Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 5, 2004
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
Kurosaki Ichigo is a 15 year old boy that has an ability to see ghosts/spirits. Because of his ability, he is able to meet a female death god (a.k.a Shinigami) named Kuchiki Rukia. To save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits (Hollows), Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. As Rukia takes on a human shell, together they solve mysteries involving spirits and hollows until from the spirit world comes 2 other shinigamis explaining that it is illegal to transfer Shinigami powers to humans and Rukia exceeded the time limit to stay in the human world. After they sentence her death for breaking the laws, Ichigo snaps and swears to everyone he will retrieve Rukia by breaking into the spirit world.
If you lived under a rock for the last decade, you might not know that Bleach is a super popular anime show. When Bleach first started airing, all the episodes were excellent. The first arc is engaging, the fight scenes are awesome, and watching the main character grow in strength is satisfying. However, after the first arc the story becomes convoluted and boring, there never is a serious threat to any of the main characters because the writers are probably worried they will lose some of their fan-base if a character dies, the exponential rise in strength of every character is predictably absurd (DBZ syndrome anyone?) and it feels like the writers are targeting a younger audience that doesn't need a plot or closure to the story. The only reason that I watch the show now is because the animation quality is nice and I get bored easily... if you haven't started the series yet, I recommend not starting or stopping after the first arc before you get sucked into a vortex of disappointment and shattered expectations.
