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Line 26: In the Soul Society arc, the captains were just following orders from the Central 46. A few even questioned it and rebelled. Now that they know that the Central 46 were dead, that the order was given out by Aizen as part of his plan, and the captains are now presumably the ruling power, they're just doing whatever they want. They were not adamant at all on killing Rukia. It was explicitly part of Aizen's plan: He killed the Central 46, and since the Central 46 don't make contact with anyone outside of Hell Butterflies, and their living quarters are strictly off limits to EVERYONE except the Central 46 (much like the Forbidden City in ancient China) AND they were sealed off from everyone else when the ryoka entered the Soul Society, Aizen was able to easily kill them all and pose as them for the sake of giving out orders. That was the Sleepy Fans translation; a more reliable translation by Binktopia has him saying "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528081111/http://read.mangashare.com/Bleach/chapter-339/page006.html I shall give your souls mercy and simply burn them away]," indicating that rather than give them a horrific death by burning up, he wants to incinerate them as painlessly as possible. This was a major Wall Banger for this troper. Is giving power to another human to create a substitute THAT big a deal that you have to execute an officer? No trials? No investigation as to the reason why? Not a peep of objection from the military - is their organization that spineless? Generally, you let the army do its own sentencing - ivory tower civilian meddling from Gotei 46 would rarely be tolerated by the military in any setup. What's more, all the captains except for 13th and 7th squads just accept the order without quibbling. Even shittier is Byakuya's reasoning for not protesting: "I went against the law when I married her sister, so I decided to blindly follow the law for the rest of my life. Even though it goes dead against the promise I made to my wife to keep her safe." Kubo messed up big time. * It is possible that Aizen was already controlling Central 46 at the time they decided to kill Rukia. I believe Aizen said he had to use the soukyoku to get the hougyoku out of her. Line 83: Don't even start asking yourself how Soul Society works, your brain might explode. [[Ghibli Hills]] I don't recall it ever being said that SS was overcrowded, just that some areas were more populated than others. Seireti isn't crowded at all, and the upper Rukongai districts don't look that bad either[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091218064722/bleach/en/images/3/3a/Rukongai-bleach.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. We also see lots of greenland in SS[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100921134061/bleach/en/images/4/41/TosenMeetingHisagi.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. Seireti seems to have less than other places, but it's still there. The Noble families have grass and trees around their manors/compounds[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100825161617/bleach/en/images/d/d7/KuchikiFamilyCompound.jpg\]{{Dead link}} and their own rivers, apparently. There's some areas around Sogyoku Hill that look like small forests [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100903084237/bleach/en/images/d/dd/Senzaikyu.png\]{{Dead link}}. There's also some mainly green areas around the Second Division barracks[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100825144051/bleach/en/images/9/94/2ndBarracks.jpg\]{{Dead link}} and the Nest of Maggots [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090226111527/bleach/en/images/b/b7/The_Maggots_Nest.jpg\]{{Dead link}}, the Eleventh Division barracks[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110316212061/bleach/en/images/3/38/11th_Division_Barracks.jpg\]{{Dead link}}, and Ugendo (where Ukitake recovers when he's sick)[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100825185729/bleach/en/images/f/f5/UkitakeRecoveryRoom.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. Outside of the Seireti is the Rukongai, which contains mountains/trees/large green areas. In fact, we see Kenpachi find Yachiru in a forest-like area. Grass is common in SS, just not in the parts we're used to seeing in the story. Most of the Soul Society Arc is about Ichi-crew running through this[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100825143453/bleach/en/images/f/fe/Seireitei.