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Now that Ichigo Kurosaki is a shinigami, he must defend humans from evil spirits and guide departed souls into the afterlife.

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In the world of Bleach, a Soul Reaper is nothing without their bladed partner, the&nbsp;Zanpakutō. In addition to being a&nbsp;Soul Reaper's main weapon for combat,&nbsp;these Japanese-style swords also contain&nbsp;hidden powers called Bankai, that&nbsp;give&nbsp;their wielder extraordinary advantages in combat. One&nbsp;Zanpakutō can summon&nbsp;a skeleton snake demon, whereas another calls forth an&nbsp;indestructible samurai giant.&nbsp;There is&nbsp;an amazing number of incredibly powerful Bankai&nbsp;wielded by heroes and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-bleach-villains/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Bleach villains</a> alike,&nbsp;but which ones are truly supreme?If your favorite Bankai is the&nbsp;Hakka no&nbsp;Togame check out the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rukia-kuchiki-quotes/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Rukia Kuchiki quotes</a>.

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For eight years, Bleach entertained anime fans with its supernatural story of Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15-year-old high school rebel, taking on Hell and above as a Soul Reaper. Within that time, Bleach produced so many memorable storylines, such as Ichigo&#39;s journey to save his friend, Rukia Kuchiki, from being executed by her Shinigami peers in &quot;The Soul Society&quot; arc. Some of these amazing stories were ripped from the pages of the manga, while others were made exclusively for the anime.

With so many great stories, let&#39;s rank the best Bleach arcs and see which one reigns supreme. Vote up&nbsp;whatever you think is the best&nbsp;arc in Bleach&nbsp;below, and&nbsp;vote down the ones you didn&#39;t care for.

Memes

Collection of the funniest Bleach memes on the internet, voted on by anime fans like you. Bleach, the popular shonen manga and anime, chronicles the adventures of Ichigo and his friends as they battle spirits in the earthly and unearthly plane. The series is known for its amazing sword fighting action, but also for the fascinating characters and inherent humor, even found in the title itself (seriously, the show is called Bleach?) Characters like Kon and Orihimie often deliver the laughs, but anime fans have made funny Bleach memes that revolve around certain plot points and personality traits from other favorite characters as well. Check out the hilarious jokes and gags devoted fans have created with this gallery of the greatest Bleach memes.

Tite Kubo's&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;is a fascinating supernatural series about teenage rebellion. The 15-year-old&nbsp;protagonist&nbsp;Ichigo Kurosaki&nbsp;embodies the recklessness of youth&nbsp;as he mows down every&nbsp;celestial monster that gets in his way. Bleach&nbsp;has became a fan-favorite&nbsp;due to its&nbsp;extraordinary fight scenes between humans, monsters, and Soul Reapers. Some of the characters' Bankai&nbsp;are <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-bankai-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">extraordinarily powerful</a>, which makes the most high-stakes battles absolutely unforgettable.&nbsp;

Manga

The story of&nbsp;Bleach deserves a proper burial. The manga&nbsp;ended its 15-year run in 2016, but the anime series wrapped prematurely in 2012. That amounts to&nbsp;four years of unadapted material, and plenty of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bleach-fights/leo-reyna" target="_blank">memorable fights.</a>&nbsp;Bleach fans aren't the only ones who want to see a continuation of&nbsp;the anime series.&nbsp;English voice actor&nbsp;Johnny Yong Bosch, who voices&nbsp;Ichigo Kurosaki, expressed his disappointment with the anime's finale at <a href="http://comicbook.com/anime/2017/03/19/bleach-actor-anime-ending-johnny-yong-bosch/" target="_blank">an anime convention</a>&nbsp;in Greensboro, NC, saying,&nbsp;“[Code Geass]&nbsp;was a great ending whereas Bleach was like, ‘Ummm,'&nbsp;I think there was a little more than that.”Anime-only fans of Bleach have missed out on a lot of significant stuff from the manga, such as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bankai-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">true powers</a> of Ichigo, the fate of his long-time friends and allies, and which <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-bleach-characters/reference" target="_blank">characters</a> end up romantically involved with each other.&nbsp;Until Studio Pierrot finally decides to make one more season of&nbsp;Bleach, getting&nbsp;the fully story requires a little extra reading.&nbsp;

Animated Babes

These are the sexiest girls from the anime Bleach, ranked by anime fans like you. The show has a fairly heavy fan service element to it, as a lot of the women characters have very big boobs. Vote for the hottest Bleach babes that you love the most, and downvote the ones that aren&#39;t as hot. Take a look at these sexy Bleach girls and vote for your favorite! The girls of Bleach are famous for their Bleach big breasts.

Vote for your favorite Bleach female characters.

