User blog comment:MrHatNClogs/Shinigami origins???/@comment-2060504-20100518025702

Thanx. But i wasent insisting he was the first. just stating what i thought he said about Ukitake and Kyōraku being the first to graduate from the academy. Not to be confused with me saying anything about any three of them being the first captains. Because iknow the soul society goes back farther than Yama-jii. Clearly i sent a mixed message. sorry guys. But thanx a lot for your insite that was my first worth while read on the actual subject that had referces toward answering my question. My friend always insists that the Shinigami are all souls of humans that died on earth. I always looked at them as Higher beings born in the SS. @ Tinni think maybey you could give me some chapter or episode refferences that state any of the catains or Shinigami actualy being born in the SS? That'd be awsome cause this question has been driving me nuts and id love to have a little proof in my hands when bring it up again with my friend :) thx