Bleach: The Radical Change in Law Abiding Byakuya Kuchiki

 The escorts of the death, Soul Reapers have the duty, to take the souls of the dead to the afterlife as well as to purify Hollows. Byakuya Kuchiki is the quintessential professional who is entirely dedicated to his duty. There was once a time that Ichigo Kurosaki was his adversary, and he couldn’t stand his guts. But all of those things changed when he met Ichigo, which led to the reform of the entire Soul society.

 Although some of the Soul Reapers might be eccentric, that is not the case with Byakuya Kuchiki, who is an exemplar reaper like Rukia. He has many responsibilities that he has to take, apart from being the Reaper as he is also the head of the Kuchiki family, but those factors hardly affect him since he is always up to the task. He believes very strongly in abiding the law, and he never lets any situation get to him. His skills and experience put him in a different league as his rigid convictions help him balance his work as a Soul Reaper and the head of the noble family as well.

He is committed to his believes and takes his work very seriously. It is almost impossible to think that someone like him can ever break the law, but the seemingly impossible has happened in the past albeit only twice. He made a mistake for the first time when he married the commoner Hisana and broke the law for the second time when he brought her late wife’s sister Rukia into the family. But those acts are not the norm but an exception for him as he is the epitome high-minded and disciplined Soul Reaper. He sets an example for all other Soul Reapers to follow.

Initially, Byakuya is portrayed as an antagonist. Still, not the usual kind, he is not driven by some sinister goal or pursuit of power but by his inflexible convictions of duty. It was his rigid views on the law that made him do morally questionable deeds. He took his sister to court not because he is some villain but only because of his commitment to the law which he can’t disregard even in the case of his sister. Even Ichigo Kurosaki tried stopping him but to no avail as he failed to do so. But that gave him a clear objective to train to defeat Byakuya both on his beliefs as well as in combat.

Everything changed for Byakuya when he fought Ichigo. He was not a devil who drew pleasure in hurting his loved ones to uphold the law. But his responsibilities and the rule of law meant so much to him that he did the lawful thing with a disregard for personal relationships. Ichigo impressed Byakuya with his stubborn desire to help Rukia. When Ichigo succeeded in drawing the fight, Byakuya wanted to know what made him go this far, to which Ichigo replied that his relationships mattered more to him than law. Byakuya impressed by him, wanted to make him understand his side as well as he argued that If he wouldn’t uphold the law then who will?

Byakuya later realized how inconsiderate his firm belief in the rule of law had made him. For upholding the law, he has let go of the love and care of his family. By not doing anything for Rukia, he even had gone against his late wives wishes who would never want her sister to suffer. He now started realizing the value of family ties and the responsibility one has towards his loved ones. When the holier than thou, Arrancar Zommari tried to execute Hisana’s sister Rukia, Byakuya did not flinch in stepping up for her help as a brother. This brought about a radical shift in the attitude of Soul Reapers who now fought for their loved ones too and not just for upholding the law. This was a paradigm-shifting change as many more Soul Reapers started doing the same as the line between duty and family responsibilities overlapped for the better.

Elina John is a self-professed security expert; she has been making the people aware of the security threats. Her passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. She writes for norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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