History Film / Bleach

* CoolSword: The Shinigami wield mystical swords called Zanpakuto, each having its own name and unique abilities.
** Zangetsu -- Ichigo's Zanpakuto -- is a sword as long as he is tall. %%and is capable of firing [[SwordBeam energy blasts]].

* ILied: Ichigo makes a deal with Byakuya and Renji that they will leave him and Rukia alone if he manages to kill Grand Fisher. When he does, they renege on the deal and try to kill them anyway.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Rukia is taken back to Soul Society to be punished for her "crimes," and erases Ichigo's memories of her. However, he finds [[CheckovsGun the note she wrote in his textbook]] the day she came to his school, which seemingly restores his memories]]. Shinsuke Sato has stated that he hopes to make a trilogy, with the second film adapting the Soul Society arc.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the manga, Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo by stabbing him in the chest with her Zanpakuto. The same occurs in the movie, with the added wrinkle that it's possible for Ichigo to do the same to her to ''give her her powers back'', which would have been '''incredibly''' useful in the manga's continuity. However, it requires a tremendous amount of Spiritual Pressure and doing it unprepared would instantly result in Ichigo's death. Ultimately, they pull it off at the end of the movie, [[spoiler:despite Ichigo being on the brink of death]].
* AdaptationalUgliness: Grand Fisher looks much less cartoonish. Its fur resembles writhing plant tendrils and its mask is more alien.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Byakuya cornered Grand Fisher in Karakura Town and could have slain it any time he wanted to, yet leaves the dirty work to Ichigo, whose inexperience leads to a lengthy fight with lots of collateral damage. He then casually reneges on his deal with Ichigo and Rukia by trying to kill them.
** Unlike the manga, where Renji injures Uryu because the latter challenged him, here Renji stabs him from behind with no provocation.
** Soul Society is just a ''tad'' crueler this time around. Rukia is just charged with transferring her powers to a human, just like the manga, however Byakuya states it's possible for her to be pardoned if she ''kills Ichigo'' and even encourages her to do so as it would be seen as the right move in the Soul Society's eyes.

** Souken Ishida is not even mentioned, as a result, Uryu doesn't appear to hold a grudge against Soul Reapers for any reason other than the ancient rivalry between the two groups.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The movie basically asks "What if Bleach ended after its first arc?". As a result, the entirety of the story is seemingly wrapped up with Rukia returning to Soul Society and Ichigo having his memory of her wiped, although it can be debated if the final scene of him seemingly regaining said memories is just a slight alievement to the BittersweetEnding or a full blown SequelHook.

* BareHandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:Byakuya catches Ichigo’s sword with two fingers.]]

* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: Grand Fisher impersonates Masaki to stun Ichigo. Rukia snaps him out of it.
* TooSlow: Renji pulls a FlashStep on Ichigo and taunts him for being slow. In their rematch, Ichigo can better respond to his attacks and says Renji is slow. Then Byakuya pulls this on Ichigo.
* TrainingMontage: To make Ichigo strong enough to survive giving her back her powers, Rukia puts him through an intense training regimen. Initially he refuses to comply, but after Byakuya and Renji show up and he discovers Grand Fisher killed his mother, he starts taking things a lot more seriously.

* TooSlow: Renji pulls a FlashStep on Ichigo and taunts him for being slow. In their rematch, Ichigo does better and says Renji is slow. Then Byakuya pulls this on Ichigo.

* WreckedWeapon: Ichigo defeats Renji by slicing his Zanpakuto in half. Renji restores it off-screen.

