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The Menos Forest Mini-Arc was an arc that Tite wasn't allowed to insert into the manga. En route to Las Noches, Ichigo and co. fall into a sandpit that drags them into the forest below, which is, you guessed it, filled with Hollows. There, they run across [[ActionSurvivor Ashido Kano]] who, after saving Rukia from monsters, spills his past. The arc was cut from the manga due to time constraints, but is barely remembered because, technically, it ''was'' Filler for the Hecuo Mundo arc.

Since ''{{Bleach}}'' is [[TropeOverdosed Trope Overloaded]], mostly due to its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the main [[Characters/{{Bleach}} characters page]] became so large that it refused to be edited further. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. The only realistic way of solving the problem was to split up the characters in some fashion. And thus this page was born.

The fourth film, ''Bleach: The Hell Verse'', opens up with a raid by Togabito, denizens from Hell that kidnap Ichigo's younger sister, Yuzu Kurosaki. Aided by another Togabito named Kokuto, Ichigo's gang [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin travel to Hell]] to rescue Yuzu from Shuren, the ringleader of the Togabito, who aims to use Ichigo's Hollow Powers to break open the Gates of Hell and release the Togabito from captivity. Despite having the most hype of the four movies, it has gotten a ''mixed'' response from both Japanese and English-Speaking fans. Unlike the last three, which focused more on CharacterDevelopment, this one was more action-oriented at the cost of a few jarring instances of CharacterDerailment. Despite the mixed reaction to the movie, [[BadAss Kokuto]], similar to Senna, has already been established as a [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite character]], enough that he debuted in a game that was released ''before the movie came out in America''. An English dub is set for release on December 4 201, under the name "Bleach The Movie: Hell Verse".

The fourth film, ''Bleach: The Hell Verse'', opens up with a raid by Togabito, denizens from Hell that kidnap Ichigo's younger sister, Yuzu Kurosaki. Aided by another Togabito named Kokuto, Ichigo's gang [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin travel to Hell]] to rescue Yuzu from Shuren, the ringleader of the Togabito, who aims to use Ichigo's Hollow Powers to break open the Gates of Hell and release the Togabito from captivity. Despite having the most hype of the four movies, it has gotten a ''mixed'' response from both Japanese and English-Speaking fans. Unlike the last three, which focused more on CharacterDevelopment, this one was more action-oriented at the cost of a few jarring instances of CharacterDerailment. Despite the mixed reaction to the movie, [[BadAss Kokuto]], similar to Senna, has already been established as a [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite character]], enough that he debuted in a game that was released ''before the movie came out in America''.

Since ''{{Bleach}}'' is [[TropeOverdosed Trope Overloaded]], mostly due to its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the main [[Characters/{{Bleach}} characters page]] became so large that it [[HeroicBSOD refused]] [[BeyondTheImpossible to be edited further]]. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. The only realistic way of solving the problem was to split up the characters in some fashion. And thus this page was born.

Bleach's final filler arc, The Invading Army arc, is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger CreatorsPet than ''Aizen''. Likely for this reason, along the lack of ideas and OvertookTheManga, that the anime was cancelled in favor of a Rock Lee anime. ...a ''chibi''... Rock Lee anime!

* FoeYay: Dalk gives this towards Ishida and Ichigo.
** Ichigo towards Muramasa.
** Inaba towards Kon and Nozomi.

Bleach's final filler arc, The Invading Army arc, is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger CreatorsPet than ''Aizen''. Likely for this reason, along the lack of ideas and OvertookTheManga, that the anime was cancelled in favor of a Rock Lee anime.

Bleach's final filler arc, The Invading Army arc, is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger CreatorsPet than ''Aizen''.

* CreatorsPet: We'd copy and paste the paragraph there, but it's [[CreatorsPet/Anime better seen there than here.]]

* HoYay / MistakenForGay: Ichigo and Renji during the aforementioned "take it off" scene, apparently wrestling another man to the ground while commanding him to "take ''it'' [a disguise] off" can give your classmates the wrong idea...

