"Not in my realm," Renji said. "Well I mean... there's always jackholes that'll get one anyone's case because they're not gettin' enough themselves. But the Shinigami ladies can do whatever the fuck they want. And whoever they want." He rubbed his chin. "In the mortal realm the people that seem to get all weird about sex are the Westerners. Though I ain't gonna say Japan's perfect. Some of the shit that came out during the Tokugawa Bakufu just like... made me do that thing, where you smack yourself in the forehead."

He shrugged. "And it's not that I'm well-preserved," he told Badou. "It's that I'm fuckin' immortal. Because I'm already dead."