Bleach: Brave Souls
Bleach: Brave Souls is a free-to-play gacha game developed and published by KLabGames. Set in the "Bleach" universe, it was released for Android and iOS in Japan in 2015 and worldwide early the following year. The game reported 40 million downloads by May 2019. Development. A Japanese version was published on July 23, 2015, and an English-language version on January 13, 2016. Gameplay. The game is a real-time, beat 'em up action game with role-playing elements, featuring modes such as story and coop (PvE) and PVP. The game is free-to-play  with options to purchase in-game items to speed up one's progress. It features hundreds of collectible characters which can be leveled up and used in combat. "Bleach" series creator Tite Kubo has designed images for several unique character versions for the game, including ones related to the official spinoff sequel "Can't Fear Your Own World", a story which is also serialized in the game. The game also includes characters and storylines from the final arc of the "Bleach" manga, "Thousand-Year Blood War", which will receive an anime adaptation in 2022. The game features music from the  J-pop band Hello Sleepwalkers. Reception. The game received relatively positive reviews. "Wellplayed" wrote: "For a free-to-download mobile game, "Bleach: Brave Souls" offers an impressive array of content that will keep you entertained for longer than it has any right to do", "Droid Gamers" said: "Even if one is unfamiliar with the "Bleach" property, "Brave Souls" stands well enough on its own as a top-notch hack-n-slash with light RPG elements, that the game comes recommended to gamers of all types and not just fans of the anime". "Digitally Downloaded" concluded that ""Brave Souls" isn't  the finest anime game out there, but I believe it can be. Even in its bumpy, jagged state, KLab has managed to boil the franchise down to its most appealing elements and turn an intimidating multi-hundred chapter mess into something newcomers can actually parse". One of those early reviews which offered a scale ranked the game as 4 out 5. "The Gamer's Library" reviewer, while noting that they enjoy the game and plan on playing it, cautioned that it is rather repetitive.