The author Bleach has done a magnificent job by weaving Freud’s theory of the Ego, Id and Super Ego together to form the protagonist. He has done what will boggle the minds of any psychologist who tries to explore this hero The reason is as follows:

Ego

The ego is closets to the tip of the ice berg also known as the conscious, but in Ichigo’s case it is his conscious. He himself is his Ego. Confusing? Yes. The reason is, in the text he confronts both the Id and his Super Ego. This all happens in a subconscious state similar to a dream. Ever since he was a child, he could see ghost like figures which is connected to his mothers death. Ichigo is a human but he possesses Shinigami (Spirit) like powers. He is able to hover from his subconscious state into a conscious state but remain conscious at the same time. His ego is the face that he shows to the world and whether or not he’s in his human or Shinigami form, his ego stays the same but the other two elements are always trying to take over his ego.

Id

Ichigo Kurosaki is truly extraordinary, he is not like other superhero’s. For starters, he comes in contact with his own Id. How is this possible? Well, his Id is his Inner Hollow (also known as his alter-ego). This event occurs in the Realm of Hollows, also known as Hueco Mundo. Hollows are described by the author as bundles of Id’s; as they eat souls to seek pleasure. In this realm, Ichigo sees a hollow morph into the image of his mother as bait. This is really important because his mother’s death was caused by a hollow and for him to see her image recreated by a hollow really triggers Ichigo’s emotions hence the feminine aspect of the Id. Another event that happens in this realm is when Ichigo confronts his own Id, his Id taunts him as being weak and talks about taking Ichigo’s powers for himself, the Id wants to seek pleasure for himself. However, his Id does take over several times and one of the occurrences was extreme and Ichigo was unaware of it until his friend pointed it out. Carl Jung once said that the Id and the Shadow archetype are similar and that everything in us that is unconscious, is repressed, undeveloped and denied.

Super Ego

The Super Ego as described by Freud is the element that prompts us to do what is morally right. In Ichigo’s case, his goal is to protect everyone, even if they don’t need to be protected. This feeling developed from his mother’s death, because she died the little voice in the back of his head is telling him that he needs to protect the people that are dear to him for the fear of losing them. However, Ichigo does fail and his friend Orihime get’s captured. Eventually he came to his senses and realized that he has to forgive himself for not being strong enough to protect his friends, it is like the super ego was trying to cripple the ego. However, his sword Zangestsu acts like Ichigo’s super ego. He pushes Ichigo to get stronger to strengthen his ability to fight and protect. This causes Ichigo to lose his sense of himself (ego) hence the super ego crippling the ego. He lost touch with who he was, all he could think about was protecting and saving his friends. The balance between his Super Ego and ego was uneven.