User blog comment:Maattthhhh/Bleach and Christian Symbolisms III/@comment-26269901-20161101121317

Japanese fiction is often filled with Christian symbolism, kinda like western fiction plays around with ancient myths from Greek and Nordic culture. Here's another for you, Yamamoto is guardian of Soul Society, wielding a flaming sword, much like the one to guard the entrance to Heaven (once Adam and Eve were cast out) was an angel with a flaming sword.

Gin is symbolically a snake, which ties him with the snake that worked together with Lucifer, and persuaded Eve to take the apple. In Bleach his role was of the one that played with people to set certain things in motion. Although, his relationship with Matsumoto seems to point to a myth from eastern culture about a cat playing with a snake.