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Whatever Happened to Bleach?

(Speaking of, remember Kuukaku Shiba? Or even Ganju? Yeah, they pretty much fell off the face of the earth after the rescue arc.)

Ok, so this "Review" is full of flaws, but I commend you on your boldness to say all that you did. I do agree you have a whole bunch of points and proofs to go with it, but I suggest you do your research again before you write about a manga series like this. Your facts are off and that ruined the legitimacy of this article.

Not only that, but Tsugumi Ohba admitted, in How to Read, that he made up much of Death Note as he went. If any WSJ series sounded pre-planned, it would've been that one. Takeshi Obata, the illustrator, was astonished at that revelation; he thought Ohba had planned more of it out.

Ganju is in the current arc FYI if you don't know. In fact the Shiba's as a whole have been mentioned since it was revealed that Isshin's true last name isn't Kurosaki, it's Shiba

That explains so much about how that particular series progressed. I honestly can't think of a work of fiction from any medium using the making-things-up-as-the-author-goes method that hasn't devolved into an absolute mess before the end. I brought up LOST in an earlier post because it's one of the most spectacular examples of such I've personally witnessed: a well-produced show with a great premise and big mysteries to solve, but then you get a few seasons in and it becomes painfully obvious that the creative staff had no idea where the hell things were going, so they just started pulling plot points out of their asses, and that's about when I lost interest and didn't bother to keep up with the new season. If as an author you don't have a firm end goal in mind to reach, and at least a general idea on how you're going to get there, your work is at the very least not live up to its initial potential.

.... but instead (Orihime) stood hopelessly on the sidelines, waiting for Ichigo to save her to the very end.

Been a while since I've seen so much butthurt in one article. Last time I saw this was the Fate Zero review.

For me Bleach is the best manga/anime ever, I watched many other animes and none came as good as bleach. Others are great, Fairy Tail, Naruto, One Piece, but I still don't have that attachment that I got with Bleach.

It's true there are many many fights, but it's the same for Naruto, endless fights. Showing a lot of new characters has some positive, it gives life to their world.