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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.

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

* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]:

** 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.

* [[American Accents]]: The English Dub is actually pretty good at having characters sound like they're from the same place, [[Shown Their Work|since the characters pretty much are]]. It can be, however, quite hard to ignore the fact that Rukia sounds like she's [[Michelle Ruff|from Detroit]].

{{quote| Rukia: So, I'm a breh' am I?}}

** A huge one for the anime-only Reigai arc, after Ichigo uses {{spoiler|the last of his reiatsu}} to launch Getsuga Tensho at Kageroza, it's moments later revealed Kageroza had a cloning ability, so Ichigo basically {{spoiler|wasted it on a clone.}}

** Some consider the recent revelation that {{spoiler|Chojiro Sasakibe, [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|recently deceased at the hands of the Vandenreich]], knew Bankai}} to be an example.

* [[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.

* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]:

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: [[Die for Our Ship/Bleach|The actual page elaborates it best]]. The summary is that, even though the [[Het Is Ew]] mentality exists in the eyes of the yaoi pairings, it's the ''het fans'' that cause the most amount of trouble over shipping.

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

** Gin Ichimaru, a creepy, sadistic [[Manipulative Bastard]] that screwed with Rukia's mind, sliced Hiyori in half, and pursued a vendetta without even consulting Rangiku over it (or taking her feelings into account). ''The author himself'' was surprised at how large Ichimaru's fan following became.

** Tesra Lindocruz is stereotyped in fanfics as a softspoken, obedient [[Butt Monkey]] for Nnoitra, or as his faithful boyfriend. He's treated like a [[Punch Clock Villain]] who [[Just Following Orders|doesn't harm anyone more than he has to]], but his fans tend to forget that Tesra freely chose to blast a Cero at Nel, fully knowing that ''she was in her child form'' at the time. Furthermore, when the time came to finish Ichigo off, Tesra freely chose to ''break Ichigo's arm''. He wasn't even ordered to continue torturing Ichigo.

*** Not only that, but some... special and VERY loud Ulquiorra fans tend to ''bash the shit out of Orihime'' for not having romantic feelings towards him and still preferring Ichigo. To the point of claiming that "Ulquiorra makes her strong while Ichigo makes her a weak piece of shit". Because choosing the dude who considers you one of his [[True Companions]], whould lay his life to protect you and any of your common friends and has done lots of things for your sake over the one who mentally tortures you until you end up as a screaming wreck, kills the first dude AND mutilates/tortures another friend who is quite dear to you... [[Sarcasm Mode|makes you weak, clingy and a total co-dependent bitch, instead of a strong and feminist female character.]]

* [[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.

** [[Dub Text|The English dub doesn't help matters any.]] What with Grimmjow demanding Ichigo say "That you want to get a hold of me and rip me apart!"

** Ichigo has had varying degrees of [[Foe Yay]] with pretty much all of his rivals so far, starting with Ishida.

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

** Neliel's relationship with Nnoitra can give off a few vibes of this, particularly on ''his'' end of the spectrum. One particular scene is where they [http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/4/4b/Nnoitraneliel.jpg lunge their swords towards their faces,] but abruptly stop.

*** 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.

** 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."

** There is also ''a lot'' of [[Les Yay]] between Orihime and Rukia. [[Die for Our Ship|Ironic, really.]]

*** 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]].

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Sosuke Aizen. The man had the entire governing body of the Soul Society slaughtered and replaced by him and his henchman without anyone noticing, then manipulated ''everyone'' with ease in a great, long-running [[Gambit Roulette]] to steal the [[McGuffin|Hogyoku]] trapped in Rukia's soul, take over the Hollow world, create a new army of soul-eating supersoldiers, and then take over... pretty much everything else. He had backup plan upon backup plan, faked his own death, nearly stabbed to death his fiercely-loyal lieutenant (who remained fiercely loyal afterwards, convinced that he was being manipulated himself), and plans to obliterate Ichigo's hometown to fuel his ambitions. And oh yeah, when he turns evil he can slick his hair back sans gel or styling mousse. How do we know that his hairstyle isn't just another one of Kyoka Suigetsu's illusions? Sit down and think about THAT.

* [[No Yay]]:

** 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]].

* [[Periphery Demographic]]: One of the largest, strongest and craziest in the ''history'' of Shonen manga serialization.

** The generous amount of genuine [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] and well-executed [[Character Development]] are major reasons why ''Bleach'' has quite a large female fanbase.

