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* [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]]: Quite a few since a lot of characters are considered as [[The Scrappy]], but {{spoiler|Tosen and Momo}} are particularly the most notable ones.

** While most villain deaths in ''Bleach'' are happy moments, there are some you'll probably feel sorry for. Early on there's Orihime's [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|forcibly hollowfied brother]]; much later, in the Fake Karakura Town arc, there's not only the above Poor Scrappy but also {{spoiler|Ulquiorra, Harribel and Starrk}}. It's hard to shake the feeling that their fate wasn't particularly deserved.

** {{spoiler|However Hallibel does gets better.}}

** Hinamori (due to being brainwashed by Aizen and staying loyal for a while) and Hitsugaya (due to being extremely popular), neither of whom seem to have translated as well over here as they did in Japan. <br />Ironically, Hinamori doesn't seem to have many fans on the staff of the anime itself. She appears in none of the movies, and only one of the filler arcs {{spoiler|not counting her evil clones in the Gotei 13 Invading Army arc}}, and even that involved her zanpaktou talking down to her for being naive.

* [[Anti Goggles]]: Shippers of ''whatever'' pairing are particularly fond of using this as the basis for their "my pairing is better/more likely to happen than yours" arguments, but this also extends to anti-shippers and non-shippers.The latter two are often sick of these endless ship wars breaking out all over the fandom, and more often than not, use [[Anti Goggles]] in an attempt to stop the debate by 'proving' that there will not be any canon pairings whatsoever.

** One of the most painful flaws of the show (and by extension the manga). Happened first in the Soul Society arc. Then in the Hueco Mundo arc. Then in the Battle of Karakura arc. Then ''again'' in the final fight against Aizen.

** Occasionally averted with some of the filler arcs (although the Bount arc may have overstayed its welcome), which, while not particularly inspired, get to the point and have pretty solid conclusions. With the Zanpaktou Rebellion arc, it helps that the last ten episodes were a series of loosely-connected one shots taking place after the resolution of the main story.

** Some view {{spoiler|Gin's motives for working with Aizen}} in this light.

** As do some the revelation of {{spoiler|his Bankai's true abilities.}}

** The revelation in the Soul Society Arc that because the group went in on the day the cleaners were in the dangai, they went back in time seven days, extending the amount of time they have to save Rukia. Immediately afterward, however, Rukia's execution is pushed forward again, leaving them with only one day left.

** Izuru being a {{spoiler|former Fourth Squad Member}}. However, Kira's history is quite difficult to disentangle. In Chapter 173, Aizen makes it clear Renji, Kira and Hinamori were drafted from the Academy into the fifth squad. Renji was quickly moved into the 11th division while Aizen and Gin took responsibility for Hinamori and Kira. Aside from this information, all the manga tells us is that at some point Gin left the 5th division (against Aizen's wish) to become 3rd division captain. At some point Kira joined the 3rd division to become Gin's vice-captain. Eventually we find out he was in the fourth division at some point, too. The manga never claimed Kira left the 5th division with Gin so him being in the 4th division at some point is actually possible, albeit more convoluted than it needs to be.

* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: All over the place, but two recent ones come to mind on opposite ends of the spectrum. As a first example, Isshin declares he's going to teach Ichigo the "Final Getsuga" so he can defeat Aizen, who by this time is pretty much a deity.

* [[Base Breaker]]: ''Lots'' of characters have a good amount of fans and haters, especially Hitsugaya, Orihime, and Aizen. Check out the character-specific section below for more.

** The noodle scene. Yoruichi is shown eating noodles for close to two full minutes for no apparent reason and the most that is said about it is Urahara commenting that her arm is working.

** Probably [[Filler]] to pad out the episode. The same scene in the manga took all of two panels or so.

** As Aizen and Gin are leaving for the real Karakura Town, Aizen offhandedly mentions that he's going to ''eat'' Ichigo. Not only is it never explained what he meant by that, but it's never brought up again.

** The most likely explanation is that Aizen's transformations made him close enough to a hollow that he could absorb Ichigo's powers by devouring him. Still, it's a pretty odd thing to say without context.

