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Heheh. Like that last part about the Shinigami. Other than that, you make some valid points. Although the Shinigami probably never thought about it as Isshin must've disappeared off the face of the Earth or something.

I do not think the Hogyoku did that; the Hogyoku works like a proximity-effect.