Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27015288-20160119152648/@comment-8986886-20160121220154

1. Well, whether or not Yamamoto was arrogant at times is of course a matter of opinion. I believe he showed signs of it in the Soul Society arc, when he refused to listen to Kyoraku and Ukitake telling him that something about the whole Rukia affair didn't feel right. Yama's response to that was: "Such foolish talk! You have no right to decide for yourselves what is right and wrong! It is your duty to accept the true justice of the world!"

Also, when he was fighting Royd (believing it was Yhwach) Yamamoto didn't hesitate to use his Bankai, thinking there's no way Yhwach could steal it from him - despite the fact that other captains had already lost their Bankai to various Sternritter. What is the first thing Yhwach does when he shows up? He steals Yama's Bankai and kills him... (confident my ass)

About Kyoka Suigetsu only affecting the 5 senses, we only have Aizen's word on that and he has previously deceived the Gotei 13 into thinking it was a water type Zanpakutou. Besides even if it's true for the Shikai, it's very possible that his Bankai can manipulate the reiatsu sense. Believing you've got the upper hand against someone like Aizen in that situation is also borderline arrogance imo. "You stabbed me through the chest, it's my win!" *sigh* Even Byakuya would be hard-pressed to top that level of "confidence" and Yama naturally did get utterly defeated in the end.

2. Kisuke first used his Reiatsu-concealing coat in Soul Society, not in the Human world, so it's obviously useful there as well. In fact, as a Shinigami Captain he would have had little reason to even visit the World of the Living at the time. If Aizen were able to conceal his Reiatsu to the point where noone would recognize him, why couldn't Kisuke simply do the same?

3. Aren't you contradicting yourself when you say that Shunsui was able to fool Lille's Reiatsu sense, but somehow Yamamoto was above falling for similar trickery from Aizen? You also left out my example with Momo and how none of the captains realized that they were in fact fighting her all along and not Aizen. So, I'll bring it up again. How was Aizen able to conceal Momo's Reiatsu at the time? And why was Momo unable to recognize any of the captains she was fighting?

You also brought up that familiarity with someone else's Reiatsu is important to be able to recognize it. Well Toshiro and Momo obviously weren't able to sense each other's Reiatsu during their fight in FKT, despite having been friends for a long time. This doesn't make sense, especially after Isshin's comment about how creepy it felt when he couldn't sense Aizen's Reiatsu during their fight.