Characters

Below are the various categories all characters of the Bleach universe fall under. All characters are placed based on what type of soul they currently possess, distinct themes, distinct abilities, and how they fight.

Humans are the dominant soul type in the human world, the majority of them have little spiritual energy and are largely unaware of the existence of other souls. Sometimes, though rarely, a human is born with spiritual energy, giving them the ability see and interact with other souls. Humans can increase their spiritual energy and thus their ability to influence other souls through time, training, or being exposed to a person or location with high concentrations of spiritual energy. are humans with the ability to consume human souls, which potentially gives them immortality and everlasting youth; according to Kisuke Urahara, they have historically been known as vampires. Like Soul Reapers, they each have a unique weapon known as a Doll, a familiar equivalent to the Soul Reaper zanpakutō. Like a zanpakutō, a doll is its creator's power given physical form. However, instead of taking the form of actual weapons like zanpakutō do, dolls are mostly self-sufficient creatures when released, although they tend to be used as weapons in various ways such as a large battleaxe or a snake, as a sword and whip. are a clan of humans who, over many centuries, became spiritually aware. In doing so they devised their own brand of spiritual powers; they can absorb spiritual energy and then manipulate for offensive purposes. They most commonly reshape spiritual particles into various types of bow and arrows, but can also concentrate spiritual energy into the form of swords or explosives. Pluses (or Wholes in the English translation) are humans that have died and are waiting to either pass on to Soul Society or transform into a hollow. They are essentially the Bleach universe's equivalent of the ghost. Pluses possess spiritual energy but seem to be unable to use it or do not live long enough to learn how to control it. The life cycle of a plus is short, at its maximum only a couple of years, because of this there are no reputable pluses. Ryoka is the term the Gotei 13 use to identify those who are not aligned with Soul Society, either allies, rebels, intruders, deserters, or invaders.
 * Humans
 * Bount
 * Quincy
 * Plus
 * Ryoka
 * Soul Society Dwellers
 * Shinigami
 * Vizard


 * Hollow
 * Arrancar


 * Artificial Souls
 * Modified Souls