User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 683 - The Dark Side of Two World Ends/@comment-24769684-20160721124419

This chapter was utter trash. I can only hope that Renji's Bankai breaking was one of Aizen's illusions, because that was absolutely awful. Bankais are now the Tailed Beasts of the Bleach world: Oh, it's kind of a big deal if it breaks, but don't worry, you'll get a new one in no time!

And yeah, Aizen's "plan" reeks of a 3-or-so chapter endgame. I could possibly buy Yhwach being fooled by his illusions to some degree, and have been playing around with the possibility for a while, but the man can see into the future. There is no conceivable reason for him not not have seen all of that being a trick, even if his current eyes are fooled. Guess that's what we get for having such a BS power, we get something that tries its very best to make sense but still fails because the power is just that strong.