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. * With everything Soul Society and the Soul Reapers can do, why can't they cure Ukitake's tuberculosis? I mean, they can create artificial souls and bodies, but not antibiotics? ** Maybe he doesn't actually have tuberculosis, just the symptoms left over from when he died from it. This would create a lot more [[Fridge Logic]], of course. Line 115: * One million years? In chapter 476, Rukia had better be exaggerating when she says that [http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/476/12 Soul Society has not changed in one million years.] Forget the 2,000 years of Yamamoto when people first moved to Japan in the first/third century AD; forget the weird aging; and now forget that modern humans have only been around for about 100,000 years. Seriously, Kubo? ** It's probably a translation of an idiom for "countless" or "myriad" or something like that. When it's said that Japan has eight million gods, it doesn't literally mean eight million it means "more gods than we can count". "Myriad" is ancient Greek for "10,000". In a sentence saying "Soul Society has not changed in myriad years" someone could translate it rather literally to "Soul Society has not changed in 10,000 years". Of course, if Kubo did mean one million, that's another matter. * I think the concept of the afterlife in Bleach Universe might be based off of the Six Domains of the Desire Realm in Buddhism[~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20180826211242/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_realms\]. The place the Soul King resides is (in theory, since we haven't seen it in the story) the Deva/God Realm<ref>The Deva realm is the realm of bliss. The disadvantage of this realm is that things are so very comfortable there, that these beings completely neglect to work towards enlightenment. Instead they gradually use up the good karma they had previously accumulated, and so they subsequently fall to a lower rebirth. The Deva realm is sometimes also referred to as the gods' realm, because its inhabitants are so powerful within their own realm, that compared to humans, they resemble the gods of Greek or Roman mythology. However, while the Devas may be referred to as gods, they are not immortal, omniscient, nor omnipotent, and they do not act as creators or judges at death.</ref>. Soul Society is the Asura Realm<ref>The Asura realm is the realm of the demigods. They are here because of actions based on jealousy, struggle, combat or rationalization of the world. They may be here because in human form they had good intentions but committed bad actions such as harming others. The Asuras are said to experience a much more pleasurable life than humans, but they are plagued by envy for the devas, whom they can see just as animals can perceive humans.</ref>. The Human World is the Human Realm. Hueco Mundo is the Preta/Hungry Ghost Realm<ref>The sentient beings in this realm are known as "hungry ghosts". They are constantly extremely hungry and thirsty, but they cannot satisfy these needs. In Tibetan versions of the Bhavacakra these beings are drawn with narrow necks and large bellies. This represents the fact that their desires torment them, but they are completely unable to satisfy themselves.</ref>. Hell is the Naraka/Hell Realm<ref>The Naraka realm is a rebirth based on strong states of hatred cultivated in a previous life or lives. Those being punished in this realm are not trapped permanently. Rather, they remain there until their negative karma is used up, at which point they are reborn into another realm.</ref>. The only one that doesn't seem to fit with Bleach is the Animal Realm<ref>The Animal realm (also known as the Tiryag-yoni realm) is based on strong mental states of stupidity and prejudice cultivated in a previous life or lives. Buddhists believe that this realm is the realm of existence of the nonhuman animals on Earth. Humans can however be seen by the animals, in the same way that the Asura can see the Devas.</ref>. There haven't been any animals shown in Soul Society aside from the Hogs that Ganju and his gang had and the Hell Butterflies, so perhaps they go to their own afterlife? Perhaps Komamura is a clue since he seems trapped midway between animal and human, and it's at least hinted he comes from a family of these since apparently the reason he hates carrots is because his father told him it's not food for their kind. I just realized something. Byakuya has golden koi fish in his pond<ref>at least he ''did'' until Yachiru stole them and put them in Ukitake's pond as a get well present</ref>that are extremely rare and have been raised on the Kuchiki grounds for many generations[https://web.archive.org/web/20180307183930/http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kuchiki_Family_Manor\]. I'm probably overthinking this<ref>I doubt this has any importance at all.</ref>, but since the Kuchiki family is in charge of compiling & protecting the history of Soul Society and animals seem to be rare, maybe the fish are special<ref>kind of like the koi fish in Avatar: The Last Airbender. They were the moon and sun spirits (kept in a sacred pond), and when [[Fan Nickname\|moon-koi]] was murdered, the moon in the sky went dark (dissappeared?), and sun-koi was thrown out of balance and started swimming erratically. I'm not saying the ones in Byakuya's pond are ''that'' important, but that they could be some kind of significant spirit.</ref>? * Why has no one in Soul Society thought to bring in Orihime to resurrect {{spoiler\|Sasakibe,}} the same way she did with Loly and Menoly? ** Because the manga has never claimed Loly and Menoly were dead or that Orihime brought them back from the dead. The idea of her resurrecting them from death is [[Fanon]] only. At the current time, characters in-universe have no reason to believe Orihime can resurrect the dead and the fandom only ''speculates'' that she can.