Comments on: Bleach review: an overrated shounen anime? http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/ Mainichi Anime Yume Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sayomi http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-357277 Sayomi Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:59:31 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-357277 Thanks to your review I now understands what bothers me about Bleach. I just have to say that i totally agreed with everything you said here. I started looking at bleach about 3 years ago then I stopped after a few months. Just a few months ago I started watching from the beginning again so now I’m kinda caught up to the anime excluding the fillers. I feel just the same as you. Bleach is not my favorite anime but I still continued to wacth it because I do find it enjoyable. I like how you said “Byakuya just seems like a Sesshomaru clone,” but I can’t say why I like this part. I thought it was funny! (I love Naruto and One Piece. I liked how you described them. Its very true in my opinion.) Thanks to your review I now understands what bothers me about Bleach. I just have to say that i totally agreed with everything you said here. I started looking at bleach about 3 years ago then I stopped after a few months. Just a few months ago I started watching from the beginning again so now I’m kinda caught up to the anime excluding the fillers. I feel just the same as you. Bleach is not my favorite anime but I still continued to wacth it because I do find it enjoyable. I like how you said “Byakuya just seems like a Sesshomaru clone,” but I can’t say why I like this part. I thought it was funny! (I love Naruto and One Piece. I liked how you described them. Its very true in my opinion.)

]]> By: jason brees http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-301440 jason brees Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:20:32 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-301440 Bleach is an excellent show in its earlier. It is still going good but this show now has loose its charm. It was my favorite show. I still <a href="http://bleach-episodes.otavo.tv/" rel="nofollow">Watch Bleach Episodes</a> but not with the same interest. Bleach is an excellent show in its earlier. It is still going good but this show now has loose its charm. It was my favorite show. I still Watch Bleach Episodes but not with the same interest.

]]> By: Jake V http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265532 Jake V Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:15:21 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265532 ^ he said in a couple of episodes that he has become out of shape I think the espada 5 fight noitora or something like that but I see what you mean about the love fighting thing but it also has to do with when he killed ichigo he let his guard down and when zangetsu gave him another chance he sliced him up and severely weaken him then with the all out last attack that was just who had more spirit pressure and they tied but this is just some theories I thought up so feel free to think as you please. ^ he said in a couple of episodes that he has become out of shape I think the espada 5 fight noitora or something like that but I see what you mean about the love fighting thing but it also has to do with when he killed ichigo he let his guard down and when zangetsu gave him another chance he sliced him up and severely weaken him then with the all out last attack that was just who had more spirit pressure and they tied but this is just some theories I thought up so feel free to think as you please.

]]> By: Kirre http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265445 Kirre Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:30:23 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265445 (SPOILER) Gin doesn't die, he ran off to "Protect" Rangiku. He comes back later in the series. The only main or supporting character that dies is Tosen. (SPOILER) Gin doesn’t die, he ran off to “Protect” Rangiku. He comes back later in the series. The only main or supporting character that dies is Tosen.

]]> By: Kirre http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265443 Kirre Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:25:47 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265443 How do u expect Kenpachi to change when he is completely into fighting. I disagree highly with 80% of what you said. How do u expect Kenpachi to change when he is completely into fighting. I disagree highly with 80% of what you said.

]]> By: Ellie http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265429 Ellie Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:10:38 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265429 BTW, I just wanna add, I love the filler arcs. The only one I hated was the bounts arch. I love the filler episode. Especially when Hitsugaya plays football! So really, it's a difference in opinion all round BTW, I just wanna add, I love the filler arcs. The only one I hated was the bounts arch. I love the filler episode. Especially when Hitsugaya plays football! So really, it’s a difference in opinion all round

