Ichigo Kurosaki: HOLLOW, QUINCY, SHINIGAMI & HUMAN | BLEACH: Character Analysis 

You could do other series you like

Rukia ?

You should definitely do a character analysis video on Naruto,Luffy,or even Goku.

Nagato/Pain pls? I'm a pain tard. Minato would be nice too.

Maybe opinions on Bleach's filler arcs?

my man also just wants a normal life

That's why I hate fairy tail they overused the power of friendship trope and the whole I want to be this trope

He doesn’t want to become a Sayian god either

He’s just a teenager going through his life and wants to protect his loved ones but is dragged into the duties of a Soul Reaper. But he doesn’t look back, because it gives him the power to protect people.

one could say a side effect of Ichigo's want to protect will lead him to become the strongest in the world because as he makes friends with stronger people he in turn sees a need to become even stronger to protect them as well.

I completely agree with you

I like Ichigo as a character, and agree that he does change through his character journey, however, as an amateur writer myself, I can also see why people would criticize his character. There is some truth to the claims against Ichigo's character: his initial motivation is to live a normal life, yet he seeks power to become a stronger shinigami (thus taking him further away from living a normal life), he won the genetic lottery of being a Human/Hollow/Shinigami/Vizard/Quincy/Fullbringer, and, after every loss he gains a power up which enables him to defeat the main villain of the arc. But, I think that his actual motivation is not to live a normal life. This was his initial "excuse" because it's his misbelief. He (originally) thought that he will be happy living a normal life, but when specific circumstances happened to him (proving him wrong), he realizes that what he actually wants is power: power to protect others. One can argue that this is the most basic shounen motivation, however, it's a little different in Ichigo's case. In this story world, Ichigo's powers are tied to his acceptance of an inner part of himself which he sees as an imperfection (ex. He has to accept shinigami powers to use it, he has to accept his hollow powers to use it, he has to accept his fullbringer powers to use it, etc.) So, the theme is actually: the more he (one) accepts himself (oneself), the more powerful he (one) will be. I think this is a really cool concept/theme, but it is difficult to show because it is a deep, internal character change that would not usually present externally in real life. And, in using the medium of anime/manga, internal changes cannot be illustrated as easily as a novel description in first-person POV. So, the fact that it is difficult to convey deep internal growth using an illustration-based medium is why I think Ichigo often gets thrown into the "another basic shounen MC" category by mistake. Plus, people don't understand that Ichigo's Zanpakto is the corporeal representation of this theme. So, the fight scenes aren't just a clash of opposing ideals between the good guys and the bad guys, they also represent the struggle of the shinigami (Ichigo) and their acceptance of themselves. The ambiguity of who is good and who is bad adds to this struggle. The shinigami are considered to be the "good guys" because the story is told from this lens, however, to a Human/Hollow/Quincy/Vizard/Fullbringer in the story world, the Shinigami are not the "good guys." This adds a layer to the theme and asks: can you still accept yourself knowing who you really are (imperfections, darkness, and evil parts included)?

@@phoebea He may have one the "lottery" but he had to progress to those and even accept himself in DIFFERENT instances. What good are all those powers, if they are connected to you personally so much that a single doubt can be the difference of even USING it during a life or death situation? I fault people for not understanding the fundamentals of Spiritual pressure and spiritual energy. ITs been shown NUMEROUS times the mindset affects the spirit and body. Doesnt matter how gifted or blessed you are unless your mind is in the right place.

@@UnifiedEntity yeah. Bleach has a lot of heavy Buddhist symbolisms in both the story and characters. Since most ppl in the west might not recognize the influence the spirit relation to mind and body might be lost on them...

The only reason people disliked him is cause he spammed one attack getsuga 🤣🤣🤣

Yes...ichigo literally shouts his goal 😂

Every big 3 shonen protagonist has his own goal to achieve Even though all of them are different, Naruto's goal was to become a hokage, after that it stopped Luffy's goal is to become the pirate king but it is still too far to end And ichigo's goal is to protect his close relarives, and as for that he tries to get strong enough to protect the people who hurt his relatives Imma make a short resume on ichigo in 15 words: a teenager who wants to protect what's most precious to him by getting stronger

@@ayusshanubhav2097 i guess Ichigo doesn’t shout his goal annoyingly enough. Kid Naruto was annoying as hell with his Hokage statements, especially in the dub.

