Product Description

Ever since he was little, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see the spirits of the dead, so when a teenage girl materializes through his bedroom wall, this should be no call for alarm. Rukia Kuchiki is a shinigami, a member of the mysterious Soul Society that is charged with capturing rogue ghosts, and is hot on the trail of an evil spirit. But in the ensuing confrontation, Ichigo absorbs Rukia's powers, giving him the ability to not only see the undead, but to fight them as well. Now this 15-year-old high school student begins a brand new vocation: hyperkinetic, all-purpose ghost-busting. With enough attitude to make a grown ghost blush, Ichigo and crew are taking on the after-life one ghoulie at time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28488 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Comic
• 208 pages

About the Author
BLEACH is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with ZOMBIE POWDER, a four-volume series, which has not yet been translated into English.

Customer Reviews

Series is still strong.
Tite Kubo, Bleach: A Star and a Stray Dog (ViZ, 2001)

The crew are still scattered throughout the soul reaper city. Uryu and Orihime are fighting the younger brother of the gatekeeper, while Ichigo and Ganju, along with a new friend they picked up along the way, run into one of the assistant captains. And where are Chad and Mr. Y? Kubo, though, never lets the action get in the way of his characters, which is what makes Bleach so special, even this far down the line. A fantastic series. ****

Top of the mountain.
The pinnacle of action. This series does action and plot together so well I don't know if I can go back to reading anything else. Naruto has to take a backseat to this series. Ichigo versus Ikkaku. Uryu shows what a Quincy is capable of. And finally Ichigo and Renji have it out. The battle is amazing and ends with a huge cliffhanger.

This volume pushes the series to a new level, the top of the mountain.
Highly recommended.

Ichigo vs Renji
Team Ichigo has been separted while trying to enter the Seireitei to save Rukia from execution. She is being detained in the white tower Senzaikyu, with the Soul Reapers on full alert of Team Ichigo's presence.

With the team separted, they have to rely on their new skills to survive the Soul Reapers attacks. The group has been divided into Ichigo and Ganju (assisted by an unlikely ally), Orihime and Uryu, Chad, and the Cat (forgot the name).

Each of the members have grown much stronger and it shows. Especially with Ichigo and Uryu. Uryu has become a much more mature, interesting, and stronger character. Orihime is much stronger as well, but she gets overshadowed by Uryu. Chad only had a brief appearance, but it's made obvious that he has grown stronger too.

Ichigo shows just how tough he is now, with the rematch between Renji and himself. His strength seems to grow exponentially with each volume and he needs every bit of it against Renji. Ichigo learns very quickly and has become a much better tactian as well.

A must read for the Bleach fan.