Bleach: Cataclysm

Bleach: Cataclysm (漂白剤: 破局, hyouhakuzai: hakyoku), known otherwise as the Collapse (崩壊, hōkai), is the sequel to Bleach: War of the Worlds and comprises Part IV of Bleach (Kenji Hiroshi). A companion book titled Cataclysm was published shortly after the unveiling of Part IV, and a number of supplementary reference material was published shortly afterwards as well that either led up to or occurred during the Collapse. After an incident orchestrated by Kurokawa Kōhai that resulted in the catastrophic merging of the spiritual realms known as Horiwari, the Soul Society, Heisekai and Kohai Tochi, the survivors are struggling to rebuild whilst maintaining the Spirit Cycle of Souls. Into this new realm -- termed Reikai -- the past organizations battle amongst one-another for control. Kentaro Hiroshi and Akiye serve as primary protagonists with the Kikkashō serving as a driving force behind the stories villains. Averian returns as a neutral force who sometimes picks a side.

Organizations

 * Gotei Remnant
 * Jōren
 * Six Directions
 * Blades of Night's Veil
 * Imawashī
 * Kikkashō
 * Espada

Character focus
The overall main POV (point-of-view) character throughout Bleach: Cataclysm is Kentaro Hiroshi, though others do exist. The story sometimes necessitates switching to other groups; so far, when this is done, the POV has switched most notably to Itazura Kori who leads his own group, though both Naoko Izuru and Yori Hisagi have had a moment in the spot-light with a mini-arc devoted to their survival. Riki Nagakura becomes Kentaro's right-hand man following his return, becoming a major POV character in the process. Garrett Sheppard and Tiffany Henderson likewise became POV characters starting with the Investigating Grat arc, which is a stand-alone segment set before The Collapse. Thus far the sequence of POV characters is thus:


 * Kentaro
 * Riki
 * Itazura
 * Naoko
 * Yori
 * Hisagi


 * Note: The following characters are the POV characters of stand-alone chapters.


 * Garrett
 * Tiffany

In regards to reference pages, such as Fatherly Intervention and First Battle of Nishiendo, these pages document events in an encyclopaedic manner, focusing on the overall event and the characters involved rather than looking through the eyes of a single character, like Kentaro. The author will use such pages in the future mostly to document large-scale battles or important events effecting numerous characters.