A popular series that is serialised on Weekly Shonen Jump!
A summary:
High school student Kurosaki Ichigo is unlike any ordinary kid. Why? Because he can see ghosts. Ever since a young age, he's been able to see spirits from the afterlife. Ichigo's life completely changes one day when he and his two sisters are attacked by an evil, hungry and tormented spirit known as a Hollow. Right in the nick of time, Ichigo and his siblings are aided by a Shinigami (Death God) named Kuchiki Rukia, whose responsibility it is to send good spirits (Pluses) to the afterlife known as Soul Society, and to purify Hollows and send them up to Soul Society. But during the fight against the Hollow, Rukia is injured and must transfer her powers to Ichigo. With this newly acquired power, so begins Kurosaki Ichigo's training and duty as a Shinigami to maintain the balance between the world of the living and the world of the dead...
Currently, the story is at the arrancar arc. where ex 5th Division Captain Aizen Sousuke, together with ex 3rd Division Captain Ichimaru Gin, as well as ex 9th Division Captain Tousen Kaname, had abandoned Soul Society and went to Hueco Mundo . They have created Arrancars, unmasked Hollows, to work for them in their plan to conquer the world. The trio, together with the Espadas, 10 elite arrancars, are invading Karakura town, and the Gotei 13 squad Captains and Vice-captains, together with Ichigo, Ishida, and the Vizards, are defending the town.
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