Various anime's (and some examples) that bleach copies

 I love bleach.  It is my top 2 favorite anime's of all time.  In fact it is the anime that brought me back into anime (and pretty much kept me in) after a long period of being out of it.  

It is also the first manga Ive ever read and completed.  With all that said it is not without its cliche's and imitations of other shows.  

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Some examples of this are

1.  Renji Abarai's Shikai Zabimaru-I feel like this is copied from Kenshin.  Zabimaru in its shikai is basically like a whip.  (Actually come to think of it the bankai is also like that too but I digress).  Renji can use this shikai and attack and slash people from a distance.  I feel like this is a copy of the sword that the juppongtana member Cho has and is using against kenshin in his fight to save the baby Iori.  

2.  The soul society arc/hueco mundo arc- is an imitation from Yu Yu hakusho Tarukane's mansion arc.  Both include heroes invading an area and doing battles with opposing forces in effort to save a damsel in distress (yukina/rukia/orihime).  Matter of fact flame of recca copies it more blatantly by featuring a mansion being invaded.  In the hueco mundo arc bleach basically copies itself by doing this again. 

3. Any elemental Shikai in bleach-  I feel like this is a copy of Shisio's flame sword from kenshin.  Kenshin is a more down to earth anime in that there is no magic or demons etc.  So for Shisio to have a sword that has flames emanating from it is a big deal.  So much so that I feel like it was used as an inspiration for a handful of Shikai's in bleach.  

4.  Substitute Deathgod arc-  This is an imitation of the first spirit realm detective arc in yu yu hakusho.  A boy acquires powers (Yusuke/Ichigo).  The boy's handler (botan/rukia) assists in guiding him to missions of defeating monsters (yokai in yu yu/hollows in bleach).  Boy defeats a bunch of monsters almost in a monter of the week type fashion to try to maintain the peace.  

5.  Bankai-At a certain point Bleach becomes DBZ with swords and is all about fighting.  I love the whole concept but this is clearly going super saiyajin.  Lets be realistic here.  

6.  Ichigo dying against Ulquiorra and coming back as a hollow-  When this happens Ichigo mops the floor with Ulquiorra after having no chance almost the whole fight.  This is exactly like when Yusuke died and came back as a demonkin and beat the shit out of Sensui.  Complete with the whole being taken possession of (Raizen/Hollow Ichigo).  

In conclusion,  these are some similatirites to other shows with bleach.  These are my opinions.  Idk if this is what the author did purposely or by accident.  Idk where the author got his inspiration from.  In fact all the shows I mentioned could be copying things from other shows I have not seen or heard of. 

blade of the immortal anime review

MAYBE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW

 

Bro this show seriously sucks.  It is just bad.  It is a good concept executed very poorly.  

I was in the mood for some samurai anime I have never seen before because I have been watching kenshin.  I googled up a list and this came up.  The review said it was good.  Man they either have bad taste or they are lying.  This anime is god awful.  

The fighting and the artwork are top notch.  The story is bullshit though. It is about a young girl whos father is a samurai.  Rival samurai from a different clan attack and kill her father.  They then rape her mother and take the mother hostage.  The little girl then swears revenge.  Lacking the skill to kill the rival clan she convinces a highly skilled samurai to help her. This samurai happens to be immortal. Watch it yourself or google true spoilers if this sounds interesting. 

 Anyway I know this sounds cool but don't be fooled.  I only was able to make it through the first 7 episodes before I had to throw it away.  Every episode is the same shit without any story or character progression.  The girl who is flash forwarded to be 16 years old and the samurai track down or bump into members of the clan and kill them.  Each episode is the same thing though the girl freaks out and cries while the samurai gets his ass whipped. She keeps doing it though.  Over and over with the crying.  The characters are not easy to get behind on either side. For someone so highly he skilled he is constantly getting beat up.  In fact a woman beats him pretty bad early in the series and he comments saying "I wish I could say I am getting serious but Ive been serious the whole time."  The girl constantly feels guilty for having her parents killers/moms rapists killed and cries each time.  I get it in the begining but 7 episodes in and it is still going on makes the series boring and a drag.

The story pacing is bad too.  At times it is hard to understand what is going on.  I feel like it is bad explaining what is happening because Idk who some of these people are.  She also has a hard time finding the resolve to get her revenge and not show mercy or forgiveness to these people.  On top of that while I do enjoy violent/more adult anime I feel like the violence in this is just to shock and in general really has no meaning.  Some assassin guy infiltrates his way into the girl and the immortal samurais group kills a dog and tricks the girl into eating and then laughs hysterically.  And I didnt understand the point of this.  Thats the point where I dropped the show.  