** In the American dub, a huge amount of drama results whenever a characters' voice actor is replaced for any reason, and many many completely give up on the show entirely because of it. Chad's and Ikkaku's voices were replaced only temporarily, but Kaien, Hiyori, Kenpachi, Urahara, and Komamura each have a permanent [[The Other Darrin|Other Darrin]]. This is not helped by the fact that nearly no one in the course of the show ''in Japan'' had any voice replaced except for temporary occasions. It's not like actors are human beings with lives that sometimes get in the way of things!

** An exception seems to be Komamura. His original voice actor, [[Kim Strauss]], retired from voice acting in 2008. From episode 99 onwards, Sajin is voiced by [[JB Blanc]]. The lack of rage seems to be either from either Komamura being not as popular as the others, or the fact that their voices sound near identical.

* [[Deconstruction Fic]]: [[Hammered Down]], and [[Downfall (fanfic)|Downfall]] are two very good examples of the trope.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Plenty, each more infuriating than the last.

* [[Ear Worm]]: Several of the openings and endings. considering there are now 16 openings and 23 closings, the Bleach music tends to be a good listen in general.

* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Several of the Arrancar exhibit this, but the ones that stand out are Grimmjow and Ulquiorra. They constantly score in the top five of the show's character popularity polls. Being badass, good-looking and having cool personalities might have something to do with that.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Many of the Arrancars and a good percentage of the movie characters.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: The sheer amount of these in the main page is enough for Bleach to get its own page on it.

** [[Never Live It Down]]: There are many girls with more modest (and realistic) endowments: Rukia, Suifeng, Hiyori, Hinamori, etc.

* [[Foe Yay Shipping]]:

** Ulquiorra/Ichigo. The fact that Ulquiorra [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|puts his arm through Ichigo's bare chest]] which results in a gaping hole. And how Grimmjow later mentions that Ulquiorra only puts that hole on his favorite victims. And later on Ulquiorra blasts Ichigo again which causes the hole to get ''even bigger''.

** Grimmjow/Ulquiorra. Especially on Grimmjow's part.

{{quote|'''Nnoitra''': Why did you stop your sword?

'''Nelliel (smirking)''': Why'd ''you''?** No mention of Nnoitra/ {{spoiler|Nel?}} For a guy who supposedly hated her, Nnoitra sure went out of his way to gain her acceptance as a fellow warrior. And when that didn't work, [[Poor Communication Kills|well...]] }}

*** Don't forget about {{spoiler|Nel}}/Nnointra. What's about constantly hanging around the man you supposedly despise, refusing to strike him down even when he tries his best to provoke you, crying out for him when he's mortally (?) wounded?

** Not so much "[[Foe Yay]]" as "Rival Yay," but Renji seems to have a whole lot more on his mind than just becoming able to beat Byakuya...

** Hell, Nnoitora/Orihime. That spoon seemed a little too interested in her. Eeeep.

** Grimmjow/Orihime. Considering that she's pretty much the ONLY character in the series he's done anything decent for, (even if he wanted a favour off her after it), some of his behaviour/dialogue towards her (handcuffs, anybody?) and his total lack of personal space with her. Not to mention, he seemed somehow [[Even Evil Has Standards|bothered by her wounds from Menoly and Loly]], which coming from a man who didn't even bother to mourn his dead subordinates, is definitely interesting.

*** Even before that after Aizen reveals himself as a [[Big Bad]] he informs Ichigo "For a human, you were truly fascinating."

*** Add to it the ultimate [[Stalker with a Crush]] phrase ("I have been watching you since you were born"), and it could be said that the [[Foe Yay]] is just two steps away from canon.

** There is an uncomfortable amount of this between Loly and Orihime. When not beating the crap out of Orihime, Loly is stroking her hair, calling her "Orihime-chan" ("little Orihime"), invading her personal space, caressing her face, pinning her against walls, tearing her clothes...it's surprisingly easy to do [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] of Loly as a [[Depraved Bisexual]] targeting Orihime.

** On a slightly lesser note, Muramasa got this with Ichigo during their last fight, ending with Ichigo holding Muramasa's hand as he slowly dies, happy to have found someone that genuinely connected with him, that "connected" part is up for interpretation, of course.

*** Not only in the last fight but mainly with all their fights, Muramasa insisted that he was greatly intrigued by Ichigo, that he had an interest in him.

