| burninmylight said: For me, Bleach went from an interesting little monster-of-the-week show with potential, to a phenominal arc in the SS that set the series up for tons of awesomeness down the line, to absolute garbage afterward. It peaked after the SS arc to rescue Rukia and everytime it came close to matching that engaging level of focus from the SS arc, BAM! Here's more filler smackdab in the middle of a big, important canon fight, tr0ll'd ya, Rick R0ll'd ya! Twice during the Hueco Mundo arc did I have to go back and study up on the characters and their abilities because of big long breaks from anything that actually mattered. The filler got progressively worse too. The Bount arc would have been OK if it wasn't so damn long and drawn out. Compared to the trash the Naruto studio was spewing out every week at the time, the Bount arc was gold. That sword beast bullshit was an insult not only to our intelligence, but to anyone who had been watching the show since Season 2. How the hell does Zabimaru go from an actual nue (a monster from Japanese mythology) to an bratty kid and dumb bimbo with the most retarded fighting style ever? It got better with the Fullbringer arc, but by then, all the soul had been sucked out of Bleach (no pun intended) after the disappointing conclusion with Aizen. The Bleach anime became a joke of itself. Despite my hatred and loating for it, a part of me still loves it too. A part of me was sholding out hope for it to get back to SS arc levels again, which is why I'm so disappointed in it. Hopefully, if they return to the anime after the manga wraps up, it can be strictly business and go out with the bang it deserves. |
I also agree about the Arrancar arc, it was decent at times, bad at others, and great at times (You can't tell me the bit with Vasto Lorde Ichigo vs. Ulqiorra wasn't awesome XP), The Fullbring arc was cool, and the Thousand Year Blood War arc in the manga is amazing so far as well IMO.
Yeah, the filler sucks ass. Kubo has a terrible pacing problem (seriously, 1 episode needs like 3 or more chapters).
I haven't watched any of the fillers in their time of release (I'd stop watching whenever a new filler arc comes out), so maybe that and the fact that I primarily read the manga are the reasons I love the show so much :P
And even though I don't like the filler arcs, I do know that the Zanpakutou representations in the Zanpakutou Rebillion arc were said to may not be accurate representations of the Shinigamis' actual Zanpaukous.
