History Bleach / TropesSToT

* SingleStrokeBattle: Played with. Few battles are truly of this trope in their entirety but will end this way. After [[InactionSequence a few episodes of monologuing]], taunts, releasing ''zanpakuto'' and [[ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy explaining their abilities]], {{flashback}}s, {{Superpowered Evil Side}}s, random philosophy, and building up one's BattleAura, both parties agree to end the fight in a single strike. At that point, this trope gets played straight.

** Okay, so Soul Society in general operates on a feudal-ish political and technological level. At least the 13 Court Guards, being a military organization with medical expertise on the very advanced end of the setting's SchizoTech, really ought to have some sort of psychological evaluation and counseling. Among the Soul Reapers who might particularly benefit from professional help (in addition to talk therapy just being generally a good way to help soldiers process war trauma), Hinamori shows pretty classic StockholmSyndrome and [=PTSD symptoms=], Kira does NOT recover well from Gin's betrayal and may have some substance abuse issues, and Rukia nearly committed judicial suicide (by pleading guilty to false charges) because of her guilt complex over Kaien's death.

* SuperWeight: There seems to be an in-universe example with the way Aizen kept evolving and talking of dimensions and breaking barriers. Hollowfication and the Hougyoku are regarded as methods of altering one's natural weight to an artificially induced higher level. During the Deicide mini-arc, Aizen undergoes an artificial increase [[spoiler: whereas Ichigo actually undergoes a natural one simply by communing with his zanpakutou]]. It leads to a discussion on the meaning of [[SuperWeight super weights]] and who qualifies as what. [[spoiler: By the end of it, Aizen seems to be a little confused.]] See trope page for fandom assessments.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There could be a competition with ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' here, as Kubo likes giving his characters names [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign based on foreign languages]] but initially only writing them in katakana and providing the official spelling in Latin letters later, either when the character appears on the title page of a chapter with their name written in the background, or [[AllThereInTheManual in the official databooks]]. The names started to get really weird when the Arrancar appeared, and it only got worse when the Vandenreich showed up. Just to give ''one'' example, the name of the sixth Espada is written in Japanese as グリムジョー・ジャガージャック or ''Gurimujō Jagājakku'', implying a spelling somewhere along the lines of "Grimjoe Jaggerjack". The official spelling is "Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez".

* SignificantNameShift: The first time we see Isshin and Ryoken talk to each other, Ryoken calls Isshin "Kurosaki", which is his last name. Isshin looks weirdly happy about it, and remarks that it's the first time Ryoken called him that. In the final arc of the manga, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Kurosaki was actually the surname of Isshin's wife Masaki, which he took after their wedding, and that she and Ryoken were first cousins]].

* SupernaturalSuffocation: A pair of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Bount]] twins in the anime arc use their water-based dolls to create masses of water around the target's head to drown them.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There could be a competition with ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' here. The names started to get really weird when the Arrancar appeared, and it only got worse when the Vandenreich showed up.

** During Rukia's execution, the firebird-form of the the Sokyoku flies towards Rukia to kill her with its practice swing. The weapon is stopped in its tracks by Ichigo blocking it with his sword. When the firebird swings again for a proper strike that even Ichigo won't be able to block, it's stopped in its tracks again, this time by Ukitake activating the shield that seals it.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The first closing theme, Life is Like a Boat, features full verses in word-perfect unaccented English, due to the fact that the singer was raised in the US. Also Hazel Fernandes' song, "Number One," which plays during action sequences.

