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Anime series Bleach officially ends after 22 years

The final episode of the anime airs on TV Tokyo and jumps ten years ahead in the story; fans are praising it, though some feared the landing.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFans are praising a 'perfect' ending as the anime series Bleach officially wraps up, twenty-two years after it first aired, the BBC reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-two years. I've had a boiler that lasted less, and it ended worse.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe original anime ran from two thousand four to two thousand twelve, across sixteen seasons, and never caught up to the manga it was based on.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEight years waiting on a plot. I've waited on a plumber that long, and he at least turned up eventually.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBleach is counted among Japan's big three manga, with One Piece and Naruto. The final chapter began in twenty twenty-two.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the manga's ending from twenty sixteen, which people disliked, is also in the room. Nobody's mentioned it. Everybody's looking at it.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne fan said it's her favourite series of all time, and that she laughed more than she cried.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWatch it if a show has ever outlasted your phone contracts.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'll watch it. I'm just going to sit there and wait for it to go wrong, which is how I watched the other twenty-two years.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe last episode jumps ten years ahead. Finally, someone at Bleach is in a hurry.

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