User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/406: Deicide 8 end of the Chrysalis Age/@comment-1432572-20100606064927

But I do hope Mr.Kubo doesnt make Ichigo go through the VERY cliched Sailor Moon power-up that quite suddenly bridges a gap that Aizen has been building over the course of a century. I mentioned Ryuken (despite the possibility that he may also be asleep) only so I could convince myself that Ichigo wont beat him. I'd also like to mention Tessai, and Don Kanonji (lol) just to show how much I'm grasping at straws here.

Hmm, after re-reading this chapter, something piqued my interest. It's Isshin and Gin's choice of words.

Mangastream version: Isshin: "Maybe the only ones capable of perceiving the power of Aizen the way he is now ... are those standing in the same place as him" Gin: "You understand it don't you? Captain Aizen's power"

Onemanga version: Isshin: "Probably the only one who can gauge his power ... is someone like him" Gin: "Captain Aizen don't you? You grasp his power"

The connection I'm making is that Isshin said only someone as strong as Aizen could understand him, but Gin asks Ichigo if he understands Aizen, as if to imply that Ichigo could possibly be Aizen's equal. If this is true, then this is exactly what I hoped wouldn't happen. In this case, I HOPE I'm wrong and that I'm just grasping at straws. I want Aizen's death to be something unexpected because we ALL KNOW he's going to die, so the only possible surprise is how it happens and I think that will be the deciding factor of how well Mr.Kubo can tell a story. How can one kill a god? This is something that neither Eiichiro Oda (One Piece's mangaka) nore MAsashi Kishimoto (Naruto's mangaka) could do in the cases of Enel/Eneru and Pain/Nagato effectively, thus leaving the fanbase split on if their defeats were believable.