幽霊が見える以外は普通の高校生、黒崎一護が死神・朽木ルキアと出会い、死神の力を譲渡されたことで死神代行として空座町にいる虚（ホロウ）退治を請け負うことに……死神の力を手にした一護は死神の世界・尸魂界（ソウル・ソサエティ）の動乱に巻き込まれ、熾烈な戦いの中劇的な成長を遂げていくのであった。
ドラマ・アニメ化された映像作品と原作・関連本と読み比べて、オリジナルならではの違いや描かれなかった裏設定、より深い世界観を独自の視点から楽しみましょう。
+2音楽: 鷺巣詩郎
制作会社: Pierrot / Aniplex / Shueisha / TV Tokyo / dentsu / Zack Promotion / PIERROT FILMS
Having long avoided this due to the hype it had, I finally decided to pick it up. Hype can often be just that: hype. In the case of Bleach, it was justifiable and were I younger, it definitely would've been that good. You see, the main character is a teenager who discovers that his ability to see spirits can allow him to battle transformed and evil ones too. Since the main character is a teenager, he does a lot of what teenagers do. He's impulsive and lacks foresight, somewhat arrogant, doesn't admit fault easily or gets in over his head pretty often. Sometimes, his mistakes are very repetitive and seem to be a device plot. Talking about device plots, this series has fillers and a good load of them too. If you aren't into that, then look for the filler list and skip them. Additionally, what this sorely lacks is a version with all the flashbacks, intros, outros and fillers cut out similar to what Dragon Ball Kai did. Aside from that, the world is well described, the lore interesting and the characters well developed. One is able to understand their intentions and motivations (even though they often boil down to the basic 6 "sins" wrath, envy, etc.) Seriously, if this had a supercut I'd watch it a second time.
