Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-18812574-20140811151357

'Sup homies?

I've been doing some personal research into the Soul Society in general, and thought I'd ask you all some questions regarding stuff that confused me. These are things that were never specifically stated in the Bleach canon, so they're somewhat open to opinion. You can answer all, one, none, whatever... just like to hear your thoughts.

Alright.

1. Geography of Soul Society.

There's Seireitei, there's Rukongai. Apparently no one wears shoes past the 50-something district... (do they have no winter there?) There are 320 Districts in total. Here's the question: Is Soul Society huge? As in, is it located in a plane of existence ("world") that extends beyond the 320th district? Or are those fringe districts, (say, 200-320 or such-and-such) "infinite" districts where the line is on one side but who knows where the district actually ends. OR is the rukongai one central location and there's a bunch of stuff located "outside the rukon districts" or whatever. And yeah, my question regarding winter. Obviously there's plum season and harvest season, one's been shown in-canon and they wouldn't have food otherwise for the latter, but what do you suppose the climate is really like? Does it snow at all? (We've never seen that... that would be cool though.) Anyway.

2. Society/Economy

First, it's mentioned that there are a bunch of "lesser noble families" floating around, plus the two noble households that were never revealed. What is their role, exactly? There's got to be some fuedal lands, and not just rukon districts (under the Gotei 13's management) ...otherwise you wouldn't have nobles. By this point, I suppose they could be like edo-era nobles, but they still would have had to started out with some family land somewhere. (Unless they're solely warrior/merchant nobles, which doesn't make a not of sense...)

Soul Reapers are paid in kan (app. 5¥, which equals USD) Apparently, a pair of glasses costs about 250kan, or 1,250¥, or $12.24. So... basically a modern-ish price range. If that's the case, what do you suppose the cost of say, a kin (about a pound) of rice would cost? And if no one gets hungry (unless they have spiritual pressure), why is there such abject poverty in the upper rukongai?

Anyway, that's random stuff that's been bugging me. (I suspect the answer may be, "anything goes.") One more, and then I'm done.

3. What is the relation between the Second Division and the Onmitsukido?

It's been shown that seats 1-4 of Squad Two are assigned leadership positions within the Onmitsukido. Here's the thing then: where does the Stealth Force end and Squad 2 begin, and vice-versa. Who's assigned to what and how do they decide? Are all Squad Two members stealth force members as well? (Unlikely) What's the relation here? Is there a real-life millitary example of this so I can wrap my head around it? Any explanation would be helpful here.

4. This one is for fun: What do you thing the fourth unrevealed Unit (corps) of the Stealth Force is, and what are the reasons?

Thanks for your time/comments in advance. (Not sure if I should have done a blog for this or not but...) Anyway, hack away my friends! 