As I mentioned in my last Bleach review I really liked the series, other than One Piece it's the most original Shonen Jump series on the market but even a high ranking series like Bleach shows some weakness.
In some series the problem is the sudden change in the story. I admit that going to Soul Society is a big change from fighting hollows in the real world but at least it made sense.
Then there's the tiresome main character gaining new powers bit. Well in this case it made sense as well as the enemy are now Shinigami not hollows, so of course Ichigo's gonna get stronger.
But the main problem of this series is that there are too many terms and it's far more obvious in the dub what they are.
Shinigami and Hollows are fine but then you move onto Bankai, Zanpakuto, Zabimaru, Zangetsu and.... geez there's too many to name.
And I think this is what put people off the series, the over use of terms makes a series confusing and requires the viewer to research before… more »

As I mentioned in my last Bleach review I really liked the series, other than One Piece it's the most original Shonen Jump series on the market but even a high ranking series like Bleach shows some weakness.
In some series the problem is the sudden change in the story. I admit that going to Soul Society is a big change from fighting hollows in the real world but at least it made sense.
Then there's the tiresome main character gaining new powers bit. Well in this case it made sense as well as the enemy are now Shinigami not hollows, so of course Ichigo's gonna get stronger.
But the main problem of this series is that there are too many terms and it's far more obvious in the dub what they are.
Shinigami and Hollows are fine but then you move onto Bankai, Zanpakuto, Zabimaru, Zangetsu and.... geez there's too many to name.
And I think this is what put people off the series, the over use of terms makes a series confusing and requires the viewer to research before understanding what it all means.
I know it's not original to call a weapon "Really Big Sharp Sword" but the least you can do is make the terms a bit simpler so you don't have to consult wikipedia to understand it all.