Where to start the Bleach manga after the anime
Give it the last episode you watched. The mappings cover whole seasons. At a season boundary, the answer gives the next unread chapter; within a season, it gives a conservative starting point that may repeat material.
Every span the anime adapts
One row per season or film: the episodes, the chapters they adapt, and a note on where the boundary falls.
| Anime | Episodes | Chapters | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleach | 1–20 | 1–70 | Adapts the first eight volumes, chapters 1 to 70. |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | 1–13 | 480–542 | Episodes are numbered from 1 again, 367 onward overall. The anime reorders some chapters, and chapter 542 is split with Part 2. |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | 14–26 | 542–609 | Part 3 opens on chapter 608, so that is the place to resume. |
| Bleach | 21–41 | 71–117 | Episode 33 is anime-original. |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | 27–40 | 608–661 | Adds more anime-original material than the earlier parts. Chapter 661 is split with Part 4. |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | 41–50 | 661–686 | The final part; episode 50 adapts the last two chapters, so the anime ends with the manga. |
| Bleach | 42–63 | 118–182 | Episode 50 is anime-original. The season ends partway through Vol. 21. |
| Bleach | 64–91 | 182–182 | Anime-original. The manga picks up again at chapter 183, where season 3 left it. |
| Bleach | 92–109 | 182–182 | Anime-original, continuing season 4's story. The manga resumes at chapter 183. |
| Bleach | 110–131 | 183–229 | Episodes 128 to 131 are anime-original. Chapter 229 is split with season 7, so it is the place to resume. |
| Bleach | 132–151 | 229–251 | Episodes 132 to 137 are anime-original, and 147 to 149 expand on the manga. |
| Bleach | 152–167 | 252–286 | Ends on chapter 286, which season 10 picks up again. |
| Bleach | 168–189 | 285–285 | Anime-original. Season 8 ends partway through chapter 286, so the manga resumes there. |
| Bleach | 190–205 | 286–315 | Episodes 204 and 205 are anime-original. |
| Bleach | 206–212 | 315–315 | Adapts the Turn Back the Pendulum flashback, which the manga numbers -108 to -97 and prints in Vols. 36 and 37. The main story resumes at chapter 316, in Vol. 37. |
| Bleach | 213–229 | 316–339 | Episodes 213, 214, 228 and 229 are anime-original. Sources put the last chapter at 339 or 340; resuming at 340 skips nothing. |
| Bleach | 230–265 | 339–339 | Anime-original. The manga resumes at chapter 340. |
| Bleach | 266–316 | 340–423 | Episode 266 is a recap, and 287, 298, 299, 303 to 305 and 311 to 316 are anime-original. Some sources start the season at chapter 341; starting at 340 skips nothing. |
| Bleach | 317–342 | 423–423 | Anime-original. The manga resumes at chapter 424. |
| Bleach | 343–366 | 424–479 | Episode 355 is a New Year special. Episode 366 ends the 2004 series on chapter 479; the Thousand-Year Blood War arc starts at chapter 480. |