@@Leo-db4sl Dragon Ball is also a shonen title. Goku doesn’t have as distinctive of a goal, especially in the original series.

Yea it’s a goal but when people say a goal they mean something you can reach towards and work towards with an solving resolution. Protecting and saving your friends not only is the most common and shonen troupe for an mc I would ant say it’s a set and stone goal. Also the hueco mundo arc is well just 1 arc. What about for the rest of the series and it’s ending? I definitely think kubo could have developed him a goal throughout the series like how toriyama did with having gokus goal to be finding an successor to protect earth after his passing which is what he got in uub at the end of Z. But as a bleach fan protecting your friends isn’t a set and stone goal at least the way I see it and my perspective.

Same here!

Well said!

Same bro. I love bleach so much

Same!

I love bleach so I love all you guys too ❤💕

Well said!

Thats something that struck me with your comment. Ichigo doesn't brag or boast about his power or hia goals. To be fair a lot main character s don't brag but they do try to tell you what they want in life. Ichigo is kind of like jotaro with how they can be quite reserved at points.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Yep, bleach is really deep and sort of realistic. My favorite shonen and anime

Yes!! Ichigo is a character that doesn't has any lofty ambitions, no grandiose motivation and does not has the "I want to be come this, be that" vendetta -- he's just a simple guy, a teenager at that who happens to be the protagonist and has ambitions we all might have, which are protecting his friends and family, and has the sadness of being ABSOLUTELY miserable when he doesn't. He's just someone like us who is driven to protect the people he loves, and goes through many character-arcs along all the manga, (SS, HC & TYBW being the ones where he's developing the most, honestly) but these are often overlooked because his conflicts and development are really more internal than external. I'm glad I found someone who agrees, lmao, the Ichigo slander has gone on for too long when he's a really, really great character looking into it.

@@javierbasquez1181 and?? What did you accomplish with that statement??

@@mukeshkhanchi648 right,and i disagree with the depth aspect

@@bradleysmith6478 just look in few lower comments. This ass was copying and pasting this crap. Just a little child who is pissed on the fact that his fully flawed blonde gay stalker isn't the best protagonist out there

@@bradleysmith6478 ignore him he's just a troll He's literally replying to every comment with the same shit

@@mukeshkhanchi648 right he’s salty that DBZ imran isn’t doing an analysis on his favorite character

I tolerate most Shounen protagonists, save for Ichigo who has an actual air of relatability. Making him one of the few characters I actually like

i fully agree imo he is a normal person which makes him far better

Bleach was actually the first anime I ever watched when I was in middle school, so I’m glad people are still talking about it

Yes that's what he said

Lose*

Are you talking about filler episodes?

I'm talking about after he beat Aizen and he collapsed.

@@mikailthomas1466 Yes, that' s filler. Ichigo lost all his power right then in manga.

I'm glad that you liked it

basically people who talk shit about him and the series didn't even read or watch the anime.glad that you like it.

Also in my opinion I feel like people need to expand their horizon when it comes to shonen because there are different shonen magazines with unique titles and characters that doesn't follow that I want to become trope. Even ones from the 70s, 80s 90s are very unique

@Games exactly, that's why I'm glad chainsaw man, jujustsu kaisen, and hell paradise are getting anime adaption. Also series like blockade battlefront , trigun, to your eternity, magus bride, ushio to tora, d.gray-man,karakuri circus (manga)Gto , pumpkin scissors, and deadman wonderland gets overlooked

@@xblade149 for me itadori jjk life and ichigo abit similar they don't have goal,just want to live peacefuly and suddenly they get forced by the situation to fight.before the problem come they just a normal human...the toxic fans from NRT,DB,OP want all the protagonist have to join SUNWOOKONG SQUAD. (even though itadori have those vibe too *cough) Ichigo is the Coolest shonen prot in my opinion.

oh man so true..he really relatable to human tbh....

