Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs

Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs was the first databook to be released for the Bleach manga and recapped the story of Bleach form the start of series through to the end of the Soul Society Arc and provides a preview of the Arrancar Arc. It provided additional information for key story points, specially about Soul Society and the Gotei 13, as well as provide mini-profiles on the shinigami encountered during the Soul Society Arc. In addition, the book contained previously unseen content in the form of omake chapters.

The Bleach: Official Animation Book VIBEs was released at the same time as the Book of SOULs in Japan but the VIBEs book is yet to be released in English.

Content List In Order of Inclusion

 * Never before seeing drawing of Bankai Ichigo vs Bankai Renji
 * Collection of Bleach Color Illustrations
 * Bleach Pirate Team Omake
 * Composition I: Human World
 * Detailed Explanation of the Human World
 * Story Track 1 - Reverberating Souls
 * Karakura First Senior High School Class 1-3 Attendance Book
 * 25.2 things like loneliness
 * Story Track 2 - Messenger From Another World
 * Christmas in Carmine
 * Composition II: Soul Society
 * Detailed Explanation of Soul Society
 * Story Track 3 - Overture of Rescue
 * Keigo and Tadanobu Omake
 * Story Track 4 - Entrusted Feelings
 * Story Track 5 - Chaotic Waltz
 * Story Track 6 - Rain of Punishment
 * Story Track 7 - Morning of the Execution
 * Story Track 8 - Coldhearted True Face
 * Prelude of NEXT
 * Phone Crazy on Stage & When You On the Punchline Omake
 * Talk of Bleach: Tite Kubo X Masakazu Morita (voice of Ichigo Kurosaki)
 * 0.side-A the sand
 * Terms Explanation
 * Chronology Table
 * Translation - Japanese Translations of the Chapter Titles
 * Character Index
 * Bleach Pilot Chapter

Trivia

 * 0.side-A the sand was originally published in this databook but was later included in Volume 23: ¡Mala Suerte!.