Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27172747-20151107131413/@comment-26051097-20160711070010

There's no way Dangai Ichigo was weaker than Yamamoto. He was able to manhandle Aizen like 4 transformations after Aizen V. Yamamoto, (where Yamamoto was probably stronger, but not so much that Aizen was helpless), and at the time Aizen was literally disintegrating people that stood near him and started to destroy Gin just by touching him, and that's not even covering what Ichigo v. Aizen showcased of Ichigo's abilities: 1. Even a normal sword swing from him disintegrated rock. 2. He was able to catch Aizen's strongest sword swing with no effort, 3. He destroyed an absurdly powerful full incantation Hado #90, performed by one of the strongest beings in Bleach history, who has been shown in the past to be a Kido master, with his bare hand and practically no effort. 4. He tanked Aizen's Fragor attack, and physically canceled his Ultrafragor, all without ever breaking a sweat.

I'd say the only beings stronger than Dangai Ichigo and 5th form Aizen are Yhwach and possibly Ichibei, Kenpachi (If he could control his Bankai) current Ichigo (If what Yhwach said about his Bankai's power is correct), and Current Aizen (assuming Aizen wasn't wrong about ascending further. He's obviously still very powerful, But until he beats that chair, we won't know for sure.)

I think it's Yamamoto's Bankai that has too much stock put in it. Bleach has shown that pure Reiatsu can basically overcome anything, (like Aizen canceling Soi-Fon's Shikai) and I get the feeling the heat of the sun is no different.