The story sports a large ensemble cast of heroes and villains. During their fateful encounter as a Hollow makes an attempt on the lives of Ichigo’s family, he becomes a Soul Reaper himself to save everyone. He tries to live a normal life while avoiding the daily nuisance of seeing and occasionally helping ghosts he meets a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki. It follows the story of Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15-year-old high school student who can see ghosts. The anime aired from 2004 to 2012 in Japan and from 2006 to 2014 in the United States.
Bleach characters series#
The Story of Bleach (2001-2016)īleach was a manga series that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016. With a final season of the anime in production and the story continuing in light novel form, as well as Kubo returning to the world of Bleach in his new manga and one shot, it is important to see how the series did with POC representation and how far the anime/manga industry has come since its initial airing. Despite this, Kubo was doing what few creators were doing in the anime/manga industry at the time: including and empowering POC characters. However, Kubo’s representation was far from perfect in regards to a few character designs. Kubo included POC characters as both the heroes and the villains while also giving them depth as individual characters.
POC characters like Yasutora Sado (Chad), Yoruichi Shihōin, and Kaname Tōsen were seamlessly incorporated into the world of Bleach. This is no excuse to keep POC characters out of these stories, however, especially since many of these stories center on characters who are outcasts and “othered.”
Unfortunately, Japan isn’t the most racially diverse, which could account for the lack of consideration of POC characters in works. As a result, they have become more accessible, and with this, the audience has become more racially diverse. While anime and manga were originally targeted towards a Japanese audience, their popularity has increased over the past few decades outside of Japan. The anime/manga industry has a real issue of under-representation. Together, these three series comprised what has been referred to as “the big three.” What set Bleach apart from the other two series was not only its art style, its setting taking place partially in modern-day, or its high school protagonist trying to balance school and home life along with being a supernatural fighter it was also its effortless inclusion of POC characters. It was incredibly successful during its run time alongside other popular Shonen Jump works, One Piece and Naruto.
Bleach characters skin#
Byakuya's 2nd and 3rd skin use his pre-timeskip hair despite both skins being based on his post-timeskip appearance.Byakuya is the only Bleach character to have Flashstep in awakening.
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