Summary
- Bleach timeline spans millions of years, detailing the creation of the world, races, and key events shaping the series.
- Major events include the rise of Quincy, Gotei 13 formation, Aizen’s betrayal, and the start of the Thousand-Year Blood War.
- Ichigo’s journey from a substitute Shinigami to defeating Aizen and losing powers sets the stage for the TYBW arc.
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The Ancient Times
- Before The Events of the Series
The Old Gotei 13
- Turn Back the Pendulum and Everything But the Rain
The Start of Bleach
- The Story Until Now
Thanks to the Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War anime wrapping up Part 3, fans have a much more complete timeline of the major events that have shaped the world of Bleach. Dating from millions of years ago until the current events in the Shinigami and Quincy War. The Bleach world is vast and full of major turning points that shape the lives of everyone in it.
Here you can find the entire Bleach timeline, listing all the important events that led up to the Thousand-Year Blood War. We won’t list Part 4 of Bleach TYBW so don’t worry about spoilers. Here’s the entire timeline leading up to Bleach TYBW.
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The Ancient Times
Before The Events of the Series
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- Millions of years ago, the Bleach universe was one Primordial World. Humans were viciously hunted by rampaging Hollows. Eventually, a special being was born: Adnyeus. He had the qualities of Humans, Souls, and Hollows and was able to defend Humans from Hollows. He was also blessed with The Almighty, the power to see the future and change it. Adnyeus had a son named Yhwach, and at some point, the ancestors of the four noble families would commit the Original Sin. They mutilated Adnyeus and separated the primordial world into three realms: The World of the Living, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo. Adnyeus allowed this ritualistic horror to befall him for reasons unknown. Portions of his mutilated body fell to Soul Society. His son Yhwach reincarnated as a pitch-black baby into the World of the Living.
- Yhwach, as a baby, blessed the people near him, making them stronger and cured their ailments. But they died premature deaths, and every time they did, the baby became stronger and healthy. Yhwach would eventually grow up to become the father of the Quincy, a race that was born from him sharing his soul with Humans.
- O-Etsu Nimaiya creates the Zanpakutou, the spiritual sword that will be issued to all Shinigami.
- Senjumaru Shutara created the Shihakushou, the uniform that would be issued to all Shinigami.
- Tenjiro Kirinji creates medical Kidou.
- Yhwach creates the Licht Reich, an empire of Quincy that conquered the World of the Living and killed Hollows, erasing them from the Cycle of Rebirth, and destabilizing the balance of souls.
- Shigekuni Eijisai Yamamoto founded the Gotei 13, a military force of Shinigami to defend people from Hollows. They are comprised of violent warriors. Yachiru Unohana was recruited into the Gotei 13. She was the worst criminal in history. She starts the Kenpachi line.
- Yhwach creates the Sternritter, a special Quincy military force.
- Jugram Haschwalth joins the Licht Reich, becoming the grandmaster of the Sternritter and Yhwach’s right-hand man.
- Captain of Squad 0, Ichibei Hyosube, has a meeting with Yhwach and his Royal Guards to negotiate peace. The negotiations fail and Ichibe seals Yhwach’s Almighty while he steals the Soul King’s left arm, which would gain sentience and become Pernida Parnkgjas.
Why, precisely, do you think I have served as Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 for a thousand years? Because in all those thousand years, no Shinigami was born to rival me in strength.
- The first Gotei 13 battles Yhwach’s Licht Reich, completely decimating the Quincy, forcing them to flee into the shadows of Soul Society, and leaving Yhwach in a comatose state. In the Quincy poem, Kaiser Gessang predicts his return one thousand years later.
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- After the massacre of the Quincy, Shigekuni Genryuusai Yamamoto funds the Shinigami Academy and changes his ways. A young Juushirou Ukitake is saved by Mimihagi and becomes its host. A young Shunsui Kyoraku begins studying under Yamamoto. Yachiru Unohana meets a young boy who’s far stronger than her. He purposely loses his fight against her and Yachiru sees his worth as a fighter, calling him worthy of the title Kenpachi.
- Shunsui Kyoraku and Juushirou Ukitake meet at the Shinigami Academy.
- Yachiru Unohana changes her violent ways and becomes the captain of Squad 4, becoming a medic. She adopts her birth name, Retsu Unohana. Isuzu Ise, Shunsui’s sister-in-law, is executed after she gives the Ise Family’s Zanpakutou, Shinken Hakkyoken to Shunsui.
- Shunsui and Juushirou become captains of the Gotei 13.
The Old Gotei 13
Turn Back the Pendulum and Everything But the Rain
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- Captain Kirio Hikifune gets promoted to Squad 0 after she creates Mod Souls. Kisuke Urahara is appointed as captain of Squad 12.
- Squad 5 lieutenant Sosuke Aizen begins Hollowfication experiments.
