Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. The plot starts with Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager who accidentally steals the powers of the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki and subsequently assumes her duties while she convalesces. Since that event, Ichigo has to fight Hollows, evil spirits of past humans that feed on unwary people.
The manga was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 7, 2001, to August 22, 2016. [1] [2] The 698 individual chapters were collected by Shueisha in a series of 74 tankōbon volumes between January 5, 2002, and November 4, 2016. [3] [4] Most chapter names are written in English and have katakana above them to indicate how they are read in Japanese, similar to the usage of furigana ruby characters with advanced kanji characters. The total count of published Bleach chapters and the number on the highest-numbered chapter do not match. This is because, in addition to the positive numbered chapters, some chapters are published with a negative or fractional chapter number. These "negative" chapters are side stories that involve events that precede the main plot of the series.
North American licensee Viz Media serialized the individual chapters in Shonen Jump from its November 2007 to April 2012 issues. [5] [6] The series moved to the digital anthology Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha in January 2012 and Viz Media published it digitally as Shueisha released new chapters in Japan. [7] [8] The first volume on English was released on July 6, 2004, [9] and the last volume–the 74th–was released on October 2, 2018. [10] The company released a hardcover "collector's edition" of the first volume with a dust jacket on August 5, 2008, followed by a box set on September 2, 2008, containing the first 21 volumes, a poster, and a booklet about the series. [11] [12] A second box set was released on July 7, 2015, containing volumes 22–48, the Bleach pilot and a poster. [13] A re-release of the series under the label of "3-in-1 Edition" started on June 7, 2011; [14] as of March 5, 2019, all twenty five volumes have been released. [15]
Viz Media released digital forms of the first 16 volumes in English on June 17, 2011. [16] [17] As of October 2, 2018, all 74 digital volumes have been published. [10] On September 21, 2012, Shueisha released 45 digital volumes in Japanese e-book stores. [18] [19] As of November 4, 2016, all 74 digital volumes have been released. [20]
No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
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1 | Strawberry and the Soul Reapers [n 1] The Death and the Strawberry | January 5, 2002 [3] 978-4-08-873213-8 | July 6, 2004 [9] 978-1-59116-441-8 |
2 | Goodbye Parakeet, Good Night My Sister | March 4, 2002 [21] 978-4-08-873237-4 | August 3, 2004 [22] 978-1-59116-442-5 |
3 | Memories in the rain | June 4, 2002 [23] 978-4-08-873275-6 | October 12, 2004 [24] 978-1-59116-443-2 |
4 | Quincy Archer Hates You | September 4, 2002 [25] 978-4-08-873310-4 | December 7, 2004 [26] 978-1-59116-444-9 |
5 | Right Arm of the Giant | November 1, 2002 [27] 978-4-08-873335-7 | February 1, 2005 [28] 978-1-59116-445-6 |