]]> By: Ellie http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265423 Ellie Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:00:32 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-265423 Bleach has reached over 330 episodes. I've watched all of them. I LOVE all of them. In the beginning though, I admit that the animation was a bit sucky. Especially Toshiro Hitsugaya's (my fave character) drawings. BUT, now it's getting better and if you compare the horrifically bad Bounto arc to the latest episodes, only a blind person could say that it hasn't changed. It's so much more developed and detailed. Everyone likes different things. For example, Naruto never hooked me because it was so cliched and he was such a lame guy! In Naruto, people are constantly crying and I can't see why Naruto thinks of Sasuke as a brother and wants to save him so bad. I like the bad-ass characters because you can't help yelling at the TV screen and laughing when they cus each other. But some people like the drama and would prefer to watch something melodramatic rather than a load of people with bad-ass swords trying to kill each other. But don't get me wrong! I love the drama side of it. In Bleach, I think the main thing I will always remember is when (SPOILER!) Gin died, and we only just realized just how much he loved Rangiku and how he's actually a good guy! I mean, he would do anything to avenge what Rangiku lost! And when Ichigo (SPOILER) fully hollowfies and attacks his friends it nearly killed me! Then once the drama of those episodes was over, it was back to the bad-ass fights that I just can't get enough of! Compared to Naruto, Bleach fights are easy to follow and you know exactly who's winning and who's loosing, with a few surprise attacks in there. In Naruto, I easily get confused when suddenly it's revealed that they rigged a shuriken or something else. There's too many dirty, pansy-ass (Kenpachi quote there ;) ) tricks in Naruto. In Bleach, everyone's limitations and powers are crystal clear. When the tables turn, it's purely down to brains or brawn or some other element that gain my upmost respect of the character. Ichigo's character is perfect for me. He loves his family and friends. That's his only real soft side we see in him and the rest of the time he's calm and mature. Which is what makes Bleach utterly hilarious! When there are moments such as Yoruichi's tranformation and when he laughs for the first time at Ikkaku's wig, it's so contradicting that it's hilarious! We see a side we've never seen in Ichigo before. If you want to see a major personality development, check out Memories of Nobody, Bleach movie one. His relationship with the dipsy Senna is heart-wrenching, especially the ending where (SPOILER) she gives the memories back to the blanks and disappears. It's so obvious her name isn't on the grave stone but when she asks, Ichigo lies so she can rest in peace. And then he collapses in almost tears. Almost. Then, if you like sad, tragic tales of the character's past, watch my fave Bleach movie, Diamond Dust Rebellion. Centered around Toshiro Hitsugaya, Captain of squad 10, it tells the tragic story of when he went to the Soul Reaper achedemy and met Kusaka. He was a guy who wanted to dedicate his life to the soul society, but ended up being forced to fight Hitsugaya, then being killed. In the present, Hitsugaya is framed with the theft of a royal artifact and then disappears. He receives an order for execution. The third one is definitely an Ichi/Ruki one I'm not going into depth about. Basically, everyone forgets about Rukia and Ichigo and several attacks occur in the soul society. The forth movie is soon to come out in English subs. From what I've looked up, it's epic and will no doubt become my fave. Although I've only watched the trailer. Because I kind of went off track, I'm going to wrap it up. Bleach is for people who like fighting animes, and are not too fussed on people crying constantly throughout (thought it does happen). Mostly, people like either Naruto or Bleach. If you like Naruto, you could still love Bleach, but they're so opposite in story plots that not many adore both. Bleach has no main plot or bad guy- Ichigo just wants to get strong enough to protect his friends. This means that it could never end, unlike in Naruto- whatever happens between Sasuke and Naruto in the end will be the final chapter. If they continue it, it'll just be lame. Bleach has reached over 330 episodes. I’ve watched all of them. I LOVE all of them. In the beginning though, I admit that the animation was a bit sucky. Especially Toshiro Hitsugaya’s (my fave character) drawings. BUT, now it’s getting better and if you compare the horrifically bad Bounto arc to the latest episodes, only a blind person could say that it hasn’t changed. It’s so much more developed and detailed.

