You guys are on point. Even if Ichigo can see everything he really couldn’t alert anyone who was under Kyoka Suigetsu’s influence. Aizen can affect their sense of hearing so they can’t hear Ichigo scream. If Ichigo tried to move them, Aizen can affect their sense of touch so they can’t feel him or their sight and hearing to make them believe he was an enemy. A truly terrifying ability that’s way too broken as a Shikai but one of my favorite abilities in anime.
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 The only way I could think to upscale this power is whatever you experience under Kyoka Suigetsu’s power becomes reality. For example, he said he could make a fly appear to be a dragon with Shikai so a Bankai would actually turn that fly into a dragon. But, that pretty much goes more into reality warping and pretty much makes it whatever he imagines becomes real, which is very different from hypnosis. I’m sure people have had creative ideas. I always assumed the reason Kubo didn’t give him a bankai is because he probably couldn’t really think of one himself. I’m sure Aizen has one, but I guess Kubo might not really know it himself. His Shikai is pretty much Bankai level anyway.
yea in manga Ichigo looks a wreck when it finally shows him trying to get their attention like he's been screamin his head off.. and yea his bankai was hinted in the novels to only be effective on those already under his shikai
It's never implied and he'd never care enough for this to be true, but it's almost like he's mildly offended someone like Toushiro is considered a prodigy. Given Aizen's lack of equals, I could see a lesser character being annoyed how far short Shiro falls despite the praise. So he bullies him lol.
@@Reshapable Aizen is kind of implied to be "lonely" because of his strength and thus has a lack of purpose with no peers. Toshiro meanwhile constantly maintains a sense of identity, goals, and sense of purpose that Aizen doesn't have. So yeah, I do believe he dislikes Toshiro, even though he acts above him.
I agree with everything Adorkable said about Aizen in the beginning. He's not a good person but still can't help but admire him cuz of how good he is at everything he does. Btw this is one of the coolest BLEACH episode ever. Seeing how Aizen fooled everyone and with that OST is just crazy. Poor Hinamori can't catch a break. All she did was love Aizen and this is what she gets everytime. I think Aizen really loves trolling Hitsugaya.
You guys are the smartest reactors I've seen when coming to this episode. You got it right why captains couldn't hear ichigo. I've seen some people stating "ichigo could have shouted or do anything about it".
Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu was active the whole time. Once someone sees it, they are under its effects and Aizen can turn it on or off. However, I personally think he was legitimately fighting everyone until the 4 (Soi Fon, Kyoraku, Shinji, and Hitsugaya) started to fight him. Reasons are that: 1. They show Ichigo's reaction to the people getting crushed by Aizen, and 2. Gin has that whole speech about Aizen's power and why the Arrancar follows him. It wouldn't make any sense to have that speech if it was revealed that they all lost due to him using his zanpakuto's ability. It's not until he's fighting the 4 that it get's trickier to determine when he switched places with Momo. In my opinion, he doesn't switch places until after he negates Soi Fon's shikai. While he could have been creating illusions during that interaction, I do think he's legitimately able to stop her attack with his Spiritual Pressure, which adds more to how strong his power is.
