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*** Burn the Witch is part of the franchise, and since there is a "Reverse London" and an "Western Branch of Soul Society". I assume that the Soul Society we see in Bleach isn't the only part of it
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**** There are 99 districts, and in the Vandenreich arc it’s revealed that most people in districts above 50 live in {{BarefootPoverty}}. That’s half the population.
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** Aside from the explanations about Rukia's situation, the question remains about the lenient treatment of the Arrancar. They might have human forms now, but Arrancar are still Hollows. Soul Reapers' whole reason for existence is to kill Hollows and put them back into the cycle of reincarnation. It's particularly odd for a hardass like Yamamoto to hold anything back and only injure rather than kill Hollows.
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** That was the Sleepy Fans translation; a more reliable translation by Binktopia has him saying "[[http://read.mangashare.com/Bleach/chapter-339/page006.html I shall give your souls mercy and simply burn them away]]," indicating that rather than give them a horrific death by burning up, he wants to incinerate them as painlessly as possible.
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** That was the Sleepy Fans translation; a more reliable translation by Binktopia has him saying "[[http://read.mangashare.com/Bleach/chapter-339/page006.html I "I shall give your souls mercy and simply burn them away]]," away," indicating that rather than give them a horrific death by burning up, he wants to incinerate them as painlessly as possible.
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*** In the [[http://www.mangareader.net/94-8-3/bleach/chapter-1.html two-page spread,]] he's the second from the right.
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* One million years? In chapter 476, Rukia had better be exaggerating when she says that [[http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/476/12 Soul Society has not changed in one million years.]] Forget the 2,000 years of Yamamoto when people first moved to Japan in the first/third century AD; forget the weird aging; and now forget that modern humans have only been around for about 100,000 years. Seriously, Kubo?
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* One million years? In chapter 476, Rukia had better be exaggerating when she says that [[http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/476/12 Soul Society has not changed in one million years.]] years. Forget the 2,000 years of Yamamoto when people first moved to Japan in the first/third century AD; forget the weird aging; and now forget that modern humans have only been around for about 100,000 years. Seriously, Kubo?
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*** Admittedly at that point in the story I don't think Aizen was the villain yet. Originally Kubo planned the villains to be Gin and Urahara, it wasn't until after Aizen "died" - originally just straight up murdered by Gin - that an suggestion by the editor changed the course of the manga forever. So we really can't take anything Aizen said at face value, 1) because it's [[MagnificentBastard Aizen]] and 2) because the point where it was said was for a version of events that the story not long after completely diverged from.
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*** Admittedly at that point in the story I don't think Aizen was the villain yet. Originally Kubo planned the villains to be Gin and Urahara, it wasn't until after Aizen "died" - originally just straight up murdered by Gin - that an suggestion by the of hand commment from an editor changed the course of the manga forever. So we really can't take anything Aizen said at face value, 1) because it's [[MagnificentBastard Aizen]] and 2) because the point where it was said was for a version of events that the story not long after completely diverged from.
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****Admittedly at that point in the story I don't think Aizen was the villain yet. Originally Kubo planned the villains to be Gin and Urahara, it wasn't until after Aizen "died" - originally just straight up murdered by Gin - that an suggestion by the editor changed the course of the manga forever. So we really can't take anything Aizen said at face value, 1) because it's [[MagnificentBastard Aizen]] and 2) because the point where it was said was for a version of events that the story not long after completely diverged from.
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** I would debate how gender equal the Soul Society is. 1) It is based on Feudal Japan in almost all aspects 2) The majority of the Shinigami we see are male and that includes the Gotei 13 both present and past. I would argue that the Soul Society is a patriarchy, and the common trait of most patriarchies throughout history is its belief that women are somehow weaker than men. That would affect Renji on some level no matter how open minded he is.
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** 1) They wouldn't need to kill them all. Just the leaders and the tacticians, wait for morale and discipline to break, and then just torture the others in whatever way their particular Shikai or Bankai permits until they surrender. They can do this because 2) Ordinary people would stand no chance at all against a single captain of the Gotei 13 or a squad of lieutenants. Remember how badly Ganju Shiba fared when he went up against Yumichika? And he was hardly a muggle. You would be the equivalent of a cow in a slaughterhouse bringing your army against a single release of Senbonzakura Kageyoshi. And remember we are not talking about the 21st century army here with jets, aircraft carriers, tanks and artillery (even then I am dubious of success but at least a chance exists) because you could never build, and more importantly, fuel and maintain a post 19th century army within the Soul Society. The best you could do would be to field a nice collection of simple firearms, swords and catapults. And even if you did succeed and you managed to overthrow the Gotei 13, who is going to be out cleansing hollows now that almost everyone with a Zanpakuto (and the skill to use it) is dead or in hiding?