He even made that clear when Rukia was like, "You must be a hero!" And he's all, "NO WAY!!"

@@kenpoarniceguy1 haha lol....i guess Bleach is just not suitable for kids

@@kamyoyurika141 that's true. People can't believe that he doesn't want to be some great hero, he just wants his fights to be done so he can go back to his normal life. A life where he can date, have fun, have dinner with his family.

Facts.

The only criticism which Injust remembered and had to check was the fact that there were pics of the Hokage is the part where characters who only fight for themselves were mentioned. Wrong pic-choice although this video was so long that small errors are fine :)

The literal meaning and the root definition of a protagonist is someone who reacts to the change done by the antagonist (who's definition is the one who starts change)

A reactive character isn't necessarily bad, but a character who does not drive the plot (as in, a bad thing happens and they need to stop it) IS a reactive character. In Dragonball Z, Goku is mostly a reactive character in the Saiyan and Cell sagas. It does not make him a bad character, but you (and this video) seem to think that reactive characters are bad. If Ichiko does not drive the story through his goals or ambitions, and only affects the plot through how he reacts to things, then he is a reactive character. Luffy is an active character for most of One Piece. He sets out himself, decides to go to Skypiea for the hell of it and runs into a prison to save his brother. He drives the story instead of the story driving what he does next. It doesn't make him a better character, but it makes him an interesting one given the world of One Piece, as wherever Luffy goes, the plot follows.

This is literally life. Like, things happen, and as human beings, being able to sense stimuli, we react to them, naturally. Sometimes whether we want to or not, involuntary reflexes etc. But our active reactions and way we handle certain events in life are crucial in shaping our journeys and stories. So I agree 100% with you, this argument is just absolutely idiotic. Does Naruto not react to all the different events and challenges he encounters, as well as Luffy? Of course, or else they would just stand there and do nothing. They all react differently, and depending on the scenario. So dumb. Edit: I am not sure if I agree with you or disagree, I think I'm confused on what message you were conveying or I misunderstood that topic in the video. I thought that we were saying that this argument is used AGAINST Ichigo to show he isn't a good character, and THAT was the stupid argument. If you meant the fact that Ichigo is a reactive character, supports the belief he is poorly written, and you agree with that, then I do NOT 100% agree with you, but 100% disagree. So yeah, I'm confused. My bad. To be clear, I think reactivity is a characteristic of every main character, every human actually, and that Ichigo is a great character; Luffy or Naruto aren't any better, as they all react to things too, as again, its what creatures (even plants literally??) do. Lol.

Yeah he's not Naruto

Or they just have no idea what a mary sue is. I see people toss that term around often. It's become another meaningless buzzword people use to slander characters they don't like.

The only mary sue part of Ichigo is that my man is a hybrid to end all hybrids

@@nadhifbhagawantahadiprayit975 I love bleach and totally disagree with the boring main trope but my mans is a hollow, Quincy, soul reaper combined 😂😂😂 he was too OP but all the villains were way more OP so it’s cool lol

@@perryemerald9156 right?! Like aizen is literally melded with a reality warping wish granting weapon of basically limitless power with the ability to hypnotize someone who can see every single future

And no man can cut a mountain with normal reasoning

What does that mean

@@randomperson2540 no man can protect everyone alone

What a great quote from both off you

Amazing

That was urahara kisuke..

@@ValeriePersonalReal Yes I know, Ichigo said that quote while fighting Renji at Soul Society.

@@neogotham2k395 and you said it just now, still a kisuke quote.

@@ValeriePersonalReal k

Luffy is going after the One Piece in reaction to Shanks giving him the hat

Yeah but for Luffy he's always proactively progressing towards a goal. If Big Mom didn't kidnap Sanji he would have gone after her on his own anyway.

@@heyarnold7256 except he didnt and doesnt so wtf are you on about?

@@massy9437 What part was hard for you to understand? Nothing I said was incorrect.

@@heyarnold7256 except the fact it's complete bullshit? You can say all you want that it's what he would've done but he doesn't so it's irrelevant

I hate naruto’s “dad hair”

........i approve.......believe it........ :D

@hollowfied texting stroy Long hair doesn't really fit Ichigo's personality, but it would be nice :)

@@CthulhuTheory I was really hoping he'd take the Minato or Jiraya approach, so imagine my disappointment when I saw his dad hair...