I would say only just before the Hitsugaya back stab He can just fake all their senses Ice stab, real Soi Fon, he probably just takes it since his confidence and ego are very high and he wants to test himself out on some ability Kyouraku, fake his senses Back stab, switched Aizen still too fast for Ichigo to track, so it not implausible for Aizen to just swoop in and out
To add on that, it couldn't simply be a complete Illusion because someone projected a shadow through the ice which is how Shunsui teleported. So *someone* was really there moving and doing something and Momo wouldn't do shit against four captains lmao. Aizen probably made Soi-fong hit the ice or straight up tanked her ability and then switched after that. Also don't think Momo could take a hit from Shunsui without exploding so it was probably Aizen too up until that point since the shadow was still on the ice. He switched right after that most likely
@@gabrieldossantos1116 Shunsui Teleporting in Then Aizen switch is likely Then the slash Shunsui did, faked out Then after that, swaps Momo in for Hitsugaya to backstab There are many ways for Aizen to fck around, Kidou, Spiritual Pressure, Flash step, etc, everything of his shinigami strength is peaked, only thing missing is Bankai, and we never really learnt all the Kidou effects, maybe there is a spell used as sth to cast shadow Example, Kyouka Suigetsu sword being there, then using Kidou to cast light to create a close and strong shadow for Shunsui to pop in
It's absolute bullshit though xD All of this monologue, and Aizen still isn't even close in power to like 10 other characters in Bleach. At least not at that point, without hogyoku, before he became immortal. Yamamoto's power was still superior. Aizen had to seal his sword away and use it against him to win. Urahara's power was still superior. Aizen himself admitted, that if it wasn't for hogyoku making him immortal, his Fūsatsu Kakei would've killed him. Ichibe is even more powerful than both of them as well, has even stronger hax than Urahara, and even more power than Yamamoto. Several other characters among the Zero Squad like Ōetsu are also either equal, or superior to Aizen in power altogether. Even Kenpachi, after he was properly trained, would've been easily on or above sheer power level of Aizen. And that's just the shinigami who are above him, I'm not even mentioning the Quincies, many of whom are more powerful than those shinigami's I mentioned. No, Aizen is not the undispiuted sheer power champion of Bleach, not even close. What makes him special, is the fact that he is ALMOST the best at MANY things at the same time. He is not the smartest character in Bleach - but he is ALMOST the smartest. His ability is not the strongest in Bleach - but it is one of the strongest. He is not the most powerful character in Bleach - but he is one of the most powerful. No other character combines all of those traits in a single person like he does. Urahara may be the smartest, but he isn't powerful enough to be the one above all. Yamamoto may have the most potent ability, but he isn't smart enough to be the one above all. Kenpachi may be the strongest of them all, but his ability is not potent enough for him to be the one above all. Aizen is 9/10 in everything. This is how he can stay on top and be a threat to all. Even if he encounters someone with a more potent power than his own, like Yamamoto, he can use his smarts to beat him. Even if he encounters entire Gotei 13 at the same time and their combined power is about to beat him, he can use his crazy ability to outmanouver them all. He plays his strengths perfectly. This is why he is finally beaten not by any single character, but by a teamup of Urahara and Ichigo - the smartest and the most potent character fighting together to beat him.
@@annurtahmid8967I mean by that logic you can water down most of the characters lol. Their special abilities on top of their raw powers is what makes most of the top tier fighters so phenomenal.
Yeah you're right, Aizen's Zanpaktuo is just straight up busted, but on top of that it's more that *HE'S* using the Zanpaukto that makes it straight up scary. There was a saying I remember "I'm not worried about the gun, I'm worried about the man who's holding it." Who would you be more afraid of, a stormtrooper or John Wick with the same weapon?
The Can't Fear Your Own World novel, the author even hinted that Aizen's Shikai is not as dangerous if it wasn't Aizen holding it. Aizen's overwhelming reiatsu is the reason it can affect Captains like this. If it was a weaker individual, although would have the same control, you'd never be able to manipulate this many high-level beings like this. Also, it was hinted that abilities manifest themselves in powerful people, its why Yama, Aizen, and Ichigo all have broken Shikai, because they are so strong normally. Hitsugaya is further proof of that, his Bankai's power is extreme, but like him its underdeveloped because he hasn't reached maturity.
@@Kal911 Right, which means the inverse is also true. The bigger the gap the less effective it is. Like how Sui-Feng's Shikai can't affect Aizen, because the difference between their reiatsu is too great. That might actual imply, that if you are strong enough that Kyoka Suigetsu not only isn't as effective, it outright might not even work.
I know he is the main vilain...but the way Aizen looks at his enemies after he destroys them is just cold and badass ! I feel the entire time he is saying to himself : " Bitch please" !
