In this video, I want to talk about a very complex topic that overlaps with many other
points!
I think that Kubo himself will find it difficult to explain..which It is the issue of the chronological
history of the Soul Society and the Seireitei ...and its relationship to how souls lived
at that time!
Because frankly, the biggest narrative dilemma found in Bleach's story is “time” in general..especially
about the age of the Shinigami..and this is completely another topic!
For you to understand what I want to reach, I will tell you the following:
When I read the story of the King of Souls in the novel, I learned that before the creation
of the three worlds, there was one world and it was the original world!
In this original world, there were humans and perhaps souls as well...
The important thing is that in that world were the ancestors of the five noble families!
They were so powerful and had a certain power that they could convince the King of Souls
to divide the original world and create new worlds!
So that each ancestor had a certain perspective on how the world should be.
So, through these ideas, this leads me to imagine that in that world there was a kind
of civilization!
Characters with supernatural powers like the ancestors of noble families and there were
also Achebe and Ryo, and I don't know of the other characters that existed in that world!
This means that that world was living in a kind of civilization as I said..so that when
I wrote my fanfiction of the soul the King with his son Juhabach in the original world...
I imagined that the dwelling place of the ancestors of noble families and Ryo was the
same as the ancient Japanese houses of the Seireitei!
And regardless of what I imagined..the information that we can deduce from the Soul King's Story..is
that the original world had a civilization and the ancestors of noble families had a
certain authority!
Then, using Ryo's power, the original world was divided into 3 new worlds!
The world of the Soul Society, the real world, and the world of Hucue Mondo!
We do not have any information indicating the exact date of the Soul Society!
But we have this scene where Rukia was talking about Ichigo and how he changed the Soul Society,
which had been sticking to certain principles for a million years!
if we take Rukia's number, we can say that the three worlds are a million years old!
and a million years ago there was the original world!
So that the world of the Soul Society was the world of the dead and the souls
and there, where the ancestors of noble families lived!
And the real world was the world of humans!
And the world of Huceu Mondo the world of hollows!
so here is the question did the civilization that the ancestors were
living in the original world..
transfer it to the soul society after it was formed?
Or did all worlds start from scratch .. like a primitive life?
Because Kubo put this huge number a million years ago, It contradicts our human reality
if we want to measure it!
I mean The first cradle of human civilization was
only 3100 B.C. in Mesopotamia (Iraq)!
Someone might say ..well the story of Bleach is mainly focused on souls and shinigami,
not human beings!
Yes, I agree with you, but even so, the souls have a direct relationship with humans.
I mean, if we want to take Rukia's saying...
Soul Society has been living for a million years a kind of civilization!
Was the real world also living a kind of civilization a million years ago?
I mean, did humans in the beginnings of the real world have a kind of civilization..or
was it that the ancestors of noble families erased the human's memories, and there, humans
began their lives as primitive life?
And even if that's the case, it seems inconsistent with the fact that you have a million years!
So I wanna know on which basis Kubo choose this number
or is there a Buddhist belief in which Kubo based on it, that I don't know, that's another
case
That is why I don't want to focus on the issue of how humans used to live in the beginnings
of the real world...
I want to talk about the Soul Society itself!
Because focusing on the soul society, it may give us some clear ideas about this matter
because When I saw this number a million years!
And that the ancestors are the ones who came up with all these things!
Immediately my mind went to the issue of the generations that took the rule of noble families!
Especially the Kuchiki and Shohin family!
For example, Kuchiki Byakuya is the 28th head of the Kuchiki family!
which means, before Byakuya, there was 27 leader!
and there is also Yoshiro, Yurichi's brother, who is the 23rd head of the Shohion Family!
*** Here an important question arises!
As long as the ancestors of noble families were in the original world and they were also
when life began in the Soul Society a million years ago!
how can there be only 28 leaders of the Kuchiki family for a million years and the same thing
for the Shihon family?
If we assume that the person who represents the number 1 in each family represents the
ancestor of the family!
This specific question was asked to Kubo at Club Outside!
And here Kubo answered this answer where he said
that the history of the Nobles doesn't represent the history of Soul Society, but that of Seireitei's.
and based on this answer I can say that we have the ancestors who lived in the original
world and then lived for a certain period in the Soul Society, during which they cut
off the king of souls and imposed certain policies and then died and successive generations
came until one of those generations decided to establish the Seriti as the capital of
the Sol Society, so to speak!
This leads us to talk about Seireitei exactly!
: From Kubo's answer, it seems that Seireitei, as we know it today, was created long after
the Soul Society existed!
But as an idea or as a patch of land, Seireitei is most likely the place where the ancestors
of noble families have settled since the formation of the Soul Society!
So that if you compare Seireitei with the rest of the other areas in the Soul Society..you
can see that it is the only place that shows signs of luxury and urbanization..in contrast
to the rest of the regions of the Rakugai!
I mean, as mentioned in the manga, some areas don't even have shoes to wear!
Seireitei as a place is described as the place where the Shinigami lives..but the most accurate
definition is where pure souls live!
And exactly the noble families, whether the five great families or the rest of the noble
families.
Bearing in mind that the main branch of the Sheba family has long lived outside the Seireitei!
Briefly, to summarize to you my general idea on this subject, after I have told you all
these ideas, I can say: : The ancestors after they decided to divide
the original world into three worlds They decided to remain in the realm of the
dead, that is, the Soul Society, so that they can control several things, the most important
of which is The flow of human souls from the living world!
It may be that the ancestors manipulated the human souls that were in the original world
so that they erased their memory and made them in the real world start their lives from
scratch so that the first human life began as a primitive life and developed with the
successive years!
While the ancestors kept that civilization they had in the original world to themselves
And they built the first foundation stone of Seireitei in the form of a small city that
began to evolve with time until it took its current form, which we know as “Seireitei
”. What should be pointed out here
is most of the concepts that we know about Shinigami
Like their jobs to purify the souls & even their clothes and how they are dressed.
These things came with Yamamoto with the first Gotei 13 ..which means just in the last thousands
of years.
So you can see this imbalance in the timeline of events?
How can a million years as the history of the Soul Society be summarized only in the
last thousands of years, since the core of the story is about Shinigami! and the Gotei
13?
That's why I find that Kubo didn't deal well with the timeline of the story!
Especially with the presence of these large time pits between events!
So that you have a long history that is based on nobles and is one million years old, but
at the same time the history of the Shinigami can be reduced to less than two thousand years!
so guys what do you think about this mess?
do you have any other explanation that can fix these plot holes
tell me in the comments, and see you guys in my next video!