I acutally found this interesting. granted the animation was not really good (although I never really cared for the animation for the fights in bleach except the one with Kenpachi... they are nowhere near the level of something like lets say, Samurai Champloo). And yea, the snakes and such are like Zanpakutohs (sp?), so that's why you can't cut them. its not a Bleach-style story (even if its a kind of undead), but its intriguing.