​When Bleach first began, it gained a massive amount of popularity for its immersive storyline filled with great characters and jaw-dropping twists. Well, that and the ridiculously amazing battle scenes that often featured crazy-ass sword fights, badass super powers, and the occasional giant Buddha baby/caterpillar hybrid that burps out toxic gas.

The manga and anime series also excelled through its main protagonist, Ichigo Kurosaki. In the beginning, fans really connected to the veritable everyman, who overcame the impossible odds he found himself thrust into through sheer determination and a conviction to doing the right thing and protecting his friends. Unfortunately, that’s pretty much as far his character goes. Every single battle he found himself in, no matter how much more impossibly stronger the opponent, Ichigo always managed to win because “he has to.” He literally says that. It’s like the writer was talking to the audience saying, “It doesn’t matter how. He just has to. Accept it and move on, assholes.”

As Ichigo grew increasingly more dull and boring — the only character worse than him being his love interest Orihime, whose sole purpose is to say “Kurosaki-kun” over and over again as her only line of dialogue — it quickly became apparent how far more awesome and interesting the characters around him were. Whether through complex characterization, a certain air of mystery or by simply being just that damn badass, the members of this list display precisely how kickass they are and how comparatively lame Ichigo really is.

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