Bleach

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From Viz:
Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy. Now a full-fledged Soul Reaper himself, Ichigo quickly learns that the world he inhabits is one full of dangerous spirits and, along with Rukia, who is slowly regaining her powers, it's Ichigo's job to protect the innocent from Hollows and help the spirits themselves find peace.

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Note: Won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2005.

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Type

Manga

Related Series

Bleach 4-koma: Komaburi (Spin-Off)

Burn the Witch (Side Story)

Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World (Novel) (Side Story)

Bleach Unmasked (Side Story)

Associated Names

Bleach Yomikiri (Oneshot)

Sứ Mạng Thần Chết

Блич

Бліч

בְּלִיץ'

بليتش

بلیچ

ब्लीच

பிளீச்

เทพมรณะ (NED)

ブリーチ

境·界

死神

블리치

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.250 by MANGA Plus 2 years ago

c.249 by MANGA Plus 2 years ago

c.248 by MANGA Plus 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

74 Volumes (Complete)
26 Conbini-ban (Complete)

Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (Bleach) / Vol 54, Chap 480 (Thousand-Year Blood War P1)

Ends at Vol 54, Chap 479 (Bleach) /Vol 74, Chap 686 (Thousand-Year Blood War P4)

User Reviews

Bleach by Cypher-Khan

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Forum

489 topics, 10448 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (4849 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.59 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 19th, 2025 3:13pm PST - 5 hours ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Shounen Supernatural
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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Jump (Shueisha)

Akamaru Jump (Oneshot Pilot)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

MANGA Plus

Viz (74 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #421

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3 Month Pos #429

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6 Month Pos #548

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Year Pos #589

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Bleach’s Thousand-Year Blood War arc is getting an anime adaptation

6 years ago

Am I the only one that hopes the bleach anime

6 years ago

Bleach Gets 2 Novels by Makoto Matsubara and Ryohgo Narita

9 years ago

Bleach Ending Discussion

9 years ago

Bleach Gets Live-Action Film in 2018 Starring Sōta Fukushi

9 years ago

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It's happening outside your head..

by wansmor
10 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

I actually don't have clear idea of where I should start with Bleach. I have read it for some time, but it's more like because Bleach comes along with the other big 3 of WSJ, OP and Naruto.

Anyway, like Naruto, Bleach has also started strong. The idea of shinigami was genuinely interesting and the way it started, it was good. The fights were good, the characters are cool, and the plot seems ok.

The problem is, unlike Naruto or OP, Bleach doesn't have a finish line to go for. While Naruto has Hokage and Luffy has Pirate King that headline the whole plot, Kurosaki in particular doesn't have that kind of goal. This has made the story wander aimlessly, especially after fight against Aizen ends. Kubo forced the story going by drawing out the supposedly extinct Quincy and now pit them against Kurosaki co. It would've ended well by having Ichigo get his power back, and stop there.

Now Bleach has reached a point where I can't even tell what is really going on in fights, it's like having someone talking and you don't have any idea what he was trying to tell you. I still take short view on every new chapter, out of curiosity where it will go and end finally, I just hope they won't make Kurosaki the Spirit King successor it will be much too ridiculous end whatsoever!

... Last updated 10 years ago

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I like it until...

by clampies
13 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

I really like Bleach until the fake Karakura battle, where it drown and never make the surface again. But i still reading it because I want some answer and see how it will end, but it is and ok reading I read in 10 mins each week.

Aizen was the most interesting character but he fell flaw and boring, the fullbringer arc was ininteresting and the last arc is SO disapointing...

Plot holes, bad/short fight, characters who should die but don't (Byakuya and Kenpachi), character who shouldn't die (Unohana) at least not like she does and inconsistency.

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It's good. . . And that's it

by zimzimbadabim
13 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It starts well, climaxes in the middle, and rolles down a hill untill the end. Overall, it's above average, but nothing too special. The whole human-goes-to-after-life-and-battles-demons thing has been done plenty of times, and it has been done better. This is just one of those and an average one at that, but being as long as it is there are some great scenes worth exploring. If you have the time to kill, go for it.

