User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH 326 Review: umm...what?/@comment-1393830-20110615015026/@comment-1351982-20110615020941

I know! The reason I feel in love with Bleach was because it was smart, and didn't try to be dumbed down for kids. I have always looked at the world with a more adult view, so when I found the series when I was about 15 it really appealed to me, because it felt like the characters were talking to me directly so to speak. There have only been a few things that I have been able to have that kind of emotional connection with. My late Grandfather, whom I was not very close with for most of my life, figured out that I liked it and we had short conversations about Japan. We really got close in his last months of his life, and I don't think we would have never have gotten that close without having that common interest point. I think that was one of his greatest regrets in his life was that he did not spend enough time with me. So that is why I am so defensive about Bleach, because it reminds me of him and the good times we shared. So it upsets me when the anime tries to become too much of a kid show, it just doesn't feel like "my Bleach."