Anime title

[Zein]

Chaoskiddo, i thought like the same thing, because theirs animes out their about tennis, chess, and lots of other "shouldnt be an anime" animes, good thing its actually good [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Death BOO Z]

Zein, you 're aware that Prince of tennis anime was probably more popular in japan than Naruto is?
Mitsuru Adachi made two manga's of over 20 volumes about baseball, Hikaru no go was also as popular as Naruto at it's peak and Yakitate Japan manga has won one of the biggest awards in the manga industry latly.

face it, "and lots of other "shouldnt be an anime" animes" are much better than most of the shonen crap you're probably considering to be 'real anime'...


give me a story about hair cutting and i'll take over any other 'boy suddenly has a mircale power and goes to kick ass with his super stamina and determination',

[masamuneehs]

Originally posted by: pegasussaint
Its called Bleach because "bleach" the cleaner is used to whiten things, to sanitize or clean. As a Soul Reaper his job is to send souls to the Soul Society which also means to cleanse the Hollows as well. Hence the name.

I agree with this one too. It just seems too trivial and minor a thing for the title of the entire thing to be about Ichigo's damn hair. And they really haven't gone too much in depth about his hair, or his feelings on it. They have paid alot of attention to the "balance" between Soul Society and the Living World and Zanpaktous do seem to "purify" Hollows... a much bigger element of the story than just one guy's hair color.

Especially with the emergence of the intrigue and plot within Soul Society itself, with all the Shinigami Capt. and Liets. gaining more air time and importance, I can't imagine the title is based just on Ichigo.

[ChaosK]

Originally posted by: masamuneehs

Originally posted by: pegasussaint
Its called Bleach because "bleach" the cleaner is used to whiten things, to sanitize or clean. As a Soul Reaper his job is to send souls to the Soul Society which also means to cleanse the Hollows as well. Hence the name.

I agree with this one too. It just seems too trivial and minor a thing for the title of the entire thing to be about Ichigo's damn hair. And they really haven't gone too much in depth about his hair, or his feelings on it. They have paid alot of attention to the "balance" between Soul Society and the Living World and Zanpaktous do seem to "purify" Hollows... a much bigger element of the story than just one guy's hair color.

Especially with the emergence of the intrigue and plot within Soul Society itself, with all the Shinigami Capt. and Liets. gaining more air time and importance, I can't imagine the title is based just on Ichigo.

That would no longer work because now Ichigo is fighting against other Death Gods, not hollows.

[masamuneehs]

Originally posted by: Chaoskiddo

Originally posted by: masamuneehs

Originally posted by: pegasussaint
Its called Bleach because "bleach" the cleaner is used to whiten things, to sanitize or clean. As a Soul Reaper his job is to send souls to the Soul Society which also means to cleanse the Hollows as well. Hence the name.

I agree with this one too. It just seems too trivial and minor a thing for the title of the entire thing to be about Ichigo's damn hair. And they really haven't gone too much in depth about his hair, or his feelings on it. They have paid alot of attention to the "balance" between Soul Society and the Living World and Zanpaktous do seem to "purify" Hollows... a much bigger element of the story than just one guy's hair color.

Especially with the emergence of the intrigue and plot within Soul Society itself, with all the Shinigami Capt. and Liets. gaining more air time and importance, I can't imagine the title is based just on Ichigo.

That would no longer work because now Ichigo is fighting against other Death Gods, not hollows.

So you are claiming that because the current plot doesn't have to do with Hollows that my notion is false? Rather than just call your retort stupid and leave it at that I think I'll explain. The name of the show doesn't need to pertain to every episode, nor to every story arc or theme. There's even a trend in short stories where authors name their stories after an insignificant item, place or idea that only shows up once and hardly realtes to or impacts anything in the plot.

It doesn't matter who Ichigo is currently fighting against, because the overall premise of the show is not Ichigo vs. Death Gods. It is Death Gods vs. Hollows. That being the original basis of the show, the point where everything started at (and, I will venture a guess, where it will ultimatley conclude) the theory that the title has to do with Zanpaktous purifying Hollows still holds.

If animes, or any show for that matter, followed your line of thought then the title would change with every different story arc, which makes 0 sense. Naruto would be called Neji, in episodes about Neji, or Rock Lee, when focusing on Rock Lee. You can see what I'm getting at. The current story line has almost no pertinence to the title of the entire show.

Oh, and instead of just dismissing peoples' theories and ideas in broad, illogical, one sentence posts try submitting your own opinion or idea and defending it, or at least offering more than 1 reason why another person's idea is wrong.

[ChaosK]

it now seems the majority of this anime will now revolve around him saving rukia and fighting death gods, this is what i meant by it "no longer works" becausenow i think of him fighting the hollows in the beginning more of an introduction to his death god powers, and an introduction of all the characters in this anime. Unless you're saying that he is now purifying the death gods in which they're job IS to purify so purifying a purifyer doesnt really make sense.

[masamuneehs]

Originally posted by: Chaoskiddo
it now seems the majority of this anime will now revolve around him saving rukia and fighting death gods, this is what i meant by it "no longer works" becausenow i think of him fighting the hollows in the beginning more of an introduction to his death god powers, and an introduction of all the characters in this anime. Unless you're saying that he is now purifying the death gods in which they're job IS to purify so purifying a purifyer doesnt really make sense.

Once again it seems we totally miscommunicate, or perhaps simply fail to understand one another.
I am merely pointing out why I think the show is called Bleach. I don't think the current plotline has much influence over what the Name of the anime is. I believe the original part of the show, Death Gods purifying Hollow souls, is the reason for the title Bleach. No, Ichigo is NOT purifying Death Gods, nor did I ever say anthing to that affect. If anyone is trying to purify Soul Society I would imagine it to be the instigators of the tension in the Court of Pure Souls (i say its Capt. Kuchiki) by making it even more revolved around rank and social classes, with the elite nobility ruling with an iron fist.

That aside, while perhaps the "purifying Hollows" things is only an intro, like you suggest, to the characters and their powers, the fact that it is the starting point of the story also suggests the author started there and would have taken his title from the first themes and concepts that dominate the beginning of the show. That being said I believe that you are mistaken when you stress the importance of this current story arc on the title. Yes the story revolves around the rescue CURRENTLY. But we have several Hollow issues to finish yet... Perhaps this arc will go on for a long time, but I still believe the title of the anime is based on either the beginning or the end of the entire anime, not just this middle ground storyline.

The title of the show is supposed to represent the show in its entirety, beginning middle and end. And I'll bet you right now that this arc isn't where Bleach ends. "it no longer works" as a title seems quite silly to say.

[ChaosK]

yes now i understand what your getting at but all i'm saying is, i think the hollow's were just a stepping stone for ichigo to get up to a real death god level, lets face it, if he was still fighting death gods the way he fought hollow's he would've gotten owned by ikkaku.