Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-7708862-20130402005255/@comment-1351982-20130502003033

TechGenusMasterWA01 wrote: Lemursrule wrote: Gin was a sociopath. Yes, he did care deeply for Rangiku, but we don't know if it was a neediness and his love of Rangiku was more of an ideal than actually affection, or if it was actual love. Regardless, Gin had severe mental issues (perhaps doing with his street rat childhood), and to be honest I don't think Gin had the mental capacity to differentiate between good and evil. He wasn't good but he wasn't really evil either, he was just Gin.

Yes! That!

Personally, I think it is the former rather than the later. The only time Gin ever showed remorse or any real emotions at all was when he was interacting with Rangiku. If Gin could not really differentiate from good or evil, then he could never have a true, fully-realized understanding of love that most people have (romantic or otherwise). Also it makes Rangiku's character more tragic. I'm not a shipper by any means of the word, but I think through evidence through dialogue, illustration, and poetry, its obvious Rangiku's feelings for Gin were a little beyond childhood friends (and how you interpret that is up to you). But Gin (in theory) was incapable of that kind of love and deep down Rangiku knew this, which makes it even more tragic.