* TheWoobie and TheScrappy: Who or what you chose to be sad for or hate is up to you, but you're going to feel it for certain characters. For instances;
** Ashido: A Woobie who was stuck in a forest filled with soul-eating monsters for the soul purpose of cutting numbers. His entire team died, and he's been there ever since [[spoiler: due to a lack of communications to tell him that his ''entire mission'' was useless, since the same amount(and even a larger) of Hollows were still going into the World of the Living.]]

* {{Filler}}: Well, ''duh''.

* MistakenForGay: Ichigo and Renji during the aforementioned "take it off" scene, apparently wrestling another man to the ground while commanding him to "take ''it'' [a disguise] off" can give your classmates the wrong idea...

The Invading Army arc is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger CreatorsPet than ''Aizen''.

* SpecialGuest: Each Movie features a special guest voice actor to voice a new character, and it's usually the movie's [[BigBad villain]]. A popular aversion is the appearance of one AyaHirano as Rukia's forgotten adopted sibling 'Fade To Black'!

* SpecialGuest: Each Movie features a special guest voice actor to voice a new character, and it's usually the movie's [[BigBad villain]].

As with any manga-based anime series, Bleach needs to pad out its anime run to give Kubo a chance to create more material for the manga though these arcs tend to pop up ''right in the middle of the main plot'' rather then be intergrated seamlessly as most animes would usually tend to do (well the Bount and Invasion arcs did, read on for more info). Interrupting it without warning (though to be fair the animation staff, through the characters, do apologize for this) so it can make viewing rather awkward. We've gotten a total of four filler arcs as a result, excluding the various standalone episodes. Kubo had a hand in designing the look for some of these characters to varing degrees, but he was never thoroughly involved in the writing or production.

As with any manga-based anime series, Bleach needs to pad out its anime run to give Kubo a chance to create more material for the manga though these arcs tend to pop up ''right in the middle of the main plot'' rather then be intergrated seamlessly as most animes would usually tend to do (well the Bount and Invasion arcs did, read on for more info). Interrupting it without warning (though to be fair the animation staff, through the characters, do apologize for this) so it can make viewing rather awkward. We've gotten a total of four filler arcs as a result, excluding the various standalone episodes.

** Muramasa for the Zanpakuto arc, with Kouga as a BiggerBad.
** Kageroza Inaba for the Invading Army arc, [[spoiler: with Okou Yushima as another BiggerBad]].

The New Captain arc actually started ''during another arc'', but it was notably shorter in length than the Bount arc. It had an interesting concept (parasitic pseudo-Zanpakuto), but fans were more eager to see Nelliel and the other Espada fights. A newer character introduced, Rurichiyo Kasumioji, was disliked by the fandom due to her SpoiledBrat tendencies, while its ultimate BigBad was basically an {{Expy}} of Aizen. Additionally, though the fights were interesting, {{Narm}} was consistently found throughout the arc, from the sub-par (and often out-of-character) English dubbing, to the eye-rolling dialogue and [[SoundtrackDissonance narmy placing of certain music themes]]. Although it was certainly better-executed than the previous arc, fans ''will'' skim over the New Captain arc and head on straight to the Arrancar again.

* CreatorsPet: Nozomi Kujo. Due to her being a ThirtySuePileup, any time she shows up, the western fandom riots, [[spoiler: AndThereWasMuchRejoicing when she died]].

