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Logging in from mid-vacation. Watched Bleach episode 1 on Adult Swim on Saturday night. I've seen the first three episodes in subs already, but I figured I might like it better in English.

The bad (still irritated by): the blatant Ranma 1/2 rip-off with regards to the father character, the poorly-written and predictable plot within the episode, the totally unrealistic shonen male protagonist whose brain and reactions to things bears no resemblence whatsoever to how a real person in his age and situation behaves (this happens a lot in anime, but it seemed especially annoying and unrealistic in this episode-- hell, even NARUTO, bravest shonen protagonist you'll ever find, froze when confronted with a real threat for the first time), not to mention the only girl who seems to be able to stand up on her own is the girl with supernatural powers-- even the sister who could see ghosts just as well as the male character was turned into helpless female victim #3.

The good: GhostGirl's voice is alright. And better...voice of Vash! I may watch for that. Also, I hear it gets better.

Comments

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I would have previously encouraged you to keep going with it, as it gets better, but at that point I hadn't reached the Soul Society arc yet. I liked it A LOT when it was still kind of a standard shonen comedy/action thingie, and I kept hearing how the Soul Society arc (or, as I've heard it called, the "Rukia" arc) was SO AWESOME. And, well, I got to that arc and had to really push myself to keep going. And I got I guess about 3/4 of the way through it before I just couldn't go anymore (we're talking 100+ chapters, no fooling) - I can't keep up with who the characters are, how many plotlines are going, who is fighting who at the same time that someone else is doing this or that... My point being, I can't say "stick with it, you'll like it!" because obviously it really varies depending on your tastes.

Though I'll agree with the people who say that there are a ton of really strong female characters. Orihime is good but Tatsuki is in fact pretty awesome (and I was really pretty pissed that she is "real world" and so disappears once the Soul Society arc starts. I'm sure she comes back but 100+ chapters without her pissed me off), and there are a ton of female Shinigami of varying sizes, shapes and talents who kick some major ass. There's also a ton of cleavage, of course - it IS shonen. ;)