

Does the anime series of Bleach stick to the manga's plot? Or is it like the
original Fullmetal Alchemist series where the anime is its own thing and
doesn't follow the story of the manga?


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Does the Bleach anime stick to the manga's plot?


The anime pretty much stick to the manga, except of course during the filler
arcs. The filler arcs are the Bounto Arc, Third Squad New Captain Amagai
Shuusuke, Zanpakutou Rebellion, and the Gotei 13 Invading Army arc. There are
also occasionally filler episodes among the canon arcs. A detailed comparison
is available [on Bleach Wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Episodes).


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For the most part, the anime does stick to the content found in the manga. It
does have a few filler arcs here and there and some slight changes, but for
the most part it is the same. (For specific comparison episode-by-episode, you
can head to the Bleach Wiki [here](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Episodes).)

To cite your question, the reason why the Bleach anime sticks better to the
manga than the original Fullmetal Alchemist is because of timing. The original
Fullmetal Alchemist anime started shortly after the manga, and since it was
faster to turn precreated content into a new format than it was to create new
content, the anime quickly outpaced the manga and thus they had to start
making up their own material in order to keep producing the show. The Bleach
manga on the other hand, for a while it stayed about level with the anime. But
at the end of the The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc (episode 366/chapters
476-479) the anime stopped airing (for more information on why, look at a
previously asked question
[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18801/why-did-bleach-anime-
stop-airing-and-did-bleach-manga-also-end-its-serializatio)). So as of that
point, there is no more anime to stay with the manga. But the manga is still
going, according to
[mangaupdates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/releases.html?search=35&stype=series)
chapter 635 was just released on 7/15/15 by means of MangaStream.

So in review, yes. For the most part the anime does follow the manga... until
the anime stopped.


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