Bleach Jigoku Hen Review.

Hello! after a long break i've decided to make my third review in the Bleach Filler Series i started. this round we'll be tackling the 4th movie in the series, yaaaay!

• bewar this is going to be long
• bewar this may contain spoilers (read at your own risk)
• bewar i do not own Bleach or Tite Kubo
• bewar the actual plot may or mayn't be explained.

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Bleach Hell Verse

this movie opens up with a fight betwen Ulquiorra and Ichigo (makes no sense i know, i just think the

animators were so pumped about the whole ordeal they couldnt resist throwing it into the film), it leaves you feeling confused and boggled, but things soon clear up as we cut back to Karakura-cho, where Ichigo is reenacting his glory days of ghostbusting. he is beating up some bullies who knocked over a vase you see, much like in the first ever ep in the series (they seem to be doing a lot of recycling in the story so far). then Renji and Rukia come along and tell Ichigo about a new mission they have been assigned. being the attention-seeker he is he offers to butt in, but Renji retorts and says he is only a Proxy Soul Reaper and that he should stop interfering with their work (or rather thats what Byakuya wished for).
a----, wait why am i telling you what happens in the story? i should be expressing my feelings more!
i have to admit that i wasnt very pleased with how they portrayed Hell. i understand how it couldnt be completely Hell-ish otherwise there'd be no story to tell, but when me and my sister were watching it we were just guffawing the entire time at how stupid it was. there are palaces and secret dens for the baddies to chill at, large reservoirs of fresh crystal-clean water for anyone who needs to cool-off, lavish pillers and a huge area full of apartment blocks where all the sinners stay. there are these massive giant-things which eat the evil-doers again and again, but it doesnt really seem all that painful, and if you have spiritual power you can outrun them anyway as many of the criminals have learned to do.

for someone who may have murdered, kidnapped, stole, bombed and much much more, i think they get off quite lightly in this place. for those who feel prison isnt enough and when they go to Hell it'll be true justice... well, they got it aaaallll wrrooooong (in Bleach-world anyway)*
it truly is a beautiful place! i dont think anyone that goes there would be missing out, at this rate id be
disappointed to be sent to the Soul Society, it seems harder to make a life there then in Hell, apparently. and no one seems to be really affected by the fire, its probably just like getting a mild burn when your cooking. and the gatekeepers are pretty clumsy (so moe!) considering the amount of sinners able to escape -_-

as if that wasnt bad enough, when Ichigo goes vasto lorde on us and lets a huge flame of hell into the WOTL no one really seems effected. buildings steadfast, humans carrying on with their daily lives. they could've at least showed a large portion of the town incinerated, especially since they dont mind doing that when Ichigo uses Mugetsu and stuff. im not asking for much here! Ichigo could still find a way around it if they insist, but as for the other people condemned their, they could've made it seem more painful and torture-some, and make that it isnt as peaceful and have such breathtaking architectures. they really had no limits on this movie since they discarded every one of Kubo's idea's to begin with  -_____- 

thats another thing which made me annoyed with this movie a bit more, knowing how excited Kubo-sensei was for it because he couldnt cover the whole Hell idea in the manga, how he attended meetings and made promotional art for it and then what'd they do? just ignore them all and go with whatever they wanted! he even wanted his name taken out of the credits, how sick is that!? people these days!

BUUUT besides the whole rubbish portrayal of Hell and betrayal to the creator of Bleach i think overall it was good. really awesome animation and the storyline is interesting enough. i also think some of the fights are quite cool, specially Renji's. there were some interesting characters, but the three minions are really retarded and disturbing, i felt kinda queasy at one point xD
but overall i enjoyed it, and im sure i'll watch it again! just could've been better is what im saying. i think id give it 3 stars.
thats it for now, stay tuned for more posts like this!

*but who really knows what the true Jigoku in Bleach would've been like had Kubo done it himself, maybe it was meant to be more frightening, we'll never know!