Tite Kubo

Ichigo and company are one step closer to saving Rukia from the Soul Society, but for their plan to work, Ichigo must control the spiritual energy that wells within him. Meanwhile, the Soul Society dispatches a delegation to "welcome" their visitors.

Ichigo "Strawberry" Kurosaki, born with the ability to see ghosts, battles the Arrancars, Hollows that have obtained Soul Reaper-like powers, who are determined to hunt down anyone with a trace of spiritual power.

Ichigo Kurosaki, born with the ability to see ghosts, is given the power of a Soul Reaper by shinigami Rukia Kuchiki so he can save his family from a Hollow, a malevolent lost soul, but Rukia's decision to give Soul Reaper powers to a human has angered the Soul Society which wants to eliminate Ichigo, and make Rukia pay for her crime.

Soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki asks the Visoreds for help in controlling his inner hollow in order to become stronger.

As Ichigo battles the inner Hollow trying to consume him, a sinister transfer student asks him to complete a mysterious job that earns him some dangerous new enemies.

Ichigo and his friends prepare to fight Aizen's wicked plans while the war against the Arrancar approaches.

Ichigo and company meet their first obstacle on the road to saving Rukia from the Soul Society: Jidanb?o, the monstrous guard who has not let anyone pass through the Western Gate in more than three hundred years.

While Ganju experiences difficulties with his opponent and Uryû gets the opportunity to prove his strength, Ichigo defeats Ikkaku and discovers where Rukia is being detained before her execution. Presented in graphic novel format.

With the thirteen court guard companies on the verge of a civil war, soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki battles Byakuya Kuchiki and the fate of Rukia is decided.

Ichigo Kurosaki returns to the land of the living after helping tortured spirits find peace and is shocked to learn that the new transfer student at school is actually a Hollow.