^Read the manga from the start! Endure it! Take easy on cringe train, just don't go binge read. You'll more connected to Mokochi and more happy to see her grow up.
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Bleach has had of lot of filler on the anime side.
The last arc the anime explored was the lost substitute soul reaper arc. The last arc of the manga was the Quincy War and the anime as far as I know is over. Also, Tite Kubo was rushed to finish Bleach due to it’s falling popularity which left a ton of unresolved plot points. https://www.reddit.com/r/bleach/comments/4z50l1/all_bleach_unresolved_plot_points/
EDIT: Restructured message.
Crack ship gooooo! Actually, come to think of if Madoka and Kyouko has the least amount of interaction of the five girls in the original series (at least if you count Kyouko and Mami’s old senpai-kouhai thing from the drama CD’s).