Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4620155-20130410100635/@comment-29770394-20141111002549

K3npachi wrote: Shinigami age the same as humans do, just a lot slower. I don't think so. In the TBTP arc, Byakuya was a teenager and Yoruichi was an adult. In the current arc, Byakuya is an adult, but Yoruichi looks roughly the same age as she did back then. Also, in the TBTP arc, there was a timeskip of nine years. None of the shinigami appeared to age after the timeskip. However, in the Fullbring Arc, there was a timeskip of 17 months and most of the characters aged, or at least changed their look. So nine years won't change how they look, but 17 months will? The manga isn't very clear about souls in general, but I hope Kubo will address this later.