Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26912075-20160115194709/@comment-27565137-20160116012427

Kakorat wrote: A couple things. If Ichigo's argument was false why did Kubo even bother writing it in the manga? It was clear that Karakura in Soul Society was the real one, so if he was going to kill all the people there anyway why didn't he just destroy the town anyway instead of chasing Ichigo's friends. Aizen wanted Ichigo to get mad by seeing his friends corpses, and use his new found powers to fight Aizen on equal footing. Aizen wanted to see how powerful ichigo could become if he allowed him to, so he had to make sure that no one defeated him before he had the chance to see it. Aizen's plan was not originally designed for Ichigo, it only became like that when masaki was attacked by White. He wanted to see what the new baby could become, making Ichigo his test subject. I don't actually believe that Aizen was pure of heart, but he may not be as bad as we all think he is.

Maybe you're trying too hard to see good where there is none.

Aizen has manipulated and killed all so he could achieve his goals. Aizen is no anti-hero, he's the villain. Period. The same way Ginjo was also a villain.

Ichigo has this irritating side to him, like the true Zangetsu pointed out. When he said Ichigo fought too much with his head and not enough with his instincts.

Yes. Aizen being a prodigy might have strayed him from the good path, but that was his choice. He wasn't pushed into it. Also why should he hurry to destroy Karakura Town. By that time he believed himself to have transcended all beings. So he became overconfident. So yeah, most likely he waited out for Ichigo to appear, but only because to him, Ichigo was the final test to his might. If he could beat Ichigo then he'd know without a doubt that he had reached his goal and in the meantime he'd kill Ichigo for good. After all he would not give Ichigo the chance to surpass him. He basically said this, not with so many letters but the end result was the same.

Oh! And Aizen didn't relinquished any power whatsoever. When he took the Mugetsu attack and still lived, and then he saw his zanpakutou disappear he thought he was once again evolving to a higher form, but what was really happening was that the Hougyokou no longer saw him has its master and so the Hougyokou removed all the power it had granted. Urahara points this out quite clearly when he said he would never had been able to seal Aizen away if he didn't lost the powers he had gained.

Does this make Aizen any less dangerous. Of course not. He's still bound to the Hougyokou and has such, immortal. But as power goes, the only power he can count on is his own. Which is still a force to be recognized. After all even before he fused with the Hougyokou his power level was beyond even those of Captain level. I'd bet he was even more powerful than Yamamoto. But chose to use Wanderweiss so he didn't took needless risks.

That's the thing about Aizen. Not only he's incredibly powerful but he's also a master tactician. And that's a dangerous combination.