Do the Bleach light novels follow the manga plot?


I know that there are two Bleach light novels ( _BLEACH-letters from the other
side: The Death and The Strawberry_ and _Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody_ ).
Do they follow the Bleach manga plot lines or do they diverge? If they follow
the manga, what chapters do they cover? If not, what happens in them?




I found two other light novels that you hadn't mentioned also -
[Link](http://www.mangashare.com/forums/threads/74858-Bleach-Ligh-Novels)

> I know that there are two Bleach light novels (BLEACH-letters from the other
> side: The Death and The Strawberry and Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody). Do
> they follow the Bleach manga plot lines or do they diverge? If they follow
> the manga, what chapters do they cover? If not, what happens in them?

The light novels seem to be short stories that the manga/anime doesn't cover,
but run concurrently with the plot.

_BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry_ was
released November 15, 2006 and _Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody_ on October
31, 2008. So before volumes 25 & 36 respectively (not sure if this helps,
don't read bleach myself)

![letters from the other side](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKExv.jpg)
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dUeB7.jpg)

[Wikia](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Bleach:_Letters_From_The_Other_Side)
mentions that letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry was a
novelization of some of the earlier chapters

[Again Wikia](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Bleach:_The_Honey_Dish_Rhapsody)
tells us that Honey Dish Rhapsody is set during the week Ichigo and his
friends spent in Soul Society following the betrayal of Aizen.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/brbzL.jpg)

'Spirits Are Forever With You' was released June 4th 2012 and covers the 17
month timeskip between volume 48 and 49. There are two volumes, these novels
were written by a separate author from the other 3.

[Forum discussion](http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/77050-NOVEL-
Spirits-Are-Forever-With-You)

[Another Discussion.](http://forums.mangafox.me/threads/383362-New-Bleach-
novels-covering-the-17-months-timeskip.)

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KmfKg.png)

'The Death Save The Strawberry' focuses on the same time period, but has a
focus on Rukia and is written by the author of the first two books.

[Yet another Forum Discussion](http://bleachasylum.com/showthread.php?122-The-
Death-Save-The-Strawberry-Novel-Discussion)

It's arguable if the light novels are canon or not, seeing as they were not
written by bleach's mangaka, but there is no evidence to suggest that they are
not.




I found two other light novels that you hadn't mentioned also -
[Link](http://www.mangashare.com/forums/threads/74858-Bleach-Ligh-Novels)

> I know that there are two Bleach light novels (BLEACH-letters from the other
> side: The Death and The Strawberry and Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody). Do
> they follow the Bleach manga plot lines or do they diverge? If they follow
> the manga, what chapters do they cover? If not, what happens in them?

The light novels seem to be short stories that the manga/anime doesn't cover,
but run concurrently with the plot.

_BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry_ was
released November 15, 2006 and _Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody_ on October
31, 2008. So before volumes 25 & 36 respectively (not sure if this helps,
don't read bleach myself)

![letters from the other side](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKExv.jpg)
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dUeB7.jpg)

[Wikia](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Bleach:_Letters_From_The_Other_Side)
mentions that letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry was a
novelization of some of the earlier chapters

[Again Wikia](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Bleach:_The_Honey_Dish_Rhapsody)
tells us that Honey Dish Rhapsody is set during the week Ichigo and his
friends spent in Soul Society following the betrayal of Aizen.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/brbzL.jpg)

'Spirits Are Forever With You' was released June 4th 2012 and covers the 17
month timeskip between volume 48 and 49. There are two volumes, these novels
were written by a separate author from the other 3.

[Forum discussion](http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/77050-NOVEL-
Spirits-Are-Forever-With-You)

[Another Discussion.](http://forums.mangafox.me/threads/383362-New-Bleach-
novels-covering-the-17-months-timeskip.)

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KmfKg.png)

'The Death Save The Strawberry' focuses on the same time period, but has a
focus on Rukia and is written by the author of the first two books.

[Yet another Forum Discussion](http://bleachasylum.com/showthread.php?122-The-
Death-Save-The-Strawberry-Novel-Discussion)

It's arguable if the light novels are canon or not, seeing as they were not
written by bleach's mangaka, but there is no evidence to suggest that they are
not.

