Chapters

This is a list of chapters of the Bleach manga, part of the Bleach media franchise. The plot follows the adventures of a teenager called Ichigo Kurosaki who becomes a Shinigami and assumes the duties of the Shinigami Rukia Kuchiki.

The series is written and illustrated by Tite Kubo and was published in the Japanese-language magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. The individual chapters are collected by Shueisha in series of tankōbon volumes, which also include a poem by the character of the cover. A few chapters have a "-" before the chapter number, which indicates a negative number. These "negative" chapters show events as they are occurring before the start of the main story and are not truly flashbacks. Chapter names in English have katakana above them to indicate how they are read in Japanese, similarly to furigana for kanji. The first volume was released on January 5, 2002 while as of December 4, 2008, thirty-six volumes have been released. An anime adaptation, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, was aired on TV Tokyo, with the first episode shown on October 5, 2004.

The distributing company Viz Media has been releasing the Bleach manga volumes in English in the United States. Viz releases the chapters in their Shonen Jump magazine as well as in tankōbon format; the first volume was released on June 1, 2004. The most recent volume released in the US was volume twenty-four, released on September 2, 2008.

Chapters not yet in graphic novel format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
 * -99. Turn Back The Pendulum 10
 * -98. Turn Back The Pendulum 11
 * -97. Let Stop The Pendulum
 * 316. Swang the Edge Down
 * 317. Six Hearts Will Beat As One
 * 318. Five Towers/Four Pillars
 * 319. Ants And Dragons
 * 320. Beauty is So Solitary
 * 321. Black Briers and Brambles
 * 322. Oath Under The Rose
 * 323.
 * 324. The Claws
 * 325. Fear For The Fight
 * 326. Knockdown Monster
 * 327. KnockDown Monsters
 * 328. The Knuckle Debate
 * 329. RAGING RAMPAGE
 * 330. CROSSING SWORDS
 * 331. Don't Believe The Hide
 * 332. Fang & Sting
 * 333. Ash & Salamander
 * 334. Dregs of Hypnosis
 * 335. Chimaera Chord
 * 336. El Verdugo
 * 337. Hall in Your Inferno