User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/422: The silent victory/@comment-1432572-20101001004441/@comment-44061-20101001010436

Where do I begin to refute both Ichigo and this explanation. First off Aizen has shown that he is not as powerful as Ichigo's hypothesis would have you believe. He readily adminted not having the power to take on Yamamoto one on one. He admitted to the superior intellect of Urahara and that his kido would have finished him off if not for the Hogyoku. He was getting his butt royalaly handed to him by both Yoruichi and Isshin. So no he wasn't greater then everyone but seemingly to a certain amount. His display of high level kido without incantation as a lieutenant is what surprised Tessai who was the Kido Chief at the time. Secondly Aizen is a egotist and arrogant. Everyone is beneath him in his eyes. He calls the Visored perfect in fact and his hollowfication had nothing to do with the end product which wasnt by his hand so he cant have any observation on them. Shinji didn't want to get near him because of the complete hypnosis of his zanpakuto thats just common sense. Where was it said thats why he was looking for Vasto Lorde or that his reasons for hollowfication of others was for the reasons you state. Yes he was looking for another level of power but never elaborated why he went that way. He killed Harribel because he saw all the Espada as weak compared to him and they couldnt survive the captains or visored so what use were they to him. I had rewind the part of the Shinji conversation where he states what you said because he never says that or insuates that. He basically is telling shinji he is pathetic for placing his faith in others and thus that makes him weak. Just as Ichigo was making an assumption to justify Aizen actions (kubos attempt), maybe more a reason for him to attempt to understand it. What we know of Aizen doesn't match that. Ichigo doesn't know Aizen that deeply nor much less understand him and then tries to address his actions from sometihng he felt through his sword. The whole thing was out of place just as was the justification for Gin and Tosen.