This is bleach a world were demons(Hollows) plague humanity by, well there demons sooooo, yeah, but humanity isn't left to defend it's self, there are highly skilled and full capable warriors to protect us called soul reapers (shinigamis), who fight the hollows with swords called zampuktos (a in the form of its users power),....................... doesn't this sound like a kick FUCKN ass anime, well no you are sadly wrong this has got to be 1 of the most amazing disappointments in anime history

1. the story starts out well with a regular average joe(ichigo is his name) who can see ghosts he is given his powers by a slightly dying soul reaper who gives him his power in order to protect his family from the hollow.......... epic right,..........wrong again BITCH this is the only part in the anime that i found made fucken sense no other part in this anime will make sense and if it does then there was probably an alter way if not easier way to to obtain said goal (people who watched the arrancar arc will understand).

2. Ichigo is a pussy after the 7 or 8 episode he completely relies on other people to help him, much like a cycle," ichigo wins a fight, ichigo losses a fight( epicly failing ), ichigo gets help or ichigo gets trained so hes just the right power to beat the other guy and then of course loss to the next guy, and finally indirectly make every one happy ending evry arc by killing the main guy (very lazy writing )

3. OOOOOOOOOOO MY G*D FUCK THESE FUCKING fillers, really the fillers are annoying, like they come in the middle of a fight like right were ichigo is about to fight the final boss(not the final final boss, the boss of a arc) they throw im not 1 not 2 but 5 fillers, and i actually like bleach bass fights they are fucking epic to watch but yeah you can imagine me soooooo engrossed in this fight and then i have to watch 5 fillers just to get back to the action( of course i skipped them ), yeah this just goes to show that the writer is to lazy or just doesn't take writing serious and is probably doing this for money sooooooooooooo

fuck you who tite kubo fuck you for what was suppose to be a fucking jaw dropping anime into just another addictive money making scheme you fuck
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I'd give this anime a 4/10 due to its lack of story concept and idiot, pointless and gay characters (except for Kenpachi, Torshiro, Grimmjow and Gin these guys are fucking awesome) (show less)

Ok, I'm sorry if I bust anyone's bubbles, but Bleach is in fact a good anime, but it's boring.
The only thing that kept me watching this is the humor and remarks the characters makes, a few fights and the captains, but other than that, it has a pretty weak story and development (which is a BIG no-no for me, since anime's with a weak story doesn't really get more than a 7/10 from me).

At first when I first started watching Bleach (around 2005) I though this was the "best anime out there", but clearly after watching over 100 titles till this day, I can say otherwise.

Each episode is draggy, but each episodes contains some sort of humor which is pretty hilarious. However, I an really disappointed in the story development.

I have trouble distinguishing the TRUE plot line of this anime.
As simple as one might say to me: "Bleach is about a human called Ichigo who gains Shinigami powers and fights off Hollows," yes we get that, but then what? The TRUE story starts off after the "saving Rukia" arc which is at the end of episode 63, and then what? We see Ichigo discover his "true" self, but what story? What PLOT does this anime revolve around?!

Despite the highly lacking clarification of this anime, it has decent entertainment and music, and the character art highly improves over time.

I guess if one were to really enjoy this series, might as well just watch Bleach until episode 63. (show less)

Well the story of bleach was one of the best thought out and complicated storylines in a shonen anime you could imagine. In the soul society arc it had everything and could go in any direction, it was completely unpredictable and full of crazy surprises.
I have seldom seen such a cliche concept as ghosts and spirit stuff, into something that is very unique and new.
The concept and its Ideas are indeed its greatest strenght.
But sadly all of this went downhill right after the start of the hueco mundo arc. Main plot remains unexplained and the fights are predictable mostly. Character development is very slow. The only characters that had decent character development are some captains and orihime.
The storyline became nothing more than a dragonball z copy with endless fights. At the end of the hueco mundo arc it actually gets a little better with aizens story and the anser to many questions. But for what price ? And here the trolling of tite kubo begins. Aizens trashtalk was indeed trolling. This villain defeated opponents that were stronger than him, wich manipulation. His powers were totally overpowered and made even the strongest captain in history, yamamoto, look like a fricken tool in his plan. I just couldnt help myself but laugh at all the crap kubo has written in this arc...
The fullbring arc wasnt that much better. In fact it was boring untill the shinigami came back.

I must admit Kubo is doing a great Job right now in the manga. The new arc does have everything that made bleach into what it was and does still have amazing storytelling with plottwists you couldnt even imagine.

Note: I know I rated naruto shippuden as very poor, which wasnt really fair. Naruto shippuden deserves a rating as high as bleach, so my appologies for this mistake.

So is it worth watching ? Yes. Bleach is something you should watch. But you will have to skip the filler episodes because the anime is filled with them. I hope I can help you with this because I made a list of filler episodes. The amazing animation and tallented voice actors+ the good fighting scenes and amazing ideas make this anime indeed a fun watch. Nothing out of the ordinary but definately nothing but either.
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So here how you have to skip filler episodes:

Episode 033
Episode 050
Episode 064 - 109
Episode 128 - 137
Episode 147 - 149
Episode 168 - 189
Episode 204 - 205
Episode 213 - 214
Episode 227 - 265
Episode 266
Episode 287
Episode 298 - 299
Episode 303 - 305
Episode 311 - 316
Episode 317 - 341
Episode 355
Skip all of these.

Also It must be said, that the anime ended right now. Its on a break but the director and many voive actors are confident that bleach will get a second season anime after the manga is a little further ahead. Bleach is very popular world wide so I wouldnt bother about it. A continuation might indeed be produced in a few years.


I hope I helped you a little with this (show less)

I don't understand this site. Some of the reviews are written horribly. "NARUTO OWNS THIS HAHA BLEACH IS BETTER HAHA!" Ps, there are hundreds of anime better than this. But on to the review. It's....average. I mean the story gets jumbled up with these confusing arcs, it's boring, and the only thing that redeems itself are the fight scenes, and even those are subpar. Now, I'm not saying it's completely bad, the animation is quite good compared to others out there. On the other hand, Bleach DOES NOT deserve the praise it gets, neither does Naruto or One Piece. (show less)