''Bleach'' is a 2018 {{live action|adaptation}} film based on the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} manga of the same name]] by Creator/TiteKubo. Produced by Creator/WarnerBros and directed by Shinsuke Sato, the film tells the story of Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi) -- an orange-haired Japanese teenager with the unusual ability to see spirits. Ichigo's already unusual life is turned upside-down when a young woman in a black kimono appears in his room, introducing herself as Rukia Kuchiki (Hana Sugisaki) -- a Soul Reaper tasked with sending ghosts to the afterlife and slaying monstrous evil spirits called Hollows. When Ichigo's family is attacked by a Hollow, Rukia is injured and forced to transfer her powers to him, tasking him with fighting Hollows in her stead until he becomes powerful enough to survive returning her powers to her. However, Ichigo's activities draw the ire of Uryū Ishida (Ryo Yoshizawa) -- the last surviving member of the Quincy, mystical archers antagonistic towards the Soul Reapers; and Rukia finds herself hunted by fellow Soul Reapers Renji Abarai (Taichi Saotome) and her elder brother Byakuya Kuchiki (Miyavi) for the crime of transferring her powers to a human.

* TooSlow: Renji pulls a FlashStep on Ichigo and taunts him for being slow.

* GenderFlip: In the scene where Ichigo beats up some punks who knocked over an offering to a deceased kid, the ghost of the kid is a boy, when it was a girl in the anime and manga.

* RaceLift: Downplayed with Chad. While Chad was portrayed with a Mexican appearance in the anime and manga, he is played by a Japanese actor in this film. However, Chad was always established as half-Mexican and half-Japanese

** Soul Society is just a ''tad'' crueler this time around. Rukia is just charged with transferring her powers to a human, just like the Manga, however Byakuya states it's possible for her to be pardoned if she ''kills Ichigo'' and even encourages her to do so as it would be seen as the right move in the Soul Society's eyes.

* LoveTriangle: Orihime and Rukia are both romantically interested in Ichigo. Ichigo himself, like in the Manga, is blissfully unaware of Orihime's affections, unlike in the Manga however, he does seem to be attracted to Rukia in this continuity.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Despite what seemed to be hints early on in the manga, Ichigo and Rukia did not end up together -- with WordOfGod even stepping in and stating that they were always meant to be JustFriends and were always intended to end up with Orihime and Renji respectively. Here though, Rukia is outright stated to be in love with Ichigo, with some some definite attraction implied on Ichigo's part. The BittersweetEnding, however, stops the actual ''Promoted'' part of this trope.

* ActorAllusion: During the training montage, Ichigo tells Rukia that he wanted her to be his friend. [[Series/KamenRiderFourze It won't be the last time]] Ichigo's actor (Sota Fukushi) does that.

** Masaki Kurosaki also has black hair in the aforementioned flashback rather than her orange hair from the manga, this leads credence to the above theory as Ichigo canonically got his hair color from his mother.

** Outside of the Kurosaki family. Orihime has darker, almost brown hair as opposed to the chestnut color of the manga.

* LoveTriangle: Orihime and Rukia are both romantically interested in Ichigo. Ichigo himself, like in the Manga, is blissfully unaware of Orihime's affections, unlike in the Manga however, he does seem to be attracted to Rukia in this continuity.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Or at least, relationship. Here, Rukia's crime is not just transferring her powers to Ichigo, but [[StarCrossedLovers falling for him too]], which is expressly forbidden by Soul Society's laws.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Despite what seemed to be hints early on in the manga, Ichigo and Rukia did not end up together -- with WordOfGod even stepping in and stating that they were always meant to be JustFriends and were always intended to end up with Orihime and Renji respectively. Here though, Rukia is outright stated to be in love with Ichigo, with some some definite attraction implied on Ichigo's part. The BittersweetEnding, however, stops the actual ''Promoted'' part of this trope.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Rukia is taken back to Soul Society to be punished for her "crimes," and erases Ichigo's memories of her. However, he finds [[CheckovsGun the note she wrote in his textbook]] the day she came to his school, which seemingly restores his memories]].

** Masaki Kurosaki also has black hair in the aforementioned flashback rather than her orange hair from the manga

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Byakuya and Renji are introduced much earlier than in the manga. Renji even confronts and tries to kill Ichigo midway through the movie, but is stopped by Uryū.

