> the characters are getting stupider as the show progresses.
>getting stupider as the show progresses.
>getting stupider
>stupider
wow.

well first off the water that invades ichigo is obviously metaphorical water(duh). the fact that the twins thrive in the rain shows, metaphorically, that they thrive off of sadness.
soul reaper form is different from human form in the way that it just makes someone turn into a bada$$ samurai (blade of the immortal?). any decent anime like this follows the same cannon of someone stumbling on a great power within them (metaphoric or not). unlocking more and more of the secrets to this power the further the show progresses. until finally they are god like.further more they have not intentionally gotten more stupid, they were just always dumb. uryu was the smartest one but he hit his head pretty hard so now its questionable. they could not attack the twins first because they too are only metaphors. although a shamwow would have def given them a run for their money. two shamwows and it would have been over in seconds with the shamwow guy floating from above smiling onto them and parting the clouds... now back on topic-ishcorrect me if im wrong (havent paid enough attention) but i think that ichigo is the only one that really seperates his soul from his body (of the four of them that is.they are not weaker at all. they were just metaphorically stronger in the beginning to show that the power they did gain was enough to make them no longer average. the enemies they are facing now are probly more stronger now too. i mean look at the whole dbz franchise. its crazy how as strong as the characters get, somehow an enemy from far away comes out of nowhere and is just a little bit stronger. never strong enough to kill off everyone. just strong enough to pi$$ off the main person enough to revenge kill them:/ what this really all comes down to is that the majority of all animes are based off of this cannon. you could easily poke holes in the plot, but really anything thats this far out could have holes in it. i would be very surprised that anyone would take the time to read all of this. its very convincing but really jus bs to poke holes in a comment poking holes in an anime i like.