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[HypnoDarkrai]

This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Tite Kubo's long-running Bleach manga is approaching its ending. The magazine teased the number of chapters before the manga would end, but purposefully obscured the number.

The manga entered its final story arc in February 2012.

ANN

The 73rd volume of Tite Kubo's long-running Bleach manga revealed on Monday that the 74th volume will be the last. The final volume will ship this fall. This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine also announced on Monday that the manga is approaching its ending.

ANN

Bleach will END on Shonen Jump Issue 38 (August 22) with "big news" in the same issue.

Bleach will end finaly in Jump 38 (22/08). And will have color page.

Bleach will have big news in Jump 38 (22/08)

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Big News: Bleach live action film for 2018

Hope they announce a new anime too.

 

[Calvero]

A four year long final story arc wowza

I remember when Kishi kept talking about Naruto ending soon every year for like 4 years before it ended.

 

[KissVibes]

I'm almost free from the hell that is manga. Please release me, Kubo-san.

I need this anime/manga garbage out of my life, but I need to see this story finished. This final story.

 

[Spinx]

God is real. End this suffering.

 

[Toki767]

Has the final arc really been going on for 4 years now? Sheesh.

So what ends first, the Bleach manga or the Naruto anime? lol

 

[BreezyLimbo]

So what's the final arc

Is it where it involves Ichigo

Spoiler

losing his powers

and meeting up with that weird group to get them back?

 

[Otakumegane]

Only the Aizen/SS and Arrancar Arc were actually worthwhile.

 

[SchrodingerC]

I will believe the King of Trolling when I see the very last chapter, until then I expect this to keep going for another 2 years.
It'll take them years to defeat HAX-GOD anyways.

So what's the final arc

Is it where it involves Ichigo

Spoiler

losing his powers

and meeting up with that weird group to get them back?

Evil

Spoiler

Quincies

and OP as fuck villains.

 

[Adnor]

I remember them saying it would be ending years ago. I can't believe the final arc has been so long.

 

[Ashodin]

So what's the final arc

Is it where it involves Ichigo

Spoiler

losing his powers

and meeting up with that weird group to get them back?

Nope. Way past that. Ichigo has merged all his abilities together.

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Bleach will end when Aizen finally reveals his Bankai to be a straight up manga reboot starring himself as the protagonist.

 

[torre_avenue]

No fucking shit.

Anyone with half a brain could see it was the final arc of the manga because how long he was dragging it on for. How has it been 4 years since the arc began? HOW? Just put it out of its misery, Kubo. And if Ichigo doesn't end up with Orihime, I'll riot. He'll probably end up with Rukia and Orihime will pair with Chad or Uryu.

Bleach's best arc was the one where Orihime got kidnapped.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Nope. Way past that. Ichigo has merged all his abilities together.

Oh for fucks sake

Is Aizen back? I hope Aizen came back. If he didn't then that manga should've ended with Aizen.

 

[Akainu]

Oh for fucks sake

Is Aizen back? I hope Aizen came back. If he didn't then that manga should've ended with Aizen.

Spoiler

He is bound to a chair and fights from it.

 

[Ray Down]

Oh for fucks sake

Is Aizen back? I hope Aizen came back. If he didn't then that manga should've ended with Aizen.

Aizen showed up for 3 chapters and hasn't done jack shit since then.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Nope. Way past that. Ichigo has merged all his abilities together.

yikes

i guess i have some catching up to do

i left it when

Spoiler

butterfly aizen thing happened

 

[TheRealTalker]

I don't believe it
It is not like I Bleach (I don't) but this series was suppose to end how long ago

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

No fucking shit.

Anyone with half a brain could see it was the final arc of the manga because how long he was dragging it on for. How has it been 4 years since the arc began? HOW? Just put it out of its misery, Kubo. And if Ichigo doesn't end up with Orihime, I'll riot. He'll probably end up with Rukia and Orihime will pair with Chad or Uryu.

Bleach's best arc was the one where Orihime got kidnapped.

Only reason I'm still reading this. My OTP <3
Screw Studio Pierrot for downplaying it! -shakes fist-

 

[antispin]

I think I stopped reading around 5 years back. There's probably an year's worth of TL;DR...

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

4 1/2 years for 1 story arc...yeah, that's shonen for you.

 

[Newtype-001]

I stopped like 5 years ago when they said this was the final arc. Finally cut this shit and we can hopefully get something good as a replacement.

 

[intheinbetween]

I think I stopped reading around 5 years back. There's probably an year's worth of TL;DR...

Same here, I'm curious about what happend since the Arrancar arc

 

[Ray Down]

I stopped like 5 years ago when they said this was the final arc. Finally cut this shit and we can hopefully get something good as a replacement.

Bleach 2 with Ichigo kid...never learn who the mother is, that's the troll.