I hate all the characters.  The girl who is supposed to be the good guy sucks. The bad guys arent even cool bad guys.  They are pretty despicable because it goes into graphic detail about the moms gang rape.  And the killing of the dog.  Come on man.  The samurai fight scenes are pretty decent though I will give them that.  

Dont watch this shitty show.  It is a waste of time. 

check out goo munday

 I just stumbled on her music yesterday.  I am digging it a lot.  Her genre is something called witch house which is similar to the synth stuff I have been reviewing.  

Basically her music sounds like crystal castles.  And I like groups that sound like crystal castles.

I am going to grab her albums and do a full scale reviews.

 

 

gintama anime review

 This is your favorite anime's favorite anime.  Gintama is a fantastic anime.  There is action, drama and a lot of comedy in this anime.  

In short this is about a samurai living on an earth that was invaded by and taken over by aliens. He takes 2 kids under his wing and they become a pseudo family performing various odd jobs (aka helping people with their problems).  

It is a very long anime clocking in at 367 episodes (and it hasn't even ended yet,  the movie adapting the end of the manga just released in japan).  I am currently in my second re-watch just because the first watch took me so long to get through.  The early episodes are for the most part self contained stories with the characters doing a customer/task/monster-of-week type of thing.  Gradually as the series progresses there are numerous arc that tell a story with lots of action and violence.  There is a lot of comedy mixed in as well which is what I love about it.  

The comedy is a special type of humor.  There are lewd jokes involving your sex/shit/puke etc.  type of stuff.  There are parody jokes which you will love if you are a fan of other anime.  They reference numeous manga/anime, TV shows and movies (both japanese and western), various japanese and western celebrites.  They also have a lot of childish arguments where a character will try to argue something that doesnt make sense and then wins lol.  Or a character does something blatently dick headed and gets away with it or gets busted red handed and punished vicsciouly for it.  There are also cultural japanese jokes and language puns that will sail right over your head if you are not a native japanese. 

You are really going to dig this based on the anime parodies alone in my book that is why I dug it.  Go on youtube and watch the spouser clip. It is a spoof on the DBZ scouter and if you find it funny then you have to watch the show.  In fact that is why I decided to watch it because of that clip.  I must of watched a 100+ episodes before I got to that point but by then I was thoroughly enjoying the ride.  Off the top of my head they parody or mention bleach, DBZ, kenshin,  Chobits,  Death note, Parasyte the maxim, naruto, hunter x hunter, one piece, berserk, Power rangers, Final Fantasy VII, evangelion. 

I was looking into it because I had just finished a bleach re-watch and I also finished rurouni kenshin and I wanted to watch more samurai anime.  I enjoy samurai anime a lot.  That was what hooked me but I majorly stayed for the humor and parodies.  

The older episodes are more light hearted and enjoyable.  Towards the end with the final villian/altana thing I felt like the story sort of got kind of weak and the action got repetitive.  I stuck with it just because I enjoyed the beginning-middle so much.  Its still good  on anime standards.  Just not as good based on gintama standards.  I finished the manga so I basically know what is coming with the final movie which I will watch down the line.  

The weak ending is what makes this show a 8.5/10 rather then 10/10 anime.  But I do recommend you watch this if you are a seasoned anime veteran.  I dont think a person new to anime would enjoy it as much just because of the references that they might not get.  I have watched a lot of anime and truthfully there were some parodies that I missed just cuz I had never seen the show being referenced. 

 

lost messages-modern disease album review

 I heard these guys by chance on youtube and decided to grab the album.  I have not researched them at all.  Idk if they have a website or even what they look like etc.  Research them yourself if you are that curious.  

I think the album is pretty mediocre.  I have given it numerous play throughs and to be honest with the exception of the track Taste like void (which is stuck in my head even though I havent listened to this album in 6 weeks), is all filler and boring.  They sound like a poor mans body of light (another band).  Taste like void is a fantastic track.  I love the opening keyboard riff especially.  But the rest of the songs on this are just very forgettable.  If this is their first album then they are knocking on the door of finding their sound/having "it."  If it isnt there first album then they choose to suck cuz the rest of this is meh. 

Definatley check out taste like void.  If you like it listen to the rest of the album on youtube before you buy it because you might feel you have been bamboozled. 

I also dont know what genre this falls into.  The singers voice is very raspy and gloomy/gothic so I would say it falls into a mix of gothic and synthwave.  Correct me if I am wrong.