Exploring the Fascinating Fusion of Cyberpunk and Soul Society in a Video Game Featuring Bleach Characters

A certain gacha comes out of the shadows. After several weeks without much content, Bleach: Brave Souls is back in force! Still in partnership with Tite Kubo, the mangaka behind Bleach, the game features brand new visuals for Orihime Inoue, Ulquiorra Schiffer and N'Noitora Jirga. This new new universe is called “The Future Society”. It is particularly well worked and we hope to see more characters inspired by the futuristic world of Cyberpunk in the future.

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Bleach Brave what?

Bleach: Brave Souls is a Free to play Hack'n Slash tinged with RPG mechanics for smartphones and tablets. Also available on Steam and PlayStation, the game was released in 2015 in Japan and in early 2016 in the rest of the world. With the ninth anniversary approaching this summer, no one expected the release of a whole new “theme”. As with each of these new themes, our favorite characters completely change universe. Here, for example, N'Noitora will abandon his scythes for a mechanical arm. “The Future Society” will see Orihime become a hacker and finally Ulquiorra stays in the theme of night by becoming a ruthless bounty hunter who uses electricity to wipe out his enemies. New ideas that make us see iconic characters from the series in a new light.

“Machine Society”, “Cacao Society” or even “Spirit Society”, this mobile game Bleach: Brave Souls continues to rework the characters of the series. Taking inspiration from steampunk style, Valentine's Day or Japanese mythology has allowed gacha to invent new stories, but also and above all, new units with an exclusive design unique to the video game. To do this, you had to ask an expert. Someone who knows the manga universe inside out and who is capable of reinventing the characters from the saga. It is obviously towards Tite Kubo that the Klab studio turned. The creator of Bleach has been overseeing these new creations for several years and “Future Society” is no exception.

An idea that comes from the players

But where does this improbable merger come from? To do this, you have to go back several months. Indeed, the same ideas had been going around over and over for a while. New character designs for Christmas, Halloween and summer are a good thing of course, but they're not as original as they used to be. This is why a survey was released on the game several months ago. Among the ideas that the studio had in mind, we could find costumes, universes, but above all key words like “knightly” or “futuristic”. You will have understood, The Future Society was born thanks to this survey. Klab did not disappoint us and fans are impatiently awaiting the release of this magnificent new theme. If you're interested in gaming, now is probably a great time to get started. These new characters do not arrive alone, because the game celebrates its 90 million downloads worldwide.