* TheThingThatGoesDoink:
** Anime episodes involving the Kuchiki house tend to include a water feature to emphasise how ridiculously wealthy Byakuya is.
** Kirinji's healing pool includes a water feature so ridiculously large and convoluted, it effectively creates a waterfall into the pool. The noise it makes is ridiculously loud, as a very annoyed Ichigo discovers.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Zigzagged all over the place. The Soul Reapers usually wear more conservative outfits, but Rangiku has a low-cut cleavage and Nemu wears a miniskirt, and the male Soul Reapers suffer through ClothingDamage. The more revealing Arrancars (Harribel, Grimmjow, Mila Rose, Lilynette) are some of the more sympathetic ones, though [[AntiVillain Nelliel]] wore a pantsuit as an Espada.... only for her garbs to rip apart once she regains her memories ''as'' an Espada. [[BloodKnight Abirama]] has a WalkingShirtlessScene and [[{{Yandere}} Loly]] has ZettaiRyouiki and BareYourMidriff, but [[EldritchAbomination Aaroniero]], [[MadScientist Szayelaporro]] and the traitor trio wear more than those two.

* SpotTheImposter: Anime episode 326. While Captain Hitsugaya is fighting Reigei!Momo Hinamori, the real Momo appears and attacks Reigei!Momo. Hitsugaya has to figure out which one is the real Momo so he can defend her from Reigei!Momo's attack. Then, once he makes his choice, to his surprise the Momo he's protecting [[spoiler: stabs him, revealing that both of them are Reigei!Momo. They then team up to try to kill him]].

** Orihime possesses a RealityWarper power that is an in-universe mystery. Characters have speculated that can do anything if she believes she can and that she's never tapped into her full potential. She is exactly as strong as she believes she is, which is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Her personality is her limitation. She's so gentle, pacifistic, kind and unassuming that she cannot harm others, not even enemies, and it doesn't occur to her that she can break the laws of physics even when told she can.

** Gremmy's ImaginationBasedSuperpower allows him to create whatever he can imagine out of reishi, an ability that is stated to be so broken as to leave even the other elite Quincy in awe of him.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Sasakibe and Yamamoto, due to the anime's cancellation without their deaths animated.]]

* TotalPartyKill: Happens when [[spoiler:Soul Society and the Vizards]] faces [[spoiler:[[BigBad Aizen]]]].

* TenLittleMurderVictims: In the Bount filler arc in the anime, one of the "games" involves one of the TrueCompanions being replaced with a shapeshifter. The heroes have to [[RaceAgainstTheClock figure out who it is before an elapsed time runs out]] or the modsouls will start playing KillEmAll with the {{Muggles}}.

** [[{{Anime}} Studio Pierrot]] ''loves'' [=IchiRuki=] to the point where they created a lot of [[{{Filler}} material]] focused on it and removed/toned down a lot of [=IchiHime=] and [=RenRuki=] material in the process. They did put in one major [=IchiHime=] moment in [[OvertookTheManga Episode 167]] that caused some [[ShipToShipCombat backlash]] and also cranked up the [=UlquiHime=] ShipTease in his dying moments. They also [[UpToEleven cranked up]] the ShipTease between [[LuminescentBlush Renji]] and [[SingleTear Rukia]] in a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback]]. They love [=YoruSoi=] and [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Ikkaku/Yumichika]] and they've even played with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Kenpachi/Byakuya]] ShipTease. The anime even created two filler episodes dedicated to [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Hitsugaya/Karin]] despite the fact they have never met in canon.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Own page [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome/{{Bleach}} here]].
* SwissArmyWeapon: Zanpakuto and their optional shikai and bankai forms.
* SwordBeam: Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho and Ichimaru Gin's Shinsou are the most obvious examples, but a lot of the Soul Reapers use these.
* SwordFight: This is shonen--the whole flippin' series is essentially one very long and angsty sword fight.

* SecondYearProtagonist: Ichigo, Orihime, Uryuu and Chad are all second-year students [[spoiler:before the 17 month timeskip]]. Rukia, Renji, Matsumoto and ''Shinji'' of all people tend to pretend to be that when they're staying in the physical world or just trying to contact Ichigo.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** Episode 141 has no fighting, focusing more on drama and romance.
** The New Captain Shusuke Amagai Arc is a sudden change in settings and focus.