Bleach, Vol. 21 [Paperback]

Tite Kubo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 2007

R to L (Japanese Style). Cleaning up the afterlife – one spirit at a time!

Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts, he was born with the gift. 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. Find out why Tite Kubo's Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!

Ichigo and his friends return to the World of the Living, where life goes on as usual. But the arrival of a new transfer student raises disturbing questions, for outside school he carries a zanpaku-tÔ and wears the mask of a Hollow...

 

 

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About the Author

Bleach is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with ZOMBIEPOWDER, a four-volume series for Weekly Shonen Jump. To date, Bleach has been translated into numerous languages and has also inspired an animated TV series that began airing in Japan in 2004. Beginning its serialization in 2001, Bleach is still a mainstay in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2005, Bleach was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen (boys) category.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Shonen Jump Graphic Novel Ed edition (October 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421511657
• ISBN-13: 978-1421511658
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bleach is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with ZOMBIEPOWDER, a four-volume series for Weekly Shonen Jump. To date, Bleach has been translated into numerous languages and has also inspired an animated TV series that began airing in Japan in 2004. Beginning its serialization in 2001, Bleach is still a mainstay in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2005, Bleach was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen (boys) category.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Arrancar arc, part 1, volume 21, September 30, 2007

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Nathan N. Viale (Napa, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bleach, Vol. 21 (Paperback)

The first half of volume 21 deals with the fall out of the revelation of from the last book about the truth behind Rukia's execution and Ichigo and co. return to the living world. It's full of several humorous and heartfelt moments as they bid farewell to the Soul Society and return to their previous (but hardly normal) lives.

The second half introduces two new races to the Bleach universe: the Vizard, soul reapers with Hollow masks and the Arrancar, Hollows with zanpaku-tôs. Ichigo is invited to join the Vizard while a few Arrancar attack Ichigo's friends. There's also to more revelations about both Uryu's father and Ichigo's dad.

Overall, I personally found the first half was more interesting than the second. Though the second half was full of several new plot developments, it's not enough to judge the new storyline yet. Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to Earth we go., March 10, 2008

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bleach, Vol. 21 (Paperback)

Tite Kubo, Bleach: Be My Family of Not (ViZ, 2001)

The time has come for Ichigo and friends to return to Earth. Summer vacation is over, the Soul Society's problems are fixed (well, they're out of that plane of existence, anyway), and it's not like hollows have just vanished from Earth, right? So back everyone goes. We get some revelations about previously minor characters who seem as if they're going to become major characters, and someone new is introduced as another foil for Ichigo. It did seem as if some of the plot twists here were Kubo reaching, but given how wonderfully-plotted the whole Soul Society story arc was, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. ****

4.0 out of 5 stars The next arc in Bleach, June 27, 2009

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Joseph Cisneros "J2neros" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bleach, Vol. 21 (Paperback)

Volume 21 of Bleach begins the new arc where Ichigo learns about Visards and Espadas. This is a probably a good place to start for thoose who are familiar with Bleach, but not that into it. There are more character and villains and there is no easy way to differentiate the two. This also leads into the intense training that Ichigo must endure, to gain even more power. Ichigo must face his hollow self and master it or be destroyed by it. One of the Best manga out to date.