User blog comment:Godisme/The time of life/@comment-5343732-20130617114222/@comment-4829046-20130617131556

Don't bother thinking about the whole massive soul concept in Bleach. It is bullshit. For me the only important things are the ones introduced at the very beginning.

1.Pluses need to be sent to the other side by Shinigami

2.Corrupted souls become hollows that feed on other souls, and need to be killed by Shinigami in order to be purified(so far we have no canon confirmation about said "purified hollows")

3.Hollows that were evil when alive, go to hell, literally

4.Who cares. Everything began contradicting itself when Quincy become involved and even more after Rukia is arrested. Then it continued to get more and more tangled as the series went on, until finally, no one gives a shit. Just focus on the fights and the general plot-line and take everything said at face value.