live or die

in a world of black and white

Think of yourself as a 15-year-old boy who can see the spirit of the dead. One day, your family is targetted by a violent spirit (called hollow). Suddenly, a cute girl in black hakama appears out of nowhere to your rescue. Naming herself a Shinigami (a.k.a. God of Death), the girl informs you that your overflowing spiritual energy is what attracts the hollow. As the girl receives a critical wound during the fight, you feel responsible and decide to take over her task. In the end, the girl stabs you with her sword (called Zanpakutou a.k.a. Soul Cutter) so you can have some of her Shinigami power to fight the enemy. However, you end up sucking up all of the girl's power for unknown reasons and defeat the hollow easily. Next day, you meet up with the girl again as a transfer student at your school, who forcibly appoints you as a "Shinigami Daikou (substitute)". Now you're suddenly facing a much larger responsibility in life - with so much excitement to follow.

Woah, that was a lot of information to digest at once. Yet it is merely a beginning to the story of Bleach. You won't meet the focus of our site - Hitsugaya and Hinamori - until way later, but the first 10 volumes (15~20 episodes in terms of anime) will get you started with all the difficult names and vocabularies. Having a brief idea of what Bleach is all about will help you enhance your understanding for our pair later on, I can guarantee that.

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