Color Bleach+: Bleach Official Bootleg

I watched the Bleach anime nearly 2 years ago and I was immediately hooked! When I finished the anime we still didn’t know that they were going to adapt the last arc of the manga, so I just went ahead and read it. But I needed more, and that’s where this book comes in! It’s this sort of supplemental read with a lot of information on the characters and other fun little things. Suffice to say, I loved it!One of my favorite things about the anime were the scenes at the end of the episode called The Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers where they basically showed what they did in their everyday life. Things got silly and I loved it! This book has all those scenes and more! They’re the Illustrated Manuscript of Daily Idleness, and they are in color! They are literally just fluff, but I love that! One of my favorite ones is where The Society of Female Soul Reapers are trying to get a picture of Byakuya and instead of saying “cheese,” Nemu says butter 😂Another of my favorites is when Yachiru is riding around on her scooter... inside of Byakuya’s house! 😂 Poor guy, The Society of Female Soul Reapers are always bugging him and holding their meetings in his house without his knowledge. It’s so funny!Then there’s the Thirteen Court Guard Squads complete guide, which has a bunch of interesting information on all the captains, lieutenants, and other reapers of the squads. I just loved learning more about them! For example, I love Renji! He is my absolute favorite, so I really liked learning about all these fun facts. Like the fact that Renji wears the bandana around his head because he loves goggles, but all of his goggles are broken so he wears the bandana in their place... Weird, but okay 😂 I mean, I did always wonder about the bandana. Lol.Another thing I found interesting was that besties Jushiro and Shunsui were the first two graduates to reach the level of captain. I can totally see that. And I also just want to mention how much I love their relationship. Lol. They’re just the best of friends and it’s great! And speaking of Jushiro, I love him! He is one of my favorite characters in the entire series! He is just very sweet, and under his character data it says that his special skill is making friends! 🥰🥰🥰 Omg stop! That is so cute! I love it! And another thing that is funny is that he is always offering Toshiro candy because I guess they look alike and their names are similar.---“An individual who personifies the Court Guards with his gentle and sincere personality. Whenever he sees his look-alike, Captain Hitsugaya, he offers him candy and refuses to take no for an answer.”---And speaking of Toshiro, Toshiro and Rangiku are one of my favorite duos! It’s really funny because Toshiro is captain and is a really hard worker, while Rangiku, the lieutenant is... not 😂 I’m sometimes surprised their squad runs as smoothly as it does. Lol.Another of my favorite duo is Kenpachi and Yachiru. I love how polar opposite they are, but honestly, I’m just wondering how their squad runs at all with these two in charge 😂 Two other reapers I like from this same squad are Ikkaku and Yumichika. Some interesting information I learned about them in this book is that they are both strong enough to be lieutenants themselves, but I guess they just really like their Squad 11 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know, I think that’s kinda sweet... even though this is the most violent of all squads 😂Another fun section in this book was this sort of bulletin thing where the squads are recruiting new members. Basically, the captains and lieutenants write some messages to those potential new members and answer some questions. And also, members of other squads comment on squads that are not their own. They're all mostly positive, because the reapers are all mostly friends with each other, but one that really made me laugh was Kurotsuchi commenting on Squad 11 (Kenpachi and Yachiru’s squad) 😂 Oh, and before I forget, I’d like to mention that Kurotsuchi’s hobbies and special skills include experimenting.... Yep. That tracks 😅Towards the end of the book we have what is called the Soul Reaper Academy Entrance Exam. I was excited to take this! I love Bleach and the Soul Reapers and I was sure I was gonna do well on it. I got 50/100 😬 That’s literally and F! 🙈 I love the show but, man, I would not be a good Soul Reaper 😂One of the last things in this book is an Aptitude Test that places you in one of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. When I took the test it placed me in Squad 6 with Byakuya and Renji. As I previously mentioned, I adore Renji, so yay! But I’m not gonna lie, I was hoping to get squad 13, which is Jushiro Ukitake’s squad (Rukia is also in this one!) This squad just seems so chill, and their captain is such a sweetheart, as I previously mentioned.But yeah! I really loved this! It had a lot of fun information about the characters and a bunch of silly little stories. I am so glad I found this 🥰 I highly recommend it to anyone who loves Bleach as much as I do 🖤

This is a hard to find book now and for good reason, though a little on the thin side the humanization and antics of the gotei 13 so early into the series is really refreshing. Some of the stories were translated to the anime, but lack the original context, and a lot is left out. High recommend for fans of the gotei 13 who'd like some insight to how the seireitei is after Aizen's betrayal. Art is great, has some coloration, and the reverse cover is incredibly charming. Great!

Hilarous! A must have for all Bleach fans who are interested in the happenings of the Seireitei and want to see more interaction between some of the other characters of Bleach that don't get as much screen time in either the manga or the anime. The antics of the Society of Female Soul Reapers with their attempts at fundraising, harassing Captain Byakuya, and torturing Tetsuzaemon of the Society of Male Soul Reapers are priceless. There is also a copy of the Monthly Seireitei Bulletin - which includes the Soul Reaper Entrance Exam "for all aspiring Soul Reapers", and the Thirteen Court Guard Aptitude Test (brought to you by the Society of Female Soul Reapers). I highly recommend this for all Bleach fans who love the comedy aspect of the manga and show!

I will not spoil anything but I will just say that colored manga pages are pretty awesome and humerous. Fans of the anime will find that some of them are extensions of the clips at the end of the episodes released on the discs, and some are new ones that have not been shown. They are all in color so they can appeal to both fans of the manga and to color anime purists. Besides that there is tons of information on the captains and assistant captains in the other pages, and lots of other information that is pretty good.VIZ/Shonen Jump did an awesome job on this book with all its text (it must have taken ages to translate!) and it is definitely one to add to any Bleach fans library. I found nothing wrong with it at all.

This is a little book that is jam-packed with hilarious Bleach side stories, satires, games, and other rubbish that every Bleach fan would love. It was the first non-manga Bleach book that I bought, and it's so fun and entertaining that you might find yourself re-reading it and laughing. C'mon, can you bear not to own a book that has the official Sereitei newsletter, recruiting posters lovingly designed by each of the captains (including drawings by Rukia) to try to impress you to join their squad, and classified ads selling Soul Candy dispensers? I also bought at the same time the Souls character book, which was thicker but was somehow less entertaining. My only complaint is that a few pages of the Souls character book and this Bootleg book are identical. The glossy full-color dust jacket is reversible and beautiful. Reminds me of Mad magazine (but better). Thank you Tite Kubo and Viz Media (for making English edition available)!

Great addition to your Bleach collection

This covers mostly just the Soul Society Arc and before that, but that's good since that's probably the most central arc thus far in the English-dubbed anime. The colored comics at the beginning are so freakin' FUNNY, not even kidding. They, and the rest of the book, are full of Kubo's great art and interesting insight on Bleach's characters. Gotta buy this if you're a die-hard Bleach fan.