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(2004–2023)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A female character with large breasts regularly shows a lot of cleavage. At one point, she begins to pull open her top to show more of her breasts to a male character to seduce him, but the camera cuts away before more is shown.
  • One of the espadas who later reveals her espadas rank has her number on her breasts. Her outfit is fairly revealing but not explicit
  • Some mild sexual references and partial nudity. For sexual content, most of the female characters has their large breasts, later in the series there is mild nudity, no nipples are shown but the character in question is clearly naked.
  • There is never sex.
  • One of the heroes, Rangiku Matsumoto, is known for making fun of her own cleavage and wears clothes that are suggestive in nature. In one filler episode she approaches another female character naked and tickles her, although we don't see any of her private areas. Also a scene where the camera does a close up just on her huge breasts and there's sparkles and they're mostly bare not clothed.
  • One character who takes the form of a toy lion is quite perverted and goes crazy for women with large cleavage. Another character also shares similar traits but is more self-controlled.

Violence & Gore

  • Bloody scenes involving knives, as well as fistfights between family members. The show's suburban setting means that the violence is less over the top then some other anime series, but there's still a fair amount of it.
  • If Bleach Was A Movie It Would Of Been Rated R For Bloody Violence.
  • The others has mild slapstick violence while there's bloody anime/cartoon violence of the series.
  • The show is heavily focused on action-packed fight scenes that are often violent and involve characters being wounded and losing blood although few protagonists have been killed. Most fights involve sword-fights or martial arts.
  • Most characters use swords in battle which can take on different forms referred to as "shikai" or "bankai" forms. The swords have various abilities used for combat (e.g. Manipulation of ice and snow, can fire energy blasts, can summon other weapons, etc.) Other characters use other weapons/abilities like archery equipment.
  • Monsters called Hollows appear and quite predatory and violent.
  • The main hero, Ichigo Kurosaki, is stabbed in the chest to gain his powers as a Soul Reaper but survives. He later gains an alter ego Hollow form which can possess his body and turn him into a psychotic monster.
  • One character is stabbed by main hero Rukia Kuchiki to prevent him from being eaten by a Hollow.
  • One hero, Kenpachi Zaraki, enjoys violence and fighting but this often portrayed as just part of his character and never used to support the use of violence.
  • Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a hero of sorts, is portrayed as a mad scientist who sees everything as a possible experiment and will torture anyone and everyone in quite graphic detail. He has also altered his body so he can regrow his limbs, turn his ears into scythes and can explode into a pool of liquid if he stabs himself in the neck with his sword. His sword can turn into a large caterpillar creature which can breathe out poison and attack enemies with swords. He is also quite abusive towards his daughter Nemu.
  • The villains of series, referred to as Arrancar, who were once Hollows can regain the powers and appearance of their Hollow forms. Some villains' transformed appearances are quite gory to look at. One villain takes the form of a parasitic creature. Most of the villains sport holes in their bodies, one who has a hole through his head which is hidden by an eyepatch. The holes do no damage to their bodies and are just part of their appearance.
  • Most of the Arrancar villains can fire laser blasts called Cero.
  • One villain has a jar of liquid for a head with two other heads in it. He is stabbed through the head by Rukia Kuchiki and killed.
  • A villain is killed by another one who fires an energy blast through his body.
  • One villain is stabbed through the heart but from his point of view it takes years to occur.
  • One hero's methods of fighting is marking an enemy with butterfly-shaped tattoos and then killing them by stabbing the tattoo. She uses this method on a villain but punctures his lung in the process.
  • One villain is decapitated by a hero - we only see the outline of his head falling to the ground and do not see the actual event.
  • A large Hollow inflicts violent wounds on several heroes but all survive.
  • Three female villains are burnt to death by a hero's ability to use fire.
  • One hero is stabbed through the chest by a child-like villain but is later shown to have survived.
  • Another hero is shot at point-blank range at a villain who wields energy-blast-firing guns. He survives the attack.
  • One heroine's arm is disintegrated and she has her subordinate chop the rest of it off before her whole body is destroyed.
  • A villain is killed when his body is disintegrated from the inside-out.
  • A child-like villain who takes the form of wolves is implied to have been killed by a hero.
  • Another child-like villain who transforms into a monster is punched to pieces by a hero.
  • When injured heroes and villians alike spew or throw up blood. These scenes can be quite gruesome.
  • Ichigo is impaled by Grand Fisher in the chest multiple times which causes extreme amounts of blood to pour out.

