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Proxy-Pie on 11 October 2014
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Super_Boom said:
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.

With a few exceptions, this is why I usually prefer the manga source material over anime adaptations for shounen series like this. Hearing voices and soundtracks is cool...but not as much at the expence of pacing nightmares and filler arcs. Some, like Bleach, just squeeze in filler arcs right in the middle of canon material, while others, like Naruto, just flat-out contradict canon. I remember back when I was into Naruto, I read how Kishi took out a long fight sequence between Pain's Deva Path and Tsunade, as he wanted Naruto to be the first character to land hit on that body. Then the anime comes along...extends Hinata Hyuuga's 3 panel OHKO into half an episode...and actually has her land a hit on Deva Path. Like really...what in the actual hell?

Anyways...I actually still follow the Bleach manga, though it's been starting to bore me too. I loved the Arrancar Arc (Grimmjow and Nnoitra fights were the high points of the series for me), but the Fullbringer arc was just anticlimactic nonsense. I feel lke it got better for a while...the current manga arc was building up to something awesome...but lately I feel like he's just been dragging along. The Sternritter are so boring compared to the Espada and Gotei 13. Other than Ishida, Ychwach and Haschwaldth, they're all so one-dimensional. It's like he gave each one a name, character design, and power...and then stopped. Kubo used to be so good at making villains sympathetic. I dunno what happened.

Gosh I probably sound like a grumpy old man. At least I haven't grown jaded towards OP and FT...yet...

Kubo's problem is that he introduces waaaaay to many characters, and We probably won't even get any backstories considering the fact that Bleach's time is limited.

I actually like the sternritters, atleast the first wave of them (Characters like Bazz B, As Nodt, Royd and Loyd, that guy who trapped Ichigo (forgot his name), etc. were all amazing IMO, but these recents ones like Nianzol, Pepe, that Thor guy, etc. aren't appealing at all IMO).