User blog comment:SunXia/Chapter 418, Deicide 20, OMG!!/@comment-1906999-20100902003946

Well, I got to say, it can now be determined that the old Aizen hasn't gone anywhere. His long winded speeches are back in full swing with him talking for more than half of this chapter. Disregarding that, good chapter indeed.

I don't think that Aizen's assumption regarding Ichigo's reiatsu is true. If Ichigo simply discarded his reiatsu in order to gain pure brute strength, that would be incredibly lame. I think something has happened that we probably can't even guess at, because at the end of Aizen's long guess, Ichigo responds with a sold..."What?" Something had to of happened in his training (That we didn't see <.< still a little mad at that) that would explain his current lack of reiatsu.

This fight is shaping up to be pretty epic. Ichigo blowing away half of a mountain just while BLOCKING an attack was sick. The fight most certainly isn't over yet with his attack at the end. The good thing for Kubo to do right now is have Aizen fight injured, and not make this entire thing an illusion. I will never, ever forgive him if another illusion comes along.

The best line in Bleach was uttered in this chapter: Ichigo asking Aizen if he's scared that he's looking at something he doesn't understand. That was purely amazing to see Aizen scared enough to use a Kido spell with the full chant. Oh man, I'm so excited to see how the rest is going to play out =D

One final note, whether Ichigo knows it or not, he just negated Kyoka Suigetsu in this chapter. When he stopped Aizen's blade, he obviously touched the blade. SOOOO, as long as Kubo doesn't pull off some bull like he had his KS activated this entire time, Ichigo now has even more of an advantage than he already had.