User blog comment:Mrlmm0605/Let's Talk Bleach! Part 1 - The Shinigami/@comment-5398287-20150531140841

You've hit the nail on the head here. Just about every faction in the series can be classified as "gray" in terms of morality, each for different reasons: in the case of the Shinigami, some of them are complete psychopaths, but they all help maintain the balance between realms, so on a large scale it doesn't matter how they act as long as they get the job done - similar to how some real-life armies overlook or conceal war crimes of their men in order to keep them active and win.

Very well done, can't wait for the next installment (which I suspect will be on the Arrancar).