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Yyp wrote: I think thats a bit of a reach. Aizen repeatedly tried to have Hinamori murdered, both by his own hand and particularly (and needlessly) her close friend Hitsugaya. Hes a ruthless evil murderer, manipulator and sociopath, not someone trying to fulfill the greater good regardless of what it costs him personally. If he was, well:

I think Baraggan would have been a pretty handy ally to have against the Quincy but he didnt give a damn about saving him for the Quincy. He tried to have Yamamoto killed, the most powerful Shingiami. Etc etc. Even if they couldn't beat Yhwach, you need the strongest allies to take on his most powerful fighters to clear the way to take on Yhwach himself.

Incidentally, he didnt seem to take any notice of Uryu, even though the Quincy themselves sought to "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I think that if he was planning for the Quincy, he would have taken an interest in a Quincy that could beat a captain right?

I see what you mean. Granted, his actions, such as messing with the cleaner, seemed to show that he was making Ichigo as strong as possible. I guess it just seems that, despite being so precise with his planning, Aizen seemed to intentionally sabotage himself and his plans. He knew that the Dangai would give Ichigo plenty of time to prepare.

Maybe he was just manipulating people for the sake of his amusement, but it still strikes me as odd that, for all his seemingly flawless planning, his failings led to more powerful beings. Perhaps he was just being brutally cold by culling those who proved too weak, or saw the other quincies as less dangerous than Yhwach. Plus, Uryu beating Kurotsuchi seems to be his greatest feat, since he lost most of the major canon battles he was in after that.