If you like a mix of mystery, death, and action, Bleach is for you! Tite Kubo’s manga, Bleach follows young 15 year old Ichigo Kurosaki as he bumps into Rukia Kuchiki, who claims to be a Soul Reaper- she says she sends Hollows, evil spirits, back to Hell, and lost spirits to the Soul Society, where you go after death; and Ichigo discovers what it’s really like after death!

The storyline itself is mind-blowing in some cases, like at the end of the manga itself, when we find out what had really happened to Ichigo’s mother, Masaki Kurosaki. At other points, we need a good explanation on what’s going on, like in the Soul Society arc, at first, I didn’t really understand the concept of Captains and found it overwhelming with so many characters.

I hate fillers. I’m even linient about it and will watch a filler arc if it has even the slightest bit of something related to the plot- the Fullbringer arc, unfortunately just wasn’t good enough for me. I found myself skipping the arc and knowing everything that was the same before the arc with the exception of Ichigo’s age, and he’d gotten his Soul Reaper abilities back- correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the Fullbringer arc came up to my expectations.

The art is amazing, and I’ve personally tried to draw in Tite’s style a few times (and miserably failed!). He changes the art style as the characters grow, putting an end to the ‘anime characters never change’ myth. You can also tell when the arc has changed because the art style will change a little bit- in the Fullbringer arc, we can tell that Ichigo and the others have grown since we last saw them, Ecuador’s they look a little different. Iwillnever get over how cool some of the characters outfits look- they’re really fun to try to draw,and I really like the art style.

The characters! Let me say right now that Bleach has some of the traditional ‘we see these characters reincarnated in every anime’ characters, and some that just aren’t. For one, Tite actually focuses on his side characters instead of leaving mild plot holes as to where they came from and why they want to help-the side characters are as useful as the main characters, which I definitely like. Take Kisuke Urahara, for example; while they explain everything about Qizwn, they also explain about Kisuke, Yoruichi, and why Kisuke was never directly in contact with the Soul Society.

The overall rating I’ve given it is a 9, because I really enjoyed it! I loved following the characters and learning more about the plots if you like long, confusing, and enjoyable storylines, then Bleach is the way to go!