Important Terms

This is a list of important terms found in Bleach.

Arrancar: Arrancar are Hollows that have gained Shinigami-like powers by removing their masks.

Chain of Fate: The chain of fate is a chain that connects the Human body to its soul; removal of it will cause death.

Encroachment: Encroachment is when a plus begins the process of transforming into a hollow, once the Chain of Fate is separated from a spirit.

Garganta: A Garganta is a gate used by menos and Arrancar class Hollows to travel between the Human world, the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

Hollowification/Shinigamification: These terms are used to decribe the process in which Hollows gain Shinigami powers and vice-versa.

Hōgyoku (Orb of Distortion): The Hōgyoku is an orb created by Kisuke Urahara in order to break the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows.

Kidō (Demon Arts): A group of techniques that Shinigami use to focus their Spiritual Energy into magic spells which serve a wide variety of uses such as healing, defense, or combat.

Reiatsu (Spiritual Pressure): Reiatsu is the physical force/pressure that a person’s Reiryoku creates when released.

Reiraku (Spirit Threads): Reiraku are the visualization of Reiryoku into threads which a spiritually aware person can follow.

Reiryoku (Spiritual Energy): Reiryoku is a power aligned with the spiritual sensitivity and willpower of the user.

Reishi (Spirit Particles): Reishi are the particles which compose everything in the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

Senkaimon: Senkaimon are gates used to travel between the human world and the Soul Society.

Shinigami (Death God/Soul Reaper): Shinigami are the balancers of Souls between the Human world and the Soul Society.

Soul Society is the afterlife, where dead spirits are sent, and where the Shinigami reside.

Zanpakutō: A Zanpakutō is the main weapon of the Shinigami, the Arrancar and the Vizard.

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