruto spin-off. Oh the burn! It’s almost as ironic as when Sega began making Sonic the Hedgehog games for Nintendo. But who ever notices such things, if you get a shallow asshole with a big sword, smirking and saying how big his cock is? It’s a fine series to waste your synaptic functions upon, while trying to spot the constant Kubo trolling. It definitely ended nowhere near as good as it began, and doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance before other shonen like Hunter X Hunter or Full Metal Alchemist. And yes, it’s getting a continuation I hear, but it’s too late to do anything about it.

This is an anime series with more than 300+ episodes and the name of the anime is totally unimportant and irrelevant to the story. Story : This anime has no plot by any means, simply an unending stream of battles with no point, hung together with adversaries getting a adjustment in appearance in every new battle. The battles are as faltering as they can get : An arbitrary character will be running and another person will show up in their path for reasons unknown. At that point it will cut into a flashback demonstrating that they were companions like 10 years back. At that point they will talk for 20 minutes and afterward begin battling. They'll battle for like...7 scenes? At that point they will claim to have been holding back and going easy and then the two character will start shouting and yelling at each other. The fundamental character, Ichigo Kurosaki transforms into a reptile. Wtf? The art is great. Sound is decent. 1/10 Overall. Enjoyment..well, if that is your thing then you'll like it.

i think bleach is one of the worst anime i have ever seen because the half of the anime is fillers and there isn't a fucking plot.If u sum up the plot of bleach the only think u see is a fcking war (except the first and the final arc).The only thinks i liked at the anime is the soundtrack and some characters that are my favourite ones.At the end i rccomend u to read the manga just to avoid the fillers and to read some chapters that haven't been realised at the anime.thnx 4 your time :3

Like many others, I started watching Bleach so I could watch tybw. Altough tybw is pretty good, the first season of Bleach was nothing but dissapointing for me. Bleach consists of your average shonen plot, where the main character slowly overpowers the villain. The show didnt go out of this format and kept it up for every non-filler arc. This type of plot is pretty bland in itself, but can work if done right. Bleach didnt do this right, and the only other "exciting" thing it did was occasional flashbacks of non-interesting characters and vague lore. The lore of the story is all around the place. They throw many abstracts ideas around, while never deeply exploring them, to the point it becomes overwhelming and too ambiguous. Aside from the repetitive and bland plot, the characters were also horrible. The show likes introducing a lot of different characters. This creates a problem of never fully exploring any of these characters, keeping them on a surface level. Even the main character, Ichigo, is extremely dull. Ichigo is a shell of a character without any development and a never-changing mindset throughout the entire series: "I have to get strong and defend my friends", Ive heard that one before. Following a series with such uninteresting characters is tedious. All in all, Bleach is a boring show with a confusing, repetetive and undiscovered plot with extremely shallow characters. Despite the amazing character designs that create a cool vibe, I see no appeal in this show at all. I only finished Bleach to watch tybw, and altough tybw is pretty good, I wouldnt recommend Bleach to anyone.

