Bleach: Brave Souls

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Bleach: Brave Souls
Publisher	KLab Global Pte. Ltd.
Release	July 23, 2015 January 14, 2016
Genre	Action
Ratings	4.3 on Google Play Store 4.5 Stars on App Store
Platforms	Android, iOS

Bleach: Brave Souls is an action game based on Bleach for Android and iOS devices. The game is published by KLab Global Pte. Ltd. and goes through the story of Bleach up to the Lost Agent arc, with several key characters from the Thousand Year Blood War arc being playable.

Playable characters

Playable characters are rated by a rarity range from one to six stars, one star being the most common, and five stars being the rarest and hardest to obtain. Once maxing out a five stars soul tree and level you can evolve it to six star. Six stars could also be obtained in a summon gacha once and haven't been in a summons since then but they might come back in a future gacha.

At the beginning of the Story mode, the player starts with a two-star Ichigo Kurosaki and gets one random five star character for free. If the player earns gift boxes during a quest, they can receive various characters from it (one to certain five stars, depending on the quest). Characters can also be unlocked by using Summon in the Shop/Summon mode. Summoning one character, which costs 25 Spirit Orbs, will grant the player a random character. The player can also choose to summon ten characters at once, for a cost of 250 Spirit Orbs. Doing this will guarantee at least one of the summoned characters being four star character. Some special events will also give the player Normal Summons Tickets and Premium Summons Tickets, which can be redeemed for a free summon. A Normal Ticket will grant the player a character from one to two stars, while a Premium Ticket will grant the player a character from three to five stars. Since April 2016, other variations of Summoning Tickets have arrived. The Brave Souls tickets grants a random character from three to five stars, in which summoning five stars has a slightly increased rate, while the 4/5* Tickets guarantees a four- or rarely a five-star characters.

All character progression are based on leveling, ascension, and Soul Tree progression. Leveling in the same way as traditional leveling of characters in MMO/RPGs. Ascension is a process where the player must use a series of fodder characters to increase a leveling limit point. The Soul Tree progression focuses on a complex RPG stat tree where players must increase each nodes of several stats (Attack, Defense, Stamina, Focus, Spiritual Pressure) using crystals (for one to five stars) or Jewels (for six star characters). Players can get Crystals and Jewels from the Story mode, Coop, or from the Urahara Training Grounds.

Since the first of July 2016, the Awakening System has been released to the game. Awakening involves taking a level 100 and 100% Soul Tree five star character and fusing it with a special Jewel called the Hōgyoku. The amount of Hōgyoku required for Awakening where gacha characters requires three Hōgyoku, while free five star characters require five Hōgyoku. After Awakening, the rarity of the selected five star becomes a six star. In addition to Awakening, the level is reset back to 1 and the Soul Tree is changed to include Skill Nodes, which used to physically enhance a character's certain skill. Skill Nodes requires raid characters (which can be dropped from the raids), skill keys (appears in special events), orbs (not recommended), or jewels (seasonal characters and frenzy characters are the only characters that only require jewels).

As of early June 2017, after a player reached 6* Lv150 and 100% Soul Tree on their character, they are granted the option to Release them. Release is a process of unlocking more levels on a maxed out 6* character to further enhance their stats. To Release a character, the player is required to use Hōgyoku's Will, which are found rarely in Character Raids, given guaranteed as Orders rewards, and through high-tier PVP rankings. After the character is Released, the Soul Tree is expanded to show unlockable Level nodes. The nodes are unlocked using Droplets, which are found only in Raids and sometimes rarely in the Inheritance Zone. A new zone ,that is moderately hard, called the Enriched Zone can give you droplets of each color in few amounts. This event comes out rarely. Gacha characters require 3 Hogyoku's Wills, while free characters require 5 Hōgyoku's Wills. Droplet for Releasing characters are varied, but all Released characters can increase their level up to 200.

Some characters from the Bleach universe are available across multiple rarities and attributes, along with some also being available in certain "event" versions (New Years, Valentine's Day, and White Day, among others). Currently, the following characters are playable:

