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Tite Kubo's manga "Bleach" is often described as one of the "Big Three" of its magazine publisher Weekly Shonen Jump, alongside Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece" and Masashi Kishimoto's "Naruto." The three have that name for a simple reason: During the 2000s, they were the three most popular "battle shonen" manga/anime series out there. For many anime fans (like actor Michael B. Jordan) , they remain huge touchstones.

"One Piece" has its title because its pirate hero, Monkey D. Luffy, and his crew are searching for a treasure called the one piece. "Naruto" is named after its protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki, a young orphan and aspiring ninja bonded to a fox demon. But "Bleach"? That title is much less intuitive.

Unlike the other two seri

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