On the Precipice of Defeat

Characters in this story

• Rukia Kuchiki
• Orihime Inoue — One of the central characters of Bleach and a member of Ichigo Kurosaki’s closest circle of friends. A Human from Karakura Town with exceptionally powerful spiritual abilities.
• Ichigo Kurosaki — The protagonist of Bleach. Born with an unusually powerful spiritual presence, Ichigo begins the story as a fifteen-year-old high school student capable of seeing ghosts. After meeting the Shinigami Rukia Kuchiki, he receives her powers during a Hollow attack and becomes a Substitute Shinigami.
• Renji Abarai
• Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck — Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck is an Arrancar and the former Tres (three) Espada, representing the form of death of sacrifice (犠牲, Gisei). She was also known as Nel Tu when she was small, good-natured, and childlike.
• Sosuke Aizen — One of the two overarching antagonists of Bleach. The main antagonist of the Soul Society and Arrancar arcs. He was the captain of the 5th Division in the Gotei 13 while secretly conducting unethical Hollowfication experiments, one of which unintentionally led to the birth of Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Uryu Ishida — Uryū Ishida, formerly known as the Last Quincy, is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Orihime Inoue) of the Bleach franchise. He is a student at Karakura High School, where he is a classmate and friend of Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Byakuya Kuchiki
• Tier Harribel — Tier Harribel is an Arrancar and the former Tres (3rd) Espada in Sousuke Aizen's army until Aizen's defeat by Ichigo Kurosaki, representing the form of death of sacrifice. After Aizen's fall, she assumed control of Hueco Mundo, becoming its de facto ruler.
• Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez — Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez is an Arrancar and was the Sexta (6th) Espada in Sousuke Aizen's army prior to his defeat by Ichigo Kurosaki, representing the form of death of Destruction.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto
• Yuzu Kurosaki
• Karin Kurosaki — Little Sister of Ichigo Kurosaki
• Yasutora “Chad” Sado
• Jugram Haschwalth — Grandmaster of the Sternritter, Imperial Advisor to Yhwach, Sternritter B: Balance
• Yhwach — Quincy Emperor of the Wandenreich
• Soul King — Spiritual Creator and Lynchpin of the Realms
• Masaki Kurosaki — Mother of Ichigo Kurosaki
• Grand Fisher — The Hollow that killed Masaki Kurosaki
• Blood Chains Ichigo — Ichigo Kurosaki’s new ultimate combat form introduced in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity. Debuting in Episode 45, “DEFEND YOU,” it is a newly created form for the anime’s expanded version of Ichigo’s final battle against Yhwach.
• Bazz-B — Sternritter H: The Heat
• Kanae Katagiri — Uryuu Ishida's mother.