User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/418: Deicide 20/@comment-1713487-20100903151131

....The most anticipated set of chapters for the majority if not the entirety of Bleach history; AND THE FIRST ONE IS PERFECT!

Alright, Ichigo's finally matched up against Aizen in a fair fight with him taking the lead. So why do I feel as though the entire dimension of this most highly anticipated battle will change the moment Aizenfly pulls out Bankai? Because it will. Though to be fair, I liked the contradictions (and indeed there were many) in Aizen's speech this Deicide.

He started out saying how Ichigo was essentially a dummy for him to test out his new 'power above shinigami and hollow' as much as he liked. Then he starts speaking of the evolution of their Zanpakutous to their arms (his and Ichigo's) as the 'proper form of evolution', almost as though Ichigo was close if not on par with himself. If it's so proper, why did you turn into a Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth then AIZEN? (Yu-Gi-Oh fan sorry). And then he leads into his full incantation for the Black Coffin (are you a one-Kido pony now? Huh Butterflaizen?)and now we know that Ichigo has surpassed all possible levels of Kido up to number 90 and most likely even up to number 99 as well. But wasn't Aizen's power supposed to be above all that? It just seems like he's lost his original cunning and traded in for raw power. After all, would the original Aizen ever sound so desperate? Would he EVER let anyone touch Kyoka Suigetsu without slashing off their hand? No. But as Urahara pointed out, he's become more arrogant. And that's why this battle will drag on; as soon as Aizen remembers to actually think in battle, he'll start pulling out the same old Aizen tactics and before to make his final demise OH SO GRATIFYING AT LAST.