Character	Star Rating	Form 1	Form 2	Form 3	Form 4	Form 5
Aaroniero Arruruerie		Base
Akon		Base
Ashisogi Jizo		Base
Baraggan Louisenbairn		Resurrección
Byakuya Kuchiki		Shinigami Captain (Sealed, Shikai, Bankai, Gōkei, Senkei)	Timeskip version (Royal Guard Cloak (Bankai secret technique))	Senbonzakura duo	New Year	Swimsuit, White Day
Charlotte Chuhlhourne		Resurrección
Chōjirō Sasakibe		Gonryomaru duo
Cirucci Sanderwicci		Base
Coyote Starrk		Base	Resurrección (Twin Guns, Twin Swords)	Cacao Society
Cyan Sung-Sun		Base
Dondochakka Birstanne		Base
Don Kanonji		Base
Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio		Base
Edrad Liones		Base
Emilou Apacci		Base
Findorr Calius		Resurrección
Franceska Mila Rose		Base
Ganju Shiba		Base
Ganryū		Base
Gantenbainne Mosqueda		Base
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto		Shinigami Captain (Sealed)	Shikai	Hakuda	One-armed (Reigai Arc)	Ryūjin Jakka duo
Ggio Vega		Resurrección
Gin Ichimaru		Shinigami Captain (sealed, Shikia & Bankai)	Heuco Mundo (Bankai)	White Day	Yukata
Giriko Kutsuzawa		Ichigo's Fullbring Absorbed
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez		Base	Resurrección	Japanese Parasol	White Day
Hachigen Ushōda		Base
Haineko		Base
Hanatarō Yamada		Base	Hisagomaru duo	Christmas
Hisagomaru		Base
Hiyori Sarugaki		Visored (Shikai)	Shinigami (Shikai)	Christmas
Homura & Shizuku		Base (Fade to Black version)
Hōzukimaru		Base
Hyōrinmaru		Base
Ichigo Kurosaki		Shinigami (Sealed, Shikai, Bankai, Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō & White Ichigo duo )	Hollowfication (Visored mask, partial & full Hollow form)	Post-Timeskip (Bankai, True Shikai, True Bankai)	Movie version (Memories of Nobody & HellVerse SkullClad )	New Year, Swimsuit & Halloween
Ikkaku Madarame		Base (Sealed, Shikai & Bankai)	Hōzukimaru duo	Post Timeskip (Shikai)
Isane Kotetsu		Base
Izuru Kira		Base (Sealed, Shikai, and Wabisuke duo)	Shin'ō Academy
Jackie Tristan		Ichigo's Fullbring Absorbed
Jinta Hanakari		Base
Jūshirō Ukitake		Base (Past & Soul Society arc)	Captain (Sealed, Shikai)	Sōgyo no Kotowari duo	Japanese Parasol	Christmas
Kaien Shiba		Base (Sealed & Shikai)	New Year
Kaname Tōsen		Shinigami (Sealed, Shikai & Bankai)	Hueco Mundo (Shikai)
Karin Kurosaki		Base
Katen Kyōkotsu		Base
Kazeshini		Base
Kenpachi Zaraki		Shinigami (Power sealed & released, Kendo)	Post Timeskip (Lost Agent arc with power released)	Shikai	Bankai (Special only)	White Day
Kensei Muguruma		Shinigami	Visored (Sealed, Shikai & Bankai)
Kisuke Urahara		Shinigami	Hat-and-Clogs (Sealed & Shikai)	Timeskip (Bankai)	Christmas, Cacao Society	Movie version (Fade to Black)
Kokutō		Base (Bandages)
Kon		Base
Kōga Kuchiki		Shinigami (Shikai)	Muramasa duo
Kūgo Ginjō		Base (Cross of Scaffold)	Bankai
Kūkaku Shiba		Base
Kukkapūro		Base
Lilynette Gingerbuck		Base
Lisa Yadōmaru		Shinigami Lieutenant (Shikai)	Visored (Shikai)	Christmas
Loly Aivirrne		Base
Love Aikawa		Shinigami	Visored (Sealed & Shikai)
Luppi Antenor		Base
Marechiyo Ōmaeda		Base	Gegetsuburi duo
Mashiro Kuna		Visored	Shinigami
Mayuri Kurotsuchi		Soul Society Arc (Sealed, Shikai & Bankai)	Hueco Mundo Arc (Shikai)	Ashisogi Jizō duo
Moe Shishigawara		Base
Momo Hinamori		Base (Sealed & Shikai)	Tobiume duo	Shin'ō Academy	Halloween	Valentine's Day
Muramasa		Base
Nanao Ise		Base	Japanese Parasol	Cacao Society (Valentine's Day)
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck		Nel Tu (Child)	Espada (Sealed)	Resurrección	Seasonal (Swimsuit, Valentine's Day, & Japanese Parasol)
Nemu Kurotsuchi		Base	Swimsuit
