Bleach Light Novels

Obscure_Otaku said:
i didn't know about Kudo health state, I hope it's something he can recover, must be really painful and despair to have worked on something that you always wanted to do, and then having to leave it behind because of health issues

BradynsDimension said:

I'd be devastated if I were Kubo, but thankfully he has recovered, and has hinted at a potential sequel, starting with the Hell Arc.

Obscure_Otaku said:

thank god, I sincerely wish that he never gets that bad again

BradynsDimension said:

Same, I don't wish for anyone to have to go through anything painful physically, or mentally, but unfortunately that's life. Also do have an answer to my question? Or have you not read the light novels?

LKnight910 said:
In order of events, SAFWY is imo the most bizarre one of them, and the power scaling is all over the place. remember that random arrancar who healed Yammy and got her head blown off by his punch? Yeah, she's god-level now. It has some interesting ideas and it's worth reading if you're curious, but in the end it's mostly a filler.

CFYOW on the other hand is essential to understandin Bleach's universe and lore. without spoiling much, I can say you learn a good amount about the Soul King and what happened post-TYBW.

WDKALY is a mostly unnecessary, but pretty cute story with the gotei 13 getting involved with Rukia's marriage. No action on this one, but pretty neat nonetheless.

TL;DR - CFYOW is the only must-read, but the rest is up to you.

Obscure_Otaku said:

no lol I haven't read it, thought I have been wanting to read some light novels recently but idk where to, if u could recommend a place I would be thankful

from what I have understood, these light novels aren't from Kudo, so might as well consider it as "fan light novel" that was approved by Kudo and he's adapting it to manga, it's seen to be some deep lore about the characters, idk much about the light novel but in the anime we get some history about the secondary characters, but it's kinda of shallow, it's enough to understand the characters but there's much to be explained and said that people wanted to know more about it

now I could just be wrong and did not understand what was your question

KageRaion said:

Can’t Fear Your Own World is the only one that has been officially translated into English while there are only Fan translations online for the two novels.

That’s why you haven’t been able to find English volumes for SAFWY and WDKALY

LKnight910 said:
In order of events, SAFWY is imo the most bizarre one of them, and the power scaling is all over the place. remember that random arrancar who healed Yammy and got her head blown off by his punch? Yeah, she's god-level now. It has some interesting ideas and it's worth reading if you're curious, but in the end it's mostly a filler.

CFYOW on the other hand is essential to understandin Bleach's universe and lore. without spoiling much, I can say you learn a good amount about the Soul King and what happened post-TYBW.

WDKALY is a mostly unnecessary, but pretty cute story with the gotei 13 getting involved with Rukia's marriage. No action on this one, but pretty neat nonetheless.

TL;DR - CFYOW is the only must-read, but the rest is up to you.

BradynsDimension said:


What is Can't Fear Your Own World, We Do Knot Always love You, and Spirits Are Forever With You? I know CFYOW is about the fourth Noble clan, and reveals Shinji's, and Shuhei's Bankai. I know that WDKALY shows Rukia, and Renji getting Married, along with Ichigo, and Orihime getting married. I know that SAFWY is about the Kenpachi's.

So what else are these novels about. Or do you think I should just go in blindly?

Zettaiken said:


As I am in process of reading CFYOW it isn't mainly about fourht Noble clan but they are involved there. CFYOW is around [forgot the information about it sorry] 6-8 months after TYBW and it tells the story of Hisagi interviewing people about TYBW stuff and there are stuff behind happening which are made by fourth clan [still halfway through 2nd volume so can't tell anything more], revealing and explaining more about whom survived, adding more information It obviously adds more "screen time" for characters from Fullbring arc, TYBW arc or even characters we've met in Arrancar arc.
for We do knot can't say but from what I remember (can't say if I am right or not) this light novel was supposed to be in the source material for second season of anime [Forgot the details of it so take it an thesis/assumption instead of telling the fact].
Spirited away haven't read it yet but so far I've heard it introduces Azashiro who is the 8th Kenpachi if I remember correctly and his way of becoming the Kenpachi, aswell as it introduces the 7th Kenpachi, no idea what else is in those novels, also heard for this arrancar being smashed by Yammy and becoming quite a strong character etc..

BradynsDimension said:

Thanks for the information. I'm still waiting for my volumes of CFYOW to arrive. I'm hoping that Studio Perriot after they finish with the TYBW adapts those 3 novels into the anime.

BradynsDimension said:
When Kubo was finishing the Fullbring Arc he started getting really sick. He decided to finish the series of with the Final Arc being the war with the Quincys. He stated that because of this sudden illness, he wasn't able to do everything he wanted to do (leaving plot holes, ext). He rushed the final Arc with getting at least the key points across, this way he could get his health better. He was even hospitalized a few times because of this illness. Many fans weren't happy about that, and were bashing him without even knowing the truth behind it. However there are 3 major light novels that were written by different people, but illustrated by Kubo. Now that I've explained why there are light novels, here's my question.

What is Can't Fear Your Own World, We Do Knot Always love You, and Spirits Are Forever With You? I know CFYOW is about the fourth Noble clan, and reveals Shinji's, and Shuhei's Bankai. I know that WDKALY shows Rukia, and Renji getting Married, along with Ichigo, and Orihime getting married. I know that SAFWY is about the Kenpachi's.

So what else are these novels about. Or do you think I should just go in blindly?

Blaze753 said:

Blind is best. thats my motto, it helps exlude bias and give a more genuine experience

LKnight910 said:

TL;DR - CFYOW is the only must-read, but the rest is up to you.