** Ulquiorra and Orihime. Given how much he looks down on humans he is sure interested in her, and their last scene together is seen by some shippers as possibly romantic, in a very creepy way.

** And in the Bount filler arc the [[Ax Crazy]] villain Yoshi called her opponent Rukia "cute", says that she's making her excited before giggling and tears at Rukia's clothes with her weapon while generally fighting very close to her while trying to kill her.

** There's also some Riruka and Rukia [[Foe Yay]], though not quite as blatant as with Riruka and Orihime.

** Szayel Aporro Granz, the 8th Espada, toward Ishida Uryuu. (Arguably, Renji too — all three of them have some interesting lines in those chapters, whether Szayel telling Renji "he's not into that sort of thing", Renji telling Ishida "flattery will get you nowhere", and Szayel's extreme reaction to learning that Ishida is a Quincy).

* [[Freud Was Right]]: A Bleach character book lists the locations of the Espada's [[The Heartless|Hollow holes]], with a few being oddly specific and causing a stir. Halibel's is her womb, Zommari's is his right nipple, while Szayelaporro's is his ''glans''. And they have been [[Squick|wearing them on their face]]. It may be time to awkwardly reexamine the Zanpakuto.

** More often than it's given credit for. Aizen's [[The Reveal|reveal]] itself is the first example.

** Nel's saliva is a healing solution. Human saliva contains a chemical that ''does'' accelerate healing in [[Real Life]]. Congratulations, Kubo.

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Ishida once declared VERY HAMMILY that " {{spoiler|Aizen}}'s True Enemy isn't a Shinigami, but a Quincy!" Fast forward some arc, and {{spoiler|the newest villains, the Vandereich, are VERY closely related to the Quincy. And they're invading Soul Society.}} '''''[[Wham! Episode|FUUUUUUU...]]'''''

* [[Ho Yay]]: [[Bleach/Ho Yay|Also has its own page]].

** {{spoiler|People had begun to theorize that Gin was actually the [[The Mole|Snape]] to Soul Society's Dumbledore awhile before it was revealed.}}

** {{spoiler|Ginjo is actually evil? [[Sarcasm Mode|Nooo... really?]]}}

** Other people think this about the Hueco Mundo arc. Or the Fake Karakura Arc. Or the Ichigo vs Ulquiorra fight. Or Yammy being {{spoiler|Espada #0}}. Or...you get the picture.

** [[Growing the Beard]]: Pretty much the whole fanbase was sick of the Arrancar saga until [[Xanatos Gambit|Chapter 414]].

* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Ichigo can be paired with almost anyone in the cast.

** Soifon's "admiration" for Yoruichi. She literally stalks Yoruichi in an attempt to see her naked, and in the video games expresses jealousy that Ichigo and Yoruichi had a bath together.

** The fairly infamous Orihime and Nude Rangiku scene counts as well as a blatant attempt at [[Les Yay]] fanservice. The Yuri undertones in that scene were intentional, but in a "how I can add in as much [[Les Yay]] as I can without them actually... you know swinging that way."

** How 'bout the [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] between Orihime and Tatsuki? If that doesn't qualify, I don't really know what else does.

*** Kubo doesn't seem shy about including everything from lesbian overtones to outright lesbianism in Bleach: Soifon is pretty much a canonical example of the latter if ''all'' the subtext and a great deal of the omake is to be believed, and there was a blatantly lesbian girl in Ichigo's class who had the hots for [[Even the Girls Want Her|Orihime]].

** It seems as if Aizen has taken this to [[Up to Eleven]] as he now reveals that {{spoiler|most of Ichigo's major fights had played right into his hands.}}

** OTOH, as of 453 there's someone who can potentially follow his steps or even overthrow him: {{spoiler|Tsukishima}}. Who has managed to {{spoiler|insert himself in Ichigo's life, brainwash everyone else into thinking they know him from years ago, and ''taunt Ichigo with it''.}}

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Poor Orihime. You get kidnapped once, this happens only via a terrible [[Sadistic Choice]] that you truly can't refuse... and suddenly, you're the [[Super Mario Brothers|Princess Peach]] of anime.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[Bleach/Nightmare Fuel|Here's its page]].

