User blog comment:Yoruichigoddessflashes/Ichigo, the Savior/@comment-1268838-20100805205405

Sorry, but arguing that there are so many people "stronger" than Ichigo just doesn't cut it, considering that Aizen has had them all wrapped around his finger for well over a century. Even before Aizen had the Hogyoku, their centuries worth of combat experience meant jack because he had been pulling the strings all along. And yet everybody is surprised that their combined efforts failed? As far as "skill" or "combat experience" goes, that is just the way a Shonen story goes. Ichigo has been a Shinigami for less than a year - ALL of his victories have been unbelieveable. He has beaten people with so much more experience than him that it's just flat out ridiculous - so why shouldn't he be able do a better job against Aizen? Why wouldn't raw power be enough to beat him? That's all that Aizen has right about now anyway. Trying to outsmart him obviously hasn't worked. Skill means nothing here, because Aizen has seen it all. What he wouldn't foresee is somebody with more raw power than him - Ichigo needs pure power, and that's exactly what he has. So how does he get it? The same way he's been doing it since the series' start - in some schizophrenic fight in his head.