Who is your favorite captain of the original 13 in Bleach?

Part of the favorites from Bleach series of polls I'm doing. The first/previous one was the original Espada poll. [link] This one is just about the captains who are first introduced in Bleach. Others will come in later polls.

I have to give it to Mayuri, though I do love me some Zaraki.

I'm a huge Soifon fan, but with her distinct lack of characterization or plot relevance, voting for her would be doing all the Taicho a huge disservice.

Zaraki is a fun read, but he's hardly a 'character', joining Yamamoto and Aizen in the 'walking superpower' tier. At least Mayuri has maintained character and motivation from start to finish!

I'm not going to go into any deep reasoning on how my favorite character affected the plot, or their relationship with (insert person or thing here) is symbolic for (insert thing here).

I voted for Shunsui for pure sex appeal.

Byakuya is a close 2nd.

Much as she goes against everything I look for in a character, Unohana edges out, though she isn't so much a favorite as the only Taichou I presently care about.

Well, that's not quite right--I care about Kenpachi when he's the one getting curbstomped, and not his opponent.

My reasoning is the same as Az's, though my focus is Kenpachi, so Chakaara can bugger off. :B

I am as Az but opposite! Shunsui is my close second!

In a perfect world, she would. In this one, you need to ask nicely. :v

Nothing against Kenpachi for his looks, but they made him too powerful for my liking. Failure makes him easier to empathize with.

Dec 8, 2012 15:25:59 GMT -8 @kurisuna said:

In a perfect world, she would. In this one, you need to ask nicely. :v

Nothing against Kenpachi for his looks, but they made him too powerful for my liking. Failure makes him easier to empathize with.

To be fair, with a main character like Ichigo (an in many shounen), you need the presence of a consistently more powerful character, or in this case characters, to balance out the protag, for the same reason you stated, 'Failure makes him easier to empathize with.' :o At least in my opinion. Also, you can't let the bad guys have all the fun.

That aside, it was a joke. <<

I don't like Bleach characters nearly as much as Naruto characters, so I have to find something to like about some of them. xD

My opinion of Ichigo cannot abide by Proboard rules. Don't set me up for failure. D:<

I was joking, too, anyway. >>; There's a reason I saved this. He was my favourite, but then he had to be so damn good at what he does.

Dec 8, 2012 15:41:11 GMT -8 @kurisuna said:

My opinion of Ichigo cannot abide by Proboard rules. Don't set me up for failure. D:<

I was joking, too, anyway. >>; There's a reason I saved this. He was my favourite, but then he had to be so damn good at what he does.

But Ichigo is just a representation here of the theory. :O There are others like him. <_< *steals picture*

Yeah well maybe I just like seeing dominant men get tender lashings and Ichigo is just too flaky. >:l

Kenpachi, because all the rest of them suck. o.o

My first experience with Bleach was the dubbed episode where Ichigo gets his ass handed to him by Zaraki. Zaraki scared the livin daylights outta me.

Granted, it did make me want to go read the series, so I guess there is that.

Mm someone agreed with me on the Shunsui love *Pleased*

-gets byakuya all to herself- :D

Ukitake. Dunno why, he's always just appealed to me.

I suppose Mayuri would be my second favorite.

Like Shig, my favorite was always been Ukitake, if only because I saw a lot of myself in him. However as of late I've been leaning away from Ukitake and more toward his other half, Shunsui. More so as of late I've been wanting to see more 'screen time' for the scruffy dude with the ponytail as have been more absorbed into things he's doing than my usual favorite.

So, I guess I'm with Shunsui for now, but Ukitake and then Byakuya are close second and thirds.