quincytheodore's: Naruto vs Bleach.. Eternal Battle for 4th spot

Naruto vs Bleach.. Eternal Battle for 4th spot

by Quincy Theodore on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 8:52am

Poor NaruBleach.. Why No.4? Because there are Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood, One Piece and Death Note. Please don't argue. No matter how you look at them, there is now way that they are better than those guys. Ironically you can bet every country that has manga, there will always be NaruBleach and mainstream always regard them as the best. I think they both suck in kinda good way.

Before that, my drawing.. http://vividobscura.deviantart.com/#/d2xg5xe

NaruBleach have pros and cons. Hey they must did something right to be this famous right? Here they are

Naruto Pros:

+ It appeals to wide audience, from the first chapter, there is a rip-off from Mt.Rushmore. Naruto himself is like punk rebel teen which is targeted to more carefree audience.

+ The battles WERE superb, full of tactical manuever and intelligent strategies. My fave was Shikamaru battles. Outstanding.

+ The story is quiet touching, the final battle of original, Naruto vs Sasuke at Valley of The End was awesome.

+ It gets better in recent chapters.

Naruto Cons:

- Too many unnecessary flashbacks. Seriously why we need flashback of last chapter is beyond me. For good flashback examples, check One Piece or Bleach's Turn Back The Pendulum

- Too focus on Naruto and Sasuke. I said this before.

- The art is just lazy, especially the anime.

- OST for anime are just a bunch of dudes screaming.

- Battles are not engaging anymore.

Bleach Pros:

+ The art is great and stylish. Notice how easy it is to find a wallpaper in every few chapter. You might think it's just one image, but it's not. It's hard to cram that one image in the mandatory 18 pages per week. The onnly great wallie from Naruto was The Jinchuuriki poster from last year, Bleach gives more in this department

+ The combat is fast, especially in anime. NaruBleach both have filler in the anime, Bleach is even longer, but it delivers. Ne OP and ED, the vibrant combat. It doesn't do many things right, but hen it does, it does it brilliantly.

+ OSTs for anime is superb. There must be more than dozen songs that were (and still are) in my playlist.

+ The sword transformations are kinda cool.

Cons:

- Aizen is too powerful

- Too many characters, it loses focus

- Combat might be fast, but story is too slow

- If one char die / defeated, they won't be around for another 100ch

Asst: Capt'n, Naruto is gaining momentum. What should we do?

Kubo: Release The Ichigo!!!

Asst: But what about the training? We always finish training section before?

Kupo: Screw it! We'll do flashback or some shit. It's on!! Ichigo vs Aizen! Right Now!!!

Asst: Aye Aye, Capt'n!... What about Yammy, Byakuya and Kenpa..

Kubo: Sheeeitt! I forgot! It doesn't matter. It's on!! Ichigo vs Aizen! Right Now!!

Who will win? I say Bleach. Naruto is lazy, just look at the shading, just a bunch of lines. The battle n OST in anime is just rehearsed and mostly unchanged for years. The recent chapters are good, the encounter with his parents, the power-up etc. He doesn't spam Naruto afterward, but give Guy some spotlight. That's a good step forward, but a bit too little too late.

Bleach got litte things that show more commitment. The stylish art. The anime is well-drawn. The OST are great and varies, mix of pop, rock, instrumental and even acoustic. It's not perfect, but for everything it fails, there is something that it's good at.

Just to prove a point. This is Naruto best OST imo, the other are Meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6MZBVKPwxc&feature=related

This is latest Bleach OST, there are ones better, mostly all of them are good, you can see the difference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZnNOMMZdjY&p=D27FB6510DB1D817&playnext=1&index=47

Well this has been a trivia note.