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Jmoul18 wrote:

I see what you mean. Granted, his actions, such as messing with the cleaner, seemed to show that he was making Ichigo as strong as possible. I guess it just seems that, despite being so precise with his planning, Aizen seemed to intentionally sabotage himself and his plans. He knew that the Dangai would give Ichigo plenty of time to prepare.

Maybe he was just manipulating people for the sake of his amusement, but it still strikes me as odd that, for all his seemingly flawless planning, his failings led to more powerful beings. Perhaps he was just being brutally cold by culling those who proved too weak, or saw the other quincies as less dangerous than Yhwach. Plus, Uryu beating Kurotsuchi seems to be his greatest feat, since he lost most of the major canon battles he was in after that.

Well much of Aizen's thing at the end was have a powerful being attack him, hurt him and cause the Hogyoku to heal him better and stronger than before, leading to the multiple transformations he underwent. So it was a means to an end. Not to mention an immense superiority complex and arrogance where he just thought he could beat everyone (if not for Urahara he might not have been wrong).