Parttime student fulltime Soul Reaper Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife.Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghostshe was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollowamp8212a malevolent lost soulamp8212Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kuboamprsquos Bleach has become an international manga smashhitYhwachamprsquos invasion of the Soul Society has led its defenders to make some strange alliances with Ichigo and his friends finding common cause with some of the Arrancars. And Soul Reapers who normally wouldnamprsquot have anything to do with each other now fight side by side as Kenpachi and Mayuri take on a truly monstrous Quincy. And because war brings changes to all Mayuriamprsquos dutiful daughter Nemu is compelled to act in defiance of her fatheramp8212even if it becomes the last thing she ever does.