This is my first review, so please forgive me for my errors. Where do I begin with this show huh? First off I want to start by saying that this show is damn near flawless. I say damn near flawless even though I'm giving this show a 10 excluding the fillers with some being an exception. This show is both a popular Shonen and at the same time I feel like it's criminally underrated. Me speaking as a massive bleach fan who's been drinking bleach for 2 years, like others we consider this show to be the worst of the big three. Ngl this show is my favorite of the big three Shinigami Arc, Some people like me consider this the worst arc in the bleach anime but I don't think this arc wasn't that bad. Ichigo is just your average teenage student school in high school born with a power to see ghosts. Rukia shows up and hands ichigo her soul reaper powers and Ichigo vows to protect his friends and family. Later on we get to know about the likes of uryu, orihime, and chad as the arc progresses. Rukia eventually forces herself to get captured by her childhood friend renji and her brother byakuya for the crimes of giving a human soul reaper abilities, and of course it's up to ichigo and his friends to save her from being executed after their training with kisuke. Soul Society Arc: Honestly as much as I kinda get annoyed this take that people like to say when it comes to this show, I do think that the Soul Society Arc is the best arc and one of the best arcs in Shonen. I say that because everytime I come across a take about this show, they say that "Bleach falls off after soul society" or "Bleach takes a nosedive after the first 63 episodes." I find those kind of takes very delusional. So during this arc, Ichigo learns how to maintain his soul reaper powers as he meets yoruichi and makes contact with his sword spirit zangetsu. The karakura gang rushes to the Soul society on their way to save rukia. In order to do that, they must encounter countless shinigami including the captains and lieutenants. A huge plot twist gets revealed during this arc that no one expected was gonna happen. Arrancar Arc: Like I said I find this take delusional as I see many people even on this site say this show falls off after ichigo saves rukia. I do kind of see it but I still disagree nonetheless. If you want to say because of the fillers ruin the pacing of this show then sure. LIsten no one is forcing you to watch the garbage known as the bount and the new captain arc. I'll admit I did make the mistake of watching those bs fillers myself thinking they were canon because I personally never heard of fillers. That's my only bad thing I'll say about this show. However I do think the second half of the filler arcs are better and even the animation I found to way better most of the time than the mainline story arcs as crazy as that sounds. We start off the arc with ichigo and friends returning to their high school days until ichigo encounters with shinji, who just like ichigo is a soul reaper has a strange hollow mask that grants him hollow powers. Shinji wants ichigo to join his vizard crew to train him on how to master his hollow powers. After that we get introduced to these new level of hollows called arrancars, who are basically hollows that look like humans and they also have swords. So pretty much they're soul reaper captain level. As the arc goes on Ichigo learns to control his hollow powers as he continues to fight to save his friends. Fullbring Arc: This arc is very controversial because of it taking place after ichigo defeats Aizen, the main antagonist of Bleach and people consider it canon filler. Personally while it isn't one pf my favorite arcs in the show, I still enjoyed it nonetheless. After ichigo loses his soul reaper powers from his battle with aizen, he spends his normal life as a high school student as a full year flows by. Out of nowhere a fullbringer name ginjo see ichigo and tells him that he'll be able to get his powers back if he joins his crew of fullbrings, who are basically regular humans who uses normal objects to release out their soul abilities. Conclusion: This is honestly my second favorite anime of all time behind dragon ball (mainly Z). Tite Kubo's character art style is my favorite of any anime I've seen. The art style in the manga is better but the anime version is still great. I will do a review on the first and second cour of the new thousand year blood war anime. Like I said it's not a perfect show despite me giving it a high score but my biggest reason of liking the hell out of this show is because of it's drip and it's fights. I do like the story as well. Kubo is known to have the most sauciest characters in anime. I will forever drink bleach until the ends of the earth.