It's one of the most popular shonen anime of all time, but what other similar shows are worth watching? Here are 20+ anime like Bleach, along with explanations of what makes them similar. Bleach is a story that follows teenager Ichigo Kurosaki after he becomes accidentally embroiled in a supernatural battle, and then gains powers of soul reaper. There are hundreds of episodes, and while it's a very riveting and exciting anime, there are many similar to it that are definitely worth your time. Some of these shows involve concepts about enforcers from the afterlife and collectors of human souls called shinigami. For an older anime that you might like, Yuyu Hakusho is very similar to Bleach, as both shows involve a group of fighters with special abilities, and a setting of heaven and the underworld. Soul Eater is a newer series that has similarities to Bleach, with both series involving demons, the afterlife, and more.

Get ready to use your Bankai, because we've created a list of the best Bleach quotes with videos and images to accompany each moment. The extremely popular Shonen anime series that introduced you to characters like Ichigo, Orohime, Rukia and others has so many epic quotes and monologues. Bleach quotes can be epic to the point where you become pumped up to conquer challenges in your real life after hearing them, which is why we decided to take a look at some of the greatest moments from the show. Kubo, Aizen and more <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-bleach-characters/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular Bleach characters</a> are all included in this rewind to some of our favorite Bleach lines, along with other characters from the hit <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/differences-between-pokemon-manga-and-anime/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime and manga</a> series. &nbsp; Vote for the best Bleach quotes you like the most, and downvote any that you think aren't that good. We're leaving this list open to add things, so feel free to include your favorite Bleach moments if they are not already here.

The Gotei 13 is the major military branch in Soul Society, and the organization that most of the Shinigami from&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;belong&nbsp;to. Because they&#39;re such an important part of the series, most&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;fans probably have the basic rundown on the captains&#39; roles, powers, and personalities - but there are probably still&nbsp;things you didn&#39;t know about the&nbsp;Bleach captains. Let&#39;s dig into some Gotei 13 trivia!

One particularly fun example is that many of the&nbsp;characters have theme songs assigned by Tite Kubo. These songs weren&#39;t written specifically for the&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;characters: rather, they were songs that Kubo already knew that he felt were reminiscent of those characters. Many of them are Western songs by bands like AFI and Social Distortion. Kubo isn&#39;t just getting influenced by music, though - did you know that Kisuke Urahara was patterned after a&nbsp;Moomin&nbsp;character?

Which of these bits of trivia did you find the most interesting?

After an eight-year absence, the Bleach anime will finally return in 2021 to animate the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bleach-manga-plot-after-anime/leo-reyna" target="_blank">final storyline in the series</a>. With all the buzz surrounding the return of Bleach to TV, the fandom&#39;s passion for&nbsp;their favorite teenaged soul reaper has been reignited. Among the great debates going on today is who was the greatest captain in Gotei 13.

While Bleach began with a small, but humble cast, the (spiritual) world grew immensely in the Soul Society, which is commonly regarded as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-arcs-shounen-anime/leo-reyna" target="_blank">best story arc</a>&nbsp;in the series. Fans were introduced to a number of unforgettable captains, such as Kenpachi Zaraki, So Fon, Byakuya Kuchiki, and of course, Sōsuke Aizen. All of which, had their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bankai-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">own unique powers</a>.&nbsp;Out of all of these captains - former and current -&nbsp;who was the strongest of them all?

Who is the strongest member of The Espada from Bleach? This question shouldn&rsquo;t be taken lightly, as every member of Sōsuke Aizen&rsquo;s army of Arrancar is capable of performing tremendous feats of power. Some have the ability to decay a young, living human being into a decaying corpse, while others have the ability to hulk out as a gigantic monster. Few, however, possess a power so great it had to be banned by Aizen, out of fear it could destroy the fortress in Las Noches.&nbsp;

Regardless of individual strengths, every member of the Espada possesses unbelievable stamina, agility, swordsmanship, and raw power. Ranking the members of the Espada by strongest to weakest will not be an easy one, but it&rsquo;s a challenge that longtime fans of Bleach welcome with arms wide open.

