Bleach! Bleach, the anime and manga series, not the cleaning liquid. This series is one of my many influencers for my choice in the literature genres. Before I watched and then read Bleach, reading was a necessary evil and something I would never consider doing in my free time. Then, I finally took a leap of faith and started watching the series eleven-years after it came out. After finishing the canceled anime series, I moved on to the manga series. The last two-hundred chapters of the six hundred- and eighty-six-chapter series were the best pages of art I’ve ever read! This would lead to my love of fantasy books and my ability to enjoy reading for hours on end.