User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 674 - Father 2/@comment-1351982-20160519121839/@comment-26912075-20160521005805

Very well, Xilinoc. I see when I am being challenged. Well, Nozomi might have been a stale character, but in terms of the actual Bleach series, I prefer her more than Orihime. Orihime, in an arc pretty much entirely based on her, just sat back and said "Kuroaki-Kun come rescue me" the entire arc. Oh, and don't get me started on how she gained the ability to magically transcend a God out of nowhere. Inaba essentially did the same thing Aizen did (and Yhwach practically abused). Aizen, too, just basically said "everything is planned. Oh, Yamamoto, you are going to use your shikai against me, well I am just going to seal it with a power never explained before.  Oh, Ichigo, I have known about you before you were born and planned your entire life.  I also have no motivation to do anything I am doing, other than that I think I can do God's job better despite the Soul King not being in control in the first place.  Also, I have the power to one shot nine captain class opponents in one panel because Kubo couldn't think of a way I could win." Also, most of the espada had 0 personality. Zommari and Aaroniero especially were heavy offenders of this. They pretty much showed up so some of the captains and Rukia could have a fight. Yammy was one of the worst villains in Bleach. All he did was bulk up and bragged to Kenpachi and Byakuya before the manga cut away and eventually cut back finding he was destroyed in a fight for no reason. Szayelapporo Grantz was basically Mayuri 2.0, exceot that the original pretty much as a counter for everything (wow, where does that sound familiar). Grimmjow was a good rival to ichigo, but he really had no personality other than being the typical hot blooded rival character archetype. Nnoitora was the same thing as grantz, except for Kenpachi not Mayuri. Ulquiorra, oh my god. The typical emo character who knows not emotion and thinks he is superior. SO BORING. Also, he is so powerful that he deserves to be the first espada for absolutely no reason other than he is a fan favorite. Harribel and Barragan are the only good villains that arose from the point when Aizen left the soul society to the point where Ichigo regained his Shinigami powers. Starrk was cool, but e was essentially the same character as Shunsui with a bit of a sadder past. So I'd say that the Espada were not good villains. The Reigai were bad towards the end, I will admit that. And, I would say that compared to Aizen, Urahara, and Mayuri I would say that Kageroza was not that bad. Gin Ichimaru was easily the best character among the people that Aizen had gathered on his side, but he was not a villain and he actually became a good guy pretty much out of nowhere. Kaname had no personality other than wanting justice. I actually felt as though Kon needed more screentime as he was actually a very intriguing character when he first appeared. Also, the whole fact that he was the creator of the mod souls was a good plot point, and his motivation sort of made sense. So, even though this arc was not really that good, it is far better than the malarkey that came out of the middle parts of Bleach. I agree that the Zanpakuto arc was better, but I believe the the Bount arc was better than it. Although, I think we can all agree that Bleach fillers are the best fillers out of long running shonen anime.