Roxas tried and failed to watch at least up to the end of the first major arc in Bleach(1-63) within the span of about a month and only managed to get around 43 episodes in. I will now be reviewing it instead of him.
Bleach is one of the anime that are nicknamed, "The Big Three", although this is less true as of late due to the frozen state of the anime and the rather slow nature of the manga. The anime is currently sitting at 366 episodes and the manga is sitting at over 550 chapters.
Bleach is one of the anime that are nicknamed, "The Big Three", although this is less true as of late due to the frozen state of the anime and the rather slow nature of the manga. The anime is currently sitting at 366 episodes and the manga is sitting at over 550 chapters.
Plot/Premise -/+
Ichigo Kurosaki is a regular high-school student aside from the fact that he can see spirits. One day his family is attacked and must become a soul reaper in order to save his family. The story follows his progression as a soul reaper trying to gain power in order to protect his friends.
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| Ichigo Kurosaki |
The story when viewed at in chunks appears rather shallow and devoid of any actual plot. However, one must look upon the entire series to be able to understand what Bleach is about.
Characters -
Most of the characters can be seen as entirely throw away. There are maybe two dozen characters in the show that actually carry it. With some of those characters barely having a part.
Action Scenes +
The action scenes are simply outstanding. They are mostly predictable because Ichigo has the plot on his side, but they are very entertaining to watch. Even though you sort of know what is going to happen, it is the how that you should be concerned about.
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| Ichigo Vs. Ginjo |
However, after a certain point Ichigo becomes nearly a fodder character until the final fight with the main antagonist, to which he then puts on his plot-armor again and becomes OP(overpowered). This leads to a bit of unbelievability due to how the power scaling works and how Ichigo seems to follow it very well.
Animation/Art +
The more recent episodes contain some of my favorite art, however the beginning has much lower quality art than what is seen today. This can be overlooked due to its age though. In some of the more recent episodes I feel that they do it perfectly. The full effect of the are comes into full view during the fight scenes no matter what part of the show you are at.
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| Ichigo vs Ginjo |
Music +
The music is actually pretty good. I am not just talking about the soundtracks that they play during the show, but the opening and endings of each episode.
Overall +
I personally give this anime an 8.5/10. It is high-tiered in quality overall, but only low high-tiered. Its length, like all of The Big Three, causes some people to not even give it a chance. But I find that whenever I do get someone to watch one of them they are always surprised. It is by no means perfect, but it is also by no means bad either.
Next Time
IF there is a next time I will be reviewing either Naruto or Elfen Lied. In other news, I will be starting to post manga reviews every other Saturday starting with tomorrow. Until then, I look forward to next time!
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