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Read or Watch Bleach?

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I watched some of it when I was younger but im wondering how I should enjoy the story, through manga or the anime?

MyAnimeList 5y
They're going to air Bleach 2021 so I'd say wait for that then watch it. It's a continuation of the story based on the manga I think
- xg 5y
  so that means they're just gonna air the continuation and not do what hunterxhunter did with 1999 and 2011?
  xg 5y
  nvm i just searched it up and found out.
NotWeeb 5y
Watch it but skip the fillers
Iero 5y
Read. The anime adaptation is lacking, incomplete and mediocre
Wisty 5y
Read, anime is mid
MimeXDLol 5y
Well I’m reading it so I can I catch up quicker so reading i guess lol
zogo 5y
read
Mahlno 5y
the manga is awful, really not worth reading.
NaruMembrane 5y
The manga is better
Coolboy97 5y
The anime is better
Ekstasia 5y
polarised answers so you decide. manga is really fuckin fast to read so i'm assuming you'd get through that faster
eshan327 5y
I'm late to this thread lol but I'll also say the manga. There are multiple drawbacks to the anime, & I'll specifically highlight 3 of them:

1) Fillers (duh). Bleach anime is ~45% filler & you'll be constantly checking a filler list unless you actually want to watch them.

2) The anime got cancelled, and thus couldn't complete the story. The Thousand Year Blood War arc is hit-or-miss so certain people might not consider inclusion of the final arc an asset.

3) The anime does a poor job with exposition, cramming about 75 chapters of content in the human realm into the first 20 episodes. It's evident that Studio Pierrot wanted to rush to the rescue mission.

Of course the anime does hold some things over the manga, like the consistently good animation and my favorite OST in anime. I just don't think this outweighs the pitfalls.
- chidori 5y
  Hmm.. thanks for the information, I think I’ll read the manga tbh because I read a few chapters and really liked it, I think I’ll finish or get far in the manga and start re-experiencing some arcs with the anime adaptation
TheTwentyFifthJyu 5y
I would definitely suggest reading it. The anime has too many fillers. The manga is better than its anime but watch the TWBY arc thats going to air in 2021.
- chidori 5y
  Yeah, i'll read it and I will trust you since you look like you have read a lot of manga lol
Czoklit 5y
why not both?
balletmemory 5y
i watched it first, but i recomend you to read it! u can see kubos progress
Czoklit 5y
if you'll watch anime, you will lost manga's artstyle
ModChan 4y
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- Dwaning 4y
  im on chapter 10 of the manga and I just start to considered that maybe I should watch the anime soooo, what is the best option?
zogo 5y
read
DRVCX 5y
kubo's artstyle is impeccable, so by all means, go ahead and read it
rustyjames 5y
YES.

Bleach is slandered like ain't nobody's business nowadays hahaha, but to be fair back in the day when Naruto and One Piece where at their peak, Bleach was part of that movement and, honestly, even though there are elements that are not that great, the series overall is pretty good.

For me, it starts very slow with the first arc but then when you reach Soul Society it's all uphill from there until the cast faces the main antagonist of the series.

It's worth the chance.
monoh 5y
i would read. from what i remember the anime has a lot more fluff (it's been a while though)
Hyliaforce 5y
I would watch because of the soundtrack and stuff
Bosozoku 5y
Reading it it's way better since Kubo's art is just awesome. You'll miss the best soundracks (imo ever made for an anime) and the good animated fights. But you can watch the anime too after/while reading.
Willyumm 5y
The anime isn't even complete, so if you're intent on experiencing Bleach the manga is the only way to do so
bokutachiwaaa 5y
i watched it first and then read it. no problem, enjoyed both
Arisawa 5y
I have started watching bleach anime in late 2020 but then i felt the pace was pretty slow, so I started reading the manga in december and I recently finished the manga. I suggest you read the manga prior and then if you want to then watch anime. I can assure you that once you read, you'd definitely want to watch those scenes animated ( especially tybw arc)
sniepster 5y
You should drink it!

Don't actually drink bleach kids, you'll die
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- Dwaning 4y
  yeah, I know about the fillers but idc I watched a lot of clips of the fights and THE FIGHTS AND THE OST I want to watch the anime but most of the people say its now worth it
VampireLord1024 4y
I never read the manga, but there's a lot of filler episodes in Bleach that you could skip if you were to choose to do so.
Endranii 4y
Imo watch the anime while avoiding the filler, especially the early ones which imo were quite bad. The later fillers weren't nearly as bad but still subpar compared to main story.(though I'd still check out all the openings and endings 'cuz bleach had some amazing music)
After that you can decide if you wanna read the final arc of the manga or wait and see if they are gonna fix it in anime or not. Cuz well, it wasn't any good. If anything if you want to get the most of Bleach it's imo preferable to stop after the final fight with Aizen in season 14.

Also I might be biased to the anime considering it's the first "real" anime I choose to watch and only then picked up the manga after the anime ended in 2011.
BleachHollow 4y
Skip the Fillers, Watch The Show, Read The Manga, Watch The Fillers, Wait for New Season on December
- Kagumikun 4y
  everything summed up in one sentence, what a chad.

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Read or Watch Bleach?

You should drink it!

Don't actually drink bleach kids, you'll die