** Orihime and Tatsuki's school friends, Michiru, Ryo, Mahana and [[LipstickLesbian Chizuru]] are cut.
** Kon is not only cut, but the entire concept of Mod Souls aren't even alluded to.
** Shrieker and the boy in the parakeet's body are left out as Chad's character arc is skipped over. This also results in his ''Abuelo'' being cut, alongside the story behind his coin necklace.

* CompressedAdaptation: The film covers the first eight volumes of the manga -- meaning that a lot of material is skipped or compressed to fit into its timeframe. Acidwire, Shrieker, Kon, Don Kanoji, and the Demi-Hollow are skipped over, and Grand Fisher takes the place of the Menos Grande during the duel between Ichigo and Uryū.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Despite what seemed to be hints early on in the manga, Ichigo and Rukia did not end up together -- with WordOfGod even stepping in and stating that they were always meant to be JustFriends and were always intended end up with Orihime and Renji respectively. Here though, Rukia is outright stated to be in love with Ichigo, with some some definite attraction implied on Ichigo's part. The BittersweetEnding, however, stops the actual ''Promoted'' part of this trope.

* AdaptationDyeJob: The '''entire''' Kurosaki family (sans Isshin and Karin who were already dark haired).
** It's [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] for Ichigo. A flashback shows him with ''black'' hair as a child, this combined with his current day hair being a darker shade of orange than its Manga counterpart, as well Sota Fukushi's black roots clearly sticking out, it appears that Ichigo isn't [[ImplausibleHairColor a redhead]] in this continuity but actually has black hair and dyed it orange.

** Yuzu also has plain dark hair instead of blonde as her and Karin are IdenticalTwins in this continuity.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Byakuya and Renji are introduced much earlier than in the Manga. Renji even confronts and tries to kill Ichigo midway through the movie, but is stopped by Uryū.

* AdaptedOut: An unfortunate consequence of trying to [[CompressedAdaptation compress]] 8 volumes worth of Manga into a less than 2-hour long movie is that a lot of the supporting cast had to be kicked to the curb.

** Sora Inoue is gone as Orihime's character arc was also skipped over, like the above this also cuts out the story of her hairpins.
** Don Kanonji is out as the Demi-Hollow plot is skipped.
** Souken Ishida is not even mentioned, as a result, Uryu's doesn't appear to hold a grudge against Soul Reapers for any reason other than the ancient rivalry between the two groups.
** Jinta, Ururu, Tessai and Yoruichi do not appear, most likely due to Urahara being DemotedToExtra and the story not progressing to the Soul Society arc.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: As you probably know,in the Manga; Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo by stabbing him in the chest with her Zanpakuto. The same occurs in the movie, however in this continuity it's possible for Ichigo to do the same to Rukia to ''give her her powers back'', which would have been '''incredibly''' useful in the Manga's continuity, however it requires a tremendous amount of Spiritual Pressure and doing it unprepared would instantly result in Ichigo's death. Ultimately, they pull it off at the end of the movie.

** Byakuya cornered Grand Fisher in Karakura Town and could have slain it any time he wanted to, yet leaves the dirty work to Ichigo, whose inexperience leads to a lengthy fight with lots of collateral damage. He then casually reneges on his deal with Ichigo and Rukia.

* FireForgedFriends: Ichigo and Ishida start off as rivals, [[spoiler:but team up to fight Grand Fisher]].

* MadeOfIron: Chad blocks a massive metal sign that Grand Fisher throws at Ichigo, preventing it from crushing their classmates.
* [[MalignedMixedMarriage Maligned Mixed Relationship]]: Here, Rukia's crime is not just transferring her powers to Ichigo, but [[StarCrossedLovers falling for him too]], which is expressly forbidden by Soul Society laws.

* MundaneAfterlife: Soul Society is evocative of Edo-era Japan, with the samurai-like Shinigami ruling over the unruly slums of the Rukongai from the fortified city of Seireitei.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Rukia is taken back to Soul Society to be punished for her crimes, and erases Ichigo's memories of her. However, he finds [[CheckovsGun the note she wrote in his textbook]] the day she came to his school, which seemingly restores his memories]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Isshin quips that Ichigo should bring the pretty young classmate who saved his life -- Rukia -- home and introduce her to the family.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Renji appears midway through the movie and tries to kill Ichigo, but is stopped by Uryū.

