User blog comment:Salubri/Final Fight: Reflections of an Unrealistic and Ridiculous Battle/@comment-1272757-20100204180002

Eh, well to each their own. With all the curveballs that have been thrown in Bleach, who knows what Aizen's bankai power is, or if we'll even see it. Of course, maybe the bankai's illusionary powers become so great that the mind and body of those affected believe it to be real, and are thus actually affected by the illusions (as in actual physical harm), but for now, we just can't say. Also, for the hollowfication, he said that way back in the SS arc, that he wanted to surpass the limits of a soul reaper's power. He's a power-hungry psycho under that calm and confident exterior. He could have hollowfied himself to give himself more reason to believe that he deserves to be a god. Besides, we're also forgetting Gin. Even if Aizen didn't hollowfy himself out of hubris, what's to say he didn't hollowfy Gin? We've only seen Gin in maybe one fight so far anyway, so we don't know what he's really capable of. Also, it is nice to see the usual calm and confident Aizen sweat a little, isn't it?