* HoYay: The infamous "[[ThatCameOutWrong take]] [[AccidentalInnuendo it]] [[DoubleEntendre off]]" scene between Ichigo and Renji during the Bount Arc.
** A drunken Amagai hugging Ukitake.
** Muramasa towards Kouga.
** Hozukimaru and Ruri'ro Kujaku, just like their Shinigami wielders.
* LesYay: By the ''bucketload''.
** The first noted instance is Rukia with Yoshi, from the Bount arc.
** Rangiku hugging Isane around the shoulder and getting her to join a party in the Bount arc.
** Rangiku holding a "How to Be Sexy" lesson to Nemu, Yachiru, Isane and Soifon in an Omake. Once Nanao shows up, everyone has a heart floating around their heads.
** There's an anime-exclusive hug scene between Rukia and Orihime in here.
** Rukia expresses a lot towards Sode no Shirayuki.
** Nanao gets quite a bit with the ninja half of Katen Kyokotsu.
** Haineko is the most frequent offender, despite her insistence that she prefers guys. Incidentally, these instances can raise quite a few eyebrows about [[BiTheWay what her real sexuality might be]].
*** She seemed pleased at the prospect of [[ItMakesSenseInContext forcing Yoruichi to go all-out]].
*** She gets a lot with Rangiku. Her second act on-screen was to leaned her face closer to Rangiku, puckering her lips up, before shoving her Shinigami out of the way. After slashing cloth from Rangiku's chest area, Haineko licked the corner of her lips and admitted that she wanted to make Rangiku sexier. Later, she hung around the human world with Rangiku and Orihime in schoolgirl uniforms, taking pictures of them posing together and [[GenreSavvy showing them off to the guys at Urahara's shop]]. Finally, she let a drunken Rangiku literally brush their faces together in a party and exercised with her on a treadmill.
*** She seems to enjoy hanging around Tobiume; Haineko even groped Tobiume to tease her flat chest and defended her from Kirikaze. Way back, there was the time when Haineko and Tobiume were bound together by Kido, but they didn't seem to mind much about it later.

* TheScrappy: ''Arc'' examples would be the Invading Army and Bount arcs.
** Lirin, for her AnnoyingLaugh.
** Most Bounts, in particular for being underdeveloped and/or {{Jerkass}}es
** Rurichiyo Kasumioji, mostly for her SpoiledBrat attitude
** Shu Kannogi, for his wimpy voice.
** Jinnai Doko, for that AnnoyingLaugh.
** Kouga Kuchiki, likely due to being a CompleteMonster
** Makoto Kibune is a typical SmugSnake and a [[YouLookFamiliar carbon copy of another, established villain]].
** Patros, Menis and Aldegor, the Filler Arrancars that tried to form a coup against Aizen, were hard to take seriously, and had very little depth compared to some of the other Arrancars. At best, they're around the same level as the Dark Ones from the first movie.
** Nozomoi Kujo for being an utter Mary Sue.

* BrokenBase: Over which movie is better than the others, over the quality of the movies themselves, and over the canonization of the events that took place within each film.
** [=DiamondDust=] particularly suffers from this; some see it as a good anime film, some see it as [[CreatorsPet an undeserved]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad spotlight-stealing stunt]] for Hitsugaya.

* ClicheStorm: MacGuffinGirl is being chased by generic badguys, causing problems so they can take over. Hero swears to protect girl he just met and fights generic badguys. Girl sacrifices herself to return everything to StatusQuo. Where have we seen this before?
** In the fourth movie, a girl gets kidnapped into enemy territory, Ichigo's gang charges after her, but they get defeated rather badly midway through. After some emotional drama, Ichigo gets a power-up and fights the FinalBoss in a re-match, defeating him for good. We've already seen that happen in the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo arcs.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Senna in the first film, likely the most talked-about movie-only character from the American fanbase.
** Plenty even liked Homura as well, but not to enough of an extent as Senna.
** Shuren and Kokuto from the fourth movie have already gained pretty sizable fanbases back at Japan and within America. [[{{Bishonen}} Take a good]] [[HeyItsThatVoice guess over why]].

* HoYay[[spoiler:/ FoeYay]]: Ichigo and Kokuto get some in Movie 4.

* LesYay: Homura towards Rukia.

* RelationshipSue: Senna isn't one herself, but that didn't stop the FanDumb from labeling her as one.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The first film at least. Generic plot, generic badguys and average fights, but it's [[EnsembleDarkhorse Senna]] that makes it worth watching.

