Bleach

Bleach is a manga series written and drawn by Kubo Tite. The anime series is produced by Studio Pierrot.

Bleach follows its teenage protagonist, Kurosaki Ichigo, as he becomes a shinigami and battles hollows, monsters formed from living souls with regrets and anger.


 * Bleach on Wikipedia

Characters in Bleach
Note: This page contains spoilers for the series.

Kurosaki Ichigo
Kurosaki Ichigo is the primary protagonist of the manga and anime series Bleach. He is a fifteen year old with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. He has bright orange hair, and brown eyes. His hair colour is often made fun of and sometimes gets him into fights with people who think it's dyed. When his family is attacked by a hollow, he meets a Shinigami (Soul Reaper in the American translation) named Kuchiki Rukia, who transfers her powers to him. He then becomes a shinigami and vows to use his powers to protect people from hollows.

Characterisation
Ichigo is portrayed as a grouchy, surly teenager who tends to keep to himself and his small friendship group. Despite his demeanour he is very caring for those close to him, particularly his two younger sisters. He carries a lot of guilt because he initially believed that, when he was a child, he caused his mother's death. It is later revealed that the hollow named Grand Fisher was the cause of his mother's death, attracted to Ichigo's spirit energy but decided to eat his mother instead because he liked eating women. Because of this he vows to use whatever strength he has to protect his family and friends. He is also not as constantly emo and depressed as some fanfiction writers seem to think he is.

Powers
Ichigo is a shinigami. Initially he uses powers borrowed from Rukia, but later gains his own with the help of Urahara Kisuke. His zanpakuto is named Zangetsu, and in its shikai form it is as tall as Ichigo is and has a large cleaver blade. His zanpakuto is in 'constant release' and so far in the series he has not been able to seal it. His bankai is Tensa Zangetsu.

In Badfic
Ichigo does not tend to attract as many Sues as other characters, but is often an unwilling participant in bad slash. We say unwilling, because he is portrayed as one of the least sexual characters in the series and considers protecting his family and friends more important than a love life.

Usually any Mary Sues that are attracted to Ichigo start off as shinigami who are assigned to Karakura Town and join his school. This is a very bad ripoff of the beginning of the series, where Rukia is assigned to the Karakura district, loses her powers and is forced to live as human for while, thus demonstrating how original Suethors are.

In bad slash Ichigo is usually the 'uke' of the pair, unless he is paired with someone 'weaker' than him, usually Ishida Uryuu. He is portrayed as being weak and subservient to whoever his partner may be. He is also often portrayed as a nervous virgin who has no idea how sex works. He's a teenage boy and has a doctor for a dad. Please do the maths here.

When his sexual partner is an enemy, he is often raped and does not fight back much or at all. This is not only very out of character, but very illogical as he is one of the strongest characters in the story and is more than capable of defending himself. This is also incredibly improbable on the part of his enemies, because most of them would rather see him dead than have sex with him.

Main Characters in the manga and anime series Bleach
Kuchiki Rukia

Rukia is a shinigami. She met Ichigo at the beginning of the series, where she tried to defend his family froma hollow that was attacking them. She was injured, and was forced to lend Ichigo her powers so he could fight in her stead. In canon, Rukia is a strong girl, with a good ability to lie and act her way out of situations. She is a competent fighter, and is remarked to be strong enough to be a seated officer, though her brother pulled strings to prevent this. When she was awaiting execution, she accepted it and became more introspective and dwelled on her past, recalling the night when her vice-captain was possessed by a hollow and died on her sword. This is a typical behaviour of people who feel guilt for their actions and accept punishment rather than the type who fight against it. In badfic, she is often portrayed as a bitch, who is rude and constantly violent to Ichigo. She is also often portrayed as weak and unable to fight, despite the fact that she has, over the series, fought many opponents and won, and lost to opponent who Ichigo could not defeat. This is an indicator that her level of power is less than Ichigo, however she has more experience and knowledge.

Inoue Orihime Orihime is a human girl with orange hair, grey eyes and rather large breasts. She is kind and sweet and has a strange imagination, which frequently leads her to have odd and amusing daydreams. Despite appearing ditzy, she is quite intelligent and performs well in her schoolwork.

Ishida Uryu

Uryu is one of the last of a group of humans, called the Quincy, who battle hollows using weapons made from spirit particles that they gather from around them. Uryu is a very straight-laced and slightly arrogant young man. He initially hates shinigami because they failed to save his grandfather from a hollow, but later learns that this was on the orders of Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri. His attitude towards shinigami softens throughout the series, and he becomes Ichigo's rival/friend. Sado 'Chad' Yasutora

Urahara Kisuke

Shihouin Yoruichi

=Members of the Gotei 13=

The Gotei 13 is the name of the organisation of shinigami that protects the human world and Soul Society. It roughly translates to 'The Thirteen Guard Companies' It is divided into thirteen companies, all commanded by a captain, who is assisted by a vice captain. The leader of the Gotei 13 is the Captain General, who oversees all the companies. In addition to a captain and vice captain, each company has a number of seated officers with ranks from Third seat down to Twentieth seat, who command squads of less powerful shinigami.

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