Kaname Tosen

❛  are we actually doing the right thing?  ❜ ❛  are you bleeding?  ❜ ❛  are you even sorry?  ❜ ❛  are you still mad at me?  ❜ ❛  are you sure you’re gonna be okay on your own?  ❜ ❛  can’t we just be friends again?  ❜ ❛  can we pretend this never happened?  ❜ ❛  can you help me with this?  ❜ ❛  didn’t you listen to what i just said?  ❜ ❛  did you ever even love me?  ❜ ❛  don’t you believe me?  ❜ ❛  do you trust me?  ❜ ❛  do you understand what that means?  ❜ ❛  do you want to talk about it?  ❜ ❛  haven’t you heard the news?  ❜ ❛  have you ever cared about anyone other than yourself?  ❜ ❛  how did you do that?  ❜ ❛  how will i ever be able to repay you?  ❜ ❛  is it my fault?  ❜ ❛  is there anything i can do for you?  ❜ ❛  was all of this just a lie?  ❜ ❛  we’re gonna survive this, right?  ❜ ❛  what are you doing here?  ❜ ❛  what do you want from me?  ❜ ❛  what have you done to them?  ❜ ❛  what makes you think i’m going to help you?  ❜ ❛  when was the last time you ate something?  ❜ ❛  when will it stop?  ❜ ❛  when will you ever grow up?  ❜ ❛  where were you last night?  ❜ ❛  who did this to you?  ❜ ❛  who the hell are you?  ❜ ❛  why can’t you just let it go?  ❜ ❛  why didn’t you tell me sooner?  ❜ ❛  why did you leave me?  ❜ ❛  why don’t you come home with me?  ❜ ❛  why would you do something like that?  ❜ ❛  will you call me when you got there safely?  ❜ ❛  will you please tell me what happened?  ❜ ❛  will you stop doing that?  ❜

      1) The reveal of his true feelings about shinigami and their society, and making an observation about the black-and-white split that they tend to uphold with ‘good’ and ‘evil’, addressing that there seems to be no room for morally grey areas, AND subtly addressing that shinigami are NOT pure good, and have made and will make mistakes, especially in favour of their perceived justice and superiority. He further punctuates that point by becoming hollowfied himself. He perceives himself as a just person, and therefore becoming part hollow does not make him ‘evil’. Personally, in my mind, this statement is a crux for his view of the world. A system that does not serve and protect its people is not a just system. A black-and-white system will not serve justice, and therefore you have to do it yourself through whatever means necessary.

      2) His teachings to Hisagi, which { even after revealing his true feelings and motivations } have a meaning insofar that he does believe that you should not utilize violence without understanding the consequences of it { any time he has used violence himself, he has done so with his specific goal in mind }. If you do not fear battle and the things your sword can do, you should not be participating in it, because you will not care to consider what outcomes you might bring about and how it will affect others.

      3) His true feelings that he has kept hidden for so long, but have been his motivations for every single thing he has done throughout his career as a shinigami, including the violence { which he finds justifiable through his quest for revenge and justice }. He truly feared finding peace among those that allowed Kakyou to be murdered so much that he asked Aizen to destroy him should he ever waver in his resolve.

     4) See above. He reveals his hatred for the system that allowed Kakyou to be murdered and her murderer to walk free because he was of high status, and therefore could do no wrong. He also again points out that becoming part of the system that failed his friend would be the greatest betrayal. Whereas others { like Komamura } see his actions as a betrayal of the system, he sees it as being true to himself, justice and his goals to avenge Kakyou. He was never corrupted because he stayed true to what he intended from the beginning.