Feb 27, 2008
Bleach is an interesting anime... the first episode blew me away, the art, the sound, the portrayal of the characters... The development of Ichigo as a Shinigami and his gradual acceptance of this new plane of existence was interesting to watch and just as we viewers are settling in, BANG!!! Events are put into motion that see our main protagonist stabbed several times and left for dead by the soul 'powers that be.'
Woah, i thought, pretty heavy stuff. Then came the Soul Society arc and that too is amazing, the reiatsu effects, the animation of the fights, the snappy dialouge (Kenpachi's blood crazed babbling about
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Ichigo's power level is still a highlight for me.) There's some big evil conspiracy... etc i won't spoil it too much for those who haven't already watched it but if your on this website and still haven't figured out the conventions of shonen anime then... go figure.
Of course as with all shonen series all is eventually resovled, but its not long before things start to go wrong.
Hyper powerful bad guys show up, and thats when things start to turn sour. Huge power discrepancies and plot holes have begun to appear in the last couple of arcs (this especially applies to the manga btw) but hopefully these will be resolved over the next year or so.
All in all though its a good watch which does put a somewhat new spin on the shonen genre in my eyes (for example instead of just having a stronger version of a form Kubo was inventive enough to 'blur lines'. Should be interesting to see what he does for the next power up if there is one).
And so i leave you with this anime fans
If you like sword fights, magic, comedy, a bit of blood, sexual tension and good ol' climatic 'final blow explosion things' then you'll enjoy Bleach.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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