By : Tite Kubo
In Indonesia this Manga published by mnc!
Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager gifted
with the ability to see spirits. His life is drastically changed by the sudden
appearance of a Soul Reaper—one who governs the flow of souls between the human
world and the afterlife—named Rukia Kuchiki, who arrives in search of a Hollow,
a dangerous lost soul that absorbs energy from souls. When Rukia is severely
wounded defending Ichigo from the Hollow, she attempts to transfer a part of
her reiatsu (霊圧?,
literally, "spiritual pressure") energy to Ichigo so that he can
defeat the Hollow. However, Ichigo takes almost all of her energy, transforming
into a Soul Reaper and allowing him to defeat the Hollow with ease. With her
powers diminished, Rukia is left stranded in the human world until she can
recover her strength. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over Rukia's role as a
Soul Reaper, battling Hollows and guiding souls to the afterlife realm known as
the Soul Society (尸魂界 (ソウル·ソサエティ) Sōru Sosaeti?).
As some time passes and Rukia has
yet to return to the Soul Society, her Soul Reaper superiors learn about her
whereabouts and actions and sentence her to death for performing the illegal
act of transferring her powers. This however had ended with two high ranking
Soul Reapers (Shimigami) injuring Ichigo and taking Rukia to their world The
Soul Society. (Although he is unable to stop Rukia's departure to the Soul
Society, Ichigo resolves to rescue her with the aid of several of his
spiritually aware classmates, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora (Chad) Sado, and Uryu Ishida, and the ex-Soul Reapers Yoruichi Shihoin and Kisuke Urahara. Once in Soul Society,
Ichigo and company battle against the elites of the Soul Reaper military and
strive to reach Rukia before her execution.
It is revealed that Rukia's
execution and Ichigo's rescue attempt both had been manipulated by a very high-ranking
Soul Reaper, Sosuke Aizen, who was previously believed to have been murdered, as part of a far-reaching
plot to take control of the Soul Society. Aizen betrays his fellow Soul Reapers
and allies himself with the strongest of the Hollows, the Espadas, whom
he enhances. Aizen thus becomes the main antagonist of the series, and the Soul
Reapers form an alliance with Ichigo.
At this point, Bleach chronicles
the war between the Soul Reapers, the Espadas, and Aizen. After Aizen
defeats the Soul Reaper captains, Ichigo undergoes intense training with his
father Isshin, who turns out to be a former Soul Reaper, in order to become
strong enough to battle Aizen alone. As Aizen is weakened by his battle with
Ichigo, a spell that Urahara had previously hidden within him activates and
seals him, thus ending the conflict and leaving the Soul Society to imprison
him. As a result of using an incredibly powerful attack in order to defeat
Aizen, Ichigo loses all of his Spiritual Pressure and becomes an ordinary
human.
Seventeen months later, Ichigo meets
"Xcution", a group of humans possessing Fullbring powers based on
Hollows and want Ichigo to absorb them. Ichigo starts training to regain his
Soul Reaper powers by first developing his own Fullbring following the
appearance of Shūkurō Tsukishima, the former leader of Xcution who is targeting
his friends. After developing his Fullbring, Ichigo is betrayed by Xcution's
current leader Kūgo Ginjō, a former Substitute Soul Reaper who had his memories
rewritten to act as Tsukishima's enemy and help Ichigo gain powers to steal
them. With help from Soul Society, Ichigo regains his Soul Reaper powers and
starts fighting Ginjō's group alongside Soul Society's forces. The Soul Society
forces end victorious with Ichigo defeating Ginjō and presumably killing Tsukishima.
Following these events, a group
of Quincies called the "Vandenreich" declares war on the Soul
Society. Ichigo once again ventures to Hueco Mundo, which has also been invaded
by the Vandenreich; at the same time, the captains in the Soul Society battle a
powerful group in the Vandenreich army known as the "Stern Ritter".
During the invasion several Captains had their bankai stolen by the Stern
Ritter. Meanwhile Captain Yamamoto took revenge on the Quincy who stole
Sasakibe's bankai and then immediately sought out their leader who he
identified as "Juha Bach" who up till now was referred to by the
other Quincy as "His Majesty". Despite using his bankai to attempt to
kill him, Juha surprises Yamamoto by stealing his bankai, then instantly kills
him using his abilities. As the Vandenreich overrun the soul society, Ichigo
arrives to take on Juha Bach.
