User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/396: The Bite/@comment-452405-20100320094005

Each to their own opinion I say, and here's mine.

Yes Aizen listed off everyone Ichigo fought but he also said what that Ichigo gained from the fight. I doubt Aizen planned this all from the start, maybe worked it out as time went, and I also doubt he planned EXACTLY who Ichigo would meet or fight, again the significance of what he says is what Ichigo gained, not exactly who else was involved.

As for what is actually said, the MangaStream translation says, "all of your battles up until now, have been in the palm of my hand." This translation could be seen as he planned it all ou.

But in the translation at OneManga by SleepyFans he says, "every battle you've fought, has played into my hand." This slight diferrence in translation gives me the impression that Aizen means the result of Ichigo's fights just fits into his plan, and not that Aizen planned all the specifics just that what Ichigo has become, Aizen can now use to properly excecute whatever plan he does have.

He doesnt say, "I am the reason you met Rukia." Just, "You met Rukia."

He doesnt say, "I made you and Ishida fight." Just, "After your fight with Ishida you woke your Shinigami powers." He can easily know this because the Special Forces were present at the time to report this.

I'm not going to list the rest as we've read them already, I'm sure you get my point. Aizen didn't plan the specifics, he just used his head to adapt his plan to what was occuring and where that could lead.

All throughout Bleach we've been fed tiny bits of information that doesn't mean much at the time but it eventually comes back as something bigger to catch your attention.