Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4976518-20140808063123/@comment-9468724-20140921161100

TennoHaineko wrote: Gacsam wrote: What if the whole manga is a part of Complete Hypnosis, and at some point it'll be just Aizen back in the Deicide Arc actually managing to kill Ichigo.

Regarding the whole 'Complete Hypnosis' is shikai/bankai, as far as the information goes, it's a shikai, and unless Kubo states otherwise, it will stay a shikai, although I am confused why he didn't bother using bankai at all... The only thing that comes to mind would be that his bankai works "against" or affects Complete Hypnosis and has nothing to do with illusions at all.

But remember that a Zanpakuto's Shikai & Bankai cannot be unrelated! Kyoka Suigetsu's Bankai couldn't have anything to do with illusions unless it comes with a reasonable explication. Such as the boundary between imagination or reality, mind control or anything like that.. It is a loose convention. Look at Rose's Shikai and Bankai. Both are music relates but behave quite differently.