Launched in Japan in 2001, the Bleach manga series became one of the most popular mangas of the first decade, alongside Naruto and One Piece. Tite Kubo's work has of course been adapted for anime, video games and the cinema. The main feature of the story is that it takes place in a spiritual world strongly influenced by popular Japanese beliefs.

An overview of the story of Bleach and its hero Ichigo Kurosaki

Ichigo is a relatively normal teenager, except that he has the ability to see spirits and wears his hair orange. This second attribute earns him mockery and discrimination, but the first will catapult him into a world he never knew existed, that of the shinigamis and the Soul Society.