Everyone likes different things. For example, Naruto never hooked me because it was so cliched and he was such a lame guy! In Naruto, people are constantly crying and I can’t see why Naruto thinks of Sasuke as a brother and wants to save him so bad. I like the bad-ass characters because you can’t help yelling at the TV screen and laughing when they cus each other. But some people like the drama and would prefer to watch something melodramatic rather than a load of people with bad-ass swords trying to kill each other.

But don’t get me wrong! I love the drama side of it. In Bleach, I think the main thing I will always remember is when (SPOILER!) Gin died, and we only just realized just how much he loved Rangiku and how he’s actually a good guy! I mean, he would do anything to avenge what Rangiku lost! And when Ichigo (SPOILER) fully hollowfies and attacks his friends it nearly killed me!

Then once the drama of those episodes was over, it was back to the bad-ass fights that I just can’t get enough of! Compared to Naruto, Bleach fights are easy to follow and you know exactly who’s winning and who’s loosing, with a few surprise attacks in there. In Naruto, I easily get confused when suddenly it’s revealed that they rigged a shuriken or something else. There’s too many dirty, pansy-ass (Kenpachi quote there ;) ) tricks in Naruto. In Bleach, everyone’s limitations and powers are crystal clear. When the tables turn, it’s purely down to brains or brawn or some other element that gain my upmost respect of the character.

Ichigo’s character is perfect for me. He loves his family and friends. That’s his only real soft side we see in him and the rest of the time he’s calm and mature. Which is what makes Bleach utterly hilarious! When there are moments such as Yoruichi’s tranformation and when he laughs for the first time at Ikkaku’s wig, it’s so contradicting that it’s hilarious! We see a side we’ve never seen in Ichigo before.

If you want to see a major personality development, check out Memories of Nobody, Bleach movie one. His relationship with the dipsy Senna is heart-wrenching, especially the ending where (SPOILER) she gives the memories back to the blanks and disappears. It’s so obvious her name isn’t on the grave stone but when she asks, Ichigo lies so she can rest in peace. And then he collapses in almost tears. Almost.

Then, if you like sad, tragic tales of the character’s past, watch my fave Bleach movie, Diamond Dust Rebellion. Centered around Toshiro Hitsugaya, Captain of squad 10, it tells the tragic story of when he went to the Soul Reaper achedemy and met Kusaka. He was a guy who wanted to dedicate his life to the soul society, but ended up being forced to fight Hitsugaya, then being killed. In the present, Hitsugaya is framed with the theft of a royal artifact and then disappears. He receives an order for execution.

The third one is definitely an Ichi/Ruki one I’m not going into depth about. Basically, everyone forgets about Rukia and Ichigo and several attacks occur in the soul society.

The forth movie is soon to come out in English subs. From what I’ve looked up, it’s epic and will no doubt become my fave. Although I’ve only watched the trailer.

Because I kind of went off track, I’m going to wrap it up. Bleach is for people who like fighting animes, and are not too fussed on people crying constantly throughout (thought it does happen). Mostly, people like either Naruto or Bleach. If you like Naruto, you could still love Bleach, but they’re so opposite in story plots that not many adore both. Bleach has no main plot or bad guy- Ichigo just wants to get strong enough to protect his friends. This means that it could never end, unlike in Naruto- whatever happens between Sasuke and Naruto in the end will be the final chapter. If they continue it, it’ll just be lame.

