By “Boba Fett Effect,” I mean characters becoming massively popular because they look cool, act mysterious, and radiate aura despite not actually accomplishing much.Kubo is so good at character design and presentation that he can make a character feel legendary before they’ve earned it. A guy walks in with a ridiculous outfit, says one hard line, reveals a Bankai, gets a double-page spread, and fans immediately declare him “HIM.”Then you check his actual résumé and it’s:>showed up>explained his ability>looked cool>got countered>lostThe Visored are probably the funniest example. Former captains and lieutenants with both Shinigami and Hollow powers should be monsters, yet half their purpose seems to be putting on cool masks before getting folded.Shinji especially has one of the coolest designs and abilities in the series, but somehow spends more time explaining how his powers work than actually winning with them.The Espada are similar. Their introductions, designs, Resurreccións, and general presentation make them feel like unstoppable monsters, but a lot of them ultimately exist to give captains cool fights.Starrk is beloved, but what did he actually accomplish? He fought some captains, looked incredibly cool, and died.Squad Zero might be the peak of this. They’re introduced as the Royal Guard, stronger collectively than the Gotei 13, with members who invented fundamental parts of Soul Society itself. In the original manga, their performance compared to that hype was laughable.And then there’s Ukitake, who might be the king of being respected entirely through implication. One of the oldest captains, trained by Yamamoto, supposedly insanely powerful, universally respected… Actual combat résumé? Basically a LinkedIn recommendation with a sword.
That’s the thing with Bleach: fans constantly confuse strength, accomplishments, narrative importance, and aura.A character can be canonically powerful and still accomplish almost nothing.A character can have an amazing Bankai and still lose every important fight.A character looking cool while getting folded does not mean they didn’t get folded.But Kubo gets away with it because he might be one of the best mangaka ever at making characters look important. He can make standing still feel like a feat.So Bleach ends up full of characters you remember as absolute legends, until you reread the series and ask, “Wait, what did this guy actually do?”Usually, the answer is:Not much. But he looked cool as fuck doing it.
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what the fuck is blud waffling about?
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>>291100490You sound stressed
I will never forgive Bleach for having the strongest old guy with thousands of years of battle experience die to "heh, it's just a hologram".
>>291099536Very recognizable AI writing style, probably ChatGPT.Would a 4chan that's just (you) and a bunch of AI say several dozen with different personalities be better than what we have now?Honestly, it probably would be. Most humans in this world have less to say and communicate worse than AI.
