User blog comment:Godisme/The ever evolving Sosuke Aizen/@comment-44061-20100910204608/@comment-1393830-20100911010439

Not necessarily, I am not saying the Japanese sacrifice plot. If you look at Aizen's transformations, each one except for one has been after being heavily injured. Chrysalis after taking a beating from Urahara. Aizenfly after being grievously injured from Gin and Carnage after taking heavy injuries from Ichigo. The latter was played down abit but Aizen did take quite a beating from Ichigo, if you look, Ichigo cut him nicely. The only one that did not come after a heavy beating was his second form. So if anything, that one did not make sense according to the others but it did since the first was his chyrsalis form. The Japanese do not sacrifice plot but they do enjoy a good character transformation. Yes, it was more popular in the 90's but it has not died down. My friend lived in Japan for a semester and he claims that monsters are all over the place there. It is still quite popular. Some see it as a bit cliche now but cliches are always popular no matter where you go