Shinigami in Fiction: Shinigami in Bleach, Shinigami Manga-Anime Series, List of Soul Reapers in Bleach, Death Note, Rukia Kuchiki

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Shinigami in Bleach, Shinigami manga/anime series, List of Soul Reapers in Bleach, Death Note, Rukia Kuchiki, Ichigo Kurosaki, Momo Hanamori, T shir Hitsugaya, Byakuya Kuchiki, Descendants of Darkness, Gin Ichimaru, S suke Aizen, Kenpachi Zaraki, Renji Abarai, Boogiepop, Ryuk. Excerpt: This is a list of Soul Reaper Shinigami, literally, Death god) characters featured in the anime and manga series Bleach, created by Tite Kubo. Soul Reapers are a fictional race of spirits who govern the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife realm called the Soul Society. The Bleach story tells of how Ichigo Kurosaki becomes substitute Soul Reaper in Karakura Town in place of Rukia Kuchiki. He assumes her duties to protect souls and put them to peaceful rest, as well as to fight against dangerous, lost souls that could not rest, called Hollows. As the series progresses, however, Rukia is arrested by the Soul Society's Soul Reaper military for giving her powers to Ichigo, and she is prepared for execution. Ichigo and his friends go to save her and are forced to fight against many of the Soul Society's Court Guard Squads. Eventually, the Fifth Squad Captain S suke Aizen, the third Squad Captain Gin Ichimaru, and the ninth Squad Captain Kaname Tousen all defects from the Soul Society at the time of the rescue and starts a plan, interrupting Ichigo's battles, to gain greater power with the Arrancars, focusing the story with him as the main antagonist. Bleach was first conceived from Tite Kubo's desire to draw Shinigami (Soul Reaper in the English adaptations) in a kimono, which formed the basis for the design of the Soul Reapers. Before deciding the use of kimono, Kubo thought of giving black suits to male Soul Reapers and any forms to female Soul Reapers, but thought that it was too generic and changed it to a kimon...