Bleach: Who is Ichigo’s Mother & What is Her Role In The Story?

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Just like any other shounen series, Ichigo as the main character occupied the overwhelming majority of the story. That being said, the other supporting cast does get to shine from time to time. Such as his friends, or other captains from Gotei 13. However, a group of people that rarely take the center stage is his family. Sure, we get to see his father and his sisters once in a while, but for the most parts, they simply stay as background characters.

The same thing is even more true in regard to his mother. As a matter of fact, we only get to see Ichigo’s mother at the very beginning of the series, and after that she is pretty much absent from the story altogether. That is until the last arc, The Thousand-Year Blood War comes along. This is where we finally get to see the significance of Ichigo’s mother to the overall story of Bleach.

Bleach: 8 Moments from the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc We Can't Wait To See Animated

Before we proceed, the upcoming information is a major spoiler for the last arc of Bleach, which will finally get the long-awaited anime adaptation in Fall 2022. So if you never read the manga and prefer to only watch the anime, then consider yourself warned. That being said, we would still try to keep the spoiler to the bare minimum.

The first time we see Ichigo’s mother is in the very first episode of Bleach. She was walking together with Ichigo when a Hollow attacked them. She died protecting his son. From that moment on, Ichigo lived together with his father and little sisters. As for Ichigo’s father, Isshin Kurosaki, he is a doctor with his own little clinic, the Kurosaki clinic, in Karakura Town. He is an energetic man who likes to goof around with his children. And after the death of his wife, he never