Bleach Volume 1

In the summer of 2001, Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager who can see ghosts, meets Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper who is responsible for protecting spirits while dealing with soul-eating spirits called Hollows. A hollow named Fishbone D attacks Ichigo's home while wounding Rukia, forcing her to transfer her powers to a desperate Ichigo to become a Soul Reaper to defeat the Hollow. With Rukia unable to resume her duties until she recovers her spirit pressure, Ichigo is forced to act as her substitute. With his newfound abilities, Ichigo discovers saves classmate Orihime Inoue from a hollow that was the spirit of her older brother before learning another classmate, Yasutora "Chad" Sado, found a parakeet harboring the soul of a boy who is being hunted by a hollow named Shrieker.

Strawberry and the Soul Reapers
Contains chapters 1 - 7.