Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-18812574-20140811151357/@comment-18812574-20140811192906

1. So, do you suppose the further you go out in the rukongai the more spread out the city becomes? I mean, my biggest thing is the apparent absence of "towns." They eat rice. Rice=agriculture. Agriculture=farm towns. (I suppose workers could commute all the way from the city, but that seems unrealistic.) Unless foodstuff just magically grows there on its own, I suppose. Hah. Anyway, I was going to posit that there might be a bunch of small, independant towns within the districts the further out you go, that have their seperate names and "government" and such. We've seen wards, "Hanging Dog," "Zaraki," whatever... but not individual "towns" per say. What would you say regarding this?

2. (Well, the kan≠¥5 per-say, but hey, the rates seem about right. Who knows. *shrugs*) Lol, I don't know why there's poverty either. Heh. People could just work to trade, I mean... Soul Society really seems to be the bad guy here.

On that note, you wonder how the Seireitei manages the dispensement of these "tickets." I mean--do all souls filtering into the Soul Society arrive in one location? And what about natural-born Soul Society residents?

The reason behind all of these questions is not that I'm arguing, I just want to get a clearer picture of the Soul Society. It seems to me that there wasn't a whole lot of thought in the early developement as far as the setting goes, there are a lot of gaps. I'm trying to write a realistic Soul Society, and am wondering how much liberty I can take here. Right now, my version might mirror edo-era Japan too closely, but in my mind, it seems like a society like that is the only way you could set up a capital like the Seireitei.

Thanks for your thoughful/provoking reply, btw.