** Movie 4 gave us the aforementioned [[HoYay Kokuto x Ichigo]], with a small instance of Orihime/Ichigo.

!Tropes that relate to only the movies

!Tropes that relate to only the filler arcs
* BigBadassBattleSequence: Several occur during the Zanpakuto arc, but none are at the same level as the second movie.
* BigBad: Jin Kariya for the Bount arc.
** Gyokaku Kumoi and Shusuke Amagai in the New Captain arc.
** Muramasa for the Zanpakuto arc, with Kouga as a BiggerBad.
** Kageroza Inaba for the Invading Army arc, [[spoiler: with Okou Yushima as another BiggerBad]].
* CashCowFranchise
* ContinuityLockout: The New Captain and Zanpakuto Unknown Tales arcs happened ''in the middle of another StoryArc'', completely throwing fans out of the loop first time around. The plots for both have no real placement into the plot - Ichigo uses his first Hollow mask in both, despite how he only stopped his Visored training once word got out that Orihime left to Las Noches. The Invading Army arc delayed Ichigo's powers from dissolving as quickly as it did in the manga, but he still faced problems with it dwindling faster every time he used Bankai, furthering to the lockout.
** It get subverted with the Zanpakuto spirit forms, though - you might as well consider their designs and personalities canon. It's implied they can change their appearances at will, mostly into forms that corresponds to their Shikai or Bankai levels (i.e. "Zangetsu" equals Old Man, while "Tensa Zangetsu" equals pretty boy), like changing from animal to human forms (Zabimaru and Hyorinmaru). Even if the spirit forms appear and look different in the manga later on (which is doubtful), the anime made a good job at explaining why most of their wielders didn't recognize them at first.
* CreatorsPet: Nozomi Kujo. Due to her being a ThirtySuePileup, any time she shows up, the western fandom riots, [[spoiler: AndThereWasMuchRejoicing when she died]].
* {{Filler}}: Well, ''duh''.
* FinalBoss: Kariya for the Bount arc.
** [[spoiler: Amagai]] for the New Captain arc.
** Muramasa for the Zanpakuto arc.
** Kirikaze for the Beast Swords' mini-arc.
** [[spoiler: Ouko Yushima]] for the Invading Army Arc.
* FoeYay: Dalk gives this towards Ishida and Ichigo.
** Ichigo towards Muramasa.
** Inaba towards Kon and Nozomi.
* HoYay: The infamous "[[ThatCameOutWrong take]] [[AccidentalInnuendo it]] [[DoubleEntendre off]]" scene between Ichigo and Renji during the Bount Arc.
** A drunken Amagai hugging Ukitake.
** Muramasa towards Kouga.
** Hozukimaru and Ruri'ro Kujaku, just like their Shinigami wielders.
* LesYay: By the ''bucketload''.
** The first noted instance is Rukia with Yoshi, from the Bount arc.
** Rangiku hugging Isane around the shoulder and getting her to join a party in the Bount arc.
** Rangiku holding a "How to Be Sexy" lesson to Nemu, Yachiru, Isane and Soifon in an Omake. Once Nanao shows up, everyone has a heart floating around their heads.
** There's an anime-exclusive hug scene between Rukia and Orihime in here.
** Rukia expresses a lot towards Sode no Shirayuki.
** Nanao gets quite a bit with the ninja half of Katen Kyokotsu.
** Haineko is the most frequent offender, despite her insistence that she prefers guys. Incidentally, these instances can raise quite a few eyebrows about [[BiTheWay what her real sexuality might be]].
*** She seemed pleased at the prospect of [[ItMakesSenseInContext forcing Yoruichi to go all-out]].
*** She gets a lot with Rangiku. Her second act on-screen was to leaned her face closer to Rangiku, puckering her lips up, before shoving her Shinigami out of the way. After slashing cloth from Rangiku's chest area, Haineko licked the corner of her lips and admitted that she wanted to make Rangiku sexier. Later, she hung around the human world with Rangiku and Orihime in schoolgirl uniforms, taking pictures of them posing together and [[GenreSavvy showing them off to the guys at Urahara's shop]]. Finally, she let a drunken Rangiku literally brush their faces together in a party and exercised with her on a treadmill.
*** She seems to enjoy hanging around Tobiume; Haineko even groped Tobiume to tease her flat chest and defended her from Kirikaze. Way back, there was the time when Haineko and Tobiume were bound together by Kido, but they didn't seem to mind much about it later.
* MistakenForGay: Ichigo and Renji during the aforementioned "take it off" scene, apparently wrestling another man to the ground while commanding him to "take ''it'' [a disguise] off" can give your classmates the wrong idea...
** What makes it even [[{{Squick}} Squickier]] is that everyone thinks they're ''[[TwinCest Brothers]]'', so god only knows what Chizuru meant by calling it "Forbidden Love".
* TheScrappy: ''Arc'' examples would be the Invading Army and Bount arcs.
** Lirin, for her AnnoyingLaugh.
** Most Bounts, in particular for being underdeveloped and/or {{Jerkass}}es
** Rurichiyo Kasumioji, mostly for her SpoiledBrat attitude
** Shu Kannogi, for his wimpy voice.
** Jinnai Doko, for that AnnoyingLaugh.
** Kouga Kuchiki, likely due to being a CompleteMonster
** Makoto Kibune is a typical SmugSnake and a [[YouLookFamiliar carbon copy of another, established villain]].
** Patros, Menis and Aldegor, the Filler Arrancars that tried to form a coup against Aizen, were hard to take seriously, and had very little depth compared to some of the other Arrancars. At best, they're around the same level as the Dark Ones from the first movie.
** Nozomoi Kujo for being an utter Mary Sue.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Inaba makes ''Aizen'' look like an EliteMook by comparison.
** In his ''shikai'', Yushima has the same abilities as [[EnergyAbsorption Nozomi]] and [[AttackReflector Inaba]] ''combined'', making him the absolute strongest character '''in the series' history'''.
* ShipTease: Ashido and Rukia, back at the Forest of Menos mini-arc.
** Yoshino and Ishida during the Bount arc.
** Kon and Nozomi in the Invading Army arc.
** There's also Senbonzakura with Sode no Shirayuki.
** Shunsui with the pirate half of Katen Kyokotsu.
** There's even a bit between Haineko and Kazeshini, just before he fell to the ground in exhaustion.
** Haineko flirts with Ichigo twice, first when she plays around during a fight, and again when she showed pictures of herself to him.
** Haineko gets a lot with Narunosuke, her first ''crush''.