6 | The Death Trilogy Overture | December 20, 2002 [29] 978-4-08-873366-1 | April 5, 2005 [30] 978-1-59116-728-0 |
7 | The Broken Coda | March 4, 2003 [31] 978-4-08-873392-0 | May 31, 2005 [32] 978-1-59116-807-2 |
8 | The Blade and Me | June 4, 2003 [33] 978-4-08-873435-4 | August 2, 2005 [34] 978-1-59116-872-0 |
9 | Fourteen Days for Conspiracy | August 4, 2003 [35] 978-4-08-873495-8 | October 10, 2005 [36] 978-1-59116-924-6 |
10 | Tattoo on the Sky | November 4, 2003 [37] 978-4-08-873525-2 | December 6, 2005 [38] 978-1-4215-0081-2 |
11 | A Star and a Stray Dog | December 19, 2003 [39] 978-4-08-873555-9 | February 7, 2006 [40] 978-1-4215-0271-7 |
12 | Flower on the Precipice | March 4, 2004 [41] 978-4-08-873576-4 | April 4, 2006 [42] 978-1-4215-0403-2 |
13 | The Undead | June 4, 2004 [43] 978-4-08-873610-5 | June 6, 2006 [44] 978-1-4215-0611-1 |
14 | White Tower Rocks | September 3, 2004 [45] 978-4-08-873649-5 | August 1, 2006 [46] 978-1-4215-0612-8 |
15 | Beginning of the Death of Tomorrow | December 3, 2004 [47] 978-4-08-873682-2 | October 3, 2006 [48] 978-1-4215-0613-5 |
16 | Night of Wijnruit | March 4, 2005 [49] 978-4-08-873777-5 | December 5, 2006 [50] 978-1-4215-0614-2 |
17 | Rosa Rubicundior, Lilio Candidior | June 3, 2005 [51] 978-4-08-873817-8 | February 6, 2007 [52] 978-1-4215-1041-5 |
18 | The Deathberry Returns | August 4, 2005 [53] 978-4-08-873841-3 | April 3, 2007 [54] 978-1-4215-1042-2 |
19 | The Black Moon Rising | October 4, 2005 [55] 978-4-08-873862-8 | June 5, 2007 [56] 978-1-4215-1043-9 |
20 | End of Hypnosis | December 2, 2005 [57] 978-4-08-873883-3 | August 7, 2007 [58] 978-1-4215-1044-6 |
21 | Be My Family or Not | March 3, 2006 [59] 978-4-08-874027-0 | October 2, 2007 [60] 978-1-4215-1165-8 |
No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
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22 | Conquistadores | May 2, 2006 [61] 978-4-08-874049-2 | February 5, 2008 [62] 978-1-4215-1179-5 |
23 | ¡Mala Suerte! | August 4, 2006 [63] 978-4-08-874140-6 | June 3, 2008 [64] 978-1-4215-1541-0 |
24 | Immanent God Blues | October 4, 2006 [65] 978-4-08-874262-5 | September 2, 2008 [66] 978-1-4215-1603-5 |
25 | No Shaking Throne | December 4, 2006 [67] 978-4-08-874289-2 | December 2, 2008 [68] 978-1-4215-1796-4 |
26 | The Mascaron Drive | February 2, 2007 [69] 978-4-08-874315-8 | March 3, 2009 [70] 978-1-4215-2384-2 |
27 | Goodbye, Halcyon Days | April 4, 2007 [71] 978-4-08-874339-4 | June 2, 2009 [72] 978-1-4215-2385-9 |
28 | Baron's Lecture Full-Course | June 4, 2007 [73] 978-4-08-874365-3 | September 1, 2009 [74] 978-1-4215-2386-6 |
29 | The Slashing Opera | August 3, 2007 [75] 978-4-08-874398-1 | December 1, 2009 [76] 978-1-4215-2387-3 |
30 | There Is No Heart Without You | October 4, 2007 [77] 978-4-08-874423-0 | March 2, 2010 [78] 978-1-4215-2388-0 |
31 | Don't Kill My Volupture | December 4, 2007 [79] 978-4-08-874444-5 | June 1, 2010 [80] 978-1-4215-2809-0 |
32 | Howling | February 4, 2008 [81] 978-4-08-874473-5 | September 7, 2010 [82] 978-1-4215-2810-6 |
33 | The Bad Joke | April 4, 2008 [83] 978-4-08-874494-0 | December 7, 2010 [84] 978-1-4215-2811-3 |