** 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}}.

* [[Villain Decay]]:

** Aizen starts out as a cool, composed, [[Big Bad]] who hands out [[Gambit Roulette|Gambit Roulettes]] like they handed out Kool-Aid at Jonestown. Lately he's been getting [[Drunk With Power]], his illusions used to aid his thrown-together brute-force solutions, and his constant petty taunting is threatening to get his [[Magnificent Bastard]] status downgraded to [[Smug Snake]].

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

** Hollows as an entire species have pretty much been subject to villain decay.

** {{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.

*** One possible justification given for not using Bankai is Kyoraku's, as Ukitake warns him not to use it where others could see. Given what his shikai does, potentially having the entire battlefield under the influence of his zanpakuto's 'rules' would surely be disastrous.

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

* [[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]]:

'''Renji Abarai'''

* [[Badass Decay]]: Most of the American audience seems to forget that Renji was originally introduced as a formidable opponent, who Ichigo only beat the first time on a fluke. He even has a fanboy in the ranks of his squad.

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Has been increasing steadily with time, specially from rabid Ichigo/Rukia fans who think of him as an abusive, misogynistic loser who has no right to Rukia's love.

 

* [[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'''

* [[Base Breaker]]: [[Crosses the Line Twice|Hilariously colossal]] asshole, [[Complete Monster|horrifically colossal]] asshole, or [[Magnificent Bastard|efficiently colossal]] asshole? Or, Heaven forbid, ''all of the above''?! You decide.

* [[Creepy Awesome]]: Replacing your organs to counter voodoo!? Insanely awesome yet horrendously squicky.

* [[Memetic Molester]]: Any wonders?

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4fnh9QQnq8&feature=related his Bankai]... to start.

* [[Base Breaker]]: Used to qualify as one, before his [[Villain Decay]]. Is he a [[Villain Sue]], [[Generic Doomsday Villain]] or [[Magnificent Bastard]]? The answer came in the form the Deicide arc - a [[Smug Snake]], with [[Villain Sue]] and [[Generic Doomsday Villain]] thrown in between.

* [[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}}.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]:

** 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?

 

'''Gin Ichimaru'''

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]] / [[Misaimed Fandom]]:

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

 

'''Tia Harribel'''

* [[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.

 

'''Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: The most popular villain in Bleach and the fourth most popular character overall.

* [[Evil Is Cool]]: What else can you expect when you combine [[Evil Is Sexy]] with an over the top [[Badass]]?

* [[The Scrappy]]: It's more in the vein of [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]], Zommari's the [[Dark Chick]] that no one knew about, and how he fit in the Espada. At first, he does seem intimidating.... [[Narm|three chapters later, and he gets the most idiotic looking release, a ballerina pumpkin with eyes and his phrase "Accept My Love" and "Banzai Lord Aizen"]], made him the least liked Espada. His easy defeat by Byakuya does not help his case.

** Heck, this wiki's characters page makes fun of him.

 

'''Szayelaporro Granz'''

* [[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'''

* [[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.

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

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]:

 

'''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.}}

 

'''Charlotte Cuuhlhourne'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Charlotte's "peculiarities" made him quite popular among some fans.

 

'''Emilou Apacci, Franceska Mila Rose, and Cyan Sung-Sun'''

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Each has something appealing in the looks department, but Mila-Rose takes the cake; dark skin, Stripperific outfit, a Rangiku-like face, busty chest, curvy figure, nice-looking rear.... still doesn't hold a candle to Harribel, though.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Allon.

== Fullbringers ==

'''Kugo Ginjo'''

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: He wants to kill Shishigawara, just because he ''might'' become too powerful for Ginjo and Tsukishima to handle, without any real basis over why. Not even [[Manipulative Bastard|Tsukishima]] had done anything so clearly self-serving and cold, but he's acting rather nonchalant about being told to kill his most loyal follower.

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]]: His backstory? The one fans hoped was connected to Isshin? We got ''one'' panel with him meeting a younger Tsukishima, before he was [[Killed Off for Real]].

'''Nozomi Kujo'''

* [[Conflict Ball]]: The method she used to defeat all those Reigai was to drain the reiatsu of about six or seven lieutenant-class shinigami and four lieutenant-class humans all at once and throw it at the Reigai captains. That just begs the question: if those lieutenant and humans collectively had enough power to defeat those four super-powered REIGAI captains, why was Nozomi needed in the first place? Even if they didn't have the power to defeat those four captains, how could combining "not enough power" suddenly become "more than enough power"?

 

'''Kageroza Inaba'''

 

'''Shizuku'''

* [[Stoic Woobie]]: Been through all the stuff his sister did, but still manages to keep his head rational and calm, maybe even a bit aloof.

 

'''Homura'''

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