Bleach is a story with a lot of potential. It falls short almost every time it has a chance to impress the viewer/reader. Almost every fight goes the same way, a new move/form is either discovered or they get reinforcements, the character depth doesn’t get explored very much throughout the series for well over half of the cast, everyone is often times fairly one dimensional as well, one can also argue the lore feels very strung together at times and serves the plot at complete randomness, arcs drag on a bit too long and overstay their welcome, arcs repeat similar patterns as previous ones, the power scaling is very linear and this leaves for not many surprises in battle, every interaction is plot armored heavily leaving it to feel like characters have minimal agency over their own story, while ichigo is cool, he as a character is ironically pretty….hollow ( lmao ), the art is good, but backgrounds are often neglected detail ( not necessarily a negative, maybe a stylistic choice ), too many filler if you’re anime only ( this problem was huge back when bleach was being made, not necessarily going to hold that against it, that was much more of an industry problem, however if you don’t skip them it still greatly hurts the experience besides a few arcs ), no character goal or motivation seems to have much nuance in this story ( with a few exceptions ), I listed most of what I think the negatives of bleach are. I could make the same list of things that I think are F***ING AWESOME, about bleach as well. Bleach has a soundtrack and it’s absolutely amazing, they have a new style for almost every encounter and it’s beautiful. I find myself listening to this OST while playing video games, working out, or doing anything where I want to feel energy from music, it’s legitimately brilliant. Bleach also has a very cool character design. Most parts of this anime are simply and entirely infused with swagger. There’s no better way to put it, bleach in many aspects is just f***ing cool. Even if something doesn’t make sense, they make it seems like the coolest thing you might ever witness. It definitely helps bleach and its shortcomings to at the very least have it appear bad ass even when on its low points. The characters while fairly simple, are extremely charismatic. It’s easy to be charmed by the cast relatively quickly. Bleach can get very brutal and is themed in a really dark manner. There are many instances that bleach feels lifeless and hopeless and it does this theme well. It makes it all the more tense and much more gut wrenching when seeing the afterlife’s only protectors in a crisis. All the more triumphant when they win as well. The bleakness of bleach can be its strength, but also a weakness. It plays back into everyone feeling relatively one dimensional along with there seemingly being no goals or purpose beyond the threats that arise ( which you know, fair enough that’s their purpose in a sense ). All in all, I like bleach. It’s a time investment so that’s something to consider, but I personally enjoyed this anime enough for what it is. By no means is it perfect or even near my favorites, but I will always remember it. Many things that commence in this show are absolutely iconic. It will have its ups and downs if you do choose to watch it, that’s something to be fully prepared for. I would say that there are better shonen out there, however bleach has a specific flavor that I’ve never seen replicated. For that and that alone, I appreciate it as an anime very much. I think how you feel about this series solely depends on a few things. 1. How much or how important are the things I just mentioned to you? 2. What do you value out of bleach or in other words, what did you come in expecting to get out of the series. 3. Were the spectacular parts of bleach enough to have you thoroughly enjoying the manga/anime through to the end? 4. ( this is an important one ) How much do you like shonen as a genre to begin with? I can tell you right now, someone who hates shonen will hate this show. While watching and reading, it began to feel like to me, many shonen traits and popular tropes I’ve seen mimicked throughout the years must’ve came partially from bleach. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it was kind of funny to realize during my time consuming it. Either way, love or hate the series, bleach seems to be a show and manga that is polarizing to an extent. Some people may love it, some may hate it, some may think it’s meh. All have perfectly valid reasons for feeling each way, I truly believe it all depends on your own personal value system with this anime. Thank you for reading. I tried to be fair, concise and straightforward, nothing too complex to write about. Hopefully I accomplished that and also gave new and old viewers alike a broader perspective of bleach as a whole. I would encourage new readers/viewers to take what I said to heart and really consider if they want to continue with watching it. At least for me, when I have a large time investment in an anime or really anything, I want to feel like it’ll be worth it as I’m sure most others do as well. The “ worth it “ aspect of bleach will depend on how you feel about everything I mentioned. BUT hey…at least if you watch it you can say you’ve seen one of the big three :) . It’s a huge foundation of the industry, so it’s cool to at least try out. Maybe give it a chance and see if it’s for you.

SKIP FILLERS! Enjoy main story. SKIP all the fillers, no exceptions. Bleach is an excellent anime with immense potential, but unfortunately, that potential is squandered by the filler episodes. Bleach is almost on par with the original Naruto. But the animation studio, driven by greed and a lack of creativity, decided to exploit Bleach. The result? A whopping 50% of the series is filled with unnecessary low IQ filler episodes. These fillers not only make the characters seem less intelligent and useless, but also made storyline unatractive. The filler stories are nothing short of garbage. Fillers backstab the essence of Bleach, turning the entire anime experience into something questionable and senseless. If you're starting Bleach, my advice is SKIP all the fillers.

First time I watched Bleach was when I was a kid. I thought the Agent of the Shinigami Arc & the Soul Society Arc were great but when I got to the horribly boring Bount Arc it was soo boring that I droped the anime. When 2020 came I decided to revisit my childhood animes. I rewatched Naruto, Fairy Tail, Doraemon, Shinchan, Perman & Bleach. I was still a newbie back then and didn't know about filler. I again droped Bleach because of the bount arc. Then again in early 2023 for the 3rd & last time I decided to watch Bleach but this time I knew what filler was so I skipped the bount arc and went straight to the Arrancar Saga and it was a masterpiece. Then I watched the The Lost Substitute Shinigami Arc which was also great. afterwards I watched The Thousand-Year Blood War Arc Part 1 and it was great. After taking the story telling, the plot twist, the arcs, the action, the comedy, the art, the side characters, the protagonist, the antagonists, the duogonist & the world building into concideration I rated it a 9.7 out 0f 10. It's my favorite anime (after Steins;Gate which is a 10 out of 10 Ofcourse) for all this reasons. Bleach will always be in my heart.

