User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/420: Deicide 22/@comment-1432572-20100916223415/@comment-1248963-20100917073234

Well, we had all settled for the fact that it was not going to be "believable" in some sort, the power-up that Ichigo had to go through to defeat Aizen. But I think what we should recognize is how skilfully Kubo has guided us through the past chapters and through this fight, to make us believe that Ichigo CAN be this strong and that he CAN defeat Aizen, even if just two months ago we claimed he would never be able to do it. The art work has played a very important part in that, and I, for once, had completely forgotten just how weak and helpless Ichigo was the last time he faced against Aizen.