Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo that spawned an entire multi-media franchise consisting of anime television series, two OVAs, four animated feature films, ten stage musicals, and video games. The story of Bleach follows teenage Ichigo Kurosaki who gets Soul Reaper powers from another Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki. In obtaining Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo took over his parent’s destinies and is now tasked with protecting humanity from evil spirits and guiding the souls to the afterlife.
As Bleach fans will know, along with the Gotei 13, there is an additional, smaller Division composed of five extremely powerful Shinigami in the series, known as the Royal Guard. The Royal Guard are a peculiar lot of extremely powerful Shinigami, each of whom resides …
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The death of Bleach‘s Captain-Commander Yamamoto was both an unexpected and shocking turn of events. And while it did make sense from a plot-wise perspective, the death of Yamamoto created a huge hole in the Soul Society that had to be filled. Namely, his death …
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In the Bleach universe, the Bankai is the final and complete form of the Zanpakutō; it is the culmination of his training and for the Shinigami to obtain it, it is necessary to force the spirit of the Zanpakutō to materialize. Achieving Bankai is rare …
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The Gotei 13 are a pillar of Kubo’s Bleach. The 13 Divisions of Soul Society, whose shinigami are tasked with protecting the Seireitei, as well as balancing out the souls of the deceased, are composed of numerous intriguing and powerful characters. But, while most fans …
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As far as Bleach characters go, Kenpachi Zaraki is one of the most intriguing and popular ones. The guy who actually seemed like a brainless lump of raw strength actually became a character with much depth and one of the best stories in the whole …
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Ichigo Kurosaki’s Zanpakutō, Zangetsu, is one of the more unusual ones in Tite Kubo’s Bleach. Zangetsu always looks like a normal blade and while it does change shape a little, it never had the flair of some other Zanpakutō introduced in the series. Also, it …
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Remember the small, yet brilliant Turn Back the Pendulum Arc in Bleach, when we saw the Soul Society as it was 100 years ago? Well, if you do, you’ll probably remember that the name Kirio Hikifune was mentioned in connection to Urahara becoming the 12th …
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If you know your Bleach history, you’ll probably remember when the scene when Grand Fisher returned to the World of the Living to kill Ichigo but found Kon in Ichigo’s body and attacked him. Kon then had help from Ichigo’s father, Isshin Kurosaki, who appeared in Shinigami …
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Despite the fact that the Lost Agent arc, also known as the Fullbringer arc, is considered by many to be the worst Bleach arc, it was nevertheless very important from a narrative standpoint and it had a lot of influence on future events, so much …
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The number of epic duels in Tite Kubo’s Bleach is simply amazing and over the years, the manga has provided us with some truly amazing fights. Some of them have even become part of anime history. Now, this duel might not be among the best-known and most …
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