User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/397: Edge of The Silence/@comment-1706259-20100327161716

I'm just going with logic; a villain who manipulates everyone just to plan to get himself killed... come on! thats as plausible as Ichigo being part shinigami part demon from hell (which I'm sure has not entered anyone's mind.)

Aizen did lie but some things he say are more likely to be truths than others; him using Ichigo because he saw him as useful raw material means that his plan with Ichigo isn't complete.. which makes his death goal moot...

I also think he was a captain or possibly zero division (that could be the way they wear their haori's for all me know..) I would go with 3rd division also if hes a captain.