User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 686 - Death & Strawberry (End of Bleach reMIX)/@comment-5303512-20160819010913/@comment-3423279-20160819011844

It doesn't seem to be that much of an issue as Byakuya was born into his family.

I think "dead" might be a bit much, it seems more like "moved quite a distance away and the cell reception can't make it back" when someone dies in Bleach.