** Any scene involving Nnoitra and Orihime. It's quite clear what he wants to do. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Ulquiorra even calls him on it]].

** In addition, the pseudo-romantic relationships bring out the Shojo undertones from the series. The anime even took it to form with their adaptation of the farewell scene between Ichigo and Rukia.

* [[The Scrappy]]: With Bleach's [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]... lots of them. Go to the character section below for the specifics.

* [[Seasonal Rot]]: While the manga is (arguably) still going strong, by the time the anime reached the Fullbringer arc, it became more and more obvious that both the animators and the voice actors were putting less and less effort into it, ultimately culminating in the anime being unceremoniously swept aside to make room for a [[Naruto]] spinoff.

*** Which is quite odd, since the only thing Renji and Tatsuki have in common are their hot-blooded personalities, and their being childhood friends to either Ichigo or Rukia. Aside from that, the two have never met.

* [[Squick]]: Most things involving Mayuri. Everything involving Szayel. Same goes for Fura. [[Take Our Word for It]].

** Pick a Bleach character at random. There's at least a 20% chance that at least some fans feel this way. Not helped at all by Kubo's tendency to suddenly introduce a ton of new characters and not really go anywhere with most of them either.

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Speaking broadly, this probably describes a lot of people's feelings about the series. It's a unique concept with some quirky characters, but complaints about the series being bogged down by long arcs, repetitive writing and typical shonen cliches are frequent. On a more specific note, the moral ambiguity of the Soul Society and the crappy conditions of the afterlife have been shown to us many, many times, yet none of the characters have really sat down and talked about it. You sometimes wonder why Kubo bothered putting stuff like that in if he was just going to end up writing a straight action series, unless he did so ''because'' he wanted to flesh out his action series more.

** Other examples of wasted plots: Ishida and Mayuri's conflict, Ichigo's friends gaining powers (which Kubo mentions was part of the initial plan, but this was [[Executive Meddling|shot down by Shueisha]]), the new powers Ichigo gained {{spoiler|during his Fullbring training}}, et cetera.

* [[Too Good to Last]]: The anime got cancelled while the Xcution Arc ended, but before the Final Battle Arc began.

** In said battle between Soifon and Baraggan, she used Bankai - the first female character thus far to have done so, and the fight still ended up having the aforementioned outcome.

** It doesn't help matters that, in the fights with {{spoiler|the Fullbringers}}, Rukia is the only member of the main cast who loses. {{spoiler|Though to another female}}.

** Let's not even go into the [[Death by Childbirth|horrors]] that Nemu had to deal with from [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|that one Espada.]]

** Baraggan after {{spoiler|Soifon shoots him at point blank range with a frickin [[BFS|ICBM]].}}

** {{spoiler|The Soul Reapers face down Aizen and the top three Espada, a small army of the most dangerous foes they have ever faced. They neglected to bring so much as a ''single'' 4th Division healer with them, and wonder what went wrong when half the lieutenants are dying or incapacitated while the bad guys are going strong.}}

** Often, for no reason at all, characters in fights will take time to explain the nature of their powers to their opponents, rather than just kill them already. This usually gives their opponents the chance to counter them and win the battle.

** [[What an Idiot!/Bleach|Now with its own page]]!

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Badass?]]: Depending on which portion of the fanbase you talk to, Orihime is either this, an example of [[Underestimating Badassery]] or [[Badass]] for non-fighting reasons.

** By the end of the Deicide arc, Matsumoto has been pegged as this by the fandom. {{spoiler|Gin too.}}

** The replacement of "[[Shinigami]]" with "Soul Reaper" in the English releases, something that the Japanese studio actually agreed with.

** The Spanish occasionally gets partially cleaned up as well. Yammy screaming "¡Suerte!" (Luck!) was changed to "¡Qué suerte!" (What luck!). While this is more grammatically correct, it's not a proper Spanish idiom. They would say "Tengo suerte." (literally: I have luck)

 

'''Rukia Kuchiki'''

** Those that feel indifferent simply don't find her to be an interesting character, so they get aggravated over her high amount of popularity.

** Others view her as a [[Jerk Sue]], with a large amount [[Ron the Death Eater]] in play.

** On the flip side, those who love her character (not just rabid fans, mind you) view her in the opposite light, finding Rukia to have one of the more interesting personalities and backstories for a Shonen heroine.

