I finished the manga soon afterwards, I think in the same day I finished the anime. I had never watched it under the pretense that it was a kids' show, but I gave it a shot, and by the end of the Zabuza arc, I was hooked.

I was probably like this for about a year or two. I had watched some other, shorter animes on the sideline, like Gurren Lagann, but the only really big shounen anime/manga I was in to at the time was Bleach. What do you guys think?įor the longest time, the only anime that I watched was Bleach. No one else could even touch him.Īlright, this is turning into a Bleach rant, so I won't even get in to plot. Then, Kenpachi went and fought the strongest Arrancar, kicked his ass, and called it 'boring as fuck.' On top of that, Ichigo just happens to be a fullbring using Shinigami Hollow Quincy who beat Aizen to a pulp without getting any dirt on his clothes. Ichigo had barely any training at all, not even a Bankai, and he won. Kenpachi is supposedly the strongest soul reaper, (according to his name, anyway) who's been training for centuries before that, and he lost. This kid, before the time skip, was a Shinigami for what? Maybe a month or two? When he went and fought Kenpachi. Then there's Neji, Sasuke, and Gaara, who are a bit self explanitory.Īnother problem that I have with Bleach is the complete OP protagonist, Ichigo. Naruto went from a little boy, immature and craving acknowledgement, to a man who wants to protect his friends. In Naruto, it's hard for me to think of major characters who haven't changed (besides Shikamaru, who didn't have to.) Hinata went from a shy coward to a strong, independent character who stands up for what she believes in. I mean, I look at the characters in Bleach, and I think the only one who really changes is Byakuya, who goes from this 'I'm going to abide by the law,' type person, to 'I'll try to go by the law, but my friends and the people I love are more important.' And even that's a stretch. The Naruto characters are dynamic, more complicated, used much more often. Honestly, I'm asking because I really don't see anything (besides the drawing) in Bleach that's better than Naruto. Hell, even I find myself arguing about it with people I actually know. Everybody seems to be arguing about it, wherever I look.

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