User blog comment:Njalm2/Nanja's Point of View: Shinigami Edition/@comment-1493741-20150503073419/@comment-18812574-20150503154948

Alright. I'm not debating you on the clan part, that much is obvious. What I'm saying is that those marraiges that have been seen have had love at their core. Byakuya especially. For Kaien it may have just been doing his duty, (whatever the case Byakuya WAS exceptional), but that doesn't mean we automatically bar marraige in the traditional sense from ever being able to occur between Shinigami. That's what irked me about this. But probably not what you were intending, it's just the impression I got.

As for Shinigami as Human thing, I'm going to repeat what Z said: Perspective. I don't think it's fair to call it "fact" when it's really more of a theory. You yourself it was "your view", so that being said, I'm just going to agree to disagree with you. Even if Shinigami aren't human, we, the authors, are, and as much as we'd like to pretend otherwise it's impossible for us to write as non-humans. Not that we can't write non-human races, but they're still inherently human. Aliens to anthromorphic animals, still created by humans, and so still have something relatable to human nature somewhere in their make-up. At the risk of mincing words it comes down to being able to write Shinigami, yes as Shinigami, but successfully. Which generally, since we are humans, requires some sort of human connection. I don't see why this is a bad thing. If a character is believable and relatable as a character, even if they may be too "human" as a Shinigami, I think this is a good thing. Better to have a character that works well as a character then one who fits perfectly with what "their race should be" and have the readers not care in the slightest.