Forum:Soul Society vs. Hell

In the storyline Soul Society has been referred to as being 'Heaven' if thats the case then its direct opposite is Hell. Now the Shingiami reside in Soul Society. But the sworn enemies of the Shinigami the Hollow reside in Hueco Mundo which is another place all together so lets just say Soul Society = Heaven, Hueco Mundo = a Purgatory of sorts, and Hell. Now we have only seen Hell like once, its role is to take cleansed Hollows that have done evil while human before becoming Hollows. So the issue i would bring up is, If Hell presents an issue of the possibility of new characters and a plot line for the series? Seeing that Soul Society is where decent souls are sent to continue along the cycle of reincarnation. Hell is where they are removed from the cycle for living a evil life. Hueco Mundo is where pluses have given into despair or something similar and devolved into Hollows.Salubri 04:02, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

A question I've pondered is where Hell fits into the cycle of souls; do they return after a set time perios (kind of like a prison sentence) depending on the crime? Do they stay there forevermore? One (a bit mad) theory I heard is that they're the source of zanpakuto spirits. But hey, I digress. Where does Hell fit? Is the King of Hell (if he even exists) planning something of his own? And like you said, are the residents of Hell going to show up? TomServo101 08:29, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

also there has to be somebody who guards hell and its prisoners so maybe we will find out more(hopefully a whole new arc) after the defeat of aizenStark Toshiro 01:30, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Could the king of Hell (or whatever) be the 'puppet master' behind Aizen? Horsy horse 02:42, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Following the logic expressed in Bleach it seems to have 5 realms/worlds as
 * human world - Soul Society - Hueco Mondo - Hell - Soul king's realm
 * Hell is a realm that doesn't depend with Soul Society neither Hueco Mondo, it seems. As soon as a spirit is swallowed by Hell, there is no return or rehabilitation of the soul, except maybe some exceptions, who knows. Probably a new soil for some new Bleach's arcs...
 * Soul King's realm could probably represents Heaven or at least the pre-Heaven. Soul King could probably be GOD or an Angel/Archangel. That's going to high, for sure.
 * Then remains Human realm (nothing to say for this one), Soul Society and Hueco Mondo realms. My opinion is, SS and HM are purgatory realms for Souls and Spirits. As soon as Hollows had been cut by a Shinigami Soul Cutter, Hollows were sent to the soul purification cycle to become a new entity, without remembrance of their past (Ref. Orihime's Brother when he killed himself with Ichigo's zampakuto). By opposition, if a Shinigami is killed by a Hollow, his spirit will be removed from the reincarnation cycle by disappearing or becoming a part of the Hollow.

My feeling is that Tite Kubo took his references from the Buddhism for the big part. Especially for the realms and the cycles of death and purification.Baronofash 09:43, 22 August 2009 (UTC)