[kelesis]

I will say that Bleach was very good in the manga or anime in the first arc. It has gone seriously downhill sort of like Naruto. The new characters lack originality and the "powers" of these characters are completely cliche. The plot is basically the same as the first arc. The motivation for the characters to do what they are doing now is completely lame and totally forced. Overall, an anime like Kenshin was far superior.

Oh.. and yes, I am up to date on the manga but at this point I am very disappointed at how the manga artist has obviously run out of ideas. :( I seriously need a good anime to get into since I just finished Yakitate.