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]

 

'''Orihime Inoue'''

** We have several wagons for her.

** The ones that twist her into a [[Possession Sue]], believing that she deserves a pass on all the shit she goes through ''because she's a girl''.

** The fans that find her to be a useless, stereotypical [[Damsel in Distress]] that can't get over her lust-filled obsession with Ichigo.

* [[Damsel Scrappy]]: Due to [[Arc Fatigue]].

* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Her 'specialty' is [[Foe Yay]]. And some bits of [[Les Yay]], as well.

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: ''In spades''. She's probably the main target (alongside Momo) of this in the Bleach fandom.

 

'''Yasutora "Chad" Sado'''

** For worse, in the X-Cution arc {{spoiler|he was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] alongside Orihime}} thanks to Tsukishima. Fans now whine and bitch about how he "is not a true friend of Ichigo", despite how all of this was beyond his reach and he was shown clearly distressed upong having to {{spoiler|fight Ichigo while genuinely believing he had gone mad.}}.

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Mexicans Love Yasutora Sado]]

'''Retsu Unohana'''

* [[Base Breaker]]: Half of the fans are just ''dying'' to see her in action, while the others find her to be bland and overhyped.

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: One VERY welcome aversion of this obnoxious trope. Very feminine, gentle, and ladylike, and is liked ''because'' of those traits. Should be noted that her [[Word of God]] strength and her ability to scare Squad 11 into submission with a mild glare might also help in the matter.

 

 

'''Momo Hinamori'''

** A ''popular'' target, especially by fans of other Hitsugaya ships: specifically, Hitsugaya/Rangiku.

** Parodied with their Zanpakuto

** Aw, you poor girl. Poor doesn't even begin to ''describe it'' {{spoiler|when your childhood friend who swore to protect you with his life impales ''you'' with his sword from behind... and the one to blame is Aizen. AGAIN}}.

 

 

'''Renji Abarai'''

 

== 7th Division ==

 

'''Shunsui Kyoraku'''

* [[Memetic Molester]]: His behavior towards his subordinates occasionally seems rather suspect, especially towards the future Lieutenant Nanao Ise during the flashback arc.

 

 

'''Toshiro Hitsugaya'''

** Despite being the ''most'' popular character in Japan, in America he has many ''very'' vocal haters.

** In Europe and Latin-America, it's fairly different. He's nowhere as divisive or loved than in Japan and the USA. Basically, he's simply the target of affectionate jokes.

* [[Base Breaker]]: The only one who can cause greater rifts in a fanbase is [[Naruto|Sasuke Uchiha]]. Similarly with the latter, it's a case of [[Values Dissonance]], given he doesn't have this status in Japan or Europe. See also [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and [[The Scrappy]] below.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Ranked #1 in a popularity poll in Japan, and has a notable fanbase elsewhere, although he has less screentime than many other characters.

 

'''Rangiku Matsumoto'''

* [[The Woobie]]: Her relationship with Gin gets more tragic as the series goes on.

 

'''Jushiro Ukitake'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]

** He's shown to be awfully friendly towards the young Captain Hitsugaya. Run, Hitsugaya, RUN.

** Not to mention the memes that got started once his zanpakutou was shown during the filler arc...

== Villains and Arrancars ==

'''Sousuke Aizen'''

* [[Complete Monster]]: It has been doubtful for quite a lot of time, since even when he was first outed as a villain and he shanked Momo, he still seemed enough of a [[Magnificent Bastard]] to remain cool... but {{spoiler|he really sealed the deal in 392}}. If that's not enough, 409 has him {{spoiler|slaying innocent Karakura peeps for the hell of it}}, and in chapter 410, he {{spoiler|planned to [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|fridge Tatsuki]] just to piss off Ichigo}}.

* [[Creator's Pet]]: Kubo actually considered his favorite character to be Aizen. Come the Deicide arc, and the fans '''thoroughly''' disagree.

** Just for a few minutes, ladies, let's forget that he's one of the most [[Broken Base|controversial]] characters in recent history and appreciate what he has in the looks department, hmmm?

