Thread: Bleach: Chapter 396

So the entire arc, nay the entire manga, has basically been one giant buildup so that Aizen could go all Keikaku Doori?

Kubo is an epic troll, 'nuff said.

Originally Posted by kidistight

I assume that the hougyoku can play back anything that it has seen or been present to, when he explains about his fight with Ishida and his meeting Rukia. The fights in HM that he wasn't even in the world to witness no explanation.

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Are you kidding me I have done enough already I have wounded you. Nobody has ever given up because you have wounded them idiot.

Precisely. You'd think Ichigo would've learned that after fighting Kenpachi...

What's annoying is that Yama seems to have sacrificed himself doing some supposedly extremely powerful forbidden jutsu, and what happens to Aizen? Almost nothing, as far as I can tell. Yamamoto sacrificed himself to give Ichigo an opening which came to nothing in the end. That's a damn waste right there. Yamamoto had better not be dead that quick.

Where's the sense in this manga when Kubo gives extremely long fights and backstory to Espadas like Noitora and Szayel-Apollo and completely nukes strong people like Stark and Yamamoto in a few chapters? Doesn't make any sense.

As many people are saying Kubo is a troll, Aizen is getting way to much plot protection that it's starting to make little to no sense at all.

^Yeah. I mean, him fusing with the Hougyoku I get, but what's with the healing and all? And if it's not high speed regeneration then what the hell is it...time reversal, or what? May not be hollow-type regeneration but still. And suddenly he supposedly controlled everything Ichigo's been through. That makes no damn sense.

Most importantly, what is the freaking point of experimenting with all that breaking of barriers by blurring the hollow-Shinigami boundary when he himself doesn't do it? Wouldn't that mean he's just at the same level as he was previously...if he underwent hollowification he may have been able to beat Yama in a straight fight. He even let Tousen do it. So why doesn't he? It's not like he wouldn't be able to control it, Tousen did. And if it was just about the Hougyoku then he could've struck ages ago. In fact his Arrancar turned out useless...he could've handled most things himself. Except for Wonderweiss sealing Yama's abilities of course.

So technically Grandpa did nothing since Aizen just healed the damage Ichigo did to him. LMAO. The old man "died" for nothing.

So I'm seeing Light Yagami again

"Just as planned"

Is Kubo trying to tell us he's Aizen all along?

So he didn't turn himself into a hollow after all.......

The worse thing in this arc is most of the loser here didn't release their Bankai before their lost.

It's very unreal.

Only this thing is enough to make Bleach SU*K.

Originally Posted by Nicholas71

Most importantly, what is the freaking point of experimenting with all that breaking of barriers by blurring the hollow-Shinigami boundary when he himself doesn't do it? Wouldn't that mean he's just at the same level as he was previously...if he underwent hollowification he may have been able to beat Yama in a straight fight. He even let Tousen do it. So why doesn't he? It's not like he wouldn't be able to control it, Tousen did. And if it was just about the Hougyoku then he could've struck ages ago. In fact his Arrancar turned out useless...he could've handled most things himself. Except for Wonderweiss sealing Yama's abilities of course.

Think of it this way, so we have Aizen who apparently monitored Ichigo's every move since he came to contact with Rukia, entered Soul Society and invaded Hueco Mundo (Except Ulquiorra's fight).

Aizen had to have some previous ground to be aware of Ichigo's potential and justify this little "scientific experiment" and this is where Isshin comes in.

I know this is stating the obvious but since Kubo said that Isshin was going to be very important in Bleach's next arc, this chapter only helped in pretty much everyone's assertion that Isshin is probably someone very fucking important in Soul Society.

And then there's Ichigo and Aizen's words in this chapter. "A power even greater than hollow side that was gained on the fight with Ulquiorra."

Which is pure hybridisation.

Ichigo became a full Hollow, yet he retained Bankai unlike Tousen who was hollowfied by the Hougyoku. Arrancars can only seal their powers in swords and Vizards can only put on a mask that grants the use of Ceros and boosts on status and reiatsu. Ichigo on the other hand became what can only be described as a Vasto Lorde with a Shinigami's Bankai, the best of both worlds. Which is crazy strong! A completely different level of power.

In a nutshell, Aizen is still experimenting on a viable way to become a perfect Hybrid, breaking his Death God boundaries. inserting Hollow powers and expanding both of them, he doesn't want to discard neither. Like he said, he doesn't want to become a simple hollow. Both Ichigo and Tousen are guinea pigs.

Just his opinion on how "shitty hybrids" the Vaizard are shows how much he wants his own shit to be perfect.

The last battle of the Espada arc and Gin still standing there smirking. At least he was last we saw him.