So let's review all of the aspects of Bleach
Story:
Bleach's story is quite...weak. Mostly the beginning was hollow slaying, Soul Society was saving Rukia, Hueco Mundo was saving Orihime, and such. Now some arcs (had some decent storytelling in some filler arcs though). But still, compared to most anime with great storytelling (like Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 and Brotherhood, Naruto, Rurouni Kenshin, etc), Bleach is rather poor in this category.
5/10 (Ok, but could've been better)
Art:
One of my favorite things about Bleach is the art work. It's so gorgeous and beautiful. All you need to do is watch Shunsui vs Starrk, Ichigo vs Byakuya, and Ichigo vs Grimmjow (all 3 fights) and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Bleach does a great job at showing destruction and drawing it's characters. Although there are animation problems in the show, but the good still outweighs the bad
9/10 (Great art work)
Sound:
3 categories
Music:
Amazing. What makes Bleach's music very unique is how it goes from very intense and badass (Storm Center, Power To Strive, and Battle Ignition), creepy and mysterious (Whisper of the Apocolypse, Creeping Shadows, and Torn Apart), funny (Comedical World and Dodo Dance), sad (Soundscape To Ardor, Will Of The Heart, Never Meant To Belong), and also incorporates Spanish themes for the Espada, which is something that's quite unique since most anime shows mostly have English like music
10/10 (Fantastic)
Voice Acting:
Great. While I will admit the voice acting can sound a bit forced (Ichigo's voice acting mostly) as well as the lines they say, the voice acting is amazing. The dub VAs perfectly go along with their roles (Kariya, Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, Hollow Ichigo, Aizen, Dordoni, Kenpachi, Coyote Starrk etc).
9/10 (Great but most voice acting can be quite annoying and corny at times)
Sound Effects:
Sound effects are pretty solid, my favorite sound effects are mostly the Hollow like/distorted effects when Ichigo is hollowfied and talking)
9/10 (nothing much to say about the sound effects)
Characters:
This is where Bleach shines greatly at. I really enjoy almost every character in the show. From characters like Ichigo, Renji, Grimmjow, Rukia, Kenpachi, Byakuya, Ikkaku, Uryu, Hollow Ichigo, Aizen, and Starrk. And that's only 10, as there are more characters I very much enjoy. I also like how they give depth to so many characters to make them very likable and amazing in their own way, as well as go into their pasts more (and show them doing normal things and have interesting interactions with each other, another thing I like about Bleach's fillers).
9.5/10 (would be a 10 if they gave more depth to Chad and Orihime, but I don't blame Bleach, since they fleshed out a lot of characters.)
However, that doesn't mean there aren't flaws to this show. One of the flaws would be the power scaling, especially when it comes to the captains (or mainly Byakuya, Kenpachi, or Hitsugaya), who get powerful without much explanation (especially since they shouldn't get stronger in such a short amount of time as they've trained for centuries, aside from RG training) and hog most of the spotlight . Another thing is sometimes of how things go and like I stated earlier, the plot. They do come off as poor compared to most anime shows.
However, like I said, the good outweigh the bad.
Overall and Enjoyment: 9/10
Conclusion: Bleach may not be perfect, as it does tend to come off as corny and annoying, but when it comes to well executing the concepts of Soul Reapers and fleshing out the characters, Bleach does not fail to disappoint. Definitely worth your time if you're a fan of shounen
