Reminder that bleach used to be good

Reminder that bleach used to be good

Take that nostalgia lens off, gramps. Bleach has been better than ever

What's the name of this disease that causes the art of a mangaka to progressively lose his soul and become worse and worse with every new chapter?
Naruto and OP had the same thing.

Reminder that the first arc of Bleach and Naruto were their best.

but its still good?
Dont tell me you were not hyped when we saw division 0

Laziness.

I haven't been hyped since 2005

Last time I remember the hype was Kenpachi vs. Gremmy. Been a steady stream of meh since then.

Bleach went downhill after aizen arc. Final gensuga was cool as fuck

Mostly just the grind of cranking out a chapter every week, I'd imagine. Your style gets simpler because you're basically doing it nonstop and finding the shortcuts. Sometimes it's just a matter of what the artist can sustain--Rurouni Kenshin looked great in early volumes, but his style got a lot simpler because he just couldn't keep that up every week without going insane.

It's also why you have headbands in Naruto. He was originally going to have goggles but it was a pain to draw for something that was basically just an accessory.

Don't do this to me user, don't do this to me

>Naruto
Fuck off Narutard

Like all things you hold dear to in life, it was never good.

It's called "aging"


OP didn't fell into the trap of "normalization" like Bleach and many other series did tho...it still retained it's unique art style after all these years and I have to commend Oda for that

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lets slam our MASSIVE COCKS OON TITE KUBOS TIGHT PUSSY

Honestly that's not always it
Most mangaka fall into the trap that is "normalization" and they never recover

Even if they do a monthly series they still stick to their "new style"(for example just look at Shaman King Flowers which looks like a bit more detailed version of the Kanzenban Chapters instead of Hiroyuki Takei's earlier more round-ish style from his early days)

true

Second arcs (Soul Society and Chuunin Exam) were the high points of both series.

>it still retained it's unique art style after all these years
It's not like nothing changed, though. Remember when Nami had a waist? And what happened to her boobs?
Don't get me started on Chopper.

>"I'm stronger than you"
>"no I am"
>"no he is"
>"heh i was stronger at last"

Is better than highschool-soulreaper hijinks?
Fuck you

*used to be okay and your belief in it's potential let you overlook it's faults

Look at Nami in her bikini top as far back as Skypiea , you're really stretching with that

Chopper becoming a mascot is regrettable though

it went downhill DURING the aizen arc

Fucking this. Chuunin Exam had some actual hype to it, especially at the very end. Soul Society was just great all the way through. Ichigo VS Byakuya was easily the best fight.

Every Bleach fight since Hueco Mundo perfectly summed up. Holy shit.

Hueco Mundo was good too. Ulquirorra/whatever vs ichigo was probably the best fight.