User blog comment:Mrlmm0605/Let's Talk Bleach! Part 15a - Ichigo Kurosaki/@comment-24769684-20160509215200

I've never taken very much interest in Ichigo, in comparison to the other big 3 protagonists he manages to be starkly different from Luffy and Naruto, though his simplistic motivations and efforts have made him a distant third compared to those two (despite Kishi's eventual awful handling of Naruto's character). I really don't read Bleach for Ichigo, I read it for two things: the art and the character abilities. The story itself is very off and on, and if Kubo was a shitty artist and made poor character powers, I wouldn't be here right now. I've actually quit Bleach twice; it definitely does have its issues.

Before I go into an offtopic rant, I'll conclude by saying that Ichigo is not one of the reasons I read Bleach. Bleach wouldn't exist without him, no, but to me Ichigo is more of a conduit into the characters and stories that are far more interesting. I plan to write a blog myself about the handling of Ichigo's character as well as the other main characters, so here's a shameless plug to look out for that.