User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/396: The Bite/@comment-44061-20100318212049

I would agree on your points the Yamamoto sitatuion was left unclear. Aizen's words didn't confirm anything. He says sacrifice but doesn't elaborate on that then the panels aren't really stating anything so who knows what happened there. As for Ichigo it was refreshing seeing him do something worthwhile for a change. The hogyoku thing makes it clear that what we have seen so far is not all Aizen power but Aizen enhanced via the hogyoku. Now to say the least Aizen is powerful no doubt but what we saw in the SS arc was all him, what we are seeing currently has been revealed to be an enhanced version.

My biggest issue so far would have to be the ending. There is no way Aizen could have known half of the stuff that he did or their outcome on Ichigo's development. Also his fight with Ulquiorra took place in another dimension and though he could rightly assume they fought as that would be part of the plan there is no way he could have known about ichigo's new form. This is not believable at all. No one has that much for knowledge unless they are clairvoyant or a precog. Manipulation and plans are one thing but no ones plans are this good. He at least admits he underestimated the captain-commander but this is just a weak character point, its just not believable it hasn't been before and its definitely not with this current claim. I can almost deal with him being overpowered or enhanced by the hogyoku but this perfect manipulation concept is to far fetched for even to be believable in this action fantasy storyline.