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Bleach: Brave Souls

Game

A free-to-play action RPG that distills Bleach into fast real-time brawls. Players collect and level hundreds of characters, gear them up, and fight through story, cooperative, and player-versus-player modes.

Genre: Action RPG with beat 'em up combat
Platform: iOS, Android
Developer: KLab
Publisher: KLab
Release Year: 2015
Japan Release Date: 2015-07-23
North America Release Date: 2016-01-14
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Gameplay

The game is a real-time hack-and-slash action title with role-playing systems layered on top. A gacha supplies a deep roster of collectible Soul Reapers, Hollows, and Arrancar, each leveled, awakened, and equipped for battle. Content spans a story campaign, cooperative player-versus-environment play, and competitive PvP, with frequent banners adding new and seasonal versions of characters.
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Story

Set across the Bleach universe, the campaign retraces the series from Ichigo Kurosaki's rise as a Substitute Soul Reaper through its later chapters, reaching the Thousand-Year Blood War, the manga's final arc. Playable events and side stories expand on the franchise's familiar conflicts.
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Reception

Coverage runs broadly positive, with outlets praising how KLab boils the franchise down to its most appealing elements, while some flag the combat loop as repetitive; early scores reach 4 of 5. The title proves a durable hit, passing 70 million downloads by 2022 and roughly 100 million installs around its tenth anniversary, and it later expands to Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
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