Bleach, Vol. 2

Kubo, Tite. Bleach, vol. 2. 2004. ISBN 9781591164425. Available in the graphic novels section of the library.

Chad is a student at Ichigo's school, and he is strong as an ox. When he found a talking parakeet in Bleach, Vol. 1, he agreed to protect it against the monster that was chasing him. The strange marks that had just appeared on his body indicated to Ichigo and Rukia the Soul Reaper that Chad might be affected by a Hollow. They encouraged Chad to check in at the clinic run by Ichigo's father.

Unfortunately, when Ichigo finally arrives, Chad has already left the clinic through a window. Ichigo and Rukia begin chasing for him through the streets, hoping to find him before the Hollow does. Up to now, Rukia has had to knock Ichigo unconscious to release his soul so he could hunt Hollows. To assist the process, she purchases a pill he can take to immediately release his soul while a spare soul will inhabit his body and act like him while he's performing his Soul Reaper duties. The soul Rukia purchased was defective, however, and it decides it really likes Ichigo's body.

As Ichigo and Rukia seek Chad, the parakeet, and the Hollow that hunts them both, Ichigo's body has a new personality that seeks to impress the girls at school ...

The story continues in Bleach, Vol. 3.