User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 555 - THE HERO/@comment-2211792-20131029164655/@comment-5147109-20131029194629

@Kessoku,

It's still a possibility that could be the case here, just because the last frame we seem him get hit doesn't necessarily mean that he actually did, there has been times in the past when they've done things like that like with Toshiro's Ice Clones and Aizen's perfect hypnosis.