During the 2000s there were three anime that stood tall above the rest at that time. The anime that brought an entire generation of anime watchers into anime. Of course, I am referring to the big three: Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. While I personally got into anime through other means, Bleach still means a lot to me as a series. I have so much nostalgia looking back on it, that it's hard to imagine life without watching the series. So now, let's get this review on. Characters: Bleach characters are always interesting to talk about, because there's just so many of them. That can be seen as a flaw, because sometimes too many characters can cause it to become cluttered and then the story becomes hard to follow, or the characters lack any sense of depth. That being said, I think Bleach pulls it off. Every character has distinct personalities, and almost every character has well thought out connections with someone else throughout the story, whether important to the plot or not. Take Rangiku, a character that is basically just in the background, and is seen as a simple big titty anime girl. She actually has a vital connection to one of the most important characters during a specific arc. That just goes to show how much time and thought was put into the characters. As a main character, Ichigo is that guy. He's the man who shows up, ready to have your damn back in any situation. His transformations are some of the best shounen has to offer, and his characterization and self-discovery journey are beautiful. His relationship with all of his friends, especially Rukia, are dynamic and interesting. There is so much to talk about with the characters, but I'd like to keep it spoiler free, so I'll stop there. Soundtrack: Shiro Sagisu knows how to write music. The Bleach soundtrack is my favorite in anime, no questions asked. Tracks like: Treachery, Number One, Shinji's Theme, La Espada, Never Meant to Belong, Stay with me, and so so many more go so hard. Animation: Considering how old it is, the animation can get choppy at times, however it's not unappealing to look at by any means. That being said, it could be better. Overall: I didn't talk about too much because I didn't want to get into spoilers, however I have to recommend it to anyone willing to skip filler. (Please don't watch the filler, it's really fucking bad). The story is actually really well thought out, and it's worth the watch.

My favorite anime of all time, I absolutely love it. I grew up with it and watched it countless times. The story, world, characters, fights, animation, everything is so cool and amazing and well animated, I adore the music and the different themes, like Spanish or German, it helps it stay fresh and fun. 10/10 would recommend, even if the filler is skipped. And with Bleach returning soon for the Thousand Year Blood War, this is the perfect time to watch or rewatch. Honestly, I have no flaws, since the ending of the original show is going to be continued by its return in 2021/2, that cannot longer be held against Bleach.

Bleach gets a lot of hate but, I just love how long the series was, getting to know all the characters and traveling through the plot with the different characters. This anime made you love the bad guy, see the evil character's perspective and almost feel bad for them. You could vividly see which character you relate well with, because there are a TON of them. I loved the uniqueness behind each character and the overall world that Bleach presents. if you are looking for great art, Bleach is not really one to present that. If you are not willing to commit to some filler episode that really make no absolute sense, Bleach is not for you. Same if you don't like the idea of an OP main character. But, if you are looking for bomb soundtrack (I own about every song) this is your anime. if you like action and fighting, this is your stop. This was my first anime that I really committed to watching and it delivered.