Nnoitra Gilga		Base	Resurrección (4 & 6 arms)	Japanese Parasol
Nozomi Kujō		Base
Orihime Inoue		Soul Society Arc	Hueco Mundo Arc	Post Timeskip	School Uniform, Swimsuit (anime canon & Pool Water Battle), New year	Halloween (Frankenstein Bride & Pumpkin Potato)
Ōko Yushima		Base
Pesche Guatiche		Base
Rangiku Matsumoto		Base (Sealed & Shikai)	Haineko duo	Valentine's Day	Swimsuit	Halloween
Renji Abarai		Base (Sealed, Shikai, Bankai & Zabimaru duo)	Post Timeskip (Shikai, True Bankai)	Shin'ō Academy	Swimsuit	New year, Halloween
Retsu Unohana		Base (Sealed & Shikai)	Minazuki duo	The First Kenpachi (Bankai)	Swimsuit
Riruka Dokugamine		Ichigo's Fullbring Absorbed	Swimsuit	Christmas
Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi		Shinigami Captain (Shikai)	Visored
Rurichiyo Kasumiōji		Base
Ruri'iro Kujaku		Base
Rukia Kuchiki		Base (Sealed, Shikai, Kidō & Sode no Shirayuki duo)	Shin'ō Academy	Post Timeskip (Shikai, Bankai)	Tiny Devil Version, Swimsuit	New Year, Valentine's Day, Halloween & Christmas	Dark Rukia
Ryūken Ishida		Base
Sajin Komamura		Masked (Sealed)	Unmasked (Shikai, Bankai, & Tenken duo)	Post Timeskip	Humanification Technique (True Bankai)	Christmas
Senbonzakura		Base
Senna		Base
Shawlong Koufang		Base
Shinji Hirako		Shinigami Captain (short hair & long hair, Hollow Mask)	Karakura High School uniform (Sealed & Shikai)	Yukata
Shūhei Hisagi		Base (Sealed, Shikai & Kazeshini duo)	White Day	Christmas
Shūkurō Tsukishima		Base	Cacao Society
Shunsui Kyōraku		Base (Sealed & Shikai)	Post Timeskip (Bankai)	Katen Kyōkotsu duo	Japanese Parasol
Shuren		Base
Shūsuke Amagai		Base
Sode no Shirayuki		Base
Sōgyo no Kotowari		Base
Sōjirō Kusaka		Base
Sōsuke Aizen		Shinigami Lieutenant	Shinigami Captain (Sealed & Shikai (no glasses))	Hueco Mundo arc (Shikai)	Hōgyoku Fusion ("Cocoon", "Phantom", & "Butterfly" forms (2nd, 3rd, & 4th fusions))	White Day
Suzumebachi		Base
Szayelaporro Granz		Base	Resurrección	Christmas	Japanese Parasol
Suì-Fēng		Base (Sealed, Shikai, Bankai & Suzumebachi duo)	Shunkō	Post Timeskip (Bankai)	Valentine's Day	Swimsuit (anime canon & Pool Water Battle) & Halloween
Tenken		Base
Tesra Lindocruz		Base
Tessai Tsukabishi		Urahara Shop Worker	Kidō Corps Captain
Tier Harribel		Base	Resurrección	Christmas	Cacao Society (Valentine's Day)	Swimsuit
Tobiume		Base
Tōshirō Hitsugaya		Base (Sealed, Shikai & Bankai	Post Timeskip (Bankai without petals & Adult Matured Bankai)	Hyōrinmaru duo (Shikai, Bankai)	White Day, Swimsuit	The Diamond Dust Rebellion (Shikai)
Ulquiorra Cifer		Base	Resurrección	Resurrección Segunda Etapa	White Day	Hogyoku Fusion (Resurrección Tercera Etapa)
Ururu Tsumugiya		Base	Christmas (Post Timeskip)
Uryū Ishida		Agent of the Shinigami Arc	Sanrei Glove & Quincy: Letzt Stil	Hueco Mundo Arc	Post Timeskip	Halloween
Wakame Ambassador		Base
Wonderweiss Margela		Base
White Ichigo		Shikai	Bankai	Full Hollow Form
Yachiru Kusajishi		Base (Sealed)	Post Timeskip (Shikai)	Valentine's Day
Yammy Llargo		Base
Yasutora Sado		Base (no powers)	Brazo Derecha de Gigante	Defensive Shield Form	Post Timeskip (Defensive Shield)
Yhwach		Base, Almighty (special)
Yin and Yang		Base
Yoruichi Shihōin		Cat	Present day (Shunkō, Anti-Hierro Armor)	Timeskip (Shunko Thundercat form)	Seasonals (Swimsuit, Halloween, and Cacao SOciety)
Yukio Hans Vorarlberna		Ichigo's Fullbring Absorbed
Yumichika Ayasegawa		Base (Sealed, Shikai)	Ruri'iro Kujaku duo
Yylfordt Granz		Base
Zangetsu		"Old Man" (Shikai)	Youth form (Bankai)	Merged Hollow Form
Zennosuke Kurumadani		Base
Zommari Rureaux		Resurrección

