I first watched Bleach in January 2009. The reason is actually because I wanted to see why Bleach was one of the highest rated animes ever and I began to see why. Bleach had me excited for every episode even the filler ones that are only in the anime and not in the manga. Bleach has no shortage of handsome male characters and beautiful female characters. I believe that Bleach is one of the most well done shonens ever! Bleach has one of the best soundtracks that I have ever heard in an anime series. Bleach was one of those animes where I didn't want some of the villains to die because I sympathized with them and some villains such as Loly that I wish got a really painful death. The main character of Bleach is a teenage high schooler named Ichigo Kurosaki. I always felt that Ichigo was that really cool guy in class that everyone would want to be friends with. Ichigo starts off as a citizen who can see ghost. He encounters the shinigami Rukia that reveals to him that he is a shinigami. The supporting characters in Bleach include the cheerful schoolgirl Orihime. She had a terrible home life and was bullied at school when she was a little child, lost her big brother who was like a father to her, but still smiles and finds joy in life. Orihime is in love with Ichigo but Ichigo does not even realize it at all, Uryu Ishida who is also in Ichigo and Orihime's class, he's a genius, an expert tailor, and a quincy. Chad who is also in their class, Rukia a young shinigami that reveals to Ichigo his shinigami powers, and Renji a young male shinigami who knew Rukia since childhood and was a former outcast in the soul society. Renji and Rukia are from the soul society the world were shinigami live and were spirits live until they are reborn in the Human World. Rukia's adopted brother Byakuya is a shinigami that is the captain of the 6th Division of Gotei 13. Byakuya was married to Rukia's older sister Hisana who is dead. After Hisana's death, Byakuya adopts Rukia as his sister. Many clans in the soul society have great respect for him. In the series Rukia helps mentor and train Ichigo to become a stronger shinigami. The villains of Bleach come in groups. The name of the groups were Arrancars which are Hollows with powers of shinigamis due to taking off their masks, Squad 13, and the Espadas that served Aizen. The espadas are the main villains of the Bleach series and are Ichigo's main foes. The main antagonist Yhwach is the enemy of Ichigo and the shinigamis. Quincies are the mortal enemies of shinigamis. Towards the end of the series Uryu becomes an antagonist by joining Yhwach. Uryu actually isn't joining him because Uryu was trying to trick Yhwach into believing that he has joined him so that Uryu can kill Yhwach so that Uryu can avenge his mother. Towards the end of the series ichigo becomes really powerful and transforms into his final form. If anyone is a fan of shonen, action, and mythology then they will enjoy Bleach.