STORY: "All the arcs are just the same" that is said by people who fvcking nit-pick at everything. Sure bleach's first 2 events involve someone getting kidnapped, going to a new world, and ichigo gains a new power. BUT the story's are unique to each other, due to HOW and WHY they begin and resolve. Kubo (the author) cant help to make multi-worlds, due to bleaech being based off of the Buddhism, which involves multi-worlds, and he cant just show off 2 worlds ( human world and world of the gods) and let everything be "been there done that". Now to deal with ichigo gaining new power every new season....SO DOES ALMOST EVERY OTHER SUPER ACTION CHARACTER DOES, like goku (who is fvcking beloved, and makes powers on the spot) and naruto
CHARACTERS: In the very beginning of bleach, you get this small group of characters, whose background you'll never know,BUT that's ok, because no one gives a sh!t about them, and their in there for only a few episodes character development is pretty good, most characters who you'll gonna give a sh!t about have a background. But for some characters you wont see for a while. Some characters backstory have only been shown in the latest chapter of the manga. The main character, ichigo, is your classic "ill protect my friends" guy but hes truly a lovable character due other aspects of his personalty. Such as fighting against any opponent even if he knows that they can kick his @ss, not in a "wanna fight" way, but more of a "i wont give up" way
FIGHTING: The action scenes are awesome, high speed sword fights. But don't worry, not all of the fights are just sword fighting, once you get later on in the series, you'll start to see more of the characters unique powers.
SOUND/ART: In bleach's early production, the sound/art were not very good, but just hang in there till it becomes better over the following seasons. Its like how DBZ started, bad sound and art, but that was just how things were during its time.
ENJOYMENT: I personally enjoyed it very well. its still one the anime where I re-watch fights
Some people say this is a rip of Yuyu Hakusho, for no other reason other than it resolves around spirits. But really the plot/story's have very few similar traits.
Overall, the anime is pretty great. Miner plot holes. The main protagonist is one of those great role models, like goku and naruto are, like they teach lessons to fight for your friends and never give up, no matter how hard life hits you. NO MATTER WHO SAYS WHAT, YOU MUST WATCH AT LEAST A FEW EPISODES.