Accessories

Accessories are obtainable items used to give bonuses or other effects to characters. They can be obtained by playing story quest, event, co-op, as well as summon tickets and accessory gacha. Higher grade accessories can be obtained via summon tickets or accessory fusion, which is where two lower grade accessories must be leveled-up and then combined to make a new higher grade accessory. Certain high-grade accessory are unobtainable by fusion or quest farming means, things like Shihoin Shield, the Spirit Core, and the Gold Chappy Dispenser; they can only be gained by summoning. Certain limited accessories are only available during events such as the Anniversary Coin, which increases all stats to 10%.

The lowest grade starts at 1*, with the highest possible being 5*. Some Accessories can only go up to 3*. At 3*, in order to move to the next tier stage, the player must level up two 3* accessories and then combine using Fusion, which rolls into a random 4* accessory from a select pool. Leveling is done by feeding unwanted accessories and Power Hearts (obtained from events and Orders), and is do-able in all grade. To upgrade a 4* to a 5*, the player must participate in the Fusion Trial coop, which will have a chance to drop Evolution Powders and Book of Secrets. Both materials are required for 4* evolution to 5*, and Fusion Trials are limited to select Attribute cycle per day (Heart, Power, Speed, Tech, and Mind), with all Attributes available during the weekends. At 5*, Accessories will gain a Secondary effect, which adds a random bonus stat effect to the character. Secondary Effects are changeable, AKA "reroll", meaning that the player may choose to roll for another random stat to their content. Rerolling is done by mixing another 5* to the current 5* accessory. Alternatively, certain limited events will drop a 5* Reroll Brush, which can be used to reroll the accessory in the same fashion.

If the accessory equipped to the character matches their color attribute, the character gains a x2 bonus from the Accessory's effect. However, to prevent abuse, the characters cannot equip two or more of the same accessory at the same time.

The following is a list of obtainable Accessories, as well as their max given effects

1*-3* accessories

• Gokon Tekko: increases ATK (attack for Normal ATK) (20%)
• Cookie: increases STA (stamina for HP) (20%)
• Memory Replacement: increases FCS (Focus for Crit ATK rate) (20%)
• Cape: increases DEF (defense) (20%)
• Shinten: increases SP (Spiritual Pressure for Strong ATK) (20%)

2*-5* accessories

• Seireitei Bulletin: increases EXP (20%)
• Hojiku-Zai: Boost Healing effect (only applies when a character is being healed) (100%)
• Headband of Justice: Attribute Weakness reduction (protect the character from sustaining extra damage due to the enemy's Attribute Advantage) (20%)
• Karakurizer Watch: Increases Coin drops (20%)

3*-5* accessories The followings are Accessories in which the effects require matching certain Affiliation to the character it's equipped on to take effect.

• Captain Robe: Soul Reapers and Captains' STA increases (40%)
• Enraku (Teddy Bear): Humans' STA increases (40%)
• Incomplete Hogyoku: Arrancars and Espadas' STA increase (40%)
• Isshin's Charm: No Affiliation characters' STA increase (40%)

4*-5* accessories

NOTE: some 4* accessories cannot be obtained through normal Fusion means. They can only be found through summoning tickets and Accessory gacha.

Fusion-able accessories

• Chappy Dispenser: All Stats increase, SP reduced to 0 (30%)
• Yuki Dispenser: SP and STA increase, FCS reduced to 0 (20%)
• Pupples Dispenser: ATK and STA increase, FCS reduced to 0 (20%)
• Tenshintai: Special effect increases. (100%)
• Hollow Bait: ATK and STA increase, STA reduced (30%)
• Fortification Pill: SP and STA increase, STA reduced (30%)

Summon-only accessories

• Shihoin Shield: Range attack dodge rate (30%)
• Spirit Core: Status Ailment duration reduction (30%)
• Seireitei Bulletin (Special Edition): Massively increases EXP (50%)

5* Accessories (summon only)

Because Fusion is limited up to 4*, the following are only obtainable through summoning.

