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Wri-El wrote: DarkMuse616 wrote: In all fairness for whatever reason shinigami don't seem to bleed out when badly injured most of the time (I may be remembering wrong but no matter how bad the injury they don't seem to bleed alot) so it makes sense that they'd be ridiculously hard to kill (medically most deaths by injury happen through blood loss even when it involves the destruction of most individual organs excluding the brain, heart and lungs) I remember Äs Nödt punishment he gave to Byakuya and it was quite bloody. Hell, even the wall behind Byakuya seemed painted in his blood.

I'm not saying that there isn't blood splatter after the initial injury (which would explain Byakuya's case considering he was cut by Senbonzakura's countless blades) but numerous times they've had wounds that should have bled them unconscious in seconds (Soi Con had pretty much no treatment after her arm was cut off and wasn't losing blood, same for Hitsugaya, and after his fights Kenpachi always has at least gashes over his body yet barely bleeds without medical treatment). I may have forgot a few examples that would show I'm wrong but whether intentionally or for Kubo's ease shinigami seem defy normal blood loss rules, which could explain how hard they are to kill.