- Kisuke Urahara turns Squad 12 into a squad dedicated to the research and development of new technologies. He also recruits the criminal Mayuri Kurotsuchi into the squad.
- Kaname Tosen meets Sajin Komamura. They become close friends. After Kaname’s female friend is killed by her husband, he secretly develops a hatred of Soul Society and soon joins Sosuke Aizen in his betrayal.
- Sosuke Aizen steals a portion of the soul of a child named Rangiku Matsumoto and feeds it to the Hogyoku; her friend Gin Ichimaru witnesses this and swears to enact revenge on Aizen.
To trust in another is the same as to rely upon that person. Reliance is for the weak. It is of no use to us.
- Kensei Muguruma, Love Aikawa, Hiyori Sarugaki, Mashiro Kuna, Lisa Yadomaru, Hachigen Usoda, and Shinji Hirako are victims of Aizen’s Hollowfication experiments. Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi miraculously save them. But they’re framed for the crime by Aizen, causing them to be exiled from Soul Society. Yoruichi Shihouin, captain of Squad 2 saves them and the Hollowfied Shinigami and they all flee to the World of the Living. After rigorous treatment and research, Kisuke saves them, turning them into Shinigami with Hollow powers, the Visored.
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- Sosuke Aizen becomes captain of Squad 5, and he continues his Hollowfication experiments, eventually creating a Shinigami turned into a full Hollow with Vasto Lorde-like power, he names it White.
- Rukia, a young girl in the Shinigami Academy, is adopted into the Kuchiki family as Byakuya Kuchiki’s sister.
- Isshin Shiba, captain of Squad 10, gets notified of the serial killings of Shinigami. He investigates in Karakura Town, where he encounters White. He gets injured in their fight and is rescued by Masaki Kurosaki, a pure-blooded Quincy who lives nearby. In the process, Masaki is bitten by White before she kills it.
- Masaki starts to become Hollowfied, but since Hollows are poisonous to Quincy, this starts killing her instead of Hollowfying her, as happened to Shinji Hirako and the others. Kisuke Urahara meets with Isshin and Ryuken Ishida. After explaining the situation, Isshin agrees to give up his powers to save her. Isshin stays in the World of the Living and becomes a doctor. Ryuken Ishida leaves his mother’s home with his maid, now girlfriend, Kanae Katagiri.
- Rukia gets accepted into Squad 13. She gets mentored by Kaien Shiba, Isshin’s nephew. Eventually, Kaien dies fighting a powerful Hollow named Metastacia. He’s willingly killed by Rukia. Kaien’s siblings, Kuukaku and Ganju, develop a deep hatred for Shinigami after seeing Rukia bring Kaien’s body, assuming she killed him.
- Isshin and Masaki start dating, and eventually, they get married and have a son, Ichigo Kurosaki. The remnants of White’s reiatsu in Masaki are passed down to Ichigo, laying dormant in him.
- Ryuken Ishida and Kanae Ishida have a son, Uryuu Ishida.
- Sosuke Aizen travels to Hueco Mundo, where he conquers the kingdom of King Barragan Luisenbarn, and he begins recruiting powerful Hollows to form an army.
- Isshin and Masaki have two twin daughters, Yuzu and Karin.
- Nine years before the start of the series, Yhwach, who has since awakened, regains his strength by performing the Aüswahlen on the World of the Living, siphoning the power of the Quincy living there. By doing this, he robs Masaki Kurosaki of her powers while she fights the Hollow Grand Fisher, leaving her vulnerable to being killed by him. Kanae Ishida is killed by the Aüswahlen. Both Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryuu Ishida lose their mothers at the same time.
- Uryuu Ishida begins training in Quincy arts under his grandfather, Souken Ishida. At some point, Souken is killed by a group of Shinigami.
- Yasutora Sado moves to Japan from Mexico.
- Orihime Inoue’s older brother, Sora Inoue, passes away.
- Ichigo meets Yasutora Sado, who becomes his best friend.
The Start of Bleach
The Story Until Now
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- Ichigo Kurosaki meets Rukia Kuchiki, who had been assigned to patrol Karakura Town. Ichigo’s family gets attacked by a Hollow. Rukia gets injured, and she passes her powers to Ichigo, turning him into a substitute Shinigami.
- Ichigo works as substitute Shinigami under Rukia’s guidance for some time until they’re ambushed by Captain Byakuya Kuchiki and Lieutenant Renji Abarai of Squad 6, looking to arrest Rukia. Ichigo and Uryuu are defeated, and Ichigo loses his powers. Rukia is taken back to Soul Society.
- Kisuke Urahara trains Ichigo to awaken his dormant Shinigami powers. They succeed, turning White’s reiatsu within Ichigo into Zangetsu, his Hollow and Shinigami hybrid Zanpakutou. Granting him his fake Shikai and Hollow Mask. Ichigo’s full power is reduced by Ichigo’s Quincy powers manifesting as Yhwach, whose name is sealed by Ichibe Hyosube. He assumes the identity of Old Man Zangetsu, while the true Zangetsu lays dormant.