• Gold Chappy Dispenser: All Stats increase, SP reduced to 0 (36%)
• Gold Yuki Dispenser: SP and STA increase, FCS reduced to 0 (30%)
• Gold Pupples Dispenser: ATK and STA increase, FCS reduced to 0 (30%)

Game modes

• Story: A playthrough of the entire story of Bleach up to the Fullbring arc. With each completed quest, the story progresses. Each quest will use one Soul Ticket, and if the player uses all their Soul Tickets, they must wait until a certain amount of time passes or buy more with Spirit Orbs. During Story mode, temporary quests will appear that task the player to complete a specific objective.
• Brave Battles: The player pits their three-character team against another player's team. The player can choose what characters to use and attributes to strengthen their characters with in order to gain the advantage, but otherwise the battle is completely automated. Winning battles will increase the player's score and allow them to be promoted from the Seated Officer class to Lieutenant, and then to Captain.
• Co-Op Quests: The player can team up with one to three other players to complete cooperative challenges. They can join an existing room or create a new one. During challenges, players can set pre-existing chat phrases to communicate with the others.
• Shop/Summon: Where the player can summon new characters and new accessories. Players can also purchase Spirit Orbs, Coins, Packs, Soul Tickets, EXP Boosters, Character Slots, and Accessory Slots with real money.
• Edit: Where the player can edit their character teams and view character statistics. They can also augment their characters' strength in several ways: by performing an Ascension, which fuses the character with selected unused characters to gain EXP, by equipping them with accessories, or by linking them with other characters. There is also the Soul Tree, which has various stat boosts that can be bought with coins.
• Inventory: The player can view their accessories, characters, and crystals, and can equip their characters with accessories.
• Friends: The player can befriend other users in the game and view their game statistics. The player can also befriend others through social networks.
• Orders: Where the player can view various achievements and collect rewards for completing them.
• Gift Box: Where the player can collect gifts, Characters, Soul Tickets, and Friend Points for completing various objectives in the game.
• Options: Where the player can alter various game settings and look at the help menu.
• Chat: The player can chat online with other game players. Whilst a user is in play, they can then choose to switch rooms by clicking the change room button.
• Login Bonus When a player logs into the game daily they will receive the following items: Soul Tickets, Coins, Spirit Orbs, rare medals, Medium stamina crystals, and tickets. After retrieving these items they will be sent to the Gift Box where they can be collected.
• Events When a player accesses the game, they can take part in various events where they can earn characters and various other things. Events can have Normal, Hard, Very Hard, or Nightmare modes. Usually harder modes give out better rewards.
• Guilds Here a player can join, form, recruit, and view a group of like-minded online players. If a player is in a Guild, s/he will receive benefits such as coin discounts, increased PVP damage, etc. The player who host coops can also have access to a "Guild Call" button where they can summon guild members to help them in coop rooms. In addition, there is a new Guild Quest feature where players can compete with other players and guilds over a timed mob dungeon raid. The difficulty of the mobs will increase on every room, many room will have poison/fire/slow pools, and there will be several random Kon statues that will either give buffs or debuffs. At random, some guildmates will be summoned to assist the player in clearly the stage. Some rooms have a 'shortcut' trail where players can skip the current stage to move on to a much harder stage. Also certain criterias must be met for bonus points. In order to receive the highest score, the players must: 1) have a certain character from a select list of character pools, 2) clear the stage under 3 minutes, 3) take no damage from mobs or any status-ailment pools, 4) build a high uninterruptable combo, and 5) kill all mobs without skipping the rooms. The scores calcuated from Guild Quest will stack over time, and to be used to determine whether the guild gets promoted to the next league, usually at the end of the week. Each week, there will be two rounds of Guild Quest, each rounds will have a specific type of mobs as well as Attributes. Also bonus damage buff will be applied if the player meets a certain guideline of attack type, such as Attribute/Killer effects, melee or range attack, and normal or strong attacks. At the end of each week when guilds are evaluated, any players who participated in the Guild Quest will receive a "Treasure Box" reward containing a pool of select items determined by the guild's ranking.
• Senkaimon Quests In other words, the game's "Tower Mode" content. Players fight through waves of mobs on each floor to earn various rewards, one being Senkaimon Medals, which can be used to purchase items such as characters and summoning tickets.

Trivia

• In English versions of the game, several characters are listed with alternate spellings of their names, like Suì-Fēng and Yylfordt Granz.
• The game also does not include the macrons in characters' names that distinguish the long vowels in the spelling.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews, earning an average of 3.8 out of 5, from about sixteen thousand users, on the Google Play Store after the first week of its English release. Customers praised its gameplay, but criticized how the game was unable to be downloaded on rooted devices.

External Links

• Bleach: Brave Souls official website
• Bleach: Brave Souls on Google Play Store