I always imagine Ichigo watching that battle like the captains are just flailing around in the air tripping over each other while aizen is just casually strolling towards Hinamori and he just looks ichigo dead in the face and puts a finger in front of his lips like "shhhhh~"
The way the Fandom saw this since it came out was that ichigo could have been screaming for hours to them but aizen controls their senses he never let them hear ichigo
@38:28 this was established way earlier in Bleach. Remember the Zaraki vs Ichigo when ichigo bust his palms open trying to cut Zaraki in his chest & his palms exploded? Zaraki explained that if a weaker spiritual power tried to clash with one that's larger whatever affects it's trying to dish out to the enemy with the larger spiritual power would get cancelled out hence why Ichigo's palms initially exploded. Ichigo only got stronger briefly because of zangetsu.
I think the dialogues in Bleach are pretty underrated. Like yeah they are known for sounding cool and one-liners but most people don't see them as they see like any One Piece dialogue. or AoT dialogue. Like here Toshiro's and Soi Fon's dialogues, or even Aizen's, while sounding cool, also serves a narrative purpose. I assume they are caught up in patreon, but still (spoilers) Toshiro's "sword swung out of hatred and without any purpose is just filthy violence. Sword should be swung out of Duty. That is what Captain does. You are not a Captain, Aizen." Not only here, Unohana in SS arc says Aizen isn't fit to be a Captain and Urahara in flashback arc cuts the lieutenant insignia on Aizen's shihakusho. Doesn't it feel weird that Aizen betrayed them so hard but they still talk about him not a "Captain" material? But when Ichigo uses his "sword" FGT against Aizen, only then Aizen gets defeated. A sword swung by only keeping in mind Duty not desires. Soi Fon's "We are fighting for survival. Saving the world is just an excuse" to Ichigo. Yet Yama in next episodes is ready to suicide and kill all his Captains inside the flame pillars if it means defeating Aizen. "Every Soul Reaper is ready to give his/her life for the greater good" or something like that. But isn't that opposite of what Soi Fon said? There are many examples of these.
I think the general assumption As to Aizen using his power is that Kyoraku's attack misses Aizen and he switches with Hinamori right after that before Hitsugaya strikes. Throughout the fight though its very possible Aizen is slightly altering peoples sense so their attacks miss him more easily though, certain scenes play out that kind of imply that like when Rose launches his wipe, he very easily moves with it attached to his sword and then catches it later like its not aimed right at him.
@@Karma-pq9fi He has healing though, same thing happened with Shinji's first wound on his arm. At that point its unlikely that never hit because he didn't have full knowledge of Shinji's power initially. As for the bluff, we see that to be the actual case with Kenpachi so this is just an extension of what we already know. Also this have to be in close enough proximity to his real body here for Ichigo not to have sprung in earlier, he wouldn't have waited on the sideline unless things played out exceptionally close to what everyone else was seeing.
1:36 Gin's cool but please don't forget that Gin actually killed a Shinigami during the Flashback arc and tried to stabbed Hinamori when he was fighting against Hitsugaya during SS arc. 21:00 You just guessed Aizen's loneliness right XD
after this episode, i know for a fact that aizen had a thing against hinamori and/or hitsugaya he could've made it that hitsugaya stabbed air, yet he put momo there so imo, aizen really hated the fact that momo survived his stab back in SS arc, so he wanted her dead here, but not directly at his hands or he really REALLY love trolling hitsugaya might be both
Hell yeah, been waiting for this moment. Gotta say I've never heard the "used Kyoukasuigetsu to not have the Cpts hear Ichigo say anything while they were fighting Hinamori". That's a pretty good defense for why Ichigo was just standing around.
Aizen became transcendent in this moment, surpassing his limits as a soul reaper and reaching a level of complete and total disrespect not possible through normal means.
