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An addition to my previous comment (make sure to read the one directly above this one), i thought about another possibility to my theory.

Y'know how Ichigo hypothesized that Aizen was simply lonely, and that his desire was rooted in finding a worthy opponent, one who was at his level or beyond? Ichigo suggested that Aizen was stricken with loneliness due to his power being much greater than that of anyone else.

My theory could easily work with that canon fact. Why did Aizen think so highly of Ichigo, enough to watch him since birth, manipulate his life, and nurture him to gain enough strength to stand up against that of his own strength and power?

Suggesting that Aizen is part Quincy, maybe he saw that Ichigo, being the offspring of a Shinigami and a Quincy, would be the only other one like him: a "Quin-igami" as i call it.

Aizen's loneliness was that he was the only Shinigami-Quincy hybrid, and thus found his only worthy opponent in Ichigo. And what Ichigo sensed from Aizen during the fight, his theory reflecting those feelings of loneliness was this subconscious recognition of their similarity in hybrid power.

Ichigo and Aizen being one and the same, in this regard. The only two Quin-igami in existence.