Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37675682-20190727155103/@comment-5398287-20190801045334

Oh, I guess we're not allowed to interpret text and panels at face value now and should just speculate about everything, my b

You're right that all the novels have a place in the timeline, but that's not what we're concerned about - the main issue is the events they depict that feel wildly out of character or that contradict information presented prior or later in the manga. For example, in this latest set of novels, the shallow, OP mess that is Tokinada mocks the death of Byakuya's wife to his face and despite Byakuya having brutally killed people he "cared" more about for far, FAR less (see Tsukishima), he just lets it slide. A chapter later, he more or less confesses his evil intent to Shunsui, who, despite being the pragmatic "let's let Aizen out of jail to help us" Captain-Commander who does not take any shit, just...lets him walk away? Does that really sound like it's Kubo writing that? And that's not even getting into the business of Ginjō actually being a complete hybrid like Ichigo for no discernible reason and with no evidence from his time in the manga, or Hisagi's Shikai being completely changed from a melee type to...honestly I can't even understand the crap Narita put out with that. As we've said on the forums about this topic, we're perfectly fine with listing the novels and their content here on the wiki, but canon they are not, and until we get ACTUAL confirmation that they are, it's staying that way. Simple as that.

Per your other points, let's break down the Aizen situation: So, keeping those facts in mind, what exactly is the problem with saying "Aizen can still use illusions but cannot control what other people see"? What exactly makes your interpretation more valid than ours? We're both trying to interpret a foreign language work that was being heavily rushed at the time; the wiki chose to go with only what it was shown.
 * 1) Aizen's Zanpakutō shattered at the end of Deicide, and he and Urahara, the two smartest guys around, interpreted this as it abandoning him, powers and all.
 * 2) During the final fight against Yhwach, Aizen is seen with his Zanpakutō again, but notably never releases it in front of Yhwach and is only seen holding it during the illusory part of the chapter.
 * 3) Despite this, Aizen manages to convince Yhwach he is himself, Ichigo, and Renji before the real Ichigo shows up to finish the fight, and when he drops the illusion he says "So you thought I was Ichigo...interesting."

Speaking of which, let's clarify something regarding the Cero stuff, and really regarding all content here: what is shown matters just as much as what is said when it comes to power levels and techniques. You take issue with how Cero Oscuras does not have all the Espada listed as its users despite Ulquiorra saying otherwise...except he didn't. He said "This is the power of a released Espada. The black Cero." which can mean either "This is the power all released Espada can use" or "this is what the power of a released Espada looks like", and "our Cero" can mean "the Espada's Cero" or Ulquiorra referring to his Cero with the royal we. Conversely, the Gran Rey Cero had confirmation from Ulquiorra that every Espada can use it, and we in fact SAW another Espada use it. Again, this is the wiki working with a foreign language work where the subtlety and inferred meaning per chapter varies from "Twin Peaks" to "Dragon Ball Z" - we work with what we are shown and explicitly told for the most factual articles possible.

It's not like we're averse to any and all change of the existing content - just earlier today we corrected a long-standing kanji error about Amagai's Bankai after someone brought it up and provided evidence. But, so very often, people miss that second step.