Yeah they censored a lot here because Hitsugaya straight up got cut in half 😢 Komamura also lost his arm - his bankai is intrinsically linked with him so if it loses a part, he also loses that part. I think his is the only one that works like that? I forget. And what's even funnier is yeah - everyone seemed to misunderstand how Kyokyasuigetsu worked - they assumed he had to activate it again in order for it to take effect but it's literally a one-time-use ability. Once you're under it, you can't get out. If he had used it again at any point during the battle, Ichigo would most likely have seen it (because why would you take your eyes off your opponent) and they'd be screwed regardless. So yeah, it's not so much "when did he activate it" it's "how do I know I'm not under its effect right now?"
Adorkable saw that twist coming, but damn did she get hard when they revealed it. This and the Aizen Villain reveal are two of the best twists I've ever seen in shounen.
I assumed there was more to the fact that Aizen's powers use hypnosis and the two shinigami to defect with him were Tosen, a blind man, and Gin, who always kept his eyes closed. Tosen, clearly, couldn't be hypnotized so his reasoning was purely his own. Gin had his own personal vendetta, but I thought it would be revealed that he kept his eyes closed most of the time to negate the hypnosis to maintain some agency. I really overthought it at the time XD
AS far as we know... Ichigo might have been the one blocking all of those attacks that would have hit each other... saving them... and they thought it was Aizen defending himself... ichigo was yelling at them to stop... or they could have all been attacking an empty space all along... until the last moment when he switched hinamori in... aizen is fast enough to just grab hinamori and throw her into the fight...
And here is why Aizen Sosuke is the most OP main vilain in all of Shonen anime...The man with a plan, the Palpatine of Bleach. The thing is, it's not just that he beat all of those powerful opponent without breaking a sweat, it's how he did it and using Hinamori as a meat shield for Toshiro's is just extra ....extra cruelty !!! God his OST Treachery is glorious !!
@34:20 I've waited so long for this. Y'all have finally witnessed the biggest fakeout in AniManga history. 🤣 Aizen's the biggest troll. At some point he swapped bodies so quickly not only did Momo Hinamori herself didn't realize it but the rest of the characters as well. When they did it was too late.
I have been waiting for you to react to this episode, girl we are the same Aizen is just GOAT without him there won’t bleach, I thank Kubo for creating Aizen, he’s the best and my fave character of all time
36:40 you right. Kyouka Suigetsu was blocking out Ichigo. Even if he smacked them in the face & pissed in their mouth they wouldn't realize it unless Aizen lifted the effects of his zanpakuto.
I think it's up in the air figuring out when the switch happened since he can practically make them fight an imaginary battle. Was anyone at all even stabbed by shunsui's attack? The double sting would have certainly killed hinamori if she was frozen the entire time.
I think what he said about Sui-Feng's Shikai not affecting him was true, it just wasn't necessarily him being stabbed. Also she couldn't have been stabbing Hinamori since that would have 100% killed her immediately. To me, he was controlling Sui-Feng, Kyoraku, Shinji, Hitsugaya, Iba, and Kira all before Sui-Feng even stabbed him, then went down grabbed Hinamori, and placed her there to get stabbed by Hitsugaya. He then went back to where she was "laying" and had her illusion stand up to turn Kira and Iba around. He then turned off Kyoka Suigetsu so they could hear Ichigo, and then cut down Iba and Kira. Still, Aizen's point stands, in that he could have casually been using Kyoka Suigetsu during the fight too, and they never would have noticed since he can activate and release it without using his Release Command.
My guess is the switch happened sometime between Soi-Fon’s shikai landing and Hitsugaya stabbing “Aizen.” The conversation about conflicting spiritual pressures is true. This episode was dedicated to showing Aizen’s real power, only using Kyoka Suigetsu as icing on the cake, proving what Gin said about Aizen earlier. Also in the manga, it didn’t show the last bits of fighting, so it implies that Aizen moved so fast that he took them all out in a blink of an eye. He could have switched places with Hinamori just as fast.
@41:10 I mean Momo is his childhood friend. They crawled out the mud together in the rukongai districts(basically the soul society ghetto) & became soul reapers. She's like an older sister figure to him. If anything happens to her he'll lose it & tbh I don't blame him. Hell if someone from the elite families of Soul Society kills her like they did Tosens homegirl I wouldn't be surprised if he rebelled against the system as well.
