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TopicShounen Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 12 - Without Bleach there is no SHINE
pjbasis
04/09/12 11:09:00 PM
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Action
Of course the action is a joy to watch, mostly due to the aforementioned style he draws in. But there's more to it, some good and some bad. The good is that despite being a series largely about people with swords, it's as far from the truth as possible. Thanks to the now iconic BANKAI, every character is capable of extremely varied fighting styles. Everyone manages to actually have an interesting power that reflects their personality and makes for a fine spectacle. When you add Hollowfication and Fullbrings into the equation, it just gets better and better.
But then the bad. Much like Reborn, fights aren't really about trading blows, and more about looking cool talking before you reveal why you're going to win and then KO your opponent in one turn. Sometimes you fail and then the opponent will talk about why he was the one that was gonna win after all and KO you. Repeat a few more times until a winner is reached, and that's how the fights tend to go. A shounen connoisseur needs more than cool looking attacks to be satisfied. He wants the fight to feel like...well, a fight! One-sided affairs are only cool every now and then, and attacks need to have strategic value. At their best, fights represent a clashing of ideals and wills, and the fight is not just to deliver thrills but a vehicle for the story. Bleach hardly reaches these levels.

Story: B
Characters: B+
Art: A+
Action: B-

Overall: B+

I'm not hopeful for the future, but hopefully it can stay a B+.
Btw, Fairy Tail would probably fall around this B/B+ tier.

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