Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26475399-20150621155411/@comment-26475399-20150706192001

In mind of the fact that Kyoka Suigetsu crumbled away upon Aizen's defeat, there's two possible reasons as to why that happened:

- The Hogyoku rejected him, because he became weaker.

- The Hogyoku rejected him, because he became stronger.

What if the Hogyoku actually couldn't handle him, and therefore just kinda "left" as a result of being overpowered?

And suggesting Aizen cannot do what Ichigo did (using all of his nearly two years to train like how Ichigo did for three months in the Dangai) because he no longer has a Zanpakuto. Upon his defeat, what if Aizen was correct in stating that he no longer required a Zanpakuto? With the above suggestion that the Hogyoku abandoned him because of his strength (not weakness), you could say that the Hogyoku, just before being overpowered, granted him the final ability to merge permanently with his Zanpakuto, and was thus overpowered, seeming to "abandon" him.

Finally, with that theory noted, Aizen may not necessarily be training for two years in the same exact fashion that Ichigo did. Suggesting, while Ichigo trained in his inner world with his Zanpakuto right there with him, maybe Aizen, with his soul now fully merged with his Zanpakuto's soul, learned of a way to train within his inner world without the requirement of a physical Zanpakuto.

Or... maybe he was just so strong at the moment of his "defeat", that he just didn't even need to train during his imprisonment. And he even could have thwarted his own "defeat" if he'd wanted to... had it not better helped fulfill his plan.

There's another article within this forum ( http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:95550 ) that makes a good case for how certain details could work out. On that thread, look for the first comment from a user called Mugen Galath. Past his comment and through the end of the thread, there are some legit points from other users against his theory. However, i really dig Mugen Galath's theory; he really does point out some good details to back up his suggestion.

I give him credit, as i derive my theory from his.