@02:09 lol to be specific it's not like Kaname Tosen is going around killing random people for the sake of just killing for absolutely no reason. He's killing(the bare minimum) with a purpose to achieve his goal. That goal is to help Aizen go to a certain place. If Aizen gets to this place then the least bloodshed will be spilled according to Kaname Tosen. Only then can he achieve not only vengeance but justice on the world but soul society as well. As far as Kaname Tosen is concerned he's willing to sacrifice some for the greater good.... If casualties rack up to achieve his ultimate goal then so be it. Anyways keep on reacting & as Naruto says in the English dub *"BELIEVE IT!"* 👍🏿 Or Dattebayo if you're Japanese Dub only.
Its never really explained but I think you're right, since he controls all five senses he could have literally inserted Hinamori anywhere anytime. Ichigo could be trying to tell them or stop them but it doesn't matter if they cant hear or feel him. But I think in the last sequence where hes dropping everyone he just bodied them with raw power. xD
The thing is Aizen kyokasuigetsu isnt terrfruing because it can control the five senses but rather you will never know whether you are under its effect or control there is no sign and you cannot even escape it laying on it even one subdues them to his bidding anytime
Dunno if anyone told you but the reason Tousen explode is because he had once told Aizen if he were to stop hating Shinigami and his ideal weaver. Kill him. And so Aizen did. Kinda like Black Panther 1st movie "let me die here on my land then live in bondage" or something like that. This details is in the novel since we all know Kubo Tite always in and out of hospital to a point that later in the manga, the panels barely have background scenery in it. And so most details in pour in the novel to explain the past, parallel and plotholes.
Fun fact aizen didn't use kyoka suigetsu on ichigos because he want to see ichigo reaction on slicing captains 😂 he knew ichigo can't do shit suigetsu effect only ends if aizen wishes it or u touched aizen zampakto
i dunno, aizen's getting Philosophical but hate is easy, its easy to hate, people do it all the time, they will find reasons to hate, and if they can't find a logical, emotional, spiritual, surface level or even an illogical reason some people will just make up a reason. its how we end up with terms and sayings like haters gonna hate
Rewatching this episode, I can clearly see now the moment Toshiro provoked Aizen into "teaching him a lesson" so to speak, with his Zanpakuto... Here, when he says "I won't give you a chance to use your Kyokasuigetsu", Aizen then replies with "Oh? You won't give me a chance to use my Kyokasuigetsu?"... and then a bit later goes on to create the whole Hinamori illusion that Toshiro unknowingly attacks... Savage🙂
Aizen was up there, but by the time Kyoraku was supposed to back stab him he replaced himself with Hinamori. And Ichigo, no matter how much he would yell at them they couldn't hear or respond to him since Kyokasuigetsu would have controlled their 5 senses completely. It was impossible for any of these captains to fight Aizen from the get go, especially since he has all stats maxed out and is a Kido Master aswell. He's just too strong of a Soul Reaper.
This is where a shinobi would be beneficial. Having counter to the genjutsus Aizen's powers are mostly nullified. That's what he always had been doing. Uses his speech and intelligence to cover up his plans and make the opponent unsettled and obviously then the illusion.
@35:34 I find it funny how y'all feel sorry for Momo now when y'all doubted her when she first showed up on the battlefield to help Rangiku 🤣. It's okay tho. No one expect this tbh.
The reason they assumed he wasn't using his power was because ichigo was supposed to tell them if it was active but instead ichigo just watched them fuck up hinomori. Ichigo in the back like "damn, the fuck they attacking her for?"
An entity must either on par spiritual pressure to harm an entity or a greater one to do so but if the gap is not that high an entity can inflict a dmg but mostly a minor one but if an entity have a high reiatsu then his/her opponent he can easily take tank the dmg inflicted upon him/her
Aizen power is terrifying he can jump animes and just body people left and right with complete hypnosis. They never stood a chance and the fact that he keep underestimating Ichigo is going to be his downfall.
