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I just read the last issue of Kubo's Bleach - and I must admit I don't get it. Maybe I've missed many subtle hints, maybe I'm just dense, but - it seems like no major question was answered by the ending:

  • What exactly was the Soul King?
  • How could Yhwach be the Soul King's son? And if the Soul King can have a son, does that mean there's a "line" of Soul Kings?
  • What "broke off" the soul king's arms and 'heart' into Pernida, Gerard and Mimihagi?
  • Why did the Soul King's heart support the Soul King's destruction/assassination?
  • Why did killing Yhwach save the day? The Soul King was still destroyed, wasn't he?
  • Ostensibly, both Aizen and Yhwach had some ideas for a Soul-King-less world, and at least Aizen thought the Soul King was an abomination and was morally indignant about serving "that thing". What did they have in mind instead?
  • How was the Soul King + Seiretei + Shinigami system set up?
  • What went on before Yamamoto Shigekuni and his gang formed the 13 squadrons?

Now, I'm not asking for answers to all of these, independently. I just want to understand whether I missed something fundamental about the ending, or whether it really did just sort of leave all of these loose story threads. Or - perhaps I have missed something along the way which answers these questions by the time of the ending.

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    These are some good questions, but there should be one question per post. You might try editing the post to focus on one question, and ask the others separately.
    – Adamant
    Aug 21, 2016 at 9:41
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    While I suppose it's possible that (for example) the question of what the Soul King was could inform what Aizen and Yhwach were planning instead, they really are quite distinct questions, and it is not at all clear that the answers would be identical. And those are only two of the eight questions in this post.
    – Adamant
    Aug 21, 2016 at 10:03
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    @TheLethalCarrot: 1. Disagree (especially if the answer is what I suspect it is). 2. If I were to ask each of the above as its own question, that would be kind of spammy. Also, again, I suspect the answer is "The Manga doesn't say" to each of these items.
    – einpoklum
    Jun 24, 2019 at 12:52
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    @TheLethalCarrot: Are you suggesting to ask them all at once, or not recommending that? :-P It looks like there's a negation missing in your comment.
    – FuzzyBoots
    Jun 24, 2019 at 13:32
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    @FuzzyBoots Correct I meant to say wouldn't.
    – TheLethalCarrot ♦
    Jun 24, 2019 at 13:33

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