34 | King of The Kill | July 4, 2008 [85] 978-4-08-874541-1 | March 1, 2011 [86] 978-1-4215-2812-0 |
35 | Higher Than The Moon | October 3, 2008 [87] 978-4-08-874575-6 | June 7, 2011 [88] 978-1-4215-3312-4 |
36 | Turn Back The Pendulum | December 4, 2008 [89] 978-4-08-874603-6 | September 6, 2011 [90] 978-1-4215-3313-1 |
37 | Beauty Is So Solitary | February 4, 2009 [91] 978-4-08-874628-9 | December 6, 2011 [92] 978-1-4215-3314-8 |
38 | Fear for Fight | April 3, 2009 [93] 978-4-08-874649-4 | February 7, 2012 [94] 978-1-4215-3597-5 |
39 | El Verdugo | June 4, 2009 [95] 978-4-08-874674-6 | April 3, 2012 [96] 978-1-4215-3598-2 |
40 | The Lust | August 4, 2009 [97] 978-4-08-874712-5 | June 5, 2012 [98] 978-1-4215-4137-2 |
41 | Heart | October 2, 2009 [99] 978-4-08-874734-7 | June 5, 2012 [100] 978-1-4215-4138-9 |
42 | Shock of the Queen | December 4, 2009 [101] 978-4-08-874762-0 | July 3, 2012 [102] 978-1-4215-4139-6 |
43 | Kingdom of Hollows | February 4, 2010 [103] 978-4-08-874794-1 | July 3, 2012 [104] 978-1-4215-4296-6 |
44 | Vice It | April 2, 2010 [105] 978-4-08-870020-5 | August 7, 2012 [106] 978-1-4215-4297-3 |
45 | The Burnout Inferno | June 4, 2010 [107] 978-4-08-870046-5 | August 7, 2012 [108] 978-1-4215-4298-0 |
46 | Back From Blind | August 4, 2010 [109] 978-4-08-870085-4 | September 4, 2012 [110] 978-1-4215-4299-7 |
47 | End of the Chrysalis Age | October 4, 2010 [111] 978-4-08-870110-3 | September 4, 2012 [112] 978-1-4215-4300-0 |
48 | God Is Dead | December 3, 2010 [113] 978-4-08-870144-8 | October 2, 2012 [114] 978-1-4215-4301-7 |
No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
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49 | The Lost Agent | April 21, 2011 [115] 978-4-08-870186-8 | October 18, 2012 [116] 978-1-4215-4302-4 |
50 | The Six Fullbringers | June 3, 2011 [117] 978-4-08-870219-3 | November 6, 2012 [118] 978-1-4215-4303-1 |
51 | Love Me Bitterly Loth Me Sweetly | August 4, 2011 [119] 978-4-08-870272-8 | November 18, 2012 [120] 978-1-4215-4304-8 |
52 | End of Bond | October 4, 2011 [121] 978-4-08-870291-9 | December 4, 2012 [122] 978-1-4215-4305-5 |
53 | The Deathberry Returns 2 | December 2, 2011 [123] 978-4-08-870291-9 | December 26, 2012 [124] 978-1-4215-4949-1 |
54 | Goodbye to Our Xcution | March 2, 2012 [125] 978-4-08-870386-2 | January 1, 2013 [126] 978-1-4215-5138-8 |
55 | The Blood Warfare | June 4, 2012 [127] 978-4-08-870418-0 | February 5, 2013 [128] 978-1-4215-5236-1 |
56 | March of the StarCross | September 4, 2012 [129] 978-4-08-870478-4 | April 2, 2013 [130] 978-1-4215-5476-1 |
57 | Out of Bloom | December 4, 2012 [131] 978-4-08-870516-3 | July 2, 2013 [132] 978-1-4215-5882-0 |
58 | The Fire | March 4, 2013 [133] 978-4-08-870551-4 | October 1, 2013 [134] 978-1-4215-6135-6 |
59 | The Battle | June 4, 2013 [135] 978-4-08-870662-7 | February 4, 2014 [136] 978-1-4215-6237-7 |
60 | Everything But The Rain | August 2, 2013 [137] 978-4-08-870782-2 | April 1, 2014 [138] 978-1-4215-6458-6 |
61 | The Last 9 Days | December 4, 2013 [139] 978-4-08-870818-8 | August 5, 2014 [140] 978-1-4215-7383-0 |
62 | Heart Of Wolf | March 4, 2014 [141] 978-4-08-870850-8 | November 4, 2014 [142] 978-1-4215-7681-7 |