What day do you guys usually react to Bleach? I know schedule is kinda chaotic, but if y'all binge you can be caught up by July when cour 2 of TYBW comes out
This episode basically confirms that Aizen is what Orochimaru would have been if he had succeeded in taking Itachi's body and abilities. An illusion using scientist just stunting on people 😂😂😂😂. Ps: Hinamori getting stabbed made me bust out laughing. Long as Byakuya and the last Quincy are alive, I'm good.
You guys are on point. Even if Ichigo can see everything he really couldn’t alert anyone who was under Kyoka Suigetsu’s influence. Aizen can affect their sense of hearing so they can’t hear Ichigo scream. If Ichigo tried to move them, Aizen can affect their sense of touch so they can’t feel him or their sight and hearing to make them believe he was an enemy. A truly terrifying ability that’s way too broken as a Shikai but one of my favorite abilities in anime.
It makes you wonder what could be the bankai of such a scary ability lol
I think it is his bankai and he was lying. His shikai could be the water mist that others thought it was.
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 The only way I could think to upscale this power is whatever you experience under Kyoka Suigetsu’s power becomes reality. For example, he said he could make a fly appear to be a dragon with Shikai so a Bankai would actually turn that fly into a dragon. But, that pretty much goes more into reality warping and pretty much makes it whatever he imagines becomes real, which is very different from hypnosis. I’m sure people have had creative ideas. I always assumed the reason Kubo didn’t give him a bankai is because he probably couldn’t really think of one himself. I’m sure Aizen has one, but I guess Kubo might not really know it himself. His Shikai is pretty much Bankai level anyway.
yea in manga Ichigo looks a wreck when it finally shows him trying to get their attention like he's been screamin his head off.. and yea his bankai was hinted in the novels to only be effective on those already under his shikai
@@Akbar_and_Shaa nope that’s his shikai.
To this day I firmly believe that Aizen had a personal vendetta against Toshiro 😂
It's never implied and he'd never care enough for this to be true, but it's almost like he's mildly offended someone like Toushiro is considered a prodigy. Given Aizen's lack of equals, I could see a lesser character being annoyed how far short Shiro falls despite the praise. So he bullies him lol.
I think he just finds Toshiro as easy to manipulate as Hinamori. Aizen needs to gets his entertianment in.
@@Reshapable Aizen is kind of implied to be "lonely" because of his strength and thus has a lack of purpose with no peers. Toshiro meanwhile constantly maintains a sense of identity, goals, and sense of purpose that Aizen doesn't have. So yeah, I do believe he dislikes Toshiro, even though he acts above him.
@@Omega6489 he does not act above him, he clearly is above him
@@Omega6489 what do you mean by he acts Above him? He is Above him. He is Lord Aizen My Friend.
"you can't have bleach without Aizen" that's... Actually true, i never thought about it 😂.
Even in TYBW it's all according to Aizen's plan (at least partially).
I agree with everything Adorkable said about Aizen in the beginning. He's not a good person but still can't help but admire him cuz of how good he is at everything he does.
Btw this is one of the coolest BLEACH episode ever. Seeing how Aizen fooled everyone and with that OST is just crazy. Poor Hinamori can't catch a break. All she did was love Aizen and this is what she gets everytime. I think Aizen really loves trolling Hitsugaya.
You guys are the smartest reactors I've seen when coming to this episode. You got it right why captains couldn't hear ichigo. I've seen some people stating "ichigo could have shouted or do anything about it".
Honestly I’m shocked more people didn’t get it Aizen said 5 senses like 6 times in the past episodes.
That and people still remain under his hypnosis even after. It doesn't wear off unless aizen wants you to see what's real. Scary power indeed.
You don't like Aizen but you respect him.
But deep down you love him. How could you not?
His goal is good but his methods to achieve that final goal is pure evil 😂
Shingiamis jump aizen : fantasy
Aizen jumps shinigamis : reality.
