Here's to you Bleach Anime!

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Mr Khan said:

amp316 said:

MrT-Tar said:
I've only watched the first 109 episodes (to the end of the Bount arc) before taking a break about a year ago, and I personally quite enjoyed the anime. When does it go downhill, after the next story arc?

I'm a pretty big fan of the series so take what I say with a grain of salt.  The canon was always good to me up until the end of the battle between Ichigo and Aizen.  About the fillers,  the Amagai Arc is half good/half bad.  I'd explain it better, but don't want to spoil it for you.  The Zanpakato Arc is great!  It's the best filler arc in the anime and I prefer i to a lot of the canon.  After the AIzen and Ichigo battle there is the Invading Army Arc which is okay and then the Fullbring Arc which is awful.  It's a shame that the anime ended on such a low note.  So to answer your question, I think that the anime starts to go downhill after the Arrancar saga with the Invading Army Arc and then really does a complete nosedive with the Fullbring Arc.     

Invading Army i felt did a better job than Zanpakto, mostly because of the subplot involving Byakuya's betrayal in Zanpakto which i felt was terribad. Invading Army wins major points for the Reigai!Soi Fon vs Komamura fight, incredibly well done.

My major concern with the manga as it stands is really whether he's going to give all the characters their due in the end. I would like to see individualized fights for: Hallibel, Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Unohana, and Komamura. I'd like to see one with Ishida as well, but given the nature of the enemy it's inevitable that he's going to get a good deal of focus. I don't really care where they take the plot, but i'm very afraid that he's just going to toss certain characters aside. Or simply kill them off, which would be yet worse.

Maybe I should rewatch that arc.  I liked it, but didn't care for the Nozomi character.  Kageroza was pretty interesting though.

The biggest problem with Bleach has always been that Ichigo is always the star.  He's the guy that always takes care of the main villain.  Example:  The Bount Arc could have had a great ending where Ishida could have defeated Kariya, but no, they have to have Ichigo save the day like he always does.  :p