You've been drawing Bleach
since 2001, seven years now.
Has it changed dramatically
from what you thought this
story would be when you first
started drawing it?
Tite Kubo: At first, I didn't plan that
there would be Taicho, the head
Captain of the Soul Society. The
captains, they didn't exist at first.
ICHIGO, CHAD, URYU AND KON:
CREATING THE MANY CHARACTERS
OF BLEACH
Q: What comes first? the
characters, or the story's plot?
Tite Kubo: (emphatically) Characters
first!
Q: Bleach has so many
characters with so many
different powers, weapons,
personalities and
relationships! How do you come
up with them?
Tite Kubo:...
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