The Bleach manga was first released in August of 2001 in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. New Japanese chapters are featured weekly in the same magazine; 259 chapters have been released as of January 19, 2007. The manga has been compiled into 25 tankōbon by Shueisha. The first volume of the manga has sold over 1.25 million copies in Japan, and the series as a whole has sold over 34 million volumes.[1][2] In 2005, Bleach was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[3]

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Isshin Kurosaki

Isshin Kurosaki  BleachIsshin is the father of three children (Ichigo, Yuzu and Karin) and is the head of the Kurosaki family. He is a skilled doctor and runs a private clinic in their home.

In the beginning of the series we see that Isshin is a loving father who takes keen interest in what his children are into, but his approach only seems to alienate his children from him. He also comes off as silly and seems rather fond of fighting (physically) with his son as a training or a showing off of his skill.

He also seems to embarrass his children by his all too positive all-too-happy tone and loves to make fun of Ichigo. But as we later discover Isshin can become serious and even severe at times, for Isshin seems to be an exiled Shinigami who is very aware of everything that happens in the Bleach universe.

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