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Interesting thought experiment. Certainly the actions that led to Ichigo's birth would not have happened therefore Ichigo as a character wouldn't exist. Isshin would likely still be captain of the 10th division. Misaki would've probably married Ryuken as it seemed to be an arranged pairing before her attack by "white" (which wouldn't have happened). Gin and Rangiku would still likely become soul reapers eventually anyways just because they obviously had high spirit energy to begin with. Urahara and company would never have had to leave Soul Society so 2nd and 12th divisions would be affected. Because of Aizen, I would say Soul Society actually became stronger as they were forced to improve due to all the battles. If he had never existed and the Vandenreich still attacked Soul Society, the Gotei 13 might be completely destroyed by now. Maybe the Soul King created Aizen to prepare them for the return of Yhwach.