** {{spoiler|Subverted completely as of 419, where his newest transformation has his face rip off, revealing a black skull underneath and his face being worn like a bonnet around his neck. [[Squick|Eww]]}}.

* [[Fountain of Memes]]: Nearly everything he says has meme potential.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: {{spoiler|In chapter 419 and episode 309, his final transformation. Jesus, Kubo}}.

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: His tea and his couch, among other things.

* [[Memetic Molester]]: Practically everything he does, as on that page.

* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]]: As of 416. Major [[Tear Jerker]].}}

* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: {{spoiler|When giving Ichigo [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], was he trying to motivate Ichigo to regain his resolve as a backup in case his own plan to kill Aizen failed, or was he just doing it [[For the Evulz|for his own amusement]]? Knowing Gin, it could very well be both.}}

** He was supposed to be creepy and off-putting, but gained a rather significant fangirl following regardless.

** It's gotten worse since {{spoiler|his betrayal of Aizen. Several fans have gone so far as to call him a "good guy," despite his psychological torture of Rukia, his gleeful bifurcation of Hiyori, and the fact that he attacked Aizen for Rangiku's sake and no one else's. You could argue that he's an anti-hero, but flat-out calling him a "good guy" is going too far}}.

*** Specially creepy considering {{spoiler| his motivations. Sure, it's understandable to be pissed off when your [[Only Friend]] has a good part of her soul stolen -- but staging a brutal revenge? Without actually ''asking her if she wanted him to get even''? And when, in fact, it caused Rangiku herself ''[[Iron Woobie|horrible emotional pain]]''?}} It becomes even worse when {{spoiler|his fangirls ''slutshame the Hell outta Rangiku'' for [[Plucky Girl|going on with her life afterwards]] and nor mourning for him forever.}}

** In Japan he has a [[Kansai Regional Accent]]. They couldn't quite pull that off for the English version seeing as it would sound downright silly and uncharacteristic, so instead he gets a [[Fake Brit|faux-British]] accent with a [[Smug Snake|facetious tone]].)

** More specifically, he has a Kyoto accent. The Kyoto accent is softer, more polite and more indirect than standard Japanese, so the dub choice is actually pretty spot on for an analogue. The way he plays with his enemies by constantly using a mockingly polite tone seems to be fairly effective. This is, of course, much different from the Osaka accent that Shinji and Hiyori have.

 

'''Coyote Starrk'''

** Appears to be the third most popular Espada after Ulquiorra and Grimmjow.

** Which means that he is possibly the coolest Espada, since you know that lots of people voted for the others since A: They were more mainstream antagonists, fighting Ichigo, and B: they got more screentime.

 

'''Tia Harribel'''

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: She's not really evil per se, but still quite sexy, especially in her powered up state.

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: She's quite often paired up with Starrk.

 

'''Ulquiorra Cifer'''

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Sometimes to really creepy degrees. Specially when it's paired with [[Die for Our Ship]] towards Orihime for not returning his hypothetical [[Villainous Crush]], to the point of ''saying that Orihime is weak, useless, antifeminist and slutty unless she's paired up with him''.

** The second most popular villain in Bleach, behind Grimmjow, and the tenth most popular character in the series - an excellent accomplishment for any series, but in [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Bleach]], it's especially incredible. Their popularity is so rampant that, despite the fact that Aizen and Gin are more signifcant villains, Grimmjow and Ulquiorra are vastly more popular.

** Kubo said at the Jump Festa 2010 that the response to Ulquiorra's last scene, after he asked for feedback on it, was enormous and came from all over the world.

'''Nnoitra Gilga'''

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Not nearly as much as others, but he does have his share of fangirls who don't seem to care that he's a male chauvinist and an outright ''creep''. Some fan arts even portray him as being [[Self Fanservice|far more good looking]] than he actually is.

** Nnoitra is... [[Laughably Evil|oddly popular]] with Bleach fans, both male and female, in spite of [[Misaimed Fandom|(or perhaps because of)]] his utter lack of redeeming qualities.

** This probably amounts to the fact that he provides one of the best fights in the series thus far. He utterly [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomps]] Ichigo, proves to be a match for Nel, and even gives Kenpachi a good kicking. Reason for his [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] status is simple: [[Badass|the dude is in no way a pushover]].

