🧍‍♂️ Main Characters (Protagonists)
Ichigo Kurosaki
Rukia Kuchiki
Orihime Inoue
Uryū Ishida
Yasutora "Chad" Sado
Kon

🏯 Soul Reapers (Gotei 13 Captains)
Genryūsai Yamamoto
Shunsui Kyōraku
Retsu Unohana
Sōsuke Aizen
Byakuya Kuchiki
Kenpachi Zaraki
Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Jūshirō Ukitake

👹 Hollows / Espada
Coyote Starrk
Baraggan Louisenbairn
Ulquiorra Cifer
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
Yammy Llargo

📚 Facts

Creator: Tite Kubo (Noriaki Kubo)
Manga: 686 chapters, 74 volumes
Anime: 2004–2012 + TYBW arc (2022)
Meaning: "Bleach" = cleansing souls

⚔️ Soul Society
Gotei 13 protects Soul Society.
Each captain has Bankai.
Zanpakutō have 3 stages: Asauchi, Shikai, Bankai.

🧠 Trivia
Part of “Big Three” with Naruto & One Piece.
Espada = aspects of death.
Hell Arc teased in 2021 one-shot.

⚔️ Bankai Names

Ichigo Kurosaki → Tensa Zangetsu
Byakuya Kuchiki → Senbonzakura Kageyoshi
Kenpachi Zaraki → Unnamed (TYBW)
Tōshirō Hitsugaya → Daiguren Hyōrinmaru
Retsu Unohana → Minazuki
Shunsui Kyōraku → Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū
Sajin Komamura → Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō
Aizen → Bankai not shown
Rukia Kuchiki → Hakka no Togame
Renji Abarai → Sōō Zabimaru
Kisuke Urahara → Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame