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randomnameless · 2 months ago

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This piece of media has serious themes!

*me being a Bleach fan for 12 years and only within the last 3 have people realized that Bleach is the story that mostly closely integrates its themes into its power system. So I've been dealing with "Bleach bad" by man-children who finally "get it" with the hindsight of a new anime.* 😔

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TBF, from the "big 3" I think Bleach is the one who aged the best, new season or not, even if I ultimately think the weekly release rythm from the jump hurt it more than it helped, especially because it was seen as "competing" with Naruto and OP who were/are, I'd say, not on the same sector even if, at the end of the day, they're all shonens.

#dithorba #replies #back then some people were arguing that the fights in bleach were too long or boring #but imo that was the point? It has never been a manga centered on fights #sure sure some people can be upset because we don't see minor characters fighting or various bankais for the gotei 13 #but given how kubo designed bankais as an exploration or another side of a character's personality/growth #it'd make sense that only the characters he choose to focus a lot on would have theirs revealed on screen #Bleach stuff #but in the end shonens are shonens #they can tackle some themes but they're always telling a story meant for a young audience #not to say the messages are childish or anything #but when some fans try to pit their shonen against others saying that their favorite shonen is the best because the themes are more mature #or something or shit on other shonens with surface level criticism to pain theirs as better it's honestly tiring #like for bleach i've read people quit it after the quincy reveal because they felt like Ichigo was everything and the most powerful being #but the point of his character has always been to accept what and who he is including all of his various hybrid stuff #and to throw his 'i just want to be regular human' from chapter 1 by the window because he wasn't true to himself #bleach stuff

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