63 | Hear, Fear, Here | May 2, 2014 [143] 978-4-08-880055-4 | February 3, 2015 [144] 978-1-42-157855-2 |
64 | Death in Vision | September 4, 2014 [145] 978-4-08-880134-6 | July 7, 2015 [146] 978-1-4215-7973-3 |
65 | Marching Out the Zombies | October 3, 2014 [147] 978-4-08-880191-9 | November 3, 2015 [148] 978-1-4215-8084-5 |
66 | Sorry I Am Strong | January 5, 2015 [149] 978-4-08-880191-9 | March 1, 2016 [150] 978-1-4215-8262-7 |
67 | Black | April 3, 2015 [151] 978-4-08-880327-2 | July 5, 2016 [152] 978-1-4215-8506-2 |
68 | The Ordinary Peace | July 3, 2015 [153] 978-4-08-880423-1 | November 1, 2016 [154] 978-1-42-158583-3 |
69 | Against the Judgement | August 4, 2015 [155] 978-4-08-880460-6 | March 7, 2017 [156] 978-1-42-158701-1 |
70 | Friend | November 4, 2015 [157] 978-4-08-880497-2 | July 4, 2017 [158] 978-1-42-158867-4 |
71 | Baby, Hold Your Hand | March 4, 2016 [159] 978-4-08-880604-4 | November 7, 2017 [160] 978-1-42-159095-0 |
72 | My Last Words | May 2, 2016 [161] 978-4-08-880649-5 | March 6, 2018 [162] 978-1-42-159166-7 |
73 | Battle Field Burning | July 4, 2016 [163] 978-4-08-880684-6 | July 3, 2018 [164] 978-1-4215-9434-7 |
74 | The Death and the Strawberry | November 4, 2016 [165] 978-4-08-880774-4 | October 2, 2018 [10] 978-1-4215-9602-0 |
Volume | Chapters | Release date | ISBN | Ref. |
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Volume 1 | 1–25 | June 7, 2011 | 978-1-4215-3992-8 | [14] |
Volume 2 | 26–52 | August 2, 2011 | 978-1-4215-3993-5 | [166] |
Volume 3 | 53–79 | October 4, 2011 | 978-1-4215-3994-2 | [167] |
Volume 4 | 80–107 Extra | February 5, 2013 | 978-1-4215-5467-9 | [168] |
Volume 5 | 108–130 Extra | May 7, 2013 | 978-1-4215-5468-6 | [169] |
Volume 6 | 131–158 | September 3, 2013 | 978-1-4215-5469-3 | [170] |
Volume 7 | 159–187 Extra | January 7, 2014 | 978-1-4215-5911-7 | [171] |
Volume 8 | 188–214 Extra | May 6, 2014 | 978-1-4215-6459-3 | [172] |
Volume 9 | 215–242 | September 2, 2014 | 978-1-4215-6465-4 | [173] |
Volume 10 | 243–269 | January 6, 2015 | 978-1-4215-6466-1 | [174] |
Volume 11 | 270–295 | May 5, 2015 | 978-1-4215-7687-9 | [175] |
Volume 12 | 296–(-100) | August 5, 2015 | 978-1-4215-7865-1 | [176] |
Volume 13 | (-99)–340 | November 5, 2015 | 978-1-4215-8210-8 | [177] |
Volume 14 | 341–367 | February 2, 2016 | 978-1-4215-8531-4 | [178] |
Volume 15 | 368–395 | May 3, 2016 | 978-1-4215-8532-1 | [179] |
Volume 16 | 396–423 | August 2, 2016 | 978-1-4215-8533-8 | [180] |
Volume 17 | 424-450 | November 1, 2016 | 978-1-4215-8581-9 | [181] |
Volume 18 | 451-479 | February 7, 2017 | 978-1-4215-8582-6 | [182] |
Volume 19 | 480-509 | May 2, 2017 | 978-1-4215-9096-7 | [183] |
Volume 20 | 510–540 | August 1, 2017 | 978-1-4215-9097-4 | [184] |
Volume 21 | 541–570 | November 7, 2017 | 978-1-4215-9603-7 | [185] |
Volume 22 | 571–601 | February 6, 2018 | 978-1-4215-9604-4 | [186] |
Volume 23 | 602–632 | May 1, 2018 | 978-1-4215-9605-1 | [187] |
Volume 24 | 633–663 | October 2, 2018 | 978-1-4215-9606-8 | [188] |
Volume 25 | 664–686 | March 5, 2019 | 978-1-4215-9870-3 | [15] |
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