Originally posted by: Mae
If it's your body, and your spirit is in it, then I think that would count as alive. I think it's more that as a shinigami he isn't as strictly tied to his body and his spirit can leave and roam around independently. However, if a human can become a shinigami, does that mean that all shinigami started out as humans?

Anyway, the ep was great. I liked how they introduced his sword. And how Ichigo losing his mind and becoming a hallow was represented by a disintegrating city. and Chad was cute. Those kids were evil though... "Ha, ha, You're going to die! Let's spit on you too!"
don't think of it as only 2 planes of existance : humans and spirits.

theres prolly entire civilizations in soul society, and possibly other places where mortals live.


The real question is whether or not ichigo's gonna still go to schoool and stuff... like where's he gonna live an junk... it'd be a little less interesting if he just ran around the world killing hollows instead of defending friends and family.... who knows?