Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26475399-20150621155415/@comment-26475399-20151020165025

David.jin.1466 wrote: Yes, but Ichigo is actually much stronger. The fact is, during Aizen's chrysalis period, Isshin couldn't sense Aizen's spiritual pressure. Ichigo could. Aizen said that he had arisen to a level where people couldn't sense his spiritual pressure unless he purposely brought his spiritual pressure down to a level they could sense. So if Ichigo was able to sense Aizen's power when Isshin couldn't, it means that Ichigo was actually stronger than Isshin.

Ah, yes; one thing i've also thought about, concerning my theory.

After recently re-watching the Bleach anime (canon episodes only), i observed this very scene where Isshin is speaking of how no one could grasp Aizen's power level, stating that it was acknowledgeable yet far beyond full comprehension. (Of course, i'm paraphrasing here.)

Then when Ichigo seemed to recognize how powerful Aizen was becoming, Isshin was in awe.

Now, when i arrived to this point of the story, my thoughts reflected in my discussion topic came back to me. I'm not theorizing this to really be likely, just more of a "what if" idea.

We all know that Ichigo is special. No, i don't mean that sarcastically; he really is. But at this point, he really wasn't all that strong. Not nearly enough to stand up to no-holds-barred Aizen (who was playing with everybody, for his own entertainment and power showcasing).

Isshin wasn't too strong compared to Aizen, but i'd havta say that he was still stronger than Ichigo at that time (proof being in that boss finger flick!). Ichigo may have been just about at Isshin's level, i'd say -- if not a tad below.

So how was Ichigo able to grasp Aizen's power level when nobody else could?

Suppose that Aizen really was partial Quincy. Maybe it has something to do with there being that connection between he and Ichigo, that they share that trait. I'm rusty on my research of the Quincies, but would it be that Ichigo was (unbeknownst to him) able to detect that sorta likeness in Aizen's powers? Could there be any possibility of it being due to a similar Quincy trait?

Thinking about it, I almost disproved my own theory. I thought, "Well, wait. Aizen couldn't detect Ichigo's post-Dangai Reiatsu at all. So if Aizen has Quincy blood in him, and what I stated above truly did hold some water, then why wasn't Aizen able to thus grasp Ichigo's power when it was far beyond his own? He eventually realized and acknowledged that Ichigo was above him, but still couldn't fully grasp it."

Maybe that statement could still be used to disprove my theory; that is, only so if my next points don't hold water, either.

By the time Ichigo returned from his Dangai training, Aizen had already become a being transcendent of Shinigami and Hollow. He evolved into a superior mix of the two (he just hadn't released his Hollow form yet). In light of my theory, this suggests that Aizen's new Hollow ability just couldn't coincide with the Quincy side of him. I'm saying that the Quincy nature, however much of it he has, was overridden temporarily by this Hollow power he took on. And that is why he couldn't grasp Ichigo's power level, which overwhelmingly exceeded his own.

So basically, my theory in short: If it's true that Aizen has some Quincy nature in him, could that have been a factor to how Ichigo was able to detect his Reiatsu, although it had surpassed everybody else? Could it have been some sort of unexplained connection due to the (suggested) fact that they share this Quincy trait?

You could argue, "Well, they are both Shinigami, so if it was something to do with similar traits, then this Quincy theory makes no sense."

But i'm suggesting that it's due to the amped up combination of both Shinigami and Quincy, in terms of their Reiatsu. That, along with the fact that my theory has Aizen being the only other Quin-igami other than Ichigo, thereby creating the possibility of a subconscious "power recognition" of sorts.

Like i said, i'm rusty on my knowledge of Quincies, so i'm just wondering if there's any possible way that an occurrence like this could happen through a connection of Quincy blood. Something that would thus further the validity of my theory's relevance and credibility.