Naruto with his Zuckerberg hair🤣

I disagree I'm the best shonen protag.

@@Axolotlian yessir tell em.. gintoki much better

@@javierbasquez1181 and?? What did you accomplish with that statement??

Naruto was never under dog outcast sure

@@Axolotlian he said favorite

For real. "He DoEsN't HaVe A gOaL" is such a vapid and hackneyed criticism. And they never apply that criticism to other characters that don't scream their goals at the top of their lungs all the time.

Yusuke's story was unique in that it was about him finding his goal. He was on a journey of self-discovery through fighting.

Exactly, People are so hypocritical when it comes to Ichigo's character. They would enjoy characters like Yusuke,Denji, and Gintoki. But criticize Ichigo for not having a goal.

What's worse is Naruto was made Hokage just for the sake of it. He doesn't have any qualities to lead, he was still just a kid even after growing up. He is like Goku in some aspects but not as cool.

You forgot Kenshin Himura from Ruronui Kenshin

He sure is. Unlike with Gotei 13 and the other groups he's someone you will be safe with especially when his friends enter the mix. Definitely a legacy MC.

Kubo was a fashionista lol

Bleach never fell after SS arc. Thats haters spouting nonsense. Its like those ppl saying Naruto fell after the Pain arc. The peak of Bleach is The Arrancar arc and the TYBW arc( the last one to be animated).

@@dianeemaleu2697 frankly Naruto to me fell when Kaguya came to picture cuz even with he flaws in the war I was able to forgive it

@@itsjustvin7630 i must admit its hard to find anyone liking the warc arc and the Kaguya one lool

First One Piece with Mr Morj, now Bleach has someone that can finally give insight on how well it's written. Someone should do the same for Naruto.

@@heyarnold7256 agreed naruto needs that I've seen far to much misrepresentation from that series not to the extent of bleach I'd say but i still see it

Say it again 😌

He's like a pizza with everything on it.

and yet without me , he is nothing

Human,soul reaper, Hollow,Quincy,Fullbringer and Stawberry.

@@mikailthomas1466 THE STRAWBERRY PLEASE-

@@javierbasquez1181 absolutely wrong.

@@javierbasquez1181 did you even watch this video?

@@javierbasquez1181 and you are also an opinion not a fact.

Beautiful foreshadowing for sure

Also when It revealed white was his zanpakuto, I remembered there's no other hollow we've seen do bankai and even he said he learned it the same time ichigo did

The fact that Ichigo used the same reiatsu sensory technique that uryuu uses when searching for hollows and then OMZ had him use the same technique again to find his shinigami powers in the shattered shaft was the first foreshadowed event for me

@@mikecash2384 well one for me has to be (as I researched) Ichigo very clearly having a costume change in bankai after we saw Ururyu having one in his fight with Kurotsuchi. In using ozm power the Quincy power he was giving off Quincy esq technique we just saw and than proceeded to have quincies do that in most of there moves in tybw unless I'm remembering wrong. Also anyone else wonder why we never seen a black getsuga with light blue trim again, would that be OZM no longer being the main source of power

Well, the quincy aren't a race so much as a specific affiliation of spiritually aware humans.

That was just bad still like it though.

What I find hypocritical is people will easily shower yusuke with praise and rightfully so he's an amazing character but will dog on ichigo ichigo for some reason by their logic yusuke should be a crap character its just dumb

Bro, exactly.

I dont get it

I guess, if peters mom had web powers and his dad had spider sense

" Hey you brats, I'm your friendly shinigami Kurosaki Ichigo, now get the hell outta here!"

@@antgarza4031 Ichigo having to balance his responsibilities as a shinigami and his social/school life is all very similar to Spider-Man, which I think is his point here

ignorant peeps who think shonen is only dbz style

Which is funny since Ichigo better is written most shounen protagonist

@@vrrrr8423 they want Ichigo put down his coolness and join the sunwookong squad lol🤣

@@vrrrr8423 I've seen people foolishly call bleach dragon ball z but with swords

True 🔥💪

Yes agreed...man it would have been really really sad to see ichigo becoming the soul king. When i was reading the manga and kyuraku came to give soul ticket i was expecting something like that to happen but glad that it didn't.

