random bleach rant
Bleach is such a guilty pleasure for me. Another fandom I'm in primarily for the characters; the storyline is pretty meh at best. I almost stopped following it when it degenerated into the arrankaru arc, but when I saw a few scenes with real jewels of interaction betwen Ichigo/Rukia/Renji/Ishida, I decided to check it out again. I'm mostly irritated because KT's already saddled himself with a ridiculously huge cast of characters. I know there's no reasonable way he can really develop all of them, but he keeps committing himself to *new* characters when a good chunk of the Gotei-13 is still sorely under-developed. It's not like the Bleach plotline is all that fascinating, and I doubt it's what keeps most of us coming back to watch it (oh god, that Karakura being the site needed for the ouken news was so horrifically cliche, even for Bleach). Even the main character, Ichigo, I've found to be utterly uninteresting except in combination with snarky interaction with Rukia/Renji/Ishida/random other Gotei-13 members. =\
Of course, I'm probably a bit biased because my favorite characters are all from Soul Society. Well, ok, and Urahara-san too (that guy is just freakin' hilarious. Less Aizen, more Urahara please <3).
Of course, I'm probably a bit biased because my favorite characters are all from Soul Society. Well, ok, and Urahara-san too (that guy is just freakin' hilarious. Less Aizen, more Urahara please <3).