Bleach Mirrors High Closed Beta Weaves Thousand-Year Blood War Aesthetic Into New Story
The game extends the Bleach franchise with a narrative directly tied to the manga's conclusion, offering a new entry point for fans of the revived anime.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Bandai Namco's closed beta for Bleach Mirrors High, a mobile action-RPG, features an original story set six months after the Thousand-Year Blood War. Players choose between new protagonists Shirin Migishima or Shirane Sanari. The game's visual style directly echoes the high-contrast, typographic look of the recent anime season.
The closed beta includes the first chapter of the main story, which opens with an anime cutscene of Rukia Kuchiki attacking Ichigo Kurosaki for reasons tied to the fate of the three worlds. From there, the focus shifts to the player's chosen protagonist, a human with amnesia wandering Karakura Town. The game's presentation borrows heavily from the Thousand-Year Blood War anime's bold typography and high-contrast black-and-white imagery, with every speaking character introduced via a splash screen. The story is supervised by Tite Kubo and spins out of the upcoming conclusion of the anime's final season.
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- Anime News Network This Week in Mobile Games Once More Unto the Bleach, My Friends