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Bleach is back and it is better than ever. The Thousand Year Blood War is for me the second best arc this story has to offer.
I know a lot of people hate on Bleach because it's popular. A lot of people are already complaining even though we only have 4 episodes up until now.

People are saying it's too fast paced. It's not, a lot of shounen now and in the past just adapt stories way too slow. If it was paced slower it would become boring, like what happened in the original anime.

People are saying it's too slow paced and that it's taking ... too long for the invasion to start. You need build-up before you introduce your villains, you know.

People think the fights are repetitive and boring. The fight with Opie is amazing. And yes, Opie suddenly reveals a new ability and to some that might feel like an asspull. But that's what makes the fights in any shounen intresting. New techniques and enemies. Some of the abilities Opie shows are things Uryuu has used in the past. We are only 4 episodes in and let me tell you, there are some amazing fights to come.

People find the characters boring. But they're not. I do feel like certain characters could have been used more, but even those characters aren't boring to me. They all add to the story in their own way. Whether that be being useful in a fight or adding comedy to the story or adding humanity to it.

People are saying this is just a cashgrab. The anime was always supposed to come back. Plus, most people think that Bleach got cancelled because of low ratings. What financial gain would you have by reviving a dead series, unless it's not actually dead. This video goes more in-depth about why the anime was cancelled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npQvWmqIoAE

People are saying Bleach is a boring series. But it is part of the Big 3 for a reason. People liked it back then, it became popular for a reason. People enjoy it right now for a reason. It's entertaining. I know there are a lot of issues with Bleach. I read the manga and I know why people hate certain aspects of it. But the staff is really trying their best with this anime and you can clearly see it. If you are searching for a deep story with a convoluted plot then maybe this is not your cup of tea. But not a lot of shounen is that. Not Bleach or Naruto or One Piece or My Hero Academia or Hunter x Hunter or Jujutsu Kaisen or ... . None of those anime are that. They have a message, they have something that can strike a cord with you. But they not that deep. They are just here to entertain and they are doing a great job at that. I love all those series and out of all of them, I like Bleach the most.

this anime is the definition of average. And honestly the only reason I was interested in the first place was because of the dub va for the protagonist.

The plot was nice at first, but I feel like they could have done a lot more with it.
Most characters are just bland and not memorable.
And the epilogue was... Something.
A lot of decisions were made for the story and I didn't like most of them.
But I did like the animation itself, it was pretty nice.

In the end it wasn't anything special or so, but definitely not the worst I've seen. If you have literally nothing else ... to watch, I'd say go for it. But know there are a lot more anime out there that are more worth your time. Unless you, just like me, are here just for NateWantsToBattle.