User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/404: Deicide 6/@comment-1740937-20100523020844

Tinni, you cannot take an act that Gin did before as a redeeming trait. I'm sorry, but as far as we know Gin and Rangiku were friends BEFORE Gin went on Aizen's side. Who knows about what happened after that? Or even if they were still friends up until that point. It's kinda like saying "Oh yes, Aizen was a lovely child". Is that a redeeming trait? Of course not, so why should Gin's token be any different? Besides, who said it was entirely selfless? I'm afraid that I simply can't take your word for it; I need an unbiased view.

You are being too blind in your admiration of Gin. You say that he was keeping tracks of Kira. Granted, I'll give you that one, but you fail to say WHY he was keeping tracks on him. With someone like Gin, he'll likely be keeping tracks on him just to see how much he has been suffering since his departure. That is certainly NOT a redeeming trait.

Futhermore, you saying that Tosen's actions are less redeeming than Gin's is highly biased. At least Tosen had a reason for his actions. Does Gin? Well, we'll have to wait and see on that one, but there has been no evidence so far to prove therefore we have to presume no motivation.

Again...in your longer post again you presume/speculate/withhold information too much. Yes, he said sorry, but - as you always say but chose to omit here - we can't take Gin face-value. Therefore, that could've simply been him wanting to mess up with Rangiku's mind. If you were to ask me, a tear has a lot more value than a mere "Sorry".

Before you ask, I'm a Gin fan. Always have been. Always will be. I'm not being bias against him, I'm saying it as it is. Yes, I do like Tosen as well, but not so much for me to be jaded in my arguments and opinions of other characters.