Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4115054-20140903063305/@comment-26475399-20150706204130

FaolanDarkness wrote:

If Aizen truly had done the same he'd not looked weak and his zanpakuto would not have disintegrated in his hands but rather they would have transformed in some brilliant display as Ichigo had done. For a show where every change and or form of a zanpakuto is a theatrical production that was simply a broken toy falling apart like a shattered shell of arrancar armor or a hollow mask.

Let me jump in here and quickly theorize.

Keep in mind that Aizen is the master of illusion. Not only does his Kyoka Suigetsu perform a fearsome ability of illusion, but its ability isn't much without the consideration of its user. You may have the ability to use illusion, but its effectiveness relies on how well you use it. In this case, from the way i see it, Kyoka Suigetsu knows how to perform illusion... while Aizen knows how to properly utilize it to perform ingenious deception.

Anyway, enough rambling about that. My point is, concerning Mugen Galath's theory, let's say that Aizen truly is now fully merged with his Zanpakuto, this occurring at the moment he was "defeated".

Now, FaolanDarkness, you do have some legit points to counter that theory. But on what i quoted of you above, consider this possibility of why the situation worked out that way:

Aizen is now fully emerged with his Zanpakuto and it's powers. But why doesn't it put on an impressive show of manifested power display? That itself is an illusion of the merging of Kyoka Suigetsu and Sosuke Aizen. It seems extremely mellow -- psh, not even that -- in comparison to that of Ichigo doing the same thing. It appears harmless, yet it is the complete opposite.

(Not suggesting that it doesn't really look like this, i'm indicating that it purposely looks this way in order to deceive the one who sees it and is not impressed.)

- "But when Ichigo did that, he lost all of his powers afterwards."

- Ichigo performed his final attack. Aizen didn't. He also may now be permanently merged with his powers. Part of my theory is that he could have done something to thwart his defeat, but chose not to.

Did Aizen know of Kisuke's kido? Or did it actually catch him by surprise? Who knows. But either way, i'm sure we can all bet on the guess that Aizen decided he could still use his defeat to fulfill his plan. He always seems to take an occurrence and twist it to his benefit.