Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha (Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump)
Published in Indonesia by PT Gramedia/m&c!
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Bleach 25 of 45+
By Kubo Tite
Original title: ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－
Shueisha, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 25: No Shaking Throne released in Japan 2008.05
Published in Indonesia 2006.12 by PT Gramedia/m&c!
May contain [SPOILERS!]
Synopsis
After failing to protect his friends, Ichigo approaches the Visored for training, asking Shinji and the Hollowfied Soul Reapers to teach him how to control the hollow dwelling within.
Former 12th Division lieutenant Hiyori engages Ichigo in combat, but before she completely defeats him, Ichigo's hollow emerges. The Visored are able to suppress the monster, but Shinji orders Ichigo to fight his hollow self, a battle that renders Ichigo unconscious and allows his unimpeded transformation into a hollow.
Meanwhile, Soul Society Gotei 13 leader Yamamoto Genryūsai divulges Aizen's true objective to 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro: the rogue Shinigami plans to vanquish the Soul Society monarch by destroying Ichigo's hometown and using the resulting release of spiritual power to create a key to the Soul Society king's inner sanctum. [Additions from Wikipedia]
Volume 25: No Shaking Throne contains:
- 215.
Tug Your God Out
- 216.
The Suppression of Darkness
- 217.
Hole in My Heart
- 218.
Dark Side of Universe 3
- 219.
Black & White 3
- 220.
King & His Horse
- 221.
Let's Eat the World's End
- 222.
No Shaking Throne
- 223.
The Scarlet Creation
Awards
Winner, best shounen manga in the 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Anime and other adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation began airing in October 2004 and continues to this day (Season 15, the return to the Hueco Mundo arc, opened with episode 266 on 2010.04.13; episode 271 aired on 2010.05.18). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as leads Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia. Paku Romi, Hiyama Nobuyuki, and Namikawa Daisuke play 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro, 11th Division 3rd Seat Madarame Ikkaku, and Arrancar Ulquiorra Cifer respectively. At least two OAVs and three theatrical movies—Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru, and Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name—have been released.
A series of rock musicals has also been made out of Bleach, the first musical staged between 17 and 28 August 2005 at the Space Zero Tokyo center in Shinjuku.
m&c! Bleach volume 25 street date: 19 May 2010
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