Really, where to start from with Bleach? Because there are many good and many foul things about this anime... Let's start from the good ones though. First of all, I liked the art; I loved how the characters were created, they were fluid, flawless and realistic, as if they were dancing with their swords during all their epic battles. Then after, the music was spectacular. I always notice the background music, it is a very important part of the excitement and development of an anime and I believe Bleach creators nailed it. A mix of powerfulness, anticipation, emotion, sadness, pain, fear, those tracks had everything, every single one of them individually. Great job on that. Now for the plot; well, to be totally honest, I have mixed feelings about the plot. The idea is good, really good but there are plenty of flaws and holes in the way. I absolutely loved the first arc with Soul Society, as it gave me an insight of the characters personal worlds, helped me understand who is who and what he/she is capable of, all the stories and pains each character - major or minor - carried upon their shoulders... In general, the first arc kept me on the very edge and then surprised the hell out of me (not going to spoil here), so I can tell I enjoyed it 100%. Now for the rest of the anime... The rest was kinda boring, to put it simply. Okay, yes, there were some epic battles, some cool pep-talk, some deep words of friendship and companionship, supporting your friends, saving your friends, saving everybody in general - that's Ichigo ladies and gentlemen; the boy is the incarnation of utter sacrifice. I think that's why he is so popular with the viewers, including me - but all these things were dragged out for too long. Especially the unimportant blabbering during the battles, which ended up killing all the thrill and epicness about them. Plus, the second arc with the Espadas and Hueco Mundo was almost like the Soul Society arc, only that we didn't have Shinigami but Hollows to fight. Let's just say that I mentally skip the ever-going talk during the battles and reach the final battle, the big boss, badass transformations from both Ichigo and the final boss, yeah okay. But that was it. Nothing too remarkable about it, the wow factor non-existing. I think, Bleach would be a better anime if it stopped there because, yes, it continues. As a big fan, I watched it nonstop until the Hueco Mundo arc ended. Then after, I simply couldn't finish it, so boring it was. Again, these endless talk-battles, where the characters did more talking than fighting, the plot growing confusing and fragmented - a huge no-no for me. New characters and new skills introduced, skills that were of none importance in the very end. Apparently Tite Kubo wanted to stuff his characters with more and more "experience", to show how ultimate Ichigo's power is but bottom line is... He achieved nothing but me yawning. Which of course brings my focus to the characters only. There are so many characters in this anime, I don't even know where to begin from. And each one has to have his/her own stage time, no matter how useless or minor he/she is. I understand that a good mangaka doesn't leave his secondary characters unattended but the problem is that none of the characters had some sort of development, no matter how long his/hers stage time was. Not even Ichigo developed, who is supposed to be the main character. Yes, he got stronger, yes he got better at fighting, learnt a lot about himself but for me, that was almost insignificant because it happened too quickly, from one day to the other. His badass-ness and cockiness stayed until the very end (which is good), his stubbornness too, but all I can say is that he simply matured and got prettier. Nothing important in that. I think, there were two characters that showed some form of development before Kubo decided to cease their growth and bam, kick them to the ground again. These two were Renji and Gin. The rest of the hundred thousand characters in this story, were neutral, with no significant role except their fandom. Not that I don't like the rest of the characters, that's not it; it's just that Kubo wanted to focus on each of them separately, spending way too much of our time. That's what makes Bleach boring in a way. What you should also be aware of: this anime has A LOT of fillers. I'm not even going to go there in much detail. Just skip them, for your own good and once you've finished the actual story, if you're curious, watch them. Be prepared to yawn, I know I did. I give this story an overall 8 and I know that it doesn't correspond to all the bad things I've mentioned above but it is worth watching. Why? Because I strongly believe that there are many things behind every event and character, many ideas and messages they want to pass to the viewer/reader and that is mainly why I gave the anime 8. It shows how important friendship and support are, strength, not only physical but mental also, refers to maternal love, paternal love, as well as sacrifice, betrayal, loyalty, trust, pain and suffering and how easily these can be transformed into power... I think I'm missing a lot, but for a first glance, that's about it. I hope my review was helpful to you. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Bleach started off solid, but the longer it went on, the more its quality dropped. In the beginning, its atmosphere was more frightening and intriguing when certain characters from Soul Society were introduced and displayed their power, far greater than Ichigo's. Everyone looked down on the protagonist, but the latter didn't give up trying to prove them wrong. This arc was the most well written in my opinion. Then the rest of the story was okay and very forgettable. What I don't like most about Bleach is its character development. Ichigo apparently suffers from bipolar disorder, as there are times when he becomes very confident and enthusiastic about defeating his opponents and other times when he’s so depressed that he doesn’t want to fight. It’s quite a rollercoaster to ride with him. It might be more realistic that way, but compared to most Bleach characters, Ichigo is pretty weak and pathetic. Also, I don't like his companions, they’re like a burden to him, because they almost never evolve. They’re often annoying too, especially the red-haired girl. Our hero obviously chose the wrong people to fight alongside him. Regarding the other characters, I feel like they weren't developed enough, which is a shame because many of them had potential. I don't think I should recommend this anime to anyone today. It was fun to watch when we were young and living in the era it started airing. But I guess it didn't age well because of its mediocre story, mainly due to poor character development. The only thing Bleach is very good at is its combat, which is very spectacular. Many of its characters have very cool powers. Still, I really doubt it's worth watching for someone who hasn't already.

