Prologue:
Welcome! This is the mental dimension of consciousness where "Blink" takes place.
A brand-new Multiverse has been created. According to the recently divided consciousness that would be constituting and filling it up, the Multiverse was created by a silent song.
That silent song, or music, which wasn't created by the collision, breaking or vibration of anything came from the creator, whose consciousness would be shared by the living beings of this Multiverse.
And you'd be reading the words of that wordless song.
This Multiverse consists of 7 different Universes, each created by the superposition of the different notes of the song.
These universes exist in the same space, but are layered upon each other just like higher and lower notes. Consciousness is the barrier that divides them.
Hence, transcendence could transform a being of a lower universe into a higher one. For example, living beings of the third universe called humans would be able to transform into Soul Reapers (ones of second) by obtaining transcendence. They can also transform into Hollows, but by falling in consciousness.
Now, songs differ...
Don't they?
Different people create different songs. That's the difference that you'd be seeing between Bleach and "Blink."
The word "White" has the ability to suggest "Black" as a complementary colour. Tite Kubo chose Bleach to invoke the impression of colour white.
Why "Blink?"
"Drop ink on the finest snow-white paper and it will inevitably absorb into black. Its purity demands it. Tainted men have immunities. Black does not absorb black." ~Shinobu Sensui.
But, Blink isn't named after Black Ink.
Close your eyes for a moment.
What do you notice? You lose your connection with the light. You find yourself taking a glimpse in the realm of darkness.
Yet, keep your eyes closed and you'd find that darkness slowly changes into something else.
You would call that absence of light.
If you keep your eyes closed forever, you'd forget light and darkness when your mind stops repeating your thoughts of them.
True darkness can only be glimpsed during a Blink.
The finest Snow-White paper doesn't need anything more than a droplet of black ink...
Time doesn't flow at the same pace inside and outside this Multiverse.
We have all experienced apparent change in flow of time, right? When we are sad or depressed, time seems to slow down. When we are excited and are experiencing happiness to some degree, time seems to pass quicker.
Why does this happens? That's because when we are happy, our thoughts keep changing at a faster rate. When we are sad, our thoughts tend to be fixed upon a particular feeling or place.
Is this the reason why the flow of time is different at different places in this mental dimension? Nope.
A mental dimension runs according to the rules of existence that the creator creates subconsciously. And since the creator believes that rate of flow of time is faster for a very high concentration of mass... the flow of time is much faster inside the Multiverse.
And that's how we just ended up letting thousands of years pass. Let's slow down this relative flow of time!
Alright, what did we miss?
Five of the universes are monitored by the ruler of the second universe. She is known as the Soul King. He was the manifestation of power in the second universe and source of all the soul reaper powers. From him was born the manifestation of power in the 3rd Universe, called Zangetsu. He was the ruler the 3rd Universe and son of the Soul King. He was the source of all Quincy powers.
Zangetsu rebelled against the Soul King and ended up getting sealed in a deep slumber.
The grandson of Soul King was Getsuga, the source of all hollow powers. Getsuga was killed by Zangetsu, which resulted in a deep fall of consciousness in the hollow world and corruption of hollow powers. That's the reason why the hollow world is now known as Hell.
The world that was meant to be a place where fallen drops of consciousness were to be imprinted with the desire of transcendence and reborn, has become a jail. White, a creature born out of the corpse of Zangetsu, is said to rule this world of doomed souls.
I'm now going to open the windows of the fourth wall for a while. I've found a being with the touch of destiny about him. You'd be able to look through the psyche of a being called "Human" from the 3rd Universe.
His name, is Kanda Kurosaki.
A/N: Alright, I'd end the prologue now! If you read this, please leave a review!
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