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 The Five-Man Band, clockwise from top: Yasutora 'Chad' Sado, Orihime Inoue, Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki and Uryu Ishida. And Kon. "We stand in awe at that which cannot be seen." Ichigo Kurosaki would have liked to have been an Ordinary High School Student. Unfortunately, his ability to see and hear ghosts (and his orange-coloured hair) kept getting in the way of a normal life.This is all he knows of the spirit world until the day he encounters Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper whose profession requires her to destroy evil spirits ("Hollows") and send good spirits ("Pluses" or "Wholes") to the afterlife.When Rukia is injured while trying to slay a powerful Hollow about to kill Ichigo and his family, she offers the boy a portion of her powers to defeat it in her place. Unfortunately, Ichigo's abnormally-high amount of spiritual energy absorbs all of Rukia's power instead, forcing him to take up her duties until she can recover and return home.Bleach starts off as a quirky Urban Fantasy action-comedy, but soon becomes a much more standard Shonen Fightin' Anime with the start of the infamous Soul Society arc. In this story, Rukia is arrested by her fellow Soul Reapers for the crime of transferring her powers to a human, and taken back to the afterlife ("Soul Society") to be executed. Naturally, Ichigo wants to mount a rescue. Training montages, Shonen Upgrades and ridiculously complicated plans ensue.This arc is infamous for introducing Loads and Loads of Characters (tripling the previous cast; manga author Tite Kubo has admitted that when he has trouble coming up with new material, his first recourse is to create new characters), drastically changing the formula and tone of the series, and for its sheer length, which coined the meme, "Are they still in Soul Society?"That said, this change of direction has led to not only one of the most ludicrous Wham Episodes in manga history, but many an awesome moment as well, and its continued popularity speaks for itself. Hell, it even has musicals! It has remained one of the "Big Three" long-running shonen manga/anime in serialization today. It's also notable for having one of the largest Peripheral Demographics in the history of shonen manga — it has not so much an Estrogen Brigade as an Estrogen Infinite Legion.After 10 long years, the manga is announced to enter its final arc, which began on February 8, 2012.— Rukia Kuchiki There are thirteen story arcs so far, including the anime Filler:
, or on a 1hr delay for Crunchyroll subscribers, as well as a one-week delay for free viewers.Feel free to check out Ichigo's companions character sheet and five more on the other side of the link. Bleach is also amongst those few anime that earned its own Die For Our Ship, Ho/Foe Yay, Fan Nickname, and Complete Monster pages.This page has gotten so long that it is necessary to give both the movies and the Anime their own page and character sheet. Under Construction See the discussion page as to why.It now has a page discussing one of its DS outings, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom.Note: This article is not about a laundry detergent or the Nirvana album. Sorry. It also (usually) has nothing to do with Brain Bleach.If you are watching the English dub or haven't read the manga, there are major spoilers below. Bleach is the Trope Namer for:
It also provides examples of:Show me your bankai, TV Tropes.
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