Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife.
After all, that\'d just be boring..
But, in a where-the-rubber-meets-the-road kind of way, Ichigo wasn\'t expecting his assault on the Soul Society to be a piece of cake.
Jindanbô, the monstrous, fez-sporting gatekeeper hasn\'t let a single soul enter the Western Gate he guards in over 300 years, and he isn\'t about to change his mind about it just because Ichigo\'s crew wants to go through.
Find out why Tite Kubo\'s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit! The race to save Rukia from the Soul Society is officially on, and Ichigo and company have come to their first roadblock, a very, very big roadblock.
When his family is attacked by a Hollow--a malevolent lost soul--Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace.
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts--he was born with the gift.
Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife
