The only pluses left are the character designs, I still admire Kubo for his drawing skills and design but as an author he fails.
There is no real story anymore. We are stuck with constant fightings with no real progrss. Even those fights are boring for one simple reason - you know how it will end:
a) Good guy wins
b) Good guy gets help and wins
In both scenarios bad guy loses and dies.
The whole arrancar arc happend to be a waste of time. They made no change to the story. All good guys are still alive and all their lost limbs will be restored by Orihime.
Kubo said that he plans to do more arcs so al those shikais/bankai will appear again. He basicly wasted 2-3 years on nothing.
Espadas had received so much heap in the beginig, captains almost pissed themselves yet all espadas were defeated easily even by those who are not that powerful. It was also said that Vasto Lordes are at he same level as captains if not stronger and that 10 of them could destroy SS. And later Kubo states in interview that part of espadas were Vasto Lorde... who had lost quiet easily... just WTF?! Where did all the promised power go?! Shouldn't they be even MORE dangerouse after being hollowied by Hougyoko?
How the hell that one sided battle can be called a war?
All bad guys are dead while all goodies are alive... jsut what kind of fairy tale is that?!
Where is the drama, tension, deaths? How can you be excited about a fight when you know how it will end?
Also another huge minus is Ichigo. I will be quiet about SS arc where this loser was able to beat captains with hundreds years of experiance only after several week training. They should have been able to kill him with closed eyes! Having talent wouldn't save your ass gaianst masters in such short time.
But ok, I can live with that...
Better tell me what the hell is with all those power ups?! He always gets beaten down or killed but then once Orihime opens her mouth, he smashes bad guy in seconds, just WTF?! How is that possible?! He even comes back to life after being killed! Then he gets into some convenient place where he can train and owns bad guys ass.
Also why all bad guys had turned into idiots? Why good guys who are served in half and have crushed organs are alive, but bad guys with some cuts are dead?
THIS SUCKS!
I give this show 5 only from respect of the old times and the characters which I still like. If not those things, it would be 1!
P.S. Killing bad guy who has become good doesn't mean that you have killed a goodie.
