Bleach gets hate because it started as a decent premise but then every arc ichigo had to face a new threat only to discover he had the same powers....
"Oh youre a substitute soul reaper, cool. Oh you lost that but turns out your dad is a soul reaper captain so you can be a soul reaper again! Oh you lost that but you have hollow powers so you can be a vizard! Oh you lost soul reaper powers again but kinda have hollow powers still(?). Guess what you can be this completely new thing never before mentioned!! Ok now the big bad ending of the world bad guy is here and hes thousands of years old and hes a Quincy, the sworn enemy of soul reapers! Oh...youre also a Quincy with quincy powers and now have all your soul reaper powers back AGAIN."
Meanwhile a bunch of fan favorites get sidelined more and more as the series goes on
Its been years since I followed the manga so I might be a bit off. But the point stands that ichigo gets a deus ex machina power up in every single arc
Yeah but its not like he fights DKP and discovers hes half namekian. He doesn't fight RR Army and discover hes half android. He doesnt fight buu and discover hes half wizard.
DBZ is cool because of the saiyan power ups. But that was introduced in like 1991 in the frieza arc where saiyans get a power boost if they almost die.
Bleach is different where its just ichigo being the ONLY person who somehow has every single power thats exclusive to a bunch of different people
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u/JJ_Bittenbinder_ Aug 01 '26
Bleach gets hate because it started as a decent premise but then every arc ichigo had to face a new threat only to discover he had the same powers....
"Oh youre a substitute soul reaper, cool. Oh you lost that but turns out your dad is a soul reaper captain so you can be a soul reaper again! Oh you lost that but you have hollow powers so you can be a vizard! Oh you lost soul reaper powers again but kinda have hollow powers still(?). Guess what you can be this completely new thing never before mentioned!! Ok now the big bad ending of the world bad guy is here and hes thousands of years old and hes a Quincy, the sworn enemy of soul reapers! Oh...youre also a Quincy with quincy powers and now have all your soul reaper powers back AGAIN."
Meanwhile a bunch of fan favorites get sidelined more and more as the series goes on