sinan-dira
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As far as shounens go, Bleach isn't bad, and it definitely has a decent entertainment value for the right audiences. However, as an older viewer, what frustrated me about it is that it does very little to even slightly subvert the predictable and overly used shounen cliches.
In Bleach, there's no injury that can't be healed, no amputation that can't be regenerated and no power that can't be one upped. In the end, it just feels that everything is completely devoid of consequences, which in turn makes it devoid of any meaning or magnitude and can really diminish your investment in what's happening. This is just bad writing and has nothing to do with the show/manga's shounen categorization. The 2003 Full Metal Alchemist anime is adapted from a shounen but is still thrilling as hell, because every event and action has grave and irreversible consequences.
Battles in Bleach more or less follow the same formula, which consists of two opposing characters one upping each other's powers in very linear manner. Whenever a character reveals their next secret super power or weapon, the opposing party acts shocked and gets seemingly on the verge of defeat, just to start laughing hysterically a minute later, walk us through how they had a contingency solution planned all along, and then reveal their own next power in return. That's it, they just keep one-upping one other; it gets old really quickly and in time you end up knowing how a fight will end the moment it starts.
All by all, dedicated shounen fans may enjoy Bleach or have more tolerance of its shortcomings, but I could barely look past them as someone who's not very invested in it.
In Bleach, there's no injury that can't be healed, no amputation that can't be regenerated and no power that can't be one upped. In the end, it just feels that everything is completely devoid of consequences, which in turn makes it devoid of any meaning or magnitude and can really diminish your investment in what's happening. This is just bad writing and has nothing to do with the show/manga's shounen categorization. The 2003 Full Metal Alchemist anime is adapted from a shounen but is still thrilling as hell, because every event and action has grave and irreversible consequences.
Battles in Bleach more or less follow the same formula, which consists of two opposing characters one upping each other's powers in very linear manner. Whenever a character reveals their next secret super power or weapon, the opposing party acts shocked and gets seemingly on the verge of defeat, just to start laughing hysterically a minute later, walk us through how they had a contingency solution planned all along, and then reveal their own next power in return. That's it, they just keep one-upping one other; it gets old really quickly and in time you end up knowing how a fight will end the moment it starts.
All by all, dedicated shounen fans may enjoy Bleach or have more tolerance of its shortcomings, but I could barely look past them as someone who's not very invested in it.
Just finished ep1 and it felt like watching an animated bedtime story, except that the creators used excess budget to film and insert some very cheap live-action sequences in-between animated scenes.
Where's the substance in this show? Where's the WORLD? I don't know because we certainly see very little of it. Whenever something interesting is about to happen, the show cuts into an animated clip with a narrator's voice over it. The real world scenes are few and far in between, and are shot at such excessive zoom with the absolute minimum number of characters, sets and detail that you could get away with, much like a middle school project.
Despite the animation quality, I just can't recommend this. It's an extremely amateur production. If you want an 80s' parody with similar vibes, go watch Kung Fury instead. Even though it's not about superheroes, it's still way, way better on every front, with such detailed environments and killer action sequences.
Where's the substance in this show? Where's the WORLD? I don't know because we certainly see very little of it. Whenever something interesting is about to happen, the show cuts into an animated clip with a narrator's voice over it. The real world scenes are few and far in between, and are shot at such excessive zoom with the absolute minimum number of characters, sets and detail that you could get away with, much like a middle school project.
Despite the animation quality, I just can't recommend this. It's an extremely amateur production. If you want an 80s' parody with similar vibes, go watch Kung Fury instead. Even though it's not about superheroes, it's still way, way better on every front, with such detailed environments and killer action sequences.