>>283575469 (OP)
Fair. But get this: I watched Bleach for Lucy.
>Anon wtf were you smoking
What happened is that I once saw a Fairy Tail lewd AMV when I was 13 that got me wanting to watch FT for the PLOT, but by mere association I got it mixed up with Bleach after a month or two had passed since I watched the AMV, so I jumped into Bleach expecting FT, but kept watching even after I realized it was something else because Bleach happened to be cooler and more intriguing than I was horny for Lucy at the time. Now, Rukia, since you mention her, stood out to me as a fantastic female character in that she was remarkably noble and likeable without relying on love or sex appeal to be popular (even though she's fairly charming), the kind of girl you're not particularly into but strongly admire and wouldn't mind going all the way with. And so it wouldn't be after roughly 80 episodes of Bleach (things lost steam after Soul Society and the anime started to feel like a chore) that I would pick up FT as a 14 year old. I got into Bleach as a detour, but it's one I don't regret taking.