User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 594 (something something ech)/@comment-5496403-20140827100046/@comment-24913480-20140827212743

Demotivator, I know this is going a bit beyond the theme of this forum and I'm not trying to start a flame war but sometimes having discussions with others is good for the soul.

I have no doubt the Soul King is indeed some sort of "Super Human" or "Beyond Human" (or shinigami, whatever) in the Bleach universe, that he possesses knowlegde and intelect that surpasses the understanding of any other character and that he probably thinks very highly of himself and that his actions or inactions are mostly "right" or "without sin"... traits very common amogst transcendent beings that appear throughout comics, manga and anime. I also understand that there are many "actions" or "ways of thinking" that can be considered correct and just by some and wrong and unjust by others (just take the legal age of consent, for example: it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction ). There are however several acts or filosofies that hold no justice or good in them: torture (of any kind), complete lack of empathy for others' suffering, the will to NOT act against what you deem as evil (ambiguous, I know), sadism, to name a few. There are times when some of these seem to be the only options, "necessary evils" to fight other kinds of evil, but their appearent "necessity" doens't make them right or just nor does it make the one who acts right or just.

EXAMPLE 1- Mayuri Kurotsuchi usually acts in the name of Science, to increase his knowlegde, to better understand the world, and helps the Seireitei along the way. But that doesn't justify the pain he causes everyone that crosses paths with him, like Uryu's grandfather, Szayel Aporro Granz, his own squad members, Nemu. That is deplorable and unneeded SADISM.

EXAMPLE 2- If the Soul King decided to go to the Seireitei and tortured Yachiru Kusajishi because he didn't like her face, for example, would he be guilt free? Would that be a good thing to do? Would he not be considered evil? Even if he was more evolved or transcendent, Yachiru still suffered, Kenpachi still went berserk with the sadness and anger, that action would still be EVIL.

There is some good and evil nothing and noone is above off.