Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1351982-20130522221451

Now Boarding the Crazy Crack Express! Oh boy do we have a doozy today. This is perhaps my most mind numbing entry to date. There is still time to click the back button, if you decide not to get off at the next stop, be prepared because you have been warned.

The Soul Society is not the afterlife.

Sorry skipped a bit I could smell the charred remains of what used to be your brains. Let me explain. My theory is the Soul Society (particularly Rukongai) is only a temporary purgatory if you will, before the soul is at peace and returns to the cycle of reincarnation. Now you must be saying, "Lemurs, this pretty much goes against everything established over 538 chapters (TBTP and others had negative chapters). The Soul Society is where souls go to be at peace." Well, honestly after of hundreds of chapters, I think that is illogical. From a moral standpoint alone, Rukia made Soul Society sound much better than what was the reality (I.E. she lied). So far Soul Society has failed in the following areas:


 * Adequate food and water supply (yes, I know that only applies to souls with vast amounts of spirit energy, but I think thats Bs too, because Renji's gang as kids always needed food, and I don't think any of them were Gotei 13 material).


 * Protection from crime


 * Full protection from Hollows


 * Making sure families stay together


 * Oh and THEY KILLED THOUSANDS OF SOULS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF SOULS DUE TO THE RISING QUINCY INVASION!

Needless to say, Soul Society outside the Sereiti is no 5 star hotel. So, why would an organization that is supposed to protect the "afterlives" of people fail worse than FEMA after a Hurricane? It's simple; Soul Society is supposed to be a shelter for souls that still have regrets and haven't quite accepted the end of their mortal lives, but don't carry enough regret to risk becoming hollows. Also, the amount of lives lost everyday would make it impossible for the souls to be that spread out, yet have enough space to build "towns." Just for the sake of argument, assuming that the majority of souls were of Japanese decent (which despite having Japanese names, souls like Rangiku and Tosen do not have any physical indications of being native Japanese), Japan has a population of over 128 million people with a death rate of 10.09 per 1,000 people. In other words, it would be mathematically impossible for all those souls of the deceased to spend an extensive amount of time in Soul Society, if they are living in Rukongai. One case and point being Sora Inoue. Sora became the Hollow Acidwire, but he eventually regained his sanity and cleansed himself of his sins with Ichigo's Zanpakuto. Yet, when Ichigo and his friends invade Soul Society, we never see or hear anything of Sora, Hell the second Bleach DS game, Dark Souls, has an entire level based on Orihime and Rukia trying to look for Sora. Yet, Yuichi, is able to go to soul society. My theory is Sora never went to Soul Society, because he had no more regrets and was at piece and he was reincarnated. Yuichi on the other hand, still regretted not being able to find his mother and being able to protect others from Shrieker.

Oh but, we're not done yet, we have another stop on the Crazy Crack Express!

Furthermore, I believe that Soul Society was not originated by humans, but by deities or spirits. Once upon a time, (I believe) the Soul Society was ruled by the Soul King and his deities. These deities were animal spirits that protected the realm and all its creatures (Think Narnia). This is were I think Komamura's origins come into play. The wolf spirit (or father of Falcore as I like to call him) was one of the original deities and the founder of Komamura's race. In Japanese culture, wolves are thought to be brave, powerful, and bringers of good fortune and prosperity. So, Falcore Sr., at one point was in charge in ensuring that all life, no matter how big or small was sacred and vowed to protect life. Also, I believe each of the Noble clans (including the excluded Shiba clan) were founded by or descended from the original deities. For example, The Shihoin clan's deity is either a cat or Bakeneko (Hence why Byakuya may have called her a were cat not only stating the obvious, but since the Kuchki clan is responsible for protecting the history society, it was an insult to the Shihoin clan itself). (I could go on, but my hands are getting tiered) Eventually, human souls entered Soul Society and the Gotei 13 replaced the original work of the deities.

Whoo I need a break. Well, this is my stop! Until Next Time! 