Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25148221-20140707021425/@comment-8986886-20140708163706

Aizen's claim to be the mastermind behind Ichigo's development has more holes than a Suiss cheese. For example he's supposed to have "set up" Ichigo's fight with Byakuya at Sokyoku Hill, the reason being that Ichigo had grown strong enough to be able to defeat him. But there's no way anyone, save Renji and Yoruichi, could have known that Ichigo had achieved Bankai at that time. Besides, that was the third time that Ichigo ran into Byakuya, the first two times he would have died if it hadn't been for Kisuke and Yoruichi. So, great planning there, Aizen... ^^