** Shrieker and the boy in the parakeet's body are left out as Chad's character arc is skipped over.
** Sora Inoue is gone as Orihime's character arc was also skipped over.

* * AdaptedOut: An unfortunate consequence of trying to [[CompressedAdaptation compress]] 8 volumes worth of Manga into a less than 2-hour long movie is that a lot of the supporting cast had to be kicked to the curb.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rm1OdjYYEU A teaser trailer]] was released on February 21st, 2018 -- and was praised by fans for its accurate rendition of the manga's first chapter.

The film was released in Japan on July 20, 2018 and has been picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} for a worldwide release on September 14, 2018.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: As you probably know,in the Manga; Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo by stabbing him in the chest with her Zanpakuto. The same occurs in the movie, however in this continuity it's possible for Ichigo to do the same to Rukia to ''give her her powers back'', which would have been '''incredibly''' useful in the Manga's continuity, however it requires a tremendous amount of Spiritual Pressure and doing it unprepared would instantly result in Ichigo's death. Ultimately, they pull it off at the end of the movie.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Grand Fisher looks much less cartoonish. Its fur resembles writhing plant tendrils and its mask is more alien.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Byakuya cornered Grand Fisher in Karakura Town and could have slain it any time he wanted to, yet leaves the dirty work to Ichigo, whose inexperience leads to a lengthy fight with lots of collateral damage. He then casually reneges on his deal with Ichigo and Rukia.
** Unlike the manga, where Renji injures Uryu because the latter challenged him, here Renji stabs him from behind with no provocation.
** Soul Society is just a ''tad'' crueler this time around. Rukia is just charged with transferring her powers to a human, just like the Manga, however Byakuya states it's possible for her to be pardoned if she ''kills Ichigo'' and even encourages her to do so as it would be seen as the right move in the Soul Society's eyes.
* AdaptedOut:

** Pluses are the spirits of deceased people who remain in the World of the Living due to [[GhostlyGoals various regrets]].

** It's [[PlayingWithTheTrope Played With]] for Ichigo. A flashback shows him with ''black'' hair as a child, this combined with his current day hair being a darker shade of orange than its Manga counterpart, as well Sota Fukushi's black roots clearly sticking out, it appears that Ichigo isn't [[ImplausibleHairColor a redhead]] in this continuity but actually has black hair and dyed it orange.

* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Masaki Kurosaki has black hair rather than her orange hair from the manga, as does Ichigo as a child.
** Orihime and Yuzu also have plain dark hair instead of their usual chestnut and blonde.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Renji appears midway through the movie and tries to kill Ichigo, but is stopped by Uryū.

** Yoruichi does not appear, most likely due to Urahara being DemotedToExtra and the story not progressing to the Soul Society arc.

* LoveTriangle: Orihime and Rukia are both romantically interested in Ichigo.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Despite what seemed to be hints early on in the manga, Ichigo and Rukia did not end up together -- with WordOfGod even stepping in and stating that they were always meant to be JustFriends and end up with Orihime and Renji respectively. Here though, Rukia is outright stated to be in love with Ichigo, with some some definite attraction implied on Ichigo's part. The BittersweetEnding, however, stops the actual ''Promoted'' part of this trope.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Renji appears midway through the movie and tries to kill Ichigo, but is stopped by Ury&#363.

