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Cronomatt wrote: Isn't it more likely that Mayuri would be the more likely turncoat? Not only did he swear to get revenge on Ichigo for comparing him to Urahara, his division was practically annihilated and he has no morals whatsoever.

If someone gave him a lab, he'd side with them. He has no loyalties whatsoever. He helps Soul Society because Soul Society allows him to do whatever he wants for the sake of Dr. Insano Science. If someone gives him a better deal then that, he'll do it in an instant.

Kenpachi can't be a villain because it doesn't suit his nature. And Urahara....he did collect the souls of 100 soul reaper traitors as part of 2nd division to create HIS hogyoku, but I think he's out of his more psychotic phase.

Kenpachi isn't a villain because it doesn't suit his nature? Just because he turns on Soul Society doesn't make him a villain (in his eyes anyway) he just loves fighting. Being a villain is "EXACTLY" his nature. He even stated that he himself and Unohana, would be nothing "BUT" criminals if they did not have such tremendous power. Obviously you didn't see the amount of people he killed in Unohana's flashback.

Mayuri wouldn't go turncoat really. If he wanted revenge on Ichigo, he would have done so already, in fact. He has faith in Ichigo's abilities. He has everything he needs to research. He sides with the shinigami because he is one, although there is a reason he was a criminal that was probably due to his methods. Mayuri needs research - being head of the Research and Development Institute he has access to things within Soul Society. He has researched the Quincy and presumably Arrancar and Fullbringers. He doesn't need to switch sides, he is a shinigami so he has researched himself. Basically he makes enemies of those he is researching, due to his methods. Hes loyal to the Gotei 13, because they provide research. No one else can turn him on Soul Society most likely because he has already researched shinigami, hence his imprisonment. His research is as much an obsession and Kenpachi's urge to fight, Ichigo's urge to protect, Inoue's urge to heal and Rangiku's urge to dodge doing any work. Its a hobby, and an obsession. The fact Mayuri has no morals is slightly beneficial. Moral: Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.

He does not care about good or bad. He simply "IS" he just wants to research. Whereas Yhwach and Aizen both have morals. And that is what could seem to have led them to a path of evil.