]]> By: Jake V http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-264324 Jake V Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:59:29 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-264324 ^ Hey man you are obviously missing some crutial details on Bleach 1 you first point on bleach about fillers very true everyone hates them but they are better then nothing and give the writers of the manga time to wright more of the show rather the stoping he show completely and some of them are very good like the sword rebellion and the newest mod soul arcs 2 point The arrancars thy fight first are at the Gillion level no where close to vasto lorde and when he fights the third espada he's had months of training now and is far stronger than before and he uses his strongest moves and they still aren't enough to kill the 3rd espada 3 change from 10-1 to 9-0 I don't see why you have a problem with this it shows that unreleased yammy is the weakest espada but released he is the strongest 4 you fail to see why ichigo won against the captains zaraki battle was a battle of spiritual powers and ended in a draw because they both have extreme amounts of spiritual pressure and against byakuya his hollow powers caught him off guard and also ended in draw also keep in mind that it is a invasion and they are not really at their strongest I don't want force you to think bleach is the best anime ever but please consider what I wrote and I will also leave a rating bit much more in depth. Karakura town arc 4/5 Rescue rukia arc 4.5/5 Bount arc* 2/5 Espada invasion arc 3.5/5 hueco mundo arc 4/5 Bakoto arc* 3/5 Hueco mundo part 2 4/5 Fight in karakura arc 3/5 Zanpakto rebellion* 3.5/5 hueco mundo part 3 4.5/5 Kill aizen arc 5/5 Mod soul arc 4/5 * all fillers Also excuse me on any grammatical errors I have they're japanese names and hard to spell ^ Hey man you are obviously missing some crutial details on Bleach
1 you first point on bleach about fillers very true everyone hates them but they are better then nothing and give the writers of the manga time to wright more of the show rather the stoping he show completely and some of them are very good like the sword rebellion and the newest mod soul arcs
2 point
The arrancars thy fight first are at the Gillion level no where close to vasto lorde and when he fights the third espada he’s had months of training now and is far stronger than before and he uses his strongest moves and they still aren’t enough to kill the 3rd espada
3 change from 10-1 to 9-0 I don’t see why you have a problem with this it shows that unreleased yammy is the weakest espada but released he is the strongest
4 you fail to see why ichigo won against the captains zaraki battle was a battle of spiritual powers and ended in a draw because they both have extreme amounts of spiritual pressure and against byakuya his hollow powers caught him off guard and also ended in draw also keep in mind that it is a invasion and they are not really at their strongest
I don’t want force you to think bleach is the best anime ever but please consider what I wrote and I will also leave a rating bit much more in depth.
Karakura town arc 4/5
Rescue rukia arc 4.5/5
Bount arc* 2/5
Espada invasion arc 3.5/5
hueco mundo arc 4/5
Bakoto arc* 3/5
Hueco mundo part 2 4/5
Fight in karakura arc 3/5
Zanpakto rebellion* 3.5/5
hueco mundo part 3 4.5/5
Kill aizen arc 5/5
Mod soul arc 4/5
* all fillers
Also excuse me on any grammatical errors I have they’re japanese names and hard to spell

]]> By: Shirayuki http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-238444 Shirayuki Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:58:37 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-238444 Not to be rude or anything it'd be weird if Ichigo had a lot of moves they would be hard to memorize. My opinion. Not to be rude or anything it’d be weird if Ichigo had a lot of moves they would be hard to memorize. My opinion.

]]> By: Zakura http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-238443 Zakura Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:56:24 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/10/22/bleach-review-an-overrated-shounen-anime/#comment-238443 I agree with Uliquiorra there is no perfect anime and what would be perfect. I am a bleach fan seeing that I have a bleach shirt on right now for some coincidental reason. I like bleach because it is funny and some episodes will make you be like " Oh my gosh what's gonna happen" or "what the heck just happened" and that's the reason why I like it. There is no right or wrong answer. It's everyones opinion about whether they like it or not. Its not something worth to fight about. I agree with Uliquiorra there is no perfect anime and what would be perfect. I am a bleach fan seeing that I have a bleach shirt on right now for some coincidental reason. I like bleach because it is funny and some episodes will make you be like ” Oh my gosh what’s gonna happen” or “what the heck just happened” and that’s the reason why I like it. There is no right or wrong answer. It’s everyones opinion about whether they like it or not. Its not something worth to fight about.

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