What was
May 13, 2014 | 20:26 | Written by: snake911
I’ve been a fan of Bleach ever since the TV series began airing here in the states. Shortly after it began airing I decided to get into the manga, which is now my preferred way of progressing with the series. I fell behind a few years ago because there was a time when they were releasing the books very scarcely for about two years. I’m catching up now and am currently at volume 50. 50!
With the start of a new arc, they’ve been showing single panel flashbacks from scenes as far back from the first few volumes. Having all volumes up to 50, I’ve been re-reading the first 10 books. Man, Kubo’s art style has changed throughout the series!
While reading these books, I totally forgot he used to dedicate the last few pages for character descriptions. I used to love these because he even gave each character a theme from a real song. I used to hunt down and listen to some of these songs to get figure out the relation of the character to the song. In addition to this, I loved how the first volumes seemed to have a heavy influence from music in general. Really subtle things like a t-shirt a character would be wearing. Even the title of the series -- Bleach! I don’t know if it has been confirmed in an interview, but the rumor was the name was based on the title of Nirvana’s first studio album. That would be so rad if that rumor was true.
I’m about 10 volumes behind the current one and hope to catch up to it soon. The anime series is right behind me and I want to read what happens rather than watch it.
