I personally think that aspect of it is supposed to be political commentary on the author's part. In the early part of Japan's democracy it was not working well at all, and some of what happens in Soul Society seems to reflect that. I think in terms of Soul Society having these people who "should be in hell" I think it's a combination of both irony and maybe a point about people. For instance, Zaraki is a pretty vicious guy, but he also rescued a little girl (Yachiru) and has raised her. So maybe most of the people who seem bad have some sort of redeeming quality, or that they simply starting acting that way after they got to Soul Society.Toecutter wrote:What I don't get about Bleach, though, is why Soul Society has been supported for so long without a major revolution? You're dealing with a group of beings that do not hesitate to kill one of their own, but are so dense they can't realize when their own government has been overthrown by a bloody coup!
That kind of organization doesn't even last that long on Earth, so how would it possibly function with all the red tape and paperwork they have to file as depicted in the series?
As for the "Hell" depicted in the series, in most Asian religions Hell is only for the absolute lowest of the low with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It takes work to get into Hell in those religions. Buddhism, for instance, believes in reincarnation as a way of correcting past mistakes, and from the system discussed in Bleach seems to indicate that there's some form of reincarnation, as they talked about the Quincys "disrupting the flow of souls back and forth" from Earth to Soul Society, seeming to indicate some sort of reincarnation system. Just my two cents on how it works, but might be helpful.
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