* [[Memetic Molester]]: His rapeface puts Grimmjow's [[Slasher Smile]] to shame.

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: ''Treachery'' fits magnificently when he releases his Resurreccion.

** The infamous spoon-shaped thing behind his head, and dear Lord, those shoes.

** Not ''quite'' so much when Nel was still around. Apparently he just lost what little fashion sense he had over the years.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: More like [[Creepy Sexy]].

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Poor, ''poor'' Nemu.

 

'''Yammy Llargo'''

* [[The Woobie]]: fanon would have you believe that Tesla is just Nnoitra's unusually willing punching bag... [[Wimpification|among other things.]]

* [[Ho Yay]]: ''Oh, Nnoitra-sama~''

 

'''Loly Aivirrne and Menoly Mallia'''

** While a great many people rejoiced when they apparently bit the dust, others felt a little bad for them in spite of it, especially since Yammy just brutalized both of them [[For the Evulz|because he was bored.]] They both get a slightly more sympathetic sendoff in the anime, since Menoly was more reluctant the second time they went after Orihime, and Loly seems to have gradually gained some respect for Orihime, if her almost coyly smirking at Orihime {{spoiler|right before Yammy throws her against a wall}} is anything to interpret.

** It could be because while their beatdown by Grimmjow was [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] and [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|well deserved]], Yammy's beatdown of them was just [[Dude, Not Funny]].

** {{spoiler|[[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Well, their fanbase rejoiced since they've been revealed to have survived after all.}}

** Since the animation of Loly's scenes with Orihime called special attention to the [[Foe Yay]] between them, a growing interpretation of Loly as a [[Depraved Bisexual]] has started to crop up.

** Also open to interpretation is the reason that they decided to go after Orihime a second time after she had gone through the trouble of healing them, once they were mauled by Grimmjow. Much fan wank ensued (see below), but it should be remembered that these two Hollows, spirits born from death, despair and fear, were faced with a being that can literally rewrite reality so that events do not occur (i.e. revive them). Taken in this context, Orihime is less like an angel of mercy to these two and more like an [[Eldritch Abomination]] from their perspective - a being whose nature and abilities are so alien that '''they outright defy explanation.''' Considering this, it's understandable that they would react less than pleasantly to what happened to them.

** A more clear example is the fact that both of them are (big surprise) popular among Orihime haters.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Loly may be an insufferable bitch from hell, but at least she's a ''hot'' bitch, plus her outfit '''is''' quite nice. Menoly's not bad looking either, despite the haircut.

* [[The Scrappy|The Scrappies]]: Subjective, but Menoly's smugness and Loly's complete obsession with Aizen, plus her absolute ''bitchiness'' to Orihime, just makes them unlikable characters, especially if you compare them to the Shipping [[Fan Dumb]]... of course, since there's no word on what happened to them after {{spoiler|their beatdown by Yammy Llargo}}, there ''is'' a chance they could be more or less "redeemed", slim as it is.

 

'''Cirucci Sanderwicci'''

 

'''Lilynette Gingerback'''

** {{spoiler|If Starrk is dead, there's a good chance she went with him. It's never exactly clear whose perspective the dying flashback of the two meeting as separate beings for the first time is from, if it's not from both of them.}}

** {{spoiler|In the anime she dies first. She was controlling the wolves, and protected Stark from an attack. Kyoraku used the wind from his Bushugoma attack to separate the reishi that made up the wolves.}}

 

'''Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck'''

 

'''Wonderweiss Margela'''

'''Kugo Ginjo'''

* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]].}} Arguably.

 

'''Giriko Kutsuzawa'''

* [[The Scrappy]]: In the same vein as Zommari. He seemed interesting at first, until he became [[Drunk with Power]] in such a way that it felt massively out of character. It's the biggest reason as to why the fans were fine with Kenpachi slicing him in half.

 

'''Riruka Dokugamine'''

* [[Base Breaker]]: A stereotypical [[Tsundere]], an arrogant [[Bratty Half-Pint]], or an interestingly-developed [[Tsundere]]?

