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Timjer wrote: Hagane no Saiyajin wrote: I had there be a caste of Blue Shinigami because in original Nihonese mythos Shinigami had blue hair too.

I'm not familiar with those myths, but I don't think Kubo based Bleach entirely on that. I mean, the concept of Shinigami/Psychopomps exist in practically every single religion/mythology. Does that mean they also have to be winged warrior women (Valkyries) ferrying the dead over a river after payment (Charon)?

Not sure, Botan or at least female Shinigami don’t could right, although for Blue Shinigami maybe look up anything on Buddhist myths of the Sanzu river.

Since Quincy has been brought up, I took the time to think over how I could incorporate it, and I thought this might work:

Quincy - A rare genetic but natural trait among humans that grants them abilities similar to Fullbring but they involve more using their own reiatsu to create objects rather than manipulating objects to a preferred form. Users or quincy also possess the Mekkyakugan which, when activated, give the user near-360º field of vision around themselves and see through almost any object, allowing users to see through walls, peer underground, or even examine the contents of a person's body, even their reiatsu.

Certain quincy users in the past have taken advantage of this ability to devise a style of combat that can rip apart souls, Soul Stones, Grief Spheres, etc.

In the current time of the Bleach-verse there is one clan who can use Quincy, the Goshin clan, and they're extremely uptight about keeping their techniques secret, shinigami fear them but allow them to live because they're in charge of protecting and guarding the Reincarnation Sphere; an opaque blue jewel similar to a Soul Stone for which possible successors to the previous Soul King are born from. Although this only happens whenever either the Soul King becomes weakened beyond return or dies in action. Whenever that time draws near a Nun is chosen to take the Reincarnation Sphere with her and gather up Grief spheres so when the successor is born they will be able to start growing in power.