@@ayusshanubhav2097 Same. Personally I always only cheered for Ichigo and his immediate companions while Gotei 13 did not sit well with me even then. And they nearly did it to keep a probable lie going, there's no proof the worlds will end without the Spirit King's power, there's been millions of years worth of lies/propaganda about it. The only ones who stand to lose are the nobility.

But by becoming a Shinigami, he actively chose to challenge that destiny.

@@orangehat1924 But even that was destiny's plan.

Technically it was aizen playing God lol

@@Ozy3500 Why do ppl say Juha Bach? Its so weird. Its Yhwach.

@@Ozy3500 Yes. That is also true. But the question is: would Ichigo let himself be sealed willingly or would his friends save him?

I just want to pay rent dude.

@Sosuke Aizen All other protags are dorks. Except chainsaw man he cool.

@@Axolotlian hey gintoki i have a question what would you do if you fight ulquiorra will you run or keep fighting

@@Axolotlian ehhh Denji is alright

Worst part about is most of them aren't really proactive characters. they just reactive to everything the badguy does until they get their endgame goal. For example naruto reactive to the Akatsuki actions until he becomes the hokage. I mean what the point in naruto wanting to be hokage if barely does anything to proactive get those goals ?

U are literally saying that readers or ppl watching the show are either dumb or mentally lazy LOL

@@javierbasquez1181 and?? What did you accomplish with this statement??

Well, in the end.. what's the point of a beautiful sunrise if there's noone to watch it, right?

Yep. They literally just parrot what they say without thinking for themselves. Like a bunch of sheep.

Literally. And it’s so weird because why cant they form their OWN opinion without the help of an influential source.

@@n.5316 Because people these days are lazy. They don't like thinking on their own, so they let others tell them what to think.

Yes,he did.

@@javierbasquez1181 don't remember asking pal

@@javierbasquez1181 just like how your parents didn't care about you. I cannot relate to you in any way and hence no pity for you son

@@mukeshkhanchi648 leave him he wants attention soo much like naruto that he spams these things

@@vrrrr8423 correct, surely his favourite character is Naruto. He surely has that being a pain characteristic to say the least.

@@javierbasquez1181 Watched naruto and bleach and watching one piece and I will say that I like all 3 equally and one piece a little more just for the extra foreshadowing so here it is . Luffy and Naruto were *not* born with a normal life on the other hand ichigo was just suddenly forced to grasp the concept of shinigamis and hollows and fight them. Luffy and naruto had big dreams becuz their world was common but in bleach ichigo had no clear dream becuz he was not born into and neither was there anything big to become. Naruto and Luffy were raised in an uncommon world but ichigo was forced to fight and was made to see uncommon things making him feel like an outsider from his own world where he just wanted to be a normal person. Ichigo at the start of the series just wanted to be a normal person but as the show progressed his goals changed becuz then he wanted to protect his friends and keep them safe from everything. Ichigo always had issues with his own self when his mom died, he started seeing ghosts then he was made a shinigami and had to struggle with his power sure same happened with naruto but ichigo had more struggle with him being a hybrid. Naruto was hated yea sure he was but he still never gave up but ichigo hated himself for being different making him unable to open up to ppl clearly. I love Luffy, Naruto and Ichigo the same but I can't stand when someone disrespects either of the three.

there have 2 kind of haters first: the OG haters (they hate and keep shit on Bleach because Bleach anime discontinued for so long.actualy they are fans who impatient who turn into haters) or you can call them fake fans. the second haters is : the new weebs who doesn't know anything not even read or watch the Bleach anime but they know Aizen and Ichigo because it an icon.They start to spread bad rumor and hate to the fellow new weebs.lol

@@kamyoyurika141 that's true one of the big issues I have with the internet is everyone bandwagons on others opinions.

@@xblade149 ysss,they don't know if the current popular now was heavily inspired by Bleach lol