 

[Kyou]

I'll believe it when I see it

Kubo's going to keep milking it

 

[KissVibes]

Tite Kubo is the Hideo Kojima of manga. Complete cornball, batshit insane, you can almost call them both liars....but I can't look away. I'm drawn in by their bullshit. It isn't even GOOD bullshit.

 

[torre_avenue]

I stopped like 5 years ago when they said this was the final arc. Finally cut this shit and we can hopefully get something good as a replacement.

Didn't Kubo announce a Bleach reboot along with the manga ending? I swear he did...

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Wow, the art really has gotten amazing. Total reverse curve from the story.

I'm actually taking a low hanging fruit there. This latest arc is better than Hueco Mundo and the Fullbringer arc, I think. Still hard to believe it's the same author who wrote Soul Society...

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

No idea why I stopped now that it's really approaching the end.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Series was at it's best when it was just a magical girl series where the MC was a guy. Soul Society was the shark-jump moment where it just became another middling shonen series that ripped off the worst elements of DBZ & YYH without understanding what made those series work.

 

[Einchy]

4 1/2 years for 1 story arc...yeah, that's shonen for you.

How long did that Hueco Mundo arc last? Pretty sure I was in Middle School when it started and had almost graduated from High School by the time it was ending.

 

[Inuhanyou]

shieeet. Give me some Ichiruki before then atleast Kubo.

You can't have Urahara tease that shit and not have my girl do some awesome shit.

I haven't read 99% of this arc cause the Nazi's and Kubo's usual drivel just bore me to tears...just make the ending worth it hm?

 

[Ray Down]

Same here, I'm curious about what happend since the Arrancar arc

A lot of trolling, stupid titles, lackluster bankai reveals and Ichigo does nothing.

 

[Newtype-001]

Bleach 2 with Ichigo kid...never learn who the mother is, that's the troll.

Didn't Kubo announce a Bleach reboot along with the manga ending? I swear he did...

Plz no.

 

[Einchy]

How many transformations has Ichigo burned through in this arc?

 

[Haly]

They're fighting quincies now. Yeah the quincies are alive soul society is actually shit at genocide.

It's basically arrancar arc redux.

 

[Ray Down]

Didn't Kubo announce a Bleach reboot along with the manga ending? I swear he did...

Same, like Bleach 2, I swear he did it during the 4 week break during the fullbringer arc and the final arc.

 

[antispin]

Same here, I'm curious about what happend since the Arrancar arc

Same here. But in too deep with Berserk to look around for a catch-up session.

 

[Ray Down]

How many transformations has Ichigo burned through in this arc?

Legit only 2. If we count his new shikai as a transformation.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

I can't believe a series that had one good story arc lasted so long

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Spoiler

He is bound to a chair and fights from it.

Aizen showed up for 3 chapters and hasn't done jack shit since then.

Well, better than nothing. Aizen was the best part of that manga.

 

[ATXAlchemy]

I think I stopped reading around 5 years back. There's probably an year's worth of TL;DR...

I try to read the latest chapters once every month. I didn't feel like I missed a thing in-between those chapters, story-wise.

Also, I laugh at this. Bleach ends but will spawn a new manga titled Detergent. And Ichigo's son Boruto will be the next main character.

 

[Newtype-001]

Aizen deserves to be transported to another show. Sell the rights to his character or something kubo

 

[Inuhanyou]

I can't believe a series that had one good story arc lasted so long

2. Karakura and SS were both great arcs i thought. I honestly liked it better when it was relegated to just the town, but i never objected to finding more about SS. The Aizen thing just took it in a direction that ended up destroying any more potential it could have had.

How many transformations has Ichigo burned through in this arc?

4. His fullbringer one(broke), his 'true shinigami' shikai(outclassed), his quincy shinihollow mask form, and also his new bankai(both stolen)

 

[Ray Down]

I really doubt it's gonna be brought up, but does Kubo even remember

Spoiler

Juha stole Yama Bankai and should still be able to use it...

 

[TropicalFish]

#JUSTICE4UNOHANA.

#JUSICTE4SQUAD0

#JUSTICE4THECRIMINALLYUNDERUSEDVIZARD

#JUSTICE4TIAHARRIBELWHEREEVERTHEFUCKSHEIS

 

[Parallax]

Maybe he can go back to zombie powder after this is all over

 

[MMarston]

I remember when Kishi kept talking about Naruto ending soon every year for like 4 years before it ended.

And yet here we are


With movies and miniseries with their kids

 

[Maximo]

Manga is some of the worst shit I have read in a long time..and yet Ill see it till the end.

 

[Baroquemantic]

I've been enjoying the current arc. I hope the anime comes back as I'd love to see some of these fights animated.

 

[Kyou]

#JUSTICE4UNOHANA.

She died so Kenpachi can lose two fights