Plot Summary

Kurosaki Ichigo is a 15 year old boy that has an ability to see ghosts/spirits. Because of his ability, he is able to meet a female death god (a.k.a Shinigami) named Kuchiki Rukia. To save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits (Hollows), Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. As Rukia takes on a human shell, together they solve mysteries involving spirits and hollows until from the spirit world comes 2 other shinigamis explaining that it is illegal to transfer Shinigami powers to humans and Rukia exceeded the time limit to stay in the human world. After they sentence her death for breaking the laws, Ichigo snaps and swears to everyone he will retrieve Rukia by breaking into the spirit world.

 

Bleach Episode 1-51 (eng version)

 

 

 

Bleach (Review)

                You know, if FLCL had been less science fiction and more supernatural, it could be Bleach.

               Ichigo Kurisaki has enough problems without dealing with Lovecraftian horrors. It's not enough that he's a 15 year old, high-school freshman. Whether he likes it or not he also has to be a Soul Reaper. He's got to hunt down Hollows, evil spirits who devour wayward ghosts. (The thing is, those wayward ghosts? It turns out when they get devoured by Hollows, they become Hollows. And if that isn't bad enough, if a ghost hangs out too long in the material world, it becomes a Hollow anyway. This is for all of you who didn't know that there was a "Catch-22" for ghosts.)

               BleachThe Soul Reaper job was supposed to be Rukia Kuchiki's. It would have stayed hers if it wasn't for the injury. She was forced to transfer her Soul Reaper powers to Ichigo. Now she's forced to stay over his place and sleep in his closet. The thing that gets her is that Ichigo is getting very good at this in a very short period of time. She wants to know what's up with that.

               Can Ichigo battle the forces of evil? Can he free his town from supernatural menaces? Can he get a moments peace in his own household? And what does any of this have to do with Bleach?

               The Bleach anime series is based on a very popular manga created by Kubo Tite. It pulls many a twist and turn as it combines action, comedy and adventure. If you're into horror/fantasy adventure with a dash of the absurd, then you better check out Bleach.