Forum:Yoruichi Shihōin

In the Soul Society arc, why didn't Yoruichi go after Aizen? She seemed to be aware of his past actions. When Isane Kotetsu broadcasted the message, she seemed to be just as surprised as everyone else of his treason! It also looks like she hesitated to kill him. Why is this? Animeluvr92 20:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)animeluvr92

Like everyone else, she thought he was dead. She probably also didn't think that he would betray Soul Society at that time, if at all. It is unknown if Urahara ever told her about the Hogyoku, but if she did know, she may have assumed that was when Aizen would make his move, but it all comes down to the fact that Aizen was thought to be dead. Regarding her hesitation to kill him, she likely would have preferred he be brought to justice and not mindlessly killed, and probably hoped for an explanation.

Since Aizen likely could have overpowered Yoruichi and Soifon, I doubt they could have anyways. Same for Tosen and Ichimaru. Both were held by lieutenant-class shinigami, who they could most easily could have overpowered empty-handed. One eye 20:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, Yoruichi is a former covert ops commander, and as such, she probably has been gathering information when she wasn't training Ichigo. And she likely found out that Aizen was "murdered", which at the time, nobody knew the full extent of his zanpakuto's real ability. So, it probably wasn't that Aizen was revealed to be a traitor, but the fact that he was actually alive the whole time. As for why she and Soifon didn't kill him when they cornered him... it's like any sort of criminal investigations. They likely wanted to interrogate him for his actions and find out what he was doing, why he was doing it, as well as anything else they could get out of him. These are just possible reason though, so I can't say that I know for sure.

Also, in the Turn Back the Pendulum arc, Urahara was confused as to how Aizen was spotted in the Seireitei while also being out doing his Hollowfication experiments at the same time, and as such, nobody in Urahara's group was even aware of what Kyoka Suigetsu's real ability was. Arrancar109 20:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Arrancar109, when Aizen hollowfied everyone, he lectured Shinji on the ability of his shikai.