Scars and Memories

North Rukongai. District 80. Poverty. Violence. Death. Only the strong survive in the cesspool of death on the outskirts of Rukongai, and standing atop a heap of hacked and slashed corpses is a small child with blood spattered across his face.

His name...
His origin...
His story...

All unknown. The young bloodthirsty swordsman is on a rampage, desperately searching for the ultimate thrill only found in a life-or-death battle. His quest seems absurd. Despite being a child, he's peerless, the strongest in the most lawless regions of Rukongai.

That is until he clashes swords with the strongest Soul Reaper of all—Captain of the 11th Court Guard and formerly Soul Society's most notorious criminal, Yachiru Unohana.

In Soul Society, the title of "Kenpachi" is given to the strongest Soul Reaper, who then becomes the Captain of the 11th Court Guard. In any given era, there can only be one who shoulders that title, a rule that cannot be avoided. Although Kanpachi Zaraki owns that title, he truly doesn't consider himself to be the strongest until he can fight and defeat the only person to ever truly excite his admiration and thirst for a true death match.

Years pass, and now, in this latest volume of Bleach, the inevitable showdown between Soul Society's two most feared swordsmen takes place. For Soul Society's sake, only one will survive... 

Who will emerge as the true Kenpachi? Find out in the latest volume of Bleach!

Bleach volume 59 is available now!

by John Bae