Today I'll be explaining why Bleach sucks.
Let's start with the title, shall we? Bleach? What kind of meaning is the title suppose to have? I know it's translated, but wouldn't a title that is relevant to the anime be just fine? I mean, with Naruto, at least you know the main character's name. How hard is it to name the show "Ichigo" or "Soul Reapers"? Those potential titles do sound stupid and unoriginal, but at least it is relevant. What kind of expectations do people have with a title like "Bleach"? Mr. Clean Magic Eraser vs. Next Leading Brand? Exposing skeletal remains of animals to the sun in order to lighten the colour for future purposes?
Click for the link to defitions of bleach, provided by dictionary.com.
Now onto the actual show. I agree with the fact that there are many unsolved deaths across the globe. However, not all of them are brutal and bloody, like it may be caused by violent beasts, and very few of them happened at giant invisible monster accessible locations. I mean, wouldn't there be news reports of "random unsolved series of death" somewhere in the world? The only country which such events may happen and not cause a media frenzy would be North Korea, and boy, they have a huge army.
There are also problems with their first encounter. No, NOBODY would be freaked out if they see some random girl dressed in black carrying a sword. Also, what are the chances that Ichigo had not a single personal encounter of creepy violent whatchamacallits for that many years, then randomly sees one, WHILE meeting a soul reaper?
By logic, the show's title doesn't make sense, the show's plot doesn't make sense, and how the show started doesn't make sense. Can someone find me ONE THING that makes sense throughout the show? And that's why Bleach sucks.