1:36 "have you ever seen gin kill or attack other soul reapers?"
Hiyori literally cut in half on the ground be like: Am i a joke to you?
Gins monologue in this episode is one of my all time favorites
Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu was active the whole time. Once someone sees it, they are under its effects and Aizen can turn it on or off. However, I personally think he was legitimately fighting everyone until the 4 (Soi Fon, Kyoraku, Shinji, and Hitsugaya) started to fight him.
Reasons are that: 1. They show Ichigo's reaction to the people getting crushed by Aizen, and 2. Gin has that whole speech about Aizen's power and why the Arrancar follows him. It wouldn't make any sense to have that speech if it was revealed that they all lost due to him using his zanpakuto's ability.
It's not until he's fighting the 4 that it get's trickier to determine when he switched places with Momo. In my opinion, he doesn't switch places until after he negates Soi Fon's shikai. While he could have been creating illusions during that interaction, I do think he's legitimately able to stop her attack with his Spiritual Pressure, which adds more to how strong his power is.
I would say only just before the Hitsugaya back stab
He can just fake all their senses
Ice stab, real
Soi Fon, he probably just takes it since his confidence and ego are very high and he wants to test himself out on some ability
Kyouraku, fake his senses
Back stab, switched
Aizen still too fast for Ichigo to track, so it not implausible for Aizen to just swoop in and out
To add on that, it couldn't simply be a complete Illusion because someone projected a shadow through the ice which is how Shunsui teleported. So *someone* was really there moving and doing something and Momo wouldn't do shit against four captains lmao. Aizen probably made Soi-fong hit the ice or straight up tanked her ability and then switched after that. Also don't think Momo could take a hit from Shunsui without exploding so it was probably Aizen too up until that point since the shadow was still on the ice. He switched right after that most likely
@@gabrieldossantos1116 Shunsui Teleporting in
Then Aizen switch is likely
Then the slash Shunsui did, faked out
Then after that, swaps Momo in for Hitsugaya to backstab
There are many ways for Aizen to fck around, Kidou, Spiritual Pressure, Flash step, etc, everything of his shinigami strength is peaked, only thing missing is Bankai, and we never really learnt all the Kidou effects, maybe there is a spell used as sth to cast shadow
Example, Kyouka Suigetsu sword being there, then using Kidou to cast light to create a close and strong shadow for Shunsui to pop in
Why wasn't Ichigo under the effet of Kyoka Suigetsu ?
I love Ichimaru's speech in that episode. One of the best monologues to try to describe Aizen's basic power.
It's absolute bullshit though xD All of this monologue, and Aizen still isn't even close in power to like 10 other characters in Bleach. At least not at that point, without hogyoku, before he became immortal. Yamamoto's power was still superior. Aizen had to seal his sword away and use it against him to win. Urahara's power was still superior. Aizen himself admitted, that if it wasn't for hogyoku making him immortal, his Fūsatsu Kakei would've killed him. Ichibe is even more powerful than both of them as well, has even stronger hax than Urahara, and even more power than Yamamoto. Several other characters among the Zero Squad like Ōetsu are also either equal, or superior to Aizen in power altogether. Even Kenpachi, after he was properly trained, would've been easily on or above sheer power level of Aizen. And that's just the shinigami who are above him, I'm not even mentioning the Quincies, many of whom are more powerful than those shinigami's I mentioned.
No, Aizen is not the undispiuted sheer power champion of Bleach, not even close. What makes him special, is the fact that he is ALMOST the best at MANY things at the same time. He is not the smartest character in Bleach - but he is ALMOST the smartest. His ability is not the strongest in Bleach - but it is one of the strongest. He is not the most powerful character in Bleach - but he is one of the most powerful. No other character combines all of those traits in a single person like he does. Urahara may be the smartest, but he isn't powerful enough to be the one above all. Yamamoto may have the most potent ability, but he isn't smart enough to be the one above all. Kenpachi may be the strongest of them all, but his ability is not potent enough for him to be the one above all. Aizen is 9/10 in everything. This is how he can stay on top and be a threat to all. Even if he encounters someone with a more potent power than his own, like Yamamoto, he can use his smarts to beat him. Even if he encounters entire Gotei 13 at the same time and their combined power is about to beat him, he can use his crazy ability to outmanouver them all. He plays his strengths perfectly. This is why he is finally beaten not by any single character, but by a teamup of Urahara and Ichigo - the smartest and the most potent character fighting together to beat him.
