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Zanpakuto!
By aimee | August 6, 2011
Contrary to what this blog seems to be, I also actually enjoy shonen anime. Seems so unlike me, right? Lol! But yeah, after all, it wasn’t Sailor Moon but Yu Yu Hakusho which got me hooked into Japanese anime! While my friends grew up to watching Sailor Moon, I have no idea at all what that story is about, haven’t watched a single episode of it. Haha! I can recognize the characters by faces and outfits yes, but not name them. I wasn’t too much into shoujo anime in my teenage years, I was mostly into Flame of Recca, Rurouni Kenshin, Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing, and Detective Conan, to name a few. Well, there’s one shoujo I watched, Fushigi Yuugi. But other than that, it’s mostly shonen for me.
And my current shonen anime addiction —- Bleach! Yeah!
I’ve heard about this a number of times from my guy friends but wasn’t interested enough to start watching it. Plus, I was watching Naruto too with my brother, so I didn’t want to add another one to my anime-to-watch list. Got too much on my pile already! ( I stopped watching it now) But a few months back, my best friend kept on raving about this on how good of an anime it is, blah, blah. So, I said to myself, alright, since most mangas I follow haven’t been updated yet, I’ll watch it to pass the time.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
The adrenaline rush I felt after watching the first episode was just so exciting I loved it! It was like watching Yu Yu Hakusho all over again! I don’t know about you but I get soooo excited whenever Ichigo Kurosaki and the gang get so inspired and suddenly get so extremely powerful. Haha! I remember feeling the same way during my Yu Yu Hakusho days. For some reason, I feel powerful too! Hahaha! Affected much, right? Well, that’s me.
I love it that every character has a story to share that adds a twist to the plot. Everything goes way way back but is essential to what’s happening at the present time. I just love twists like that, I can always look forward to new discoveries – whether it be their history, the character’s background story, what their Zanpakutos and Bankais are, or how they’d suddenly reverse their enemy’s game plan to go against them – I love those.
This is one episode that put back my adrenaline rush!
Plus, let’s not ignore the comical aspect of Bleach. As all mangas and animes won’t be complete without their exaggerated humor and gesture, Bleach has its fair share of comic reliefs. For instance this episode, I died laughing, I tell you!
And I totally lost it here.
I am not a fan of filler episodes but that the one above I approve. Haha! It’s good to take a “vacation” from all the seriousness that is the Arrancar War and all and laugh at the characters right? Totally a welcome break. But the other filler episodes, like the Bount arc, I totally hated. And it didn’t help that I didn’t know it wasn’t in the manga! I’ve already finished the whole thing when I learned that, and I was absolutely bummed about it! I felt cheated off my time when I could have just moved on to the Arrancar world, where all the actions are at. So I checked Bleach wikia to learn the other filler episodes and I skipped the new captain arc, except the materialization of the zanpakuto. I enjoyed that and I’m actually just on the final episodes of that arc. Bad move though to look at Bleach wikia, as I’ve encountered a lot of spoilers. T_T Not good at all.
So yeah, that’s about it, my two cents (or more, this is long!) on the crazy awesome anime that is Bleach! BANKAI!!! 
And just to let you know, I am a Rukia-Ichigo fan! Lol!
Topics: Anime Addiction, Bleach | 4 Comments »
August 7th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Hi, Aimee
I started watching Bleach since it was first aired… somewhere in 2006. Since then i downloaded all the epis… But I stop in 2009. After 3 years downloading it.. I dunno.. the arcs seem to be quite predictive and mediocre.
I am glad u started watching this series. I have to admit it,it is a great anime series and I always love the OP and the ED theme. My fav character is Hitsugaya Toushiro taichou…
August 10th, 2011 at 1:59 am
Hey Kikuri! I’m a pretty late bloomer, five years late into watching this but yes, I’m glad I started it too! There are pretty boring epis that feels too dragging but then I just skip them. Yes, I agree they have pretty good songs!
OMG! I like that little guy too! Also his materialized Hyourinmaru, so loyal!
September 10th, 2011 at 5:50 am
Glad to hear you like Bleach. I really don’t mind fillers myself. I don’t like the idea of the anime ending, so anything they throw at me keeps me running until the next episode. I’m not a manga reader so I don’t really have that “That’s not in the manga omgwtf are they doing in the anime!” attitude but I can understand that the added fluff can be annoying sometimes. That picture of (former)Espada #3 totally sent chills through my whole body. When I first notice the awesome and many twists Bleach has there’s no way to not get pumped. And the beach episode had my crying in laughter! Toushiro is pretty awesome, but Kuchiki Byakuya is my favorite.
September 18th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
@Richy: Haha yeah Byakuya is really cool plus I love that he’s “artistically-challenged” Hahah! Him and Rukia both! That vacay episode definitely tops the laughter chart for me too!