Bleach is one of the most popular and respected shonen series, starring a wonderful cast of characters with punk Ichigo Kurosaki at the helm. Ichigo was once an ordinary high school student until one night, the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki empowered him to become a shonen hero.
Since then, Ichigo has often saved the day as a stellar action hero, even traveling to fantasy worlds like Soul Society and Hueco Mundo to protect his friends. There’s a lot I like about Ichigo, but there’s also a lot I don’t like about him. Some of Ichigo’s worst aspects are pretty minor or not even his fault, but they still make up the worst side of him.
10 Ichigo sometimes doesn’t take his enemies seriously enough.
Against enemies like Espada Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Ichigo will take things seriously and unleash his full power right away. But against other enemies, Ichigo has a bad habit of taking them too lightly and might even become arrogant.
Ichigo took Ururu Tsumigiya too lightly when Kisuke assigned her to help Ichigo train at the end of season 1 and Ichigo quickly learned his lesson. He also took the Dordoni Sword too lightly and needed Nel to help him win the fight.
9 Ichigo loses his temper easily.
Tsundere anime characters are usually popular, like Taiga Aisaka and Kyo Sohma, but sometimes, these hotheaded characters are just cranky brats, and that definitely includes Ichigo Kurosaki. Sometimes his punk attitude is great, but sometimes he takes it too far.
Ichigo looks ridiculous when he explodes with sarcastic remarks or comments, acting like a bratty kid who can’t stand being teased. One example was when an annoyed Nel started insulting him and Ichigo lost his cool.
8 Ichigo keeps clashing with his father, Isshin.
Ichigo has a bad temper with his own family; however, his goofy single father, Isshin, often provokes him with his own goofy pranks. Still, this is among Ichigo’s worst aspects and it’s no wonder Ichigo’s little sister, Yuzu, is so exasperated by her family’s antics.
Isshin has a bad habit of kicking Ichigo to wake him up or greet him after school and Ichigo returns the favor and then some. This may be the Kurosaki family’s idea of tough love, but they should find a better way to communicate.
7 Ichigo acts on impulse often.
Ichigo is a very proactive shonen hero; sometimes, he compensates and moves the story along, but you could also say that he acts too impulsively, and it has cost him more than once.
Ichigo abruptly ran after Rukia at the end of Season 1, only to nearly be killed by Captain Byakuya Kuchiki. Ichigo also impulsively ran to rescue Orihime in Hueco Mundo and would have been doomed if the Soul Reapers hadn’t stepped in to help. He also impulsively attacked Ulquiorra, a move that led to his total defeat.
6 Ichigo is bad at manipulating spiritual energy.
It’s not Ichigo’s fault that he’s bad at manipulating spirit energy, as he had to learn the ways of the Soul Reapers on the fly and never had the benefit of proper training with the kido arts. Still, Ichigo is very poor with manipulating spiritual energy and it nearly cost him more than once.
As Ichigo’s team was about to be thrown into the Seireitei, Ichigo struggled to form a ball of spiritual energy around himself, while his teammate Uryu formed a ball with ease. Later, Ichigo bridged shoddy spirit energy to quickly return to Karakura Town, so Captain Retsu Unohana took over and formed a much better bridge for both of them.
5 Ichigo is too proud to accept help sometimes.
Ichigo Kurosaki is not a great team player. He is fiercely determined to protect the friends from him, but he also feels the need to go it alone, even if he really needs help. At first, he intended to rescue Orihime from Hueco Mundo alone and Chad and Uryu had to convince Ichigo to let them join him.
In another story arc, Ichigo needed the help of the eight Visoreds to tame his inner Hollow, but he turned down Shinji Hirako’s offer of help, to no avail for Ichigo. Finally, after losing a few battles, Ichigo decided it was time to enlist the help of the Visored.
4 Ichigo makes fun of Rukia too much.
Ichigo and his friend Rukia have great chemistry as their intense personalities clash in funny ways and they tend to annoy and annoy each other at times. However, from time to time, Ichigo gets completely carried away as he pushes Rukia’s buttons.
When Ichigo met Rukia in the Soul Society arc, he teased her endlessly despite Rukia’s distress. Ichigo also tends to openly mock Rukia’s funny rabbit drawings.
3 Ichigo lacks an inspiring end goal
For the most part, Ichigo Kurosaki compares well to his fellow Big Three protagonists, of naruto ninja knucklehead naruto uzumaki and one piece the gummy pirate captain Monkey D. Luffy, but each of them has unique flaws compared to the other two. Ichigo’s problem is his lack of ambition.
Each of the inspiring shonen heroes has a clear end goal, with Naruto striving to become Hokage, Luffy aspiring to become pirate king, and full metal alchemist Edward Elric seeking to restore his body. Ichigo doesn’t have a special goal, which makes his character much less convincing. In fact, something similar can be said about Natsu Dragneel from Fairy tale.
two Ichigo ruined the OTP of all the Bleach fans, IchiRuki
Anime fans often develop favorite couples in a series, either supporting the actual relationships in the series or creating their own couples. For many years, many Bleach fans were hoping and hoping for Ichigo to be romantically paired with Rukia since they have such great chemistry.
But Ichigo let down all of IchiRuki’s shippers in the end and many Bleach The fans were upset about it. Instead, she ended up with her best friend Orihime Inoue, and while that makes sense in the lore, many IchiRuki fans still saw it as a betrayal. Many of them still haven’t forgiven Ichigo and the rest. Bleach franchise for this.
1 Ichigo has very few fighting techniques.
Most shonen heroes have a wide variety of combat techniques at their disposal. Naruto Uzumaki invented several Rasengan variants and learned Sage Mode, Luffy came up with many uses for Gum-Gum Fruit and used Haki, Natsu Dragneel has a variety of fire-based attacks, and more. However, Ichigo only has one special move.
Ichigo’s technique is Getsuga Tensho and while it’s a cool and powerful move, it gets a bit tedious after a while, and Ichigo has a few other moves to use. He just grinds his way to victory, even after multiple training sessions, which feels a bit underwhelming compared to what Naruto can do.
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