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Started out with a bang and just went downhill

by Chopin
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

As most people would agree, I would have to say that Bleach started out quite strong and the idea of shinigami and hollow was original and fresh. I love the Soul Society arc, when Ichigo and the gang goes to save Rukia and we get to see the Gotei 13. The arc with the Espada was not bad either, but the quality of originality of this manga dropped but it was still worth reading... that is, before they introduced all new characters and fullbring. It just seems like a desperate move of Kubo Tite, wanting the prolong the series instead of ending it with Aizen. I no longer read Bleach because the plot is so banal now, but I have enjoyed the series thus far up to that point.

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Love It No Mater What :)

by darkdoll25
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I don't really care what other people say about the manga supposing to end. Naruto should've ended when they defeated the evil snake guy, but no they are STILL GOING ON. You just can't deny it, good manga should be as long as it can. Just like Detective Conan, it's like at 780 chapters and it's still going strong. Bleach is great, that's all there is to it.

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It seems to be going down hill.

by Zyibis
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I really enjoyed Bleach but it just seems to be going down hill. It feels like the story is being forced to go on and the arc right now feels like one of the bad fillers in the anime. In my opinion it should of ended in the last arc.

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Don't think about it too much and you'll be fine

by blackfire_virgo
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Here again with a freshly-updated review to account for the end of the Fake Karakura town arc, and the beginning of what appears to be the "Undo the end of the Fake Karakura town" arc.

Plot: There still doesn't appear to be any overarching plot. Unlike other shonen, our hero here doesn't have any vague long-term goal. It's more like "Oh look, an enemy. I go kill it now." Rinse and repeat.

Length: 48 volumes, and counting, with no end in sight. And supposedly it's only halfway through. Nuff said.

Characters: There's a bunch of them. There's bound to be at least one you like. Emotional moments between characters are rare gems, but still tend to be very poignant when they show up. Overall the characters are an enjoyable and likeable bunch, but some suffer from lack of development due to the extremely large cast.

Art: I actually like the art pretty well. The only issue I have with it is that all the characters have become very standardized and hairstyles and clothes are pretty much the only way to distinguish them.

Possibly offensive: Lots of boobs and ridiculously stripperiffic outfits. Pretty much the kind of stuff you shouldn't be surprised to find in a shonen. Lots of blood and occasional sexual jokes. Oh yeah, and some almost-yuri.

Other Stuff: When it comes to Bleach, I experience one of three things when I read a new chapter: "WTF awesome", cautiously optimistic ambivalence, and just plain "WTF?!". The entire fight against Aizen was pretty much one giant "WTF?!". I won't go so far as to call it a wallbanger, because it was something more than that. It was more like I got trolled left, right, and sideways. Then I realized:

Stopping to think and try to reason out what's going on in Bleach is bad for your brain. You'll enjoy it a lot better if you just go with it. Just accept the series for what it is---complete with hax Aizen, plotholes, and deus ex machina powerups---and it's actually pretty entertaining.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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pie

by itsjenyoumen
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

-.- theres no strategy in the fighting in Bleach besides spamming a crud load of attacks till the other person dies sometimes fights are more interesting if theres a way to solve it in a new fashion not just spamming till the other person is dead

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Ummm, What Happened?

by kirabook
17 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Like a year ago this series was almost(<-almost...) better than Naruto Shippuden in my opinion. And then, this random kidnapping almost leads to like the world ending, and now every known character is fighting with newly-introduced-only-to-be-killed characters that I don't know the names of, and well, it's to much for me! I put this series on hold like at the end of the summer and its STILL on the same arc (from what I know) so I think I'm just gonna wait until it's over, skim through, read some summaries, and continue reading HOPING it gets back on track (and some info in Ichigo's dad)

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Great for it's genre

by SmileToCrisis
18 years ago

Rating: 7.8 / 10.0

Bleach is great for those who love action. Drama is decent, fighting is detailed, everything about is overall little better. However the characters and attacks in the recent chapters aren't too great. The attacks are just blobs of white ink and the characters aren't too interesting anymore. But I've still continue to read it even to this day because of it's artwork. The best I can give this is a 7.8

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