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Sternritter M wrote: It might be far-fetched to think so, but what if the Shikai we know as Kyoka Suigetsu is really his Bankai?

I mean, if you think about it, Kyoka Suigetsu has a really powerful potential, and is quite powerful, being capable of completely hypnotizing everyone around Aizen. With such a Shikai, the Bankai would have to be ridiculously powerful to follow up.

What if Kyoka Suigetsu is really his Bankai, but he always pretended like it was his Shikai to make people think he was even more powerful? Even if it is his Shikai, it's so powerful that he wouldn't even need a Bankai.

No, it was stated for a reason, because Kyoka Suigetsu is his Shikai. Kubo went to a reasonable amount of effort explaining the deatils, too - like that the release command was 'shatter' and the other details that definied as the blade it was.

Considering Aizen's personality, I'd say that doesn't make any sense. You're trying to tell me that Aizen would try and trick poeple into thinking his Shikai was his Bankai to make people think it was more powerful... that doesn't make sense, because he had no reason to 'make people think that it was more powerful'. His Shikai was immensely powerful, regardless. Not to mention, he was beyond the level of anyone else, so why would he 'trick' people into thinking an ability of his is more powerful? That doesn't make sense. You've misconstrued Aizen's character here.