Summary
The Bleach manga ended hastily due to the author's declining health and the pressure of Shonen Jump. Shonen Jump's rigorous schedule negatively affects the mangaka's health and spirit. The anime adaptation of Bleach's ending, The Thousand Year Blood War, solves the problems by taking the time to create a higher quality final product.
Bleach is one of the most popular manga series of all time, but its ending is also considered particularly weak. While there are many reasons why this is the case, one of the biggest reasons has to do with the how Jump Shonen comic book production and how it negatively affects comic book creators. Luckily, the anime adaptation of Bleach's ending, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, is taking the time to fix many of these issues, and the way they're addressing it shows that Shonen Jump can prevent this what happens in the future.
Without revealing much, it's fair to say that the ending of the Bleach manga is quite rushed. This was partly due to series creator Tite Kubo's declining health and his desire to finish the series, giving himself another year or two to complete. Many fans believe that the low sales of later manga volumes caused Shonen Jump to lose faith in what was once one of the “Big Three” manga series, but there is no solid evidence to support the claim. This. However, Shonen Jump definitely has some flaws, as one has to consider why Tite Kubo's health declined in the first place.
Shonen Jump's demanding schedule overworked the Mangaka
Bleach is emblematic of the problems of the manga industry, which continually overworks its creators to the point of declining health. In addition to Bleach, a famous example is Hunter x Hunter's Yoshihiro Togashi, whose health declined to the point that Hunter x Hunter went on an indefinite hiatus for many years at this point. Togashi has gotten to the point where he struggles to sit in a chair and can now only draw while lying on his back and holding the paper up in front of his face.
Luckily, Tite Kubo's situation never got that serious, but he got to the point where he needed surgery for his shoulder injury, but he couldn't take a break from making Bleach to actually have surgery. People like Togashi and Kubo are creators with incredible resilience, but in the first place, it's unfair to put them in such difficult situations. After all, these creators are the masterminds behind these massive properties, so one would expect that keeping them healthy and creative is of the utmost importance. However, the way they are treated and their schedules do not suggest anything but.
Of course, a person can have poor health for many reasons, but everyone knows that overwork and the stress that comes with it can have a major negative impact on health. The unforgiving schedule, requiring 15-20 new pages per week, can be extremely difficult even for a completely healthy artist to keep up, let alone one who may already have problems. about health. Many mangakas face extremely long work weeks, over 60 hours, week after week, indefinitely. For example, Naruto author Masashi Kishimoto was unable to take a honeymoon break after his wedding for many years.
The thousand year blood war is overcoming the problem by taking time
The Millennium Blood War, being an anime adaptation, is unusual in that the anime production studio worked closely with Tite Kubo to improve the ending into a more satisfying ending for fans. The anime incorporated new scenes, revealed new Bankai versions, and expanded on content that was covered up in the manga. Kubo has had time in the years since the manga ended to consider what worked and what didn't, and decide what he regrets cutting out and what he wishes he could have incorporated .
The adaptation is also quite different from the original Bleach anime (which never adapted the final season) in that instead of airing the episodes non-stop, Studio Pierrot chose to release the episodes into 4 seasons (actually seasons ), spread out over many months. individual. This ensured that the animators and their writers did not face too many tough times and resulted in a higher overall quality for the entire Thousand Year Blood War anime.
While there's still no exact release date for the third part of The Thousand-Year Blood War, that's totally fine; If Studio Pierrot needs more time to make this than the previous ones, then they should take it. While it is important to adhere to deadlines to prevent a project from continuing indefinitely, there is no reason why those deadlines need to be shared publicly until it is certain that they can be be met. Of course, there are other factors, like maintaining audience interest, that must be taken into account, but a balance needs to be achieved between business needs and human factors.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is showing how to approach Anime and Manga
Thousand-Year Blood War's seasonal approach and its willingness to take its time rather than rush a product has certainly been key to the extremely high quality of the series thus far. It proves that Shonen Jump's intense, relentless production is not necessary to create a high-quality product and in many ways leads to lower overall quality, and is unhealthy and even dangerous for manga and anime creators. The health and quality of life of the people who create our favorite stories should be a higher priority.
Hopefully more series, in both the anime and manga worlds, will draw the appropriate lessons from the success of the Millennium Blood War and be more willing to take the time to do things right, instead because they are forced to follow an extremely tight schedule. causes creators to overwork and inevitably leads to negative effects on their health.
While the responsibility for fixing these industry problems primarily falls on companies like Shonen Jump, it means fans must also be willing to be more patient and understanding when there are delays in the process. produce their favorite series. Creators like Tite Kubo are humans too and while it might be a bit disappointing to have to wait longer for the next chapter, it's better for everyone to make those creators happy, that way . Bleach The thousand-year bloody war has been going on.
