Finished The Bleach Anime!

"It’s Meaningless To Just Live, & It’s Meaningless To Just Fight. I Want To Win." — Ichigo Kurosaki

To the amazing cast, unmatched OST, thrilling fights, & story Bleach makes for one hell of an adventure. Here’s a thread of my thoughts on the series.

Bleach 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, empowered souls who guide departed human souls to Soul Society, the afterlife dimension, formed after a Feudal Japan. They also fight Hollows, evil and malevolent spirits, to protect living

humans and souls alike. In the first story arc, which is basically the arc where we are introduced to the main main cast of Bleach. 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 the series main problem unless you SKIP FILLERS. If you don’t skip fillers from there it goes steep downhill to two arcs of slow-paced filler, which will probably lower your excitement a great deal of levels. And you won’t really get any Soul Society level arcs untill

The Arrancar Arc where it does get more interesting new aspects and revelations. Some may say The Arrancar Arc to the Hueco Mundo Arc is just too much fighting, & a re-used save the damsel in distress plot but I honestly disagree. And The colorful cast may not be seen as much

anymore but it didn’t bother me that much tbh. And some fights may not have the same enthralling depth to them which made the fights in SS so unique but I wouldn’t say it makes them bad. Also, there's a few plot holes to speak of, but nothing large.

However, aside the completely random filler arcs, Bleach overtime expands its cast endlessly, which makes the universe seem living in many ways, and I like to believe that it did improve gradually just not anything past what was the Soul Society arc. 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 top of its game and undeniably 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 countless banger ops and eds 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, despite what any haters have said. It's really enjoyable despite its lacks and faults, mostly in thanks to its amazing cast.

Favorite OP: Ranbou no Melody

Favorite ED: Haruka Kanata

Top 4 Arcs:
1. Soul Society: The Rescue
2. Arrancar: Downfall
3. The Battle For The Soul King
4. Turn Back The Pendulum

Top 4 Fights:
1. Ichigo vs Byakuya
2. Ichigo vs Aizen (Final Fight)
3. Ichigo vs Ulquiorra (Final Fight)
4. Ichigo vs Grimmjow (3rd Fight)

Top 4 Characters:
1. Ichigo
2. Rukia
3. Toshiro
4. Yoruichi

Final Scores:
Story-8/10
OST-10/10
Animation-7.5/10
Cast-10/10
Enjoyment-10/10
Objective rating-8/10
Personal Overall Rating-10/10

Bleach Placement: 10th

TO END OFF THE THREAD, DONT FORGET TO WATCH/READ BLEACH