Profanity

  • Some characters said "Son of a-", but it was cut off when they about to say "bitch".
  • When the characters get angry or surprised, there are uses somewhat mild profanities of expletive/obscenities and name-calling words (e.g. Relatively mild: "Ugly bastard", "what the hell is that?", "Damn it" etc).
  • "Jackass", "dumbass" and "badass" are sometimes used.
  • Although there's a few uses of moderate language such as "pussy", "prick" and "bitch", but it used very rarely.
  • The both in the sub and the dub contains several mild language.
  • There are numerous uses of swear words in the show, but most are only used as insults or in times of irritation of surprise.
  • Usually mild language such as, "damn", "hell", "bastard", "ass", "piss", and "crap".
  • "pussy" is used once
  • "prick" is used once
  • "bitch" is used three times

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several characters smoke and drink, although alcohol references are used for comic relief.
  • One character gets drunk on one drink of sake.
  • One villain accidentally digests a drug which causes him to physically slow down to a standpoint.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The show contains numerous scenes and events thare may upset young children. The swordfights and excessive use of violence may distress them. There are numerous traumatic/tragic scenes that may involve characters breaking down emotionally. Character deaths are often portrayed as sympathetic and may make children cry, even the villain deaths.
  • The Hollows are quite scary.
  • Mayuri Kurotsuchi is an unsettling supporting character. He kills some of his own followers, abuses his daughter Nemu, and causes harm to both heroes and villains alike.
  • The Hollow called Allon/Ayon's scenes.
  • Several characters, good and evil, suffer major injuries during the series. One hero is stabbed by another hero accidentally, another is implied to almost be cut in tow, and one is stabbed through the chest by a villain using only his hand. However, all of these characters survive their injuries.
  • The villain Grand Fisher kills Ichigo's mother.
  • Ichigo's Hollow form in its various appearances.
  • One villain can transform into a skeleton who can rot away anything he touches. This power is later used to kill him.
  • Kaname Tosen transforms into a giant insectoid and almost goes insane.
  • Ulquiorra Cifer transforms into a bat-like creature.
  • in a few episodes there are swastikas but they are not meant to represent Nazis, they represent the old japanese symbol.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • There is an filler episode where an animal transforms into a woman with no clothes. Rather than covering up, she flaunts it before putting a shirt on. Though we don't see anything, she then lifts her shirt so that a character can look at her.

Violence & Gore

  • One character Sosuke Aizen who becomes the show's main villain fakes his death - we see a replica of his body imbedded in a wall with blood flowing down the wall. Aizen repeatedly harms other characters with no remorse for his actions as the series progresses.
  • Ichigo is repeatedly stabbed in the chest by villain Ulquiorra Cifer, but is revived both times. He is killed by Ulquiorra when the villains fire an energy blast through his body, but is revived.
  • Ichigo's Hollow form and villain Ulquiorra engage is a violent battle that results in Ulquiorra turning to ash shortly after the conclusion of the fight.
  • A villain, Kaname Tosen, is stabbed through the back of the throat by his former friend but lives long on a little while longer.
  • Aizen has a sword rammed through his chest but it is revealed that it is an illusion and one of the heroes has been impaled. She is later confirmed to have survived.
  • One villain Gin Ichimaru is revealed to be a hero and tries to poison Aizen, but is killed instead.
  • Aizen's final transformation is shown to be graphically bloody and gory.
  • Aizen undergoes several physical transformations until he is defeated by being cut in half by the technique called "mugetsu", but later on regenerates and is impaled by energy dampners which drain him of his power until he transforms into a cross.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The death of some villians like ulquiorra and tosen can be really upsetting to viewers as well as gin ichimarus death

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