 

* [[Complete Monster]]: Interestingly deconstructed. He was totally deprived of moral guidance as a child {{spoiler|for having been a [[Cute Mute]] whom his parents shoved aside due to said speech impediment}}, he wanted his parents to aknowledge him as an equal {{spoiler|due to their abandonment (as he thought and still thinks that adults see children as inferior beings)}}, and the deal about {{spoiler|enjoying his parents's deaths was actually a lie.}} (he {{spoiler|used his powers in the past to recreate visions of Mom and Dad treating him kindly}}). In short: the dude '''''did''''' do really nasty shit and there's no way to deny it, but his [[Start of Darkness]] didn't come from inherent evil, and {{spoiler|it looks like he wasn't beyond the point of no return, considering that the last time we saw him, he held a rather civil talk with Jackie and promised to help her financially when his enterprise is bigger.}}

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Driving his father to suicide really soured him in the eyes of the fans. {{spoiler|Subverted later, when we see that he wasn't ''as'' heartless about it as he himself thought.}}

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]]: Does anyone else see him as sort of the [[Yu Yu Hakusho|Game Master]]? And anyone else would have loved to see him act more? well...maybe not the people who thought him as [[The Scrappy]]

 

'''Jackie Tristan'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Her popularity skyrocketed once pieces of her past were revealed.

 

'''Shukuro Tsukishima'''

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: If you ask a group of fans over who the most interesting Fullbringers are in Xcution, Tsukishima will almost always be amongst those added to the list.

* [[Villain Sue]]: Arguably [[Up to Eleven|WORSE THAN SOSUKE FREAKING AIZEN!]] His Fullbring being able to insert himself into people {{spoiler|ALONE}} makes it broken compared to [[Master of Illusion|Kyoka Suigetsu]]{{spoiler|, to make it WORSE, this ability is also applied to NON-LIVING OBJECTS.}} WOW! JUST WOW!

** {{spoiler|Actually, no. Byakuya manages to figure the [[Fatal Flaw]] in his strategies and ''does'' defeat him fair and square.}}

'''Moe Shishigawara'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Has started to pick up a bit in popularity. It helps that he's one of the few Fullbringers to give their Shinigami opponent a good fight.

 

 

 

'''Lirin'''

 

'''Sawatari'''

'''Kazeshini'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: One of the best-liked zanpakuto males, reasons being his insanity, appearance and badassery.

 

'''Haineko'''

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: Get this - with ''Kazeshini''

 

 

'''Minazuki'''

 

'''Koga Kuchiki'''

 

'''Nozomi Kujo'''

* [[Creator's Pet]]: She's even worse than Aizen in this regard, and she's consequently earned a reputation for being the most loathed of all filler characters in ''Bleach''.

* [[The Scrappy]]: She was accused of being a [[Flat Character]] from the get-go by the fans. Come a few episodes later, and she's even more reviled (as a [[Creator's Pet]]) than ''Aizen''.

'''Kageroza Inaba'''

* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: His costume is... ''weird''.

** Seriously, he has command over (stronger and more agressive) copies of Kenpachi, Kyoraku, Ukitake and Unohana. His army is leagues above Espada, he has a cloning ability that wasted Ichigo's abilities, and he's got the ability to steal [[God Mode Sue|Nozomi's power]], [[Physical God|Ichigo's power]] and [[Person of Mass Destruction|Yamamoto's power]] all at the same time.

** The only way he, now fused with Nozomi to be Ouka again, and the Reigai were permanently defeated was through a massive cop-out (the reigai sacrifice themselves to stop Ouka from destroying Soul Society, and Nozomi forces Ouka to destroy his soul chain, costing him his powers).

** Now that he merged with Nozomi to become Ouka again, he's even more overpowered than he already was as Ouka's zanpaktou ability is both Inaba and Nozomi's combined.

 

 

'''Senna'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: ''Quite'' popular, at least in America, despite only ever having appeared in the movie; fans are ''begging'' for her to return to the series as a permanent member of the main cast.

 

== Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion ==

 

'''Ying and Yang'''

 

== Bleach: Fade to Black ==

'''Shizuku'''

* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]]}} {{spoiler|In his dying moments, the viewer learns the truth about his connection with Rukia, and their being possessed while saving her.}}

 

'''Homura'''

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Her love for Rukia is genuine, but she could've been ''less'' of a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]].