Wait, in the Bleach world, don't dead Shinigami get reborn as humans (probably with enhanced spiritual powers)? And if Ichigo were to die, wouldn't he just go up into Soul Society and become an official Shinigami? So no one really dies in Bleach, except that one guy. (Oh, and I guess whatever the Quincy have been shooting up, on a technicality. But that's not as good of a meme.)
Damn it, Kubo Tite.