'Bleach: Memories Of Nobody'

List of the best Bleach movies, ranked from best to worst by fans like you. With hundreds of episodes under its belt, it&#39;s no surprise that Bleach was adapted into a few movies. Memories of Nobody, the first Bleach movie, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bleach-Movie-Johnny-Yong-Bosch/dp/B001BP14SK" target="_blank">came out in 2006</a> and received a lot of praise from <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/popular-anime-community-memes/leo-reyna?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the anime community</a>.&nbsp; Later, The Hell Verse&nbsp;came out in 2010, was also beloved by many fans of the show. We thought we&#39;d leave it up Bleach fanatics to vote for their favorite <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/bleach/2712873" target="_blank">Bleach</a> movies. What do you think is the all time greatest Bleach movie? Let us know by upvoting the ones you love. &nbsp;

Bleach&nbsp;might be a shonen anime with a badass male protagonist, but that doesn&#39;t mean there aren&#39;t a wide range of superbly powerful&nbsp;female characters too. Whether they&#39;re heroes or villains, the ladies of&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;are amazing fighters who can take on any opponent.&nbsp;

Some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strong-female-characters/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">strongest female characters</a> in Bleach&nbsp;appear only <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-different-from-the-manga/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">in the manga</a>, like the members of&nbsp;Wandenreich&#39;s&nbsp;Quincy group&nbsp;Sternritter. But there are also plenty of incredible female warriors who play a role in the anime, like&nbsp;Retsu Unohana,&nbsp;Yoruichi Shihōin, and Rukia Kuchiki.&nbsp;

Vote up the women from&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;whose power you&#39;re the most impressed by, and vote down those who could use some improvement.&nbsp;

Zanpakutō are the signature weapons in the world of&nbsp;Bleach,&nbsp;and each of them has their own astounding ability. Most start off looking like ordinary swords, but quickly transform into something far more interesting.

Which&nbsp;Zanpakutō&nbsp;is the best one? That depends on your preferences. If you like your weapons creepy, you might like&nbsp;Ashisogi Jizō,&nbsp;Mayuri Kurotsuchi&#39;s&nbsp;poisonous Zanpakutō. Prefer a little elegance? Then&nbsp;Rukia Kuchiki&#39;s Sode no Shirayuki might be right up your alley.

Vote up the&nbsp;best Zanpakuto, and vote down the ones that you don&#39;t find all that interesting.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Part of what makes&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-shounen-anime-ever-made/ranker-anime" target="_blank">greatest shonen anime series</a>&nbsp;ever is its memorable characters. Although&nbsp;fans know Ichigo as a male and Rukia as a female, it&#39;d be interesting to see what they would look like if they swapped genders. Luckily, plenty of fan artists online are using this concept to create incredible&nbsp;Bleach&nbsp;genderbend art.&nbsp;

From&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bleach-villains/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Bleach&nbsp;villains</a> like&nbsp;Grimmjow to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strongest-gotei-13-members-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">Gotei 13 captains</a> like&nbsp;Yoruichi, these pieces of genderbend fan art are sure to impress you.&nbsp;

Check out these amazing artworks, and vote up the&nbsp;Bleach characters who look awesome&nbsp;as the opposite gender!

It's one of the most popular shonen anime of all time, but what are the series' top bad guys? Here is a list of all Bleach villains, ranked from best to worst by anime fans like you. The anime starts with the soul society as the main villains, but eventually Ichigo realizes that they are all (mostly) good guys. It isn't until Aizen betrays the Soul Society that a true villain is born, and Aizen remains the head villain of the series for a long time. Other than him though, who are your other favorite Bleach enemies? People often cite Gin and Grimmjow as their top villains, but we've included every villain from the series below for you to vote on.If you're a fan of Bleach villains or anti-heroes check out the best&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sosuke-aizen-quotes/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Sosuke Aizen quotes</a> and the best&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kenpachi-zaraki-quotes/ranker-anime" target="_blank">Kenpachi Zaraki quotes.</a>

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Kenpachi Zaraki

Kenpachi Zaraki is a fictional character and an antihero in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. He is the captain of the 11th Division within the Gotei 13. His lieutenant is Yachiru Kusajishi.

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Ichigo Kurosaki

Ichigo Kurosaki is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo. The main protagonist of the series, Ichigo receives Soul Reaper powers as a result of a run-in with Rukia Kuchiki, the Soul Reaper assigned to patrol his city, the fictional Karakura Town. These powers come at the cost of Rukia's own, and as a result, Ichigo concedes to work as Rukia's stand-in, fighting to protect people from evil spirits called Hollows and sending good spirits, wholes, to Soul Society. In addition to the manga series, Ichigo appears in many other pieces of Bleach media, including the anime series, the four featured films, the two original video animations, rock musicals, several video games and light novels.
Kubo said that Ichigo's character was created to replace Rukia as the protagonist of the series because he felt she wasn't suited for the role. His character has been well received among both readers and reviewers. Ichigo is often featured in Weekly Shōnen Jump character popularity polls. He was consistently ranked as one of the most popular characters in Bleach.

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Grand Fisher is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Bleach by Tite Kubo.

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It's one of the most popular shonen anime of all time, but what are the series' top bad guys? Here is a list of all Bleach villains, ranked from best to worst ...