Bleach

more...

Home
Action Figures
Animation Art, Characters
Animation Art
Animation Characters
Japanese, Anime
.Hack//
Ah My Goddess
Akira
Astro Boy
Berserk
Bleach
Card Captor Sakura
Chobits
Clamp
Cowboy Bebop
Dead or Alive
Doraemon
DragonBall Z
Escaflowne
Evangelion
Final Fantasy
Books, Manga, Doujinshi
CDs, Soundtracks
Figures, Plush
Jewelry, Watches
Other Items
Posters, Wall Scrolls
T-Shirts, Shirts
Fruits Basket
Fullmetal Alchemist
Books, Manga, Doujinshi
Cosplay, Costumes
Figures, Plush
Keychains
Other Items
Posters, Wall Scrolls
Fushigi Yuugi
Ghost in the Shell
Gundam
Hamtaro
Hellsing
Hikaru no Go
Hunter x Hunter
Initial D
InuYasha
Books, Manga, Doujinshi
CDs, Soundtracks
Figures, Plush
Other Items
Posters, Wall Scrolls
King of Fighters
Legend of Zelda
Love Hina
Lupin
Macross, Robotech
Mazinger
Monchhichi
Naruto
Bags, Purses, Cases
Books, Manga, Doujinshi
Cosplay, Costumes
Costumes, Apparel
Figurines, Plush
Headbands, Armbands
Keychains
Knives, Weapons
Necklaces, Jewelry
Other Accessories
Other Items
Posters, Wall Scrolls
One Piece
Other Japanese, Anime
Pokemon
Pucca
Ranma
Rurouni Kenshin
Sailor Moon
Books, Manga, Doujinshi
Figures
Other Items
Posters, Prints
Saint Seiya
Saiyuki
Sakura Wars
San-X
Sanrio, Hello Kitty
Badtz Maru
Chococat
Cinnamoroll
Hello Kitty
Keroppi
Little Twin Stars
My Melody
Other Sanrio Characters
Pochacco
Shaman King
Slayers
Street Fighter
Tenchi Muyo
Totoro
Trigun
Wolf's Rain
Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu-Gi-Oh
Apparel & Accessories
Bronze Age (1970-79)
Collections
Comics
Figurines
Full Runs
Golden Age (1938-55)
Graphic Novels, TPBs
International
Magazines
Modern Age (1980-Now)
Newspaper Comics
Original Comic Art
Other Comics
Platinum Age (1897-1937)
Posters
Silver Age (1956-69)
Supplies

Bleach (ブリーチ, Burīchi^?, romanized as BLEACH in Japan) is a manga and anime series by Tite Kubo, mangaka of Zombie Powder. Bleach is at 25 volumes in length in Japan as of December 4, 2006, and new chapters are featured weekly in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The total number of chapters as of December 4, 2006 is 254. VIZ Media has released 16 English volumes in North America.

Bleach follows the life of Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15-year-old high school student with the ability to see ghosts, and a shinigami (Soul Reaper or, literally, "death god") named Rukia Kuchiki, who runs into him one day while searching for a hollow (an evil spirit). During the ensuing confrontation with the spirit, she is wounded and forced to transfer virtually all of her powers into Ichigo. Thus the adventures of Ichigo and Rukia begin. Together they search for hollows and perform soul burials on wayward souls, cleansing the spirits and sending them to Soul Society.

The early parts of the story focus mainly on the characters and their past, rather than the actual occupation of the shinigami. However, as events unfold, the story begins to delve deeper into the world of these gods of death on the "other side" called Soul Society.

Introduction

Ichigo Kurosaki is a rough-and-tumble teenager who has always had the special ability to see ghosts. The story begins with the sudden appearance of an oddly-dressed stranger in Ichigo's bedroom. This stranger is the shinigami Rukia Kuchiki, who is surprised at his ability to see her. Their resulting conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a hollow, an evil spirit. After Rukia is severely wounded during battle trying to protect Ichigo, she decides to transfer half of her powers to Ichigo, hoping to give him the opportunity to face the hollow on an equal footing. Ichigo absorbs all of Rukia's powers during the attempt instead, allowing him to defeat the hollow with much ease.

The next day, Rukia turns up in Ichigo's classroom as a transfer student. Much to his surprise, she now appears to be a normal human. She theorizes that it was the unusual strength of Ichigo's spirit that caused him to fully absorb her powers, thus leaving her stranded in the human world. Rukia has transferred herself into a gigai — an artificial human body — while waiting to recover her abilities. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over her job as a shinigami, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to the afterlife.

Read more at Wikipedia.org