Bleach is not a good show and I’m tired of people saying it is. It was so hard to follow just because of how boring it is. Plus over 150 episodes of filler is crazy, I’m glad they stopped making it for over 10 years because it is so bad. The only reason I made it through the whole thing was to say I’ve watched the whole big 3. Don’t even get me started on Aizens dimension (I don’t really care what it’s called) with those two annoying hollows with the green haired skull baby. The only good thing is character design but it’s ruined because they don’t get any development

Ah yes, I finally got around to finishing off Bleach. Man, this animé was a wild ride, let me tell you. I'll give a review on each of the characteristics I found in Bleach below for anyone interested. → Story: The story starts off with a young high-schooler named Ichigo Kurosaki who is gifted with the ability to see ghosts, spirits, and the like. One day, his family is attacked by something known as a Hollow, which are essentially evil spirits that try to consume human souls. He is then saved by Rukia Kuchiki, the tsundere Soul Reaper, which are essentially spirit hunters that try to purify Hollows to enter the Seiretei (basically heaven). Having been brutally injured in battle, Rukia asks Ichigo to take over for her and become a Soul Reaper himself, which Ichigo accepts, to then protect his family and friends. The story goes on like that for a while, with it having one of the best arcs ever, the Soul Society arc. In this arc, Ichigo and friends try to rescue Rukia, who is slated to be executed for donating her powers to Ichigo. Here, Ichigo and friends must fight through a hoard of Captain-class Soul Reapers that are impeding their rescue operation to get to Rukia, after which the plot thickens, traitors are uncovered, and the story escalates into something far more sinister as friends turn out to be enemies and enemies turn out to be friends? You never know who you can trust and who you can't, which is something Bleach did a phenomenal job of doing. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The only issue with the story portion of Bleach was its vast amount of filler episodes, but you can easily skip over those if you don't want to watch them. Otherwise, the story was very strong and I enjoyed all of it. I won't dock points for filler episodes, so the story of Bleach is a solid 10 out of 10. → Characters: Bleach has a phenomenal roster of characters. Some of them are annoying (Keigo Asano, Orihime Inoue, Hiyori Sarugaki, etc) while others are good (Shunsui Kyoraku, Jushiro Ukitake, Kisuke Urahara, etc). Bleach has no shortage of characters so you're bound to find someone you like or resonate the most with. The only issue is that Ichigo's friends kind of become too weak to do anything in battle as the series progresses (rip Uryu Ishida), but I guess that's standard for a shonen animé, where they have to make the main character (Ichigo) overpowered to where the other cast can't compete. I give Bleach's characters a solid 10 out of 10. → Art and Animation: I think the animators did great for the animations and fight scenes. The Bankai that we're shown are also very well done and executed. In addition, you're always seeing a different background, be it daytime or nighttime. The scenery is always different with every episode, plus the characters were very well-drawn and well animated. Easily a 10 out of 10 here. I had no issues with the art or animation, honestly. → Sound and Music: Bleach has some killer openings and I have most of them on my playlist, but that aside, the music that plays during each tense moment, or battle, really has you on pins and needles as to what you expect to happen next. It really can give you chills and goosebumps at times and I think that's where the music is best, where it helps you essentially feel like you're in the Bleach universe. Bleach's music is honestly fire and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. You're missing out if you haven't. The sound and music are also an easy 10 out of 10 for me. → Conclusion: Overall, I think Bleach is a really solid animé. Granted, there's some annoying characters included in it but it didn't take away from the fact that the animé in general was still a good watch and made me want to keep coming back for more with the conclusion of each episode. I can't wait to start binging the Thousand Year Blood War arc and I'm just waiting for that arc to become fully dubbed because of how good Bleach was. If you're looking for a Shonen anime to watch and you're not sure what to watch, I do recommend picking up Bleach if you haven't already. It's one of the "Big Three" for a reason next to Naruto and One Piece and I stand by that decision. I rate Bleach a solid 10 out of 10 animé in the end.