@@mitromney wrong, his base power no one can match except yamamoto and Ichigo.
@@mitromneyOkay I agree with you almost in everything but without kyokasuigetsu All rounder Aizen is just a strong man nothing special
@@annurtahmid8967I mean by that logic you can water down most of the characters lol. Their special abilities on top of their raw powers is what makes most of the top tier fighters so phenomenal.
Ichigo watching that whole thing go down must’ve been insane 😂
Yeah you're right, Aizen's Zanpaktuo is just straight up busted, but on top of that it's more that *HE'S* using the Zanpaukto that makes it straight up scary.
There was a saying I remember "I'm not worried about the gun, I'm worried about the man who's holding it." Who would you be more afraid of, a stormtrooper or John Wick with the same weapon?
A small minded individual with Aizen’s Zanpakutou could become a petty thief simply covering his tracks to not get caught. Aizen becomes god
The Can't Fear Your Own World novel, the author even hinted that Aizen's Shikai is not as dangerous if it wasn't Aizen holding it. Aizen's overwhelming reiatsu is the reason it can affect Captains like this. If it was a weaker individual, although would have the same control, you'd never be able to manipulate this many high-level beings like this. Also, it was hinted that abilities manifest themselves in powerful people, its why Yama, Aizen, and Ichigo all have broken Shikai, because they are so strong normally. Hitsugaya is further proof of that, his Bankai's power is extreme, but like him its underdeveloped because he hasn't reached maturity.
@@Omega6489 The higher the reiatsu the stronger the ability.
@@Kal911 Right, which means the inverse is also true. The bigger the gap the less effective it is. Like how Sui-Feng's Shikai can't affect Aizen, because the difference between their reiatsu is too great. That might actual imply, that if you are strong enough that Kyoka Suigetsu not only isn't as effective, it outright might not even work.
@@Omega6489 problem is that Aizen have the greatest reiatsu.
I know he is the main vilain...but the way Aizen looks at his enemies after he destroys them is just cold and badass ! I feel the entire time he is saying to himself : " Bitch please" !
I always imagine Ichigo watching that battle like the captains are just flailing around in the air tripping over each other while aizen is just casually strolling towards Hinamori and he just looks ichigo dead in the face and puts a finger in front of his lips like "shhhhh~"
😂😂
The way the Fandom saw this since it came out was that ichigo could have been screaming for hours to them but aizen controls their senses he never let them hear ichigo
"You cannot have Bleach without Aizen."
Well... She's not wrong.
@38:28 this was established way earlier in Bleach. Remember the Zaraki vs Ichigo when ichigo bust his palms open trying to cut Zaraki in his chest & his palms exploded? Zaraki explained that if a weaker spiritual power tried to clash with one that's larger whatever affects it's trying to dish out to the enemy with the larger spiritual power would get cancelled out hence why Ichigo's palms initially exploded. Ichigo only got stronger briefly because of zangetsu.
oh its that scene aizen savage Lmao
I think the dialogues in Bleach are pretty underrated. Like yeah they are known for sounding cool and one-liners but most people don't see them as they see like any One Piece dialogue. or AoT dialogue. Like here Toshiro's and Soi Fon's dialogues, or even Aizen's, while sounding cool, also serves a narrative purpose. I assume they are caught up in patreon, but still (spoilers)
Toshiro's "sword swung out of hatred and without any purpose is just filthy violence. Sword should be swung out of Duty. That is what Captain does. You are not a Captain, Aizen." Not only here, Unohana in SS arc says Aizen isn't fit to be a Captain and Urahara in