Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-32617252-20180806022624/@comment-36486151-20180807202337

StarCrossKnight wrote: It was never said in any databook that Aizen killed Tosen. The only way you could say that is to say Aizen is responsible for making Tosen whatever he was (with its inherent risk of soul suicide). Tosen died because of Soul Suicide, not because Aizen killed him.

Do you have any proof that it wasn't stated. Because this is a a quote straight from the UNMASKED data book. It is from the Gotei 13 and Vizards vs Aizen section. Here is every relevant page regarding Tosen, the Vizards and Aizen. >藍染と共に叛逆の徒だった東仙が改心した刹那、残虐に殺められ. >Tousen, who was part of the treason gang with Aizen, was brutally murdered in moment of his reform. http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMTU4Nw==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMTU5Mw==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMzE3Mw==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMzE5Nw==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMzI1NQ==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMzI3Nw==/?ref=1 http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/bleach_scans/media/bWVkaWFJZDo1OTAzMzMxOQ==/?ref=1

And the information in the novels are canon. It was confirmed in this interview: http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/ippuku/interview/matsubara03.html

――『BLEACH』のノベライズを数多く手がけられてきていますが、久保先生と打ち合わせをしながら執筆されたりするのでしょうか？

Jump: You have worked on a number of novelisations for Bleach, but did you ever have briefing sessions with Kubo sensei whilst in the process of writing?

基本的には、書く前に簡単な流れだけをお伝えして、あとは完成してから確認していただくという形でずっとやっていたんですが、『WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU』のときだけは久保先生に色々と話を伺いながらストーリーを作っていきました. この作品は『BLEACH』の最終回までの空白の10年を埋めるという内容になっていたので、逆に自由度が高すぎて…その間に起きたことや設定などを確認する必要があったんです.

連載が終了した後に、他に『BLEACH』のノベライズを手がけていらっしゃる成田良悟先生と一緒に、久保先生に設定等について何でも聞きたいことを聞いていいという夢のような会が開かれたんです. そこで、こういうキャラを出したい、こんなことをやってみたい、という話を久保先生に確認していきながら、ストーリーを膨らませていきました

Matsubara: Basically, the whole time I was approaching it in a way that simply entailed telling him about the general course of events before writing, and then he would review it for me after completion, however it was only when “WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU” came up that I got to discuss various details with Kubo sensei whilst I was in the process of composing the story. Given that this work embodied content that fills in the 10 year gap until the final chapter of “BLEACH”, contrary to what you might expect, that degree of freedom was way too high… it was necessary to get confirmation on things like the occurrences and setup during that period of time.

After the series had ended, a dream meeting was held with Ryohgo Narita sensei in attendance who was working on another “BLEACH” novelisation, here we were allowed to ask Kubo sensei anything that we wanted to learn regarding the setup and so forth. So, whilst checking with Kubo sensei when “I want to present characters like this and I’d like to try something like that”, the story expanded.