Bleach

I hate to give Bleach only four stars, but I will tell you what they are for. I first remember being surprised by this lovely soundtrack full of strangeness, wonderfully accompanying the moments revealing the supernatural; combined with a variety of sexy rocking orchestrations for the fights. This, along with excellent sound effects, supports voice actors that give believability and depth to these very likable comic book characters. Almost hypnotically perfect pacing cinches the auditory aspect of the Bleach experience for me. Headphones/earbuds a must: gorgeous sound. The story matter is very engaging, but the logic flies by the seat of its pants, (my first complaint). There are some forgivable but glaring inconsistencies and then there are some major eye rollers too (not as bad as Gosick). I am into good bizarro worlds, and don't need alot of explanation to justify the existence of someone's invented realities. Conflicts in established reasoning make a story loose and rough. But the characters are so lovable, I stay engaged with their interaction and have fun. The characters are drawn rough in the beginning, but are better over time, and the other visuals are creative and in depth enough to transport me, and some nice details. ( I sometimes laugh at how, as anime or comic book characters 'power up', you can tell they must be more badass because their new look is even more Gaultier than the last.) I find it refreshing that although there are some very sexually attractive characters, the story progresses without many redundant references to sexuality: no bosom comparisons,no leering; just one 'I see your underwear" moment, one oddly benign perverted dad figure (it seems even in kid's anime perverse behaviors are treated as a normal part of life), and one female exhibitionist to whom the hero reacts with scolding and appropriately turning away. Our Ichigo truly has a spectacular adventure as he goes from almost normal high school Earthling to gradually more powerful superhero, until he is lost in transformation too far beyond the human, and then has the great fortune to return to himself again. I love the backstories that were generously told for so many of the characters, which brings me to my second complaint. In the anime, the revelation of Ichigo's father is not filled out, one glaringly absent backstory. Sometimes I think maybe I was out to lunch and missed a given clue while watching anime or reading books, but who knows. Well, I also love how even some of the more serious moments are thrown for a loop with sudden humor, and I love how there are funny and raucous scenes, and not much later are scenes so serious that the suspense is riveting! Well I tried not to do spoilers. I was compelled to write this review in appreciation of the hard work and talent put in to an anime that has probably flattened out my butt more than any other.

This was a seriously epic anime, full of action and drama that i like and Ichigo is pretty hot.. actually most of the guys and girls in bleach were hot and cute... i loved many of them except for Orihime but i never liked her from the beginning but whatever... i adore Ichigo!!!! the action in the anime was really cool, all the hollows, shinigami and etc... kept wanting more and the drama was really good and sad and can i say that I love Rukia, yea, she is sometimes annoying but she's the best and super cute... Bleach to me is wayyy better then Naurto, it lives up to its hype!! The Ending was Awesome!!!!

I underatand most of the bleach fans are mad or happy that its been a long running anime but i feel it has a great deal of interesting parts. As i go throw the interent i see things like "bleach is to long!, those filler arcs are boring!!!" but i understand why there saying this. as a fan from the beginning TIte Kubo can`t give me a reason to hate this anime it has many interesting plots so many people can enjoy it and it doesn`t let you down with action and nervousness hoping the characters are going to all right. Take it as you want but i fell like it was one of the best anime`s i have ever seen and i have watched a lot.

My friend told me about the manga and also the anime. So I watched the first episode and then I fell in love with the show and also the manga to. You know what the best part is? Filler. Why? Because its so funny and brings comic relief and makes you want to laugh. I know your thinking that "I want to see what happens next" But if you watch Filler it just makes you want to watch the next episode that you have been waiting for. So if you love anime with Romance, Comedy, and Action then you will love this anime. I know I do!

Bleach is in my opinion a very good anime. It has intense action, comedy and who can forget an amazingly strong and awesome main character!! Even though it has a lot of arcs that stray away from the original plot, it's a good anime to watch for a first time. Bleach was one of the first anime's that I have ever watched, and I have not regretted it since. Also not to mention that the main character is not only funny and amazing, but has a certain appeal that makes you want to love him!! Bleach is an anime that has intense action, comedy and amazing movies.

