Let me see if I can find the quote I gave my friend about Bleach...
(And yes, skip all the filler, its goofy, fun, and even kinda cool sometimes but so confusing when stuck in the middle of a big battle)
Ah, here it is.
"Bleach was an OK show. The action was nice, the music was good, and the male characters hot enough to distract me from the fact that the author changed his mind every two minutes.
Then, we got to the Arrancar arc, and the author got better. The characters developed, we had thought-out villains, and the action scenes actually had you rooting for people. There was even a bit of humor and romantic tension to keep things nicely balanced. The show become good.
And then we reach episode 300.
Suddenly, the show just hits awesome. There are so many twists and turns that you start wondering if the author had set this up from the start, you want to strangle the villains, you simply want to hug every good guy, and even the art, music, and animation gets an upgrade.
Finale, 308 comes along, and if you're not shouting YES! and doing a little victory dance half-way through, then you haven't been paying attention. 308 gave me the first crowning moment of awesome that is no doubt going to start off a very epic season finale.
I can't wait. >;D"
And yes. The Season finale was indeed epic.
I may have to rewatch just those ten episodes again XD