



Because of this, a Kitsune cannot reincarnate, and the soul is lost forever.

When a Kitsune dies, their soul does not return to the circulation and instead breaks apart into Reishi. As a result of this, he inherited neither of their characteristic abilities, which seems to suggest that their factors cancel one another out. Seireitou Kawahiru is a unique example of a hybrid born of these two contradictory existences. Whereas Sōzōshin are inherently linked to the world and reinforce its truth, Kitsune broke away from the world and exist as its falsehood. Sōzōshin are said to be the polar opposites of Kitsune. These 'breeding grounds', so to speak, exist in random places throughout the three worlds, as Kitsune can be born anywhere, even in Hueco Mundo or the Valley of Screams. However, those with abnormally strong emotions or attachment find themselves instinctively unable to follow the current of the circulation, and so, whether consciously or not, their soul breaks away from the circulation and becomes reborn elsewhere as a Kitsune. When a person dies in the Soul Society, they return to the circulation of souls to be reincarnated as humans in the Material World. There are two ways for a Kitsune to be born the first is through reproduction, wherein at least one parent is a Kitsune themselves, and the second is through the original means of their creation. It is for this reason that Kitsune become stronger and more adept at using their unique powers with the more tails they grow. These beings came to be known as Kitsune, their tails being reminders of the chains of fate which once tied them to the circulation of souls. However, those who managed to hold onto their sense of self amidst the chaos, who possessed deep attachments to the world that they could not abandon, were able to resist losing their memories and instead transformed into something entirely different. During this time, many souls were prone to pour out of the cracks in the fledgling circulation, losing their stability and becoming Blanks. The world as it is known in the current age had still not taken its proper shape yet. When the three worlds first came to be, the circulation of souls was still unstable.