The ongoing Invading Army arc is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger CreatorsPet than ''Aizen''.

The ongoing Invading Army arc is likely the most disliked of the filler arcs, even more so than the Bounts or the Toju. It likewise started off with an interesting concept - spiritual bodies for artificial souls, time-derailing problems with the Dangai, and the identity of the original Modsoul creator, so what was the problem ''this'' time around? At first, it was mostly over it being a rehash of previous filler arcs (and even movies) - the Shinigami get into trouble, involve Ichigo into the plot, briefly turn on Ichigo, show off abilities that were already shown before (manga or otherwise), and destroy parts of the Seireitei during their battles against their enemies; the usual stuff you'd see most anywhere else. Legit excuse, but that still isn't enough to outright revile it, so let's delve further: the FiveManBand had been shafted ever since the New Captain arc, and they were DemotedToExtra in the manga's storyline, so fans would've preferred seeing some Badassery or importance to Ichigo's gang (sans Ichigo himself), instead of being there to show off their abilities and get defeated shortly thereafter. However, [[GodModeSue most of the Badassery]] and [[BlackHoleSue plot relevance]] was [[SpotlightStealingSquad shifted towards]] a [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome comparatively uninteresting]] and [[JerkSue unlikable]] MacGuffinGirl, Nozomi Kujo, an even bigger [[TheWesley Wesley]] than ''Aizen''.

* TheWesley: Nozomi Kujo. Any time she shows up, the western fandom riots, [[spoiler: AndThereWasMuchRejoicing when she died]].

** Hokuzimaru and Ruri'ro Kujaku, just like their Shinigami wielders.