immolo said:
Genericrandom said:
I can't recall if it was a gas of some sort, or if there was an actual time distortion in the pit, but the Chain of Fate does not consume itself in 72 hours normally. Read the manga or watch the anime here, because Urahara actually did manipulate events somehow to get that effect.
Only thing I can think of is that the shaft itself is special in some way (how it was made, the location, or something else) and 'caused' the effect. Thus Jinta was talking about the effect on people in the pit.
The only other possible explanation is that it's triggered when an external force cuts the chain while the body is still alive, instead of the chain breaking naturally with the death of the body.
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On a side note, the Chain of Fate is based off of an occult concept called the silver cord, which joins a person's physical and astral bodies. While the silver cord exists, the astral traveler is still alive, and can return to their body. Break it, and they either die, or are in permanent comas.