User blog comment:Njalm2/Nanja's Point of View: Shinigami Edition/@comment-24384232-20150504221239/@comment-24384232-20150505150025

True, Japanese myth has them wearing the white clothing when they die, but Im not sure thats the case in Bleach. If you recall, on the few occassions they actually did soul burial, the recently deceased wore whatever clothing they had on when they died. Like that kid Ichigo saved in the beginning of the series, and I can't remember when but I do recall a salaryman who died and was sent to Soul Society by Ichigo as well. He wore a business suit.

And after finishing a read on the Soul Tickets, yeah I can agree that its a pretty terrible concept but the wiki supports the notion that finding your family in death is a very... rare occurance, lending further credence to the apparent and deliberate attempt to divide people. As for the language barrier, given the fanon's own interpertations Im of the assumption that there exists different spiritual realms, not unlike Soul Society. A Heaven for each culture if you will. Hell seems to be rather universal though.