Spoiler Free for the Thousand Year Blood War unless taged every other spoiler is unmarked. Bleach is a manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016 with its chapters collected into 74 volumes. 220https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scalemedium/13/136525/50166351652.jpg The series follows the adventures of the hotheaded teenager Ichigo Kurosaki who inherits his parents destiny after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reapera death personification similar to the Grim Reaperfrom another Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife for one arc as the series progress as a series of its own and explaining the plot of the series later. I for a while wasnt really that interest in Bleach in fact I was even planning to drop it after the Arrancar Arc until I saw this video: https://www..com/watch?v=EcNVJfX3oE Note: The video 2 hours If a video could change my life this can this video changed my perspective on the series and turn me into the Bleach fan I am right now. Story 9/10 The story is about a boy named Ichigo Kurosaki who is a teenager from Karakura Town who can see ghosts a talent which lets him meets Rukia Kuchiki who enters Ichigos room in search of a Hollow a kind of monstrous lost soul who can harm both ghosts and humans. Rukia is one of the Soul Reapers soldiers trusted with ushering the souls of the dead from the World of the Living to the Soul Society the afterlife realm from which she originates and with fighting Hollows. When she is severely wounded defending Ichigo from a Hollow she is pursuing Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo so that he may fight in her stead while she recovers her strength. 220https://i.pin.com/originals/2c/da/cf/2cdacfebbf2688785a39493b0bcdd000.jpg Rukia is thereby trapped in an ordinary human body and must advise Ichigo as he balances the demands of his substitute Soul Reaper duties and attending high school. For aid in hunting the Hollows the pair ally with a trio of other spiritually empowered teenagers: Ichigos high school classmate Orihime Inoue best friend Yasutora Chad Sado and the Quincyhumans who have the ability to control spirit particlesUryu Ishida. Bleachs plot incorporates the traditional Japanese belief of spirits coexisting with humans and their nature good or evil depends on the circumstances. as well other religions such as Christianity and other cultures such as Mexican culture and German culture. The series stays basically the same for one arc but changes quickly once Rukia is sent back to the Soul Society where shes sent there to be executed as punishment for sending her Soul reaper powers to Ichigo in thus were introduce to the Soul Society. Soul Reapers are the protectors of souls granting them access to Soul Society and keeping them safe from hollows. In the arc Ichigo has to fight some members of the Soul Society in order to save Rukia from execution. Rukia is saved but 3 members of the Soul Society Aizen Gin and Tousen betrayed the Soul Society. Which makes us go to our next arc The Arrancar arc which is separated into 4 arcs: the Arrancar Invasion the Invasion of Hueco Mundo the White Invasion and the Invasion of Soul Society all of these arcs have one thing in common its the arcs are to stop Aizen who sends an army of Arrancar which are basically hollows with Shinigami powers. At the end of the arc Ichigo fights Aizen in which Aizen is defeated his is later sealed by Urahara. The Fullbring arc is a great reboot arc of the series developing Ichigo and seeing a more human side of him. And lastly without getting into spoiler the Thousand Year Blood War Arc is a good arc but the problem was Kubos health was declining around the time it was releasing leading the arc to be very rushed but it was still a good arc. Character 10/10 Ichigo is a really great main character starting from an edgy delinquent who barely cared about saving people to a person whos whole heart is to protect his family and the Soul Society. Rukia is also a phonemical character who is a great Deuteragonist as her relationship with Ichigo progress in the series. Orihime is also a great character coming from a dysfunctional family and despite that she still a very king girl. Uryu is a great companion for Ichigo who starts as his rivals but later became a good friend of his. Chad to be honest was a wasted character despite his motivation is to protect everyone after Hueco Mundo we barely see him doing anything. The Soul Society excluding fatass Marechiyo Omaeda are all great characters with their own personalities and backstories. But let me talk about the villains and antagonist of the series: Aizen is an amazing villain Aizens rise and fall is an amazing story as a person who betrays the soul society to become God and despite that he eventually fails The image contains spoilers for The Thousand Year Blood War: Gin is a great of a example of a person pretending to be a villain to protect everyone. Ulquiorra starts out of as emotionless person but before he dies he later understand what the heart is. 220https://67.media.tumblr.com/cf612a6d85d96b25c68d0ad28b5c151f/tumblrnx2difJvtz1taf27uo1500.png I will not go into Yhwach due to many of it being spoilers but hes a really good final boss. Enjoyment 10/10 Bleach is one of the manga where I enjoyed reading every single chapter of it. Bleach is a story about how to accepting death and the adventure Ichigo goes through in order to protect others. Is the anime worth watching? Both yes and no. Its a decent adaption but the main problem is that it alters certain characters censor certain scenes from the manga and heavily pans to IchiRuki Ichigo x Rukia shippers. Overall 10/10 Bleach is a really good story on the supernatural despite its flaws its still one of my favorite manga Ive every read. While its not a masterpiece like other manga its a really well written manga to say the least.