| Oct. 10th, 2005 @ 12:34 pm Bleach rambling |
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As I may or may not have mentioned here (I can't remember), I have become quite a Bleach fanboy lately. There's just something about it. Alright, quite a few things:
1) There's some great treatment of death and passing on in the early episodes.
2) In the early episodes, there's at least one confrontation that is not resolved with violence, and another confrontation that does not end with Ichigo (the main character) defeating the enemy (Grand Fisher). Instead, it ends in a draw.
3) A great dynamic between Ichigo and Rukia (one of the main female leads).
4) Rukia's adorably crappy drawings. ^_^
5) Rukia herself. She's tough, no-nonsense, and quite unusually, there is little-to-no hint of any romance between her and Ichigo.
6) The fact that all the action is not involving regular people at all. They can't even see what's happening, and it doesn't even concern them.
7) Even after the Soul Society arc begins, and the format becomes much more typically shounen action - Ichigo fighting increasingly tougher opponents, and powering up in between each fight - it's different. While the end effect is Ichigo powering up, the explanation for it is interesting - Ichigo has always had this monstrous power, and is learning how to unlock all the barriers he's instinctively put on it. It's not just 'level up and get 40 extra reiatsu power points.'
8) And some of the characters introduced during the Soul Society arc are just damn cool.
Actually, I could keep on going, but I'll stop there. No, wait, I need to make one more:
9) Ichigo's friends and allies are *not* completely useless, and aren't just cheerleaders.
Problem was, I kept on accidentally running into spoilers. I finally decided to put a stop to that, and went and caught up on the manga. Hah! It'll be hard for me to get spoiled now!
10) The way the Soul Society arc resolves is... satisfyingly different. If only a litle.
( Ironically, cut for (very mild) spoilers. ) |
