Soul society

Soul Society

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Captains and Lieutenants of the 13 court guard squads

Seireitei at night

Seireitei (瀞霊廷, Court of Pure Souls; Viz "Quiet Spirit Court") is a large city in the center of Soul Society and serves as the home of the Shinigami and the Noble Houses. Seireitei is a circular shiro with four main entrances, ten days walk apart,[1] each guarded by one of the Gatekeepers. These gates are collectively called the Four Great Pure Soul Gates (四大瀞霊門, Shidai Seireimon): these gates are made up of the Northern Black Ridge Gate (黒陵門, Kokuryōmon), the Eastern Blue Stream Gate (青流門…

Rukongai (流 (ル)魂 (コン)街 (がい), Wandering Soul City; Viz "Drifting Spirit Town") is the largest portion of Soul Society and the most populated. Rukongai is divided into 320 districts (80 districts in each cardinal quadrant), each numbered in descending order on how far they are from the center; this results in the higher-numbered (and farther) districts decaying into slums. Thus, while District 1 is peaceful and lawful, much like the antiseptic lifestyle of early-Edo Era Kyoto, District 80 is a…