''Bleach'' is a 2018 {{live action|adaptation}} film based on the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} manga of the same name]] by Creator/TiteKubo. Produced by Creator/WarnerBros and directed by Shinsuke Sato, the film tells the story of Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi) -- an orange-haired Japanese teenager with the unusual ability to see spirits. Ichigo's already unusual life is turned upside-down when a young woman in a black kimono appears in his room, introducing herself as Rukia Kuchiki (Hana Sugisaki) -- a Shinigami tasked with sending ghosts to the afterlife and slaying monstrous evil spirits called Hollows. When Ichigo's family is attacked by a Hollow, Rukia is injured and forced to transfers her Shinigami powers to him, tasking him with fighting Hollows in her stead until she recovers. However, Ichigo's activities draw the ire of Uryū Ishida (Ryo Yoshizawa) -- the last surviving member of the Quincy, mystical archers antagonistic towards the Shinigami; and Rukia finds herself hunted by fellow Soul Reapers Renji Abarai (Taichi Saotome) and her elder brother Byakuya Kuchiki (Miyavi) for the crime of transferring her powers to a human.

** Fishbone, the Hollow that attacks Ichigo's family, has a telescopic neck and almost swallows Rukia whole when it tries to eat Ichigo. It also appeared to be charging a Cero to blast Rukia point-blank, though she interrupted its attack.

** Byakuya cornered Grand Fisher in Karakura Town and could have slain it anytime he wanted to, yet leaves the dirty work to Ichigo, whose inexperience leads to a lengthy fight with lots of collateral damage.

** Ishida's hair is brown here, rather than black like in the manga.

** Souken Ishida is not even mentioned, as a result, Uryu's doesn't appear to hold a grudge against Soul Reapers.
** Yoruichi does not appear, most likely due to Urahara being DemotedToExtra.
* BigBad: The Hollow known as Grand Fisher -- a shaggy-furred creature with avian limbs and an anglerfish-like lure -- is the antagonist with the most impact on its plot, [[spoiler:having been the one who killed Ichigo's mother when he was a child]].
* BittersweetEnding: Byakuya defeats Ichigo with minimal effort and Rukia is taken into his custody. Rukia spares him the angst of losing a close friend by erasing his memory, letting Ichigo move on with his life.

* CompressedAdaptation: The film covers the first eight volumes of the manga -- meaning that a lot of material will have to skipped or compressed to fit into its timeframe. Acidwire, Shrieker, and the Demi-Hollow are skipped over, and Grand Fisher takes the place of the Menos Grande during the duel between Ichigo and Uryū.

%% ** Senbonzakura -- Byakuya's Zanpakuto -- can transform into [[FlechetteStorm a flurry of miniature blades]] evocative of cherry blossom petals.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the film has its fair share of comedic moments, it lacks the wackiness that the manga had. Urahara doesn't play TheGadfly, Isshin is a little more sober and comic relief figures like Kon and Don Kanonji are completely absent.

** Urahara, the mysterious FamedInStory EccentricMentor is reduced to a bit-part, even his MysteriousPast, which was slowly alluded to over the course of the series is revealed in a throwaway line of dialogue.

** When Orihime comes across Ichigo pinning Rukia to the ground, having been practising kenjutsu with her, she asks what they're up to before awkwardly walking away.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Despite what seemed to be hints early on in the Manga, Ichigo and Rukia did not end up together, with WordOfGod even stepping in stating that they were always meant to be JustFriends and end up with Orihime and Renji respectively. Here though, Rukia is outright stated to be in love with Ichigo, with some some definite attraction implied on Ichigo's part. The BittersweetEnding however stops the actual ''Promoted'' part of this trope however.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Rukia is taken back to Soul Society to be executed, and erases Ichigo's memories of her. However, he finds [[CheckovsGun the note she wrote in his textbook]] the day she came to his school, which seemingly restores his memories]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Isshin quips that Ichigo should bring Rukia home after she saves his life.
* SmugSmiler: Byakuya flashes a brief one over Ichigo's persistence.

** Fishbone D, the Hollow that attacks Ichigo's family, has a telescopic neck and almost swallows Rukia whole when it tries to eat Ichigo. It also appeared to be charging a Cero to blast Rukia point-blank, though she interrupted its attack.

* ThroatLight: As Fishbone D charges a Cero to fire at Rukia, the inside of its mouth glows blue-white.