“Ichigo, a ghost-seeing teen, becomes a substitute Soul Reaper after Rukia's injury, learning about the afterlife.”
Bleach
BLEACH
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Synopsis
Ichigo, a ghost-seeing teen, becomes a substitute Soul Reaper after Rukia's injury, learning about the afterlife.
Since childhood, seeing ghosts has been a part of Ichigo Kurosaki's ordinary life. However, things go awry when he and his spectral attachments get caught in a fight between Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki and a Hollow. As Ichigo learns, Soul Reapers are spiritual beings assigned to safely guide the dead to Soul Society, whereas Hollows are corrupt spirits that prey on innocent souls. Though Rukia manages to defeat her opponent and keep everyone else out of harm, she exhausts her powers in the process. No longer capable of performing her duties, she resorts to forcing Ichigo to become her substitute until she recovers. Despite Rukia's abrasive behavior, Ichigo handles his new routine with ease. But when he is tasked with sending one of his classmates to Soul Society, Ichigo gains a compelling outlook on the afterlife.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.79 · split reception
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Aug 2025
- 7 “When I began to read this,I thought it would be something I hadn't seen before.After looking through it,it felt like deja vu.It was basically Acidwire all over again.He was just replaced with...”
- 9 “This was a idea that became what is now Bleach and I have to say Im happy this got popularity and became that great piece of art that it is. Some parts that were changed around im pretty happy with...”
- 10 “I believe the other review mentions that this is simply a rip off of the acidwire arc, but I'd like to go ahead and point out to anyone reading both reviews that this is the original one shot that...”
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published Dec 2000 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M7579 catalog