Someone stole my face :shrug: Anyways, I've watched every episode including fillers and, I really like the main plot the most, of course, but it by far has the best fillers of all the animes combined.
Until the Save Orhime arc I loved bleach... The plot seemed fair enough the fights were good. But Kubo showed a lack in plot diversity by practically repeating the save Rukia arc.
Alot of things don't make sense in Bleach, or are never explained...
Good guys never die... It's... Kubo is too afraid to lose ratings over the death of popular characters... So when you realise this... you don't really care cos you know the good guys will win with no loss.
It's RAM packed with deus ex machina...
The only reason Bleach anime catches up with the manga so fast, is because the chapters during the arancar/espada arc are only worth (at most) 10-20 seconds of anime time.
The power rates in this series don't add up... One example I'll give is...
Ichigo Beat Kenpachi before he even had Bankai. Ichigo gains bankai and Vizard (Hollow powers). Ichigo beats Grimjow (Rank 6 Espada) but Barely. Kenpachi comes out of nowhere saves a weakened Ichigo from Nnoitra (Rank 5 Espada) and proceeds to beat said Espada with no bankai or hollow powers... this means Kenpachi is still on equal footing with an Ichigo who has grown so much since their last battle gainimg brand new abilities.
THEN!!!! Ichigo is KILLED by the 4th espada... whereas back in the living world... Espada ranks 1-3 are having trouble with Captain rank Shinigami. It's a crying shame that characters that had so much build up were just cast aside by the author in the end...
People come back from the dead with GODLIKE powers and no explanation given.
To me... Bleach has become a series for those who enjoy ill considered knuckleheaded plots... with IMMA FIRING MAH LAZAR battles where everyone gives away the secret to their powers...
Combatant 1: "My swords power is to do this and this."
Combatant 2: "So if I do this and this I PWN YOU!!!"
Shinji vs Aizen was the most blatant example of this stupidity!
Bleach has only gotten better when Kubo threw away great characters such as the Espada and moved onto the Fullbring arc as the plot seems better considered and more interesting with decent twists and suspense... No one good is going to die I'm sure... But I'm curious to see if any fullbringers turn sides...
So yeah... about 75% of bleach plot SUX and the battles in the manga are disappointing and messy... Whereas I rank the anime quality of Bleach over that of Naruto's anime... Naruto is still the better series from an analytical point of view! Still... Bleach is worth a go!
Don't give up yet, try reading a few more chapter and if you still don't like it stop. I felt the same way about Naruto after watching the first 3 episodes..then I see Kakashi kick Zubuza's ass and Naruto use the 9 tails chakra and I was hooked. You just haven't experienced that wow that makes you want to watch/read Bleach.
