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=== General YMMVs ===

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]:

** 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.

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** Mexicans love Chad, seeing as how he's half-Mexican.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: Despite the anime ending, the Vandenreich arc is really building up to be good, if not better than the Soul Society arc.

* [[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...]]'''''

* [[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 (Manga)/Ho Yay|Also has its own page]].

* [[I Knew It]]:

* [[I Knew It!]]:

** {{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?]]}}

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* [[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.

* [[Ship to Ship Combat]]:

* [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]]:

** While the entry elaborates more on just how ''bleh'' it gets at its absolute worst, we'll give you a bit of a preview. The three most prevalent characters in the ship wars are Ichigo, Rukia and Orihime. Rabid fans of both Ichiruki and Ichihime are ''notorious'' for clawing out each others' throats on a daily basis, while those that support Ulquihime end up primarily going against Ichihime.

** [[Ship Mates]]: On the more benign side, fans of one pairing generally support another pairing that makes a b-line for theirs. Those that ship Ichigo with Orihime tend to like Rukia, so they usually pair her up with Renji (which makes sense considering their backstory). Those that prefer Ichigo with Rukia are often more than happy to give Orihime off to Ulquiorra or Ishida, while allowing Renji to go with Tatsuki.

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

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]:

** Many fans set the series under fire for having a seeming sexual favoritism of men over women. While it's not half as bad as other shonen or seinen series, it's not ''completely'' untrue. Most female characters are battle-active but they fighting stronger opponents and needing to be saved by men. In one occasion, Soifon vs Baraggan, Soifon was a female Captain and was saved by a former male Lieutenant who didn't even use a Zanpakuto. There was also the case of Nel vs Nnoitra. A huge backstory evolved between the two in a massive conflict of Nnoitra having ruined Nel and her fraccion's lives essentially. Just when Nel is about to win, she suddenly goes back to her almost useless loli form and needs to be saved by [[Rated M for Manly|Kenpachi Zaraki]].

** Many fans set the series under fire for having a seeming sexual favoritism of men over women. While it's not half as bad as other shonen or seinen series, it's not ''completely'' untrue. Most female characters are battle-active but they fighting stronger opponents and needing to be saved by men. In one occasion, Soifon vs Baraggan, Soifon was a female Captain and was saved by a former male Lieutenant who didn't even use a Zanpakuto. There was also the case of Nel vs Nnoitra. A huge backstory evolved between the two in a massive conflict of Nnoitra having ruined Nel and her fraccion's lives essentially. Just when Nel is about to win, she suddenly goes back to her almost useless loli form and needs to be saved by [[Rated "M" for Manly|Kenpachi Zaraki]].

** 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}}.

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*** Komamura gets a free pass for not only using his bankai, but criticizing Ikkaku for not doing the same.

** [[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.

* [[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.

* [[The Woobie]]:

** Most of the good guys at some point achieve Woobie status, but the ones that stand out are, not surprisingly, the nominal cuties: Orihime, Momo, and Rukia in their various [[Distressed Damsel]] moments.

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'''Nemu Kurotsuchi'''

* [[Fan Preferred Couple]]: A lot of fans like to pair her with Ishida.

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: A lot of fans like to pair her with Ishida.

* [[Iron Woobie]]

* [[Woobie]]: Probably the biggest one in the series.

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** 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.

* [[Fan Preferred Couple]]: With Tia Harribel, since they're the most 'humane' of all the Espada.

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: With Tia Harribel, since they're the most 'humane' of all the Espada.

'''Baraggan Louisenbairn'''

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* [[Base Breaker]]: She [[Evil Is Sexy|has her fans]], but those that aren't tend to view her as [[No Sell|an unimpressive fighter]] whose only real purpose was to [[Ms. Fanservice|strut around half-naked]], while [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|giving Hitsugaya a chance to seem legitimately competent]].

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Evil ''was'' sexy at first, then evil opened its mouth cover and got kinda creepy (although some people still thought it was sexy). Then evil released its Zanpakuto, and daaaaaaaamn, evil's now ''beyond'' sexy. Like "who cares about Yoruichi and Nel at this point?" sexy.

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

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

* [[I Knew It]]: It was a fairly popular [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] that she was reluctant to kill Hitsugaya and joined Aizen to protect her friends. Her expanded backstory in the Anime basically confirms this.

* [[I Knew It!]]: It was a fairly popular [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] that she was reluctant to kill Hitsugaya and joined Aizen to protect her friends. Her expanded backstory in the Anime basically confirms this.

'''Ulquiorra Cifer'''

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** 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.

* [[Fan Preferred Couple]]: with Orihime.

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: with Orihime.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]

* [[Villainous Crush]]: some people interpret the scenes in the manga and the ''Masked'' databook as him having a crush on Orihime.

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** 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]].

* [[Fan Preferred Couple]]: With either Nel (for obvious reasons) or Harribel (because... [[Crack Pairing|they talked once, I guess]]).

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: With either Nel (for obvious reasons) or Harribel (because... [[Crack Pairing|they talked once, I guess]]).

* [[Foe Yay]]: There's a lot of this between him and Nel. Some subscribe to the [[Yandere]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation]], others believe he really did hate Nel but also lusted after her.

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

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'''Loly Aivirrne and Menoly Mallia'''

* [[Alas Poor Scrappy]]:

* [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]]:

** 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]].

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'''Riruka Dokugamine'''

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

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

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]]: It seems like she simply walks away after her arc is over and won't return...yet the hollows and arrancar do.

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'''Kazeshini'''

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

* [[Fan Preferred Couple]]: Fans like having Haineko as his pseudo-[[Friends With Benefits|girlfriend]].

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: Fans like having Haineko as his pseudo-[[Friends With Benefits|girlfriend]].

'''Haineko'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Nicely developed variant - She gradually evolved from a slightly less divisive [[Base Breaker]], into one of the most beloved female characters in the series.

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

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

'''Ashisogi no Jizo'''