Bleach, the series

Finally, I finished watching the Bleach series. Over the past month, it became my constant companion. I religiously watched it every day whilst riding a roller coaster of emotions—thrill and excitement for the battles and idea of finishing the series, boredom and anxiety with how the flow sometimes feel slow and taking oh-so tediously long (stalled), irritation with how some characters think and act, and of course I also had to deal with my regular life—the stresses and frustrations at work, at home, etcetera.

Bleach, in my opinion, is a great series. It may mainly focus on how Ichigo goes to battles to carry out his substitute shinigami duties and protect his family and all that is dear to him, but it's not just all about force, brute and desire to be stronger. It also shows admirable family bond and relationship, strong and reliable friendship, dedication to one's duties and quests to conquering fears and obtaining greater strengths to protect what needs to be protected.

It is pretty inspiring to see how the characters strive to win and overcome obstacles no matter how hopeless the situation may seem. They stumble and fall, but they get back in their feet.

However, it's not totally "foolproof". 

There are characters that had totally lost my “amour” and interest as the series progressed and there are happenings that seem to have popped out of nowhere, without much explanation. I don't know if it's just me who's making a deal out of it, but hey, since Kubo-san is creative and generous enough with characters having flashbacks of their pasts to make them more "solid", what's a little explanation with the other details?

Anyway, the ending was nice. A typical—somewhat bittersweet—"open-ended" and full-of-hope-for-the-beginning-of-a-new-chapter-in-their-lives ending. Though as I've mentioned, there are lots of questions still left unanswered, nevertheless, it's to be expected since the manga isn't officially done yet.

I am not yet sure if I'll read the manga to know its proper ending, but there is a 75% chance of me doing so since I really got hooked with Bleach. It being an everyday activity of mine for a full month has actually now left me quite at a lost with what to do.. like suddenly I have all this free time and I've forgotten what I usually do before I started watching it.  Besides, the manga has got to have the answers to some of my questions.