Bleach is coming to an end

[Super Cyborg]

So after the final arc started back at the start of 2012, Bleach is about to come to its close.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-03/bleach-manga-to-end-in-74th-volume/.103916

I have to say, I'm impressed it actually got this far. For the longest time it's been a bloody corpse of its former self, just slowly inching towards the finish. With the recent chapters everything is being very rushed, as one villain was taken out with no chance to show of their powers, and we have loose threads being put together with no payoff. While I never really expected much it's still a shame that everything has to be rushed to an end and not allow the author to finish on his own terms. Fans will be sad, and people like me will no longer have this train wreck to read as a source of unintentional comedy.

What's everyone else's thoughts on the ending being nigh?

 

[Saelune]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Thank God. I was really into Bleach when I was younger, but after he got a new sword, and that weird phase with a transforming shuriken, everything just fell apart. I might read a synopsis or something when it finishes.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

I can't believe they're actually doing that for Naruto. I genuinely thought they wouldn't...

 

[Saelune]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

I can't believe they're actually doing that for Naruto. I genuinely thought they wouldn't...

I'm not really surprised. Money money after all. Though to be honest, if I actually liked Naruto, Id actually probably be into it. I like lore and world building and actual progress. Actually seeing characters grow and change is a good thing, instead of being in a perpetual time loop.

 

[Queen Michael]

Seriously, that manga had it coming. It reached the level where not even the fans thought it was all that great anymore.

 

[The Philistine]

About time. The fight sequences are the epitome of predictable and the powers increasing levels of arse-pull.

 

[circularlogic88]

Good. Stopped reading it when they revealed Ichigo's mom was a Quincy, thereby making him a Quincy on top of a Shinigami, and a Vizard, and a Fullbringer, and a weird product of a Hollow attack(? Admittedly I stopped reading around this point).

The fights were becoming formulaic with characters seemingly having the upper hand and then "you fell for my trap card" nonsense ensuing several times to elongate battles.

You could tell Tite Kubo ran out of steam around the end of the Las Noches and False Karakura Town arcs. Orihime actually went through character regression with her time in Las Noches. Fullbringer arc might as well not have happened apart from explaining how Chad and Orihime's abilities manifested. I really would have figured a guy who could rewrite history as his power would have had a bigger impact than next to nothing at all. And Ichigo just became such a miserable character to follow throughout most of these arcs I've mentioned.

 

[Derekloffin]

Yeah, won't be sad to see it go. It had its moments, but damn if they haven't been less and less frequent, with far too much deus ex going on.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Anyone want to give me a the lowdown of the arc so far? The blog I used to follow for the summary went offline one day and never came back. Before you mention the wiki, I find that wiki to be atrocious.

The last time I remember was Zaraki and that creepy mask captain (forgot his name now) were up against someone. Also has Zaraki achieve bankai yet? I know he was able to release his weapon.

 

[RaikuFA]

Should've ended it when they killed Aizen.

 

[BrawlMan]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

I can't believe they're actually doing that for Naruto. I genuinely thought they wouldn't...

They did the same thing for Shaman King in the original manga. Which is not that good by the way. The ending to the original series does not help matters either. I hardly doubt Bleach will end the same way, but I have no interest in the ending. I stopped watching as soon as the rescue Rukia Arc was finished.

 

[Super Cyborg]

Anyone want to give me a the lowdown of the arc so far? The blog I used to follow for the summary went offline one day and never came back. Before you mention the wiki, I find that wiki to be atrocious.

The last time I remember was Zaraki and that creepy mask captain (forgot his name now) were up against someone. Also has Zaraki achieve bankai yet? I know he was able to release his weapon.

Zaraki indeed released his Bankai, which basically made him go Hulk. I'll try to summarize everything that happened since then.

Mayuri fought a giant hand which Nemu ended up being the one to finish it off. While silly it was the best thing from this series in years. Shunsui (Captain with the flower cape), fought a sniper that turned into an owl which through the power of Nanoa's sword allowed them to win. Byakuya, Zaraki, and Hitsugaya fought giant quincy Thor who only dies because big bad decided to take his powers away. Everything about Chad, Orohime, and Uryu was pointless again. Main bad guy can change the future to his will, and took away all of Ichigos powers, where Ichigo gained all of them back the very next chapter.

 

[PapaGreg096]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

Nah, Bleach isn't that popular compared to Naruto, hell the anime ended before the manga was finished

 

[DoPo]

I used to watch the anime. It was cool for a while but I grew incredibly bored with the fillers. Besides, everything was quite predictable anyway: Ichigo faces somebody, then his opponent goes "but that's not my REAL power" levels up and they continue fighting. Ichigo pulls off a power up and wins. Rinse, repeat. Mind you, I enjoyed this bit, but I wasn't keen on the rest. If the show just stuck to this formula I'd probably have continued watching but I stopped bothering.

I heard that the manga has been getting, shall we say, mixed responses as of the last chapter. I watched somebody's video explaining why and I would very much agree. It seemed like a natural continuation of how Bleach has been going, to be honest.

And now it's over. Never really read the manga, but from what I understand, that's a good thing.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Bleach suffered from much from going on way too long. It started out with a a pretty interesting story, world, characters and fights. By the time it got the assault on Aizen's Keep Arc, it was just ass pulls, ridiculous one-upmanship and it had run out of ideas for fights.

I only kept abreast of it to see what other hot girls Titty Kubo could come out with.

Naruto had the same problem too; but Naruto at the end at least managed to pull it together for a semi-coherent and cool ending.

 

[Saelune]

Don't worry, they will make a "new" series starring their kids.

Nah, Bleach isn't that popular compared to Naruto, hell the anime ended before the manga was finished

I was mocking both shows.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Should've ended it when they killed Aizen.

In all honesty it should probably have ended sometime before that, with Aizen being taken out in an earlier Arc... Bleach was really the result of them trying way to hard to keep the franchise going, long after it got absurd, stupid, and even the hardcore fans lost interest.

 

[Spider RedNight]

Finally. I jumped ship when I realised the OP OC I made when I was 14 (a Shinigami/Quincy hybrid) was actually the main character. It should've wrapped everything at the Shinigami Arc - rescue Rukia, beat the crap outta Aizen, done. Maybe cut Ichigo out of it altogether - there's a problem when almost all the characters are less contrived and annoying than the main one... but that might be a manga thing because the same could apply to Kuroshitsuji and Naruto... and some others, I'm sure. I haven't read manga in over five years. FIVE WHOLE YEARS

But yeah, no. Good riddance. Wrap up Ukitake's story (either kill him or don't good lord quit hovering him in this perpetual, after-life nightmare), then finish it. Or don't and just cut it off while everyone's still confused. That'd be funny.

 

[PapaGreg096]

Finally. I jumped ship when I realised the OP OC I made when I was 14 (a Shinigami/Quincy hybrid) was actually the main character. It should've wrapped everything at the Shinigami Arc - rescue Rukia, beat the crap outta Aizen, done. Maybe cut Ichigo out of it altogether - there's a problem when almost all the characters are less contrived and annoying than the main one... but that might be a manga thing because the same could apply to Kuroshitsuji and Naruto... and some others, I'm sure. I haven't read manga in over five years. FIVE WHOLE YEARS

But yeah, no. Good riddance. Wrap up Ukitake's story (either kill him or don't good lord quit hovering him in this perpetual, after-life nightmare), then finish it. Or don't and just cut it off while everyone's still confused. That'd be funny.

No Ichigo is part Shinigami,part Vizard, part Fullbring,and part Quincy so yeah your OC is a hell of a lot more well written the
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