I am Japanese so I like almost any kind of manga and anime. Even the overly famous ones like One Piece and Naruto. This manga/anime however made me really mad. This is an anime site however so I'm only going to complain about the anime.

Plot: The first arc is good in my opinion, worth a watch. The second arc is better, has a lot of new information about the show and reveals a pretty good plot twist. The problem is after that, the Hueco Mundo arc was pretty horrible. They are just repeating the same thing as the last arc only kidnapping a different character. It gets very dull and it took me about 5 years to finish it because I lost the motivation to watch it. They could've ended it after the Espada saga but the author kept on going. This is where I quit reading, I saw the bad guy lose just like I wanted so in my imagination, Bleach ended there and there's nothing more.

Characters: I love the Bleach characters, well not really, I hate the main character, I hate her useless female friend, and I hate the Sasuke voiced friend too. But some of my all time favorite anime characters are from Bleach as well, and they are Urahara Kisuke and Ichimaru Gin. But the horrible plot was just a waste of good characters.

Animation: It's good, it's not excellent or anything, just good. I've seen way better sword fighting in Jump animes than this. But It's nothing bad, still fun to watch.

Music: good and bad

I give Bleach a D, still a passing grade but it's still not very good.

But if you're 10 - 15 years old, you might like it because they do fight a lot. Just don't expect many mind-blowing plot twists, because I can only remember two

Bleach at the surface is a story about a 15 year old boy named Ichigo Kurosaki who has been able to see spirits(ghosts) for as long as he could remember. Ichigo's life is rather run of the mill besides the fact he possesses the ability to see spirits, but his rather dull life is changed forever when he meets Rukia Kuchiki one night and learns of the existence of shinigami(death gods,or grim reapers). On the night mentioned in the previous sentence Rukia is trying to kill a hollow(an evil spirits which has transformed into a monster) Ichigo is ability to see her astonishes her and she binds him with kido(a technique akin to magic commonly used by shinigamis) but Ichigo is able to break free which should be impossible feat for a human being. Rukia is injured while fighting the hollow and is unable to continue her fight with the hollow, Ichigo goes to check on Rukia and is stunned to see the hollow right outside of his home. Ichigo wanting to protect his family makes a desperate attempt to fight the hollow,seeing his valiant spirit and desire to protect his love ones Rukia chooses to help Ichigo. She informs Ichigo of a way he can become strong enough to defeat the hollow. The way Ichigo would be able to defeat the hollow is allowing Rukia to stab him with her zanpaktou(spirit sword the primary weapon of shinigamis) and transfer some of her power to him allowing him to temporarily gain shinigami powers, but this solution is risky and has a very low chance of succeeding. Some how Rukia's plan works and Ichigo defeats the hollow and saves his family,but too much of Rukia's spiritual pressure was absorbed by Ichigo in the transfer so now with Rukia's help Ichigo must perform Rukia's shinigami duties until she regains her spiritual pressure. This is only a glimpse of the plot of Bleach.
The anime and manga start off a little slow but quickly become highly addictive. Bleach has amazing characters,with more flaws than you would expect regarding the positions some of the characters hold. Bleach deals with themes such as trusting authority,friendship, and the spiritual connection of all things. When tragedy befalls some of the characters in Bleach you will want to weep, and when some are victorious you will want to stand up and cheer. Finally what sets Bleach apart to me was the first antagonist of the series Sosuke Aizen he is almost unlike any antagonist seen before, also the are two characters that are actually one being that made Bleach one of my favorite mangas and animes that character is Coyote Starrk and Lilynette Gingerbeck.
Honestly I would recommend Bleach to anyone,just stick through the first 18 episodes and you will not be disappointed,although the 18 episodes introduces some very important characters so don't skip any episodes.