Originally Posted by
Morph Bark
When did we see Granz and Aaroniero in hell?
Bleach has never shown anything regarding hell other than the gates.
There was a special chapter for the manga as a movie tie-in.
http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Imagina...he_unforgivens
We can pretty much disregard the plot as non-canon, but the chapter was written by Kubo himself and he mentioned at one point that he wanted to do a story set in hell. This is now impossible, but the depiction of hell and it's mechanics in this chapter might very well be canon. Of course Kubo might say otherwise, but it's more likely that this is the way he wanted to portray hell in the first place.
Originally Posted by
thubby
on top of which, were any of the ones we've seen die really something other than evil?
(i think it's safe to assume grimjaw is alive)
Stark and Lilynette, for a start. Furthermore, the evil part is only important, if the person was evil during life as a human. Judging by Giriko, you have to do more than a murder without regret for hell. Being a sadistic serial killer, who enjoys his deeds and the suffering he causes (obviously Shrieker) seems to be one condition.
Hm, if we assume that Soul Reapers purify every soul, not just hollow, than Giriko's crimes were probably not bad enough, but Shrieker's soul was too "filthy" for cleaning.