I still like Bleach a lot and it endlessly buns me out with what it became in the end. Part of me really feels like it was mostly done and then it got popular and it was like "uhhhh what now?"
The only thing I can compare it to is Supernatural which was similar in that the creator eventually plotted out five seasons and even gave it a sort of ending but the network wouldn't let the show die and now it's barely a shadow of it's former self.
Hey now. Oda is just as bad. Or do we need to talk about Big Mom's kids??