- Ichigo, Yasutora, Orihime, and Uryuu go to Soul Society to save Rukia, who has been sentenced to death. They enter the Seireitei with Ganju Shiba, Ichigo’s cousin. Captain Sosuke Aizen kills every member of Central 46 and uses his Zanpakutou, Kyouka Suigetsu, to fake his death.
- Ichigo and his friends battle several members of the Gotei 13, getting some of them over to their side to save Rukia.
- Ichigo trains with Yoruichi Shihouin, who has revealed her true form. She has him fight Old Man Zangetsu to achieve Bankai in three days. OMZ grants him a fake Bankai named Tensa Zangetsu.
- Ichigo saves Rukia from her execution and battles Byakuya Kuchiki. During the fight, Zangetsu manifests for the first time, possessing Ichigo to save him from death. Ichigo regains control and defeats Byakuya.
“From the very start, no one has stood upon the heavens. Not you, not I, nor even gods. However, that intolerable vacuum has come to an end. Henceforth…I shall stand upon the heavens.”
- Shunsui Kyoraku and Juushirou Ukitake battle Head Captain Shigekuni Genryuusai Yamamoto. Captain Toushirou Hitsugaya and his lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto uncover Sousuke Aizen’s betrayal.
- Aizen defeats the Gotei 13, extracts the Hogyoku from Rukia, and flees to Hueco Mundo with Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen.
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- Aizen creates the Arrancar. Using the Hogyouku, he gives Hollows a humanoid form and Shinigami powers. He names the ten strongest The Espada.
- Ichigo returns to the World of the Living. After some time, he meets Shinji Hirako, a man claiming to be a Visored, a Shinigami with Hollow powers like Ichigo.
- Ulquiorra Cifer and Yammy Llargo arrive at the World of the Living, where they battle and defeat Yasutora, Orihime, and Ichigo. Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin fight them off. At this time, Zangetsu starts communicating with Ichigo, threatening to possess him.
- Toushirou Hitsugaya, Rangiku Matsumoto, Ikakku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegawa, Renji Abarai, and Rukia Kuchiki are sent to the World of the Living to intercept the Arrancar.
- Grimmjow Jaegerjaques and his Fracción invade the World of the Living. His entire Fracción is killed, but Grimmjow defeats Ichigo. This urges Ichigo to meet with Hirako and his group. They train him to control his inner Hollow like they do.
- Ichigo battles Zangetsu in his inner world. After defeating him, he gains the ability to use his Hollow mask.
- Another group of Arrancar is sent to the World of the Living; While they battle Hitsugaya’s group, Ulquiorra Cifer finds Orihime Inoue in the Dangai, and he forces her to go to Hueco Mundo.
- Orihime is abducted to Hueco Mundo, and the Gotei 13 deem her a traitor. Ichigo, Uryuu, and Yasutora invade Hueco Mundo to save her, and Rukia and Renji join them later.
- Ichigo battles several Arrancar to save Orihime; He eventually defeats Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. Rukia kills Aaroniero Arrurueri. A group of Shinigami captains arrive at Hueco Mundo to save Ichigo’s group.
- Aizen invades Fake Karakura Town with Gin, Kaname, the top three Espada, and their Fracción. They battle the Gotei 13.
- Ichigo battles Ulquiorra Cifer. He’s defeated but Zangetsu possesses him and defeats Ulquiorra. Ichigo’s group and the captains defeat the Espada in Hueco Mundo.
- The Gotei 13 defeated the Top 3 Espada with the help of the Visored. After Sajin Komamura and Shuuhei Hisagi defeat Kaname Tosen, Aizen kills Kaname. Ichigo arrives at Fake Karakura Town.
- The Gotei 13 is defeated by Aizen. He begins his fusion with the Hogyoku.
- Isshin Kurosaki, Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin fight Aizen. Ichigo fights Gin.
- Aizen defeats Isshin, Kisuke, and Yoruichi, and goes to the World of the Living with Gin as he progresses through his Hogyoku Fusion.
- Ichigo trains with Tensa Zangetsu and attains the Final Getsuga Tensho.
- Ichigo defeats Sousuke Aizen and loses his powers. Aizen is sentenced to 18,800 years in Muken.
- After 2 years of peace, Ichigo meets Ginjo Kugo and his group, Xcution. They are the Fullbringers. After Ichigo gains Fullbring’s powers thanks to them, they steal his powers.
- In Ichigo’s despair, he’s rescued by Rukia, who restores his powers thanks to the Gotei 13.
- Ichigo defeats Xcution and buries Ginjo in the World of the Living.
- The Wandenreich conquers Hueco Mundo and declares war on Soul Society, and the Thousand-Year Blood War begins.
This is the entire timeline leading up to the start of Bleach TYBW. From the creation of the Bleach world to the Fullbring Arc.
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War
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