BLEACH

BLEACH!
Bankai!
Zanpakuto!

What is all that? it is a very famous manga / anime nowadays.

Why is it call Bleach?

Here's the answer from the author from it:
"The Soul Reaper-the color that you associate with the Soul Reaper is black. But "black" is to straightforward. So I thought about "white,"but white is too simple. So if you put "bleach,"somebody can associate that with white. So that's how Bleach came."

But for me, I think "Bleach" refers to purification, the purification of the souls by the Shinigami (Death God). So, it's called Bleach.

Plot Summary: Kurosaki Ichigo is a 15 year old boy that has an ability to see ghosts/spirits. Because of his ability, he is able to meet a female death god (a.k.a Shinigami) named Kuchiki Rukia. To save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits (Hollows), Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. As Rukia takes on a human shell, together they solve mysteries involving spirits and hollows until from the spirit world comes 2 other shinigamis explaining that it is illegal to transfer Shinigami powers to humans and Rukia exceeded the time limit to stay in the human world. After they sentence her death for breaking the laws, Ichigo snaps and swears to everyone he will retrieve Rukia by breaking into the spirit world.

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork

Personal Thoughts: Bleach is a very nice manga / anime with various characters holding their own special abilities. Especially Kuchiki Byakuya, who is holding his Senbonzakura (Soul Slayer), further utilize it with his bankai in Senkei / Gokei / Shukei mode. Then, the Kido that he's using making him very cool. Besides Kuchiki, there are many more cool characters in BLEACH like 10th division captain - Hitsugaya Toshiro, 6th division lieutenant - Abarai Renji, 6th Espada - Grimmjow & etc.

Critics & Comments: Don't you think the storyline is too short? Most of them are for friend saving purpose, 1st Rukia and now Inoue.

Recommendations: Recommend it, it's a very worth reading/watching manga/anime. Just skip the filler parts in the anime, not worth watching at all.

Personal Rating: 4 / 5