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A review by lefttorread
Bleach, Vol. 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers by Tite Kubo
5.0
Why was I hesitant to pick this up????
I know it's loved, but so is Deathnote, and I didn't have the best time with those mangas and since I've only really enjoyed one manga with my whole heart and that's Alice in Borderland, I thought maybe that was due to the love I have for the show adaptation. I found mangas to be difficult to get into in the past, they usually take a few volumes to get going... but with Bleach, we were thrown straight into the story, it had both a perfect start and ending point making me want to pick up the next volume immediately and it actually made laugh, which again, is very odd for me, I don't get on with humour in books!! But the humour was so subtle, and to my taste, I loved it. I also felt for the characters early on... yeah, let's say I'm invested. Hopefully, volume 2 doesn't let me down and make me look like a fool.
I know it's loved, but so is Deathnote, and I didn't have the best time with those mangas and since I've only really enjoyed one manga with my whole heart and that's Alice in Borderland, I thought maybe that was due to the love I have for the show adaptation. I found mangas to be difficult to get into in the past, they usually take a few volumes to get going... but with Bleach, we were thrown straight into the story, it had both a perfect start and ending point making me want to pick up the next volume immediately and it actually made laugh, which again, is very odd for me, I don't get on with humour in books!! But the humour was so subtle, and to my taste, I loved it. I also felt for the characters early on... yeah, let's say I'm invested. Hopefully, volume 2 doesn't let me down and make me look like a fool.