Well what if he never really did, his Shikai's ability was hypnosis right, for all we know he never achieved bankai and just made everyone think he did!
It's just something to think about :D
Well what if he never really did, his Shikai's ability was hypnosis right, for all we know he never achieved bankai and just made everyone think he did!
It's just something to think about :D
Ashzx - Soifon's Bankai IS an evolution of her Shikai. Her Shikai is certain death in two hits, her Bankai is certain death in one hit. The only reason Jakuho Raikoben didn't kill Baraggan in one hit is because he degraded its spiritual power with Respira, just like how Suzumebachi didn't two-hit kill Aizen - his spiritual pressure was so overwhelmingly more powerful than Soifon's.
I believe zanputo are extensions of the heart. The Kyōka Suigetsu shikai controls all five senses when released. His bankai would be something like, mind control. Suigetsu/Water moon
I believe refers to desire. In relation to the story of the monkey who chases the moon.
I think Aizen does have a bankai because he was a captain. And he didn't show his bankai because he would be too overpowered.
Well, the elephant in the room here is that its impossible to say if he showed a Bankai in his Captain's test because the Captains who were testing him didn't even know the power of his Shikai. The fact is his Shikai was far more powerful than he lead others to believe. In fact, the true power of the Shikai alone is beyond Bankai when you consider the potential for the Complete Hypnosis power. So, just because he was a Captain, doesn't mean he 100% had a Bankai because he took the Captain's test. It just doesn't make sense when you consider his power level.
That being said, I still kind of refuse to believe he doesn't have a Bankai. Considering everything, the show and the expanded universe through the novels, Zanpakuto only really see a stall in their development if their nature is fought against the nature of the Shinigami. Aizen doesn't really have this. He mixes well and accepts the nature of Kyoka Suigetsu, he even depends on it despite his overwhelming strength. I see nothing that would stop him from evolving it into Bankai; he's got the time needed to train it, he's got the skill level, and logically he would have the personal development that some of the expanded universe says you need.
I still hold to the fact the Bankai just wasn't usable. If we consider that Aizen's illusions don't in fact kill, and in fact just are very strong, a Bankai may be no different. Where the Bankai is just an enhanced version. In which case, it would be pointless to use if everyone falls to the Shikai. Perhaps originally, it would have been better balanced, but as Aizen got stronger, his illusions with his Shikai got better where it couldn't be resisted, even by Captains. This could feed into Aizen's statements about how reiatsu decides what abilities effect others. Aizen probably didn't use Kyoka Suigetsu or its Bankai on Ichigo in their final fight because even if he could, his reiatsu wasn't powerful enough to effect Ichigo, who was a "dimension above".
SAFWY practically confirms that Aizen had actually mastered his bankai. Its only prerequisite is that it only affects those who are already under the Kanzen Saimin of his Shikai. His reason why he never used it? He never needed it, he found it unnecessary for his plans.
Right, and that kind of fits into the theory that his Bankai is an amplification of Shikai, and so is rendered kind of irrelevant when the Shikai is more than enough. What would be nice perhaps is seeing Aizen back when he wasn't as strong, but still advanced enough to need the use of Bankai, and see how it operates there.
Also, TYBW's final battle should be cold proof that Aizen has bankai as it is a prerequisite to being able to activate your shikai without a release command.
In CFYOW, we learn that by not using a release command or a using a fake, the strength of the Zanpakuto's ability will be diminished. Can that be a possible reason why Aizen implies he wasn't in full control of Yhwach's hypnosis?
No, I think he was just being sarcastic when he was implying he didn't know what Yhwach was seeing. A sort of "Oh, is that what you are seeing?" with a grin.
I think there is far more evidence that he does have one than he doesn't. From what we've seen, stunted development like that would only happen if there is some kind of disconnect between the Zanpakuto and the Shinigami, but truthfully I see not reason for Aizen to have that issue. He was perfectly accepting of his Shikai's powers, which in Shuhei's case was what was stopping him from achieving Bankai.
What do you think?