I just picked this up at the library because it caught my eye. I am currently watching the Bleach anime, I know I am behind of the times. I wanted to see how the manga compares to the show. I am happy to say they are pretty much the same, with some very minor differences that are more to color the story than to change. I am always happy to see when a TV show or movie based on a book, or in this case magna, stays true to the original. I will definitely pick up the other ones my library has to read as well.

I definitely see the potential of the series and I really enjoyed this volume

All Souls Day read about soul-reaping.

Not my preferred art style, but well executed.

No idea what the title signifies.

Looking forward to finding out what's going on with the possessed parakeet.

Tirando MUY FUERTE de nostalgia adolescente y no siendo NADA objetivo, volver a los inicios de Ichigo y Rukia, aprovechando la nueva edición baratuela de Panini, ha sido un revival de mis primeros pasos en el mundo del manga y anime que han desbordado mis sentimientos por completo.

Por que a parte de ser un buen inicio, que presenta un poco de su rico universo de shinigamis y espíritus, tanto Ichigo como Rukia tienen esa MISMA chispa y gracia que perduraba en mi memoria. Estos primeros compases, donde la acción esta compensada con genio junto a la comedia, se sienten una vez más, como una base sólida sobre la que se construyen los cimientos de Bleach.

Que ganas de seguir releyendo a medida que salgan en esta edición, la verdad.

Empecé esta serie muchos años atrás. Llegué hasta el tomo número 18 o por ahí y la dejé, la vendí y me olvidé. Ahora me dieron ganas de empezarla de nuevo. Mi objetivo es no dejarla y seguirla periódicamente.

Este primer tomo es más que nada una introducción para los personajes, con buenas escenas de acción y toques de humor muy efectivos.

Me explayaré más en los siguientes tomos.

Good start to the story. Let’s see how the story continues.

I first watched the anime version of Bleach a while ago and dropped it after a few episodes due to finding it quite boring, but the manga has me hooked and it managed to do so in the first few pages. Ichigo and Rukia are both really funny and are the perfect duo, I also think that orehime is funny in a cute way due to her clumsiness, it also tugged at my heart strings to see that her brother had turned into a Hollow and thought that she had forgotten about him entirely after meeting Ichigo and Tatsuki.


Over all I’d give this a 9.4 out of 10, I have high expectations for the 2nd issue.

I discovered Bleach probably about a year ago, just before they began to syndicate the American version on Cartoon Network. I started off with the anime, but I was so impressed I went out and bought the manga, too. Being whole-heartedly American, I like my comics to have bright, flashy colors, but to make up for that, Bleach has given me plenty of chestily-endowed women to make up for the lack of flesh tones. The first few volumes / story arcs of Bleach are excellent, though it does begin to stagnate after awhile. Never, however, does it venture into the realm of unreadable (though the last few episodes of the anime have been nearly unwatchable). If you're a comics fan, or a anime fan, or a manga fan, or just looking for an interesting, out-of-this world story along the lines of DBZ or a number of other similarly themed Japanese titles, give Bleach a try. Just be careful: between this and the anime, one could invest a whole lot of time in this series.

there's 74 volumes of this stuff no way in hell am I updating on Goodreads

This is one of those series I've heard so much about but put off diving into mainly due to the first few pages I always read in the store never snagging my interest enough but I took the plunge anyways and I am glad I did. The story is about high school students and it is targeted at high school students so for me to complain about the story and characters being juvenile would be useless but I'll do it anyways. I grew tired of Rukia constantly calling Ichigo a fool and I am not a fan of the big-boobed-sweet-and-innocent-girl tactic. Yet the story still sucked me in and once Ichigo had some time to grow on me (and decrease in annoyance) I was devouring the final pages and wondering how long until I can get my hands on Volume 2.

Ichigo can see ghosts and after inadvertently stealing the powers of Rukia, he becomes a reluctant Soul Reaper. Even during the short length of this first volume, Ichigo grew immensely as a character and that is the main reason why I wish to continue the story. I am excited to see how he progresses. The writing is also good, with exceptional pacing and a wonderful build in plot with each chapter. I have the feeling that jumping into this series out of order would be a bad idea. I am not sure how long the series is (I'm guessing it is one of those never ending publications) but this will more than do for now while I await my favorite (grown-up) Vagabond. The two are not even comparable but this was fun down time. 3 1/2 stars.

Ichigo can see ghosts. Then a soul reaper shows up in his bedroom and tells him he needs to carry a big sword and kill bad ghosts who are about to kill good ghosts...or humans. Ok, so it's more complicated than that.

There were some pretty bizarre elements here that I wasn't wild about- like Ichigo and his father constantly beating on each other, the obsession with Orihime's boobs, and the portrayal of the big bad thugs...but I can also see the appeal here so I'll probably keep going. You know, for research purposes. And because I like Rukia.

Love Bleach so much <3 glad to be re-reading it