Q 01/05

In which magazine was Bleach serialized from 2001 to 2016?

A) Weekly Shonen Jump

B) Weekly Shonen Magazine

C) Monthly Shonen Gangan

D) Weekly Young Jump

Answer · why

A) Weekly Shonen Jump

Bleach shared the magazine with One Piece and Naruto for its whole run, and the three were marketed together as Jump's 'Big Three'.

Q 02/05

How many tankobon volumes does the complete Bleach manga run to?

A) 74

B) 82

C) 90

D) 98

Answer · why

A) 74

Those 74 volumes collect 698 chapters, ending with a ten-year time skip and the next generation of Kurosakis and Abarais.

Q 03/05

What was the working title of the early Bleach concept in which Soul Reapers used guns?

A) Shatter

B) Reaper

C) Snipe

D) Blank

Answer · why

C) Snipe

The gun idea was dropped after the one-shot, but the name Bleach was chosen partly because it was less obvious than 'Black' or 'White'.

Q 04/05

Which manga legend wrote Kubo a letter of encouragement after Bleach's original pitch was rejected?

A) Eiichiro Oda

B) Akira Toriyama

C) Masashi Kishimoto

D) Naoki Urasawa

Answer · why

B) Akira Toriyama

The Dragon Ball creator's note reached Kubo at a low point, right after his first series had been cancelled, and Bleach was picked up soon after.

Q 05/05

Which earlier series by the same author was cancelled shortly before he pitched Bleach?

A) Beelzebub

B) Black Cat

C) Ghost Sweeper

D) Zombiepowder

Answer · why

D) Zombiepowder

It managed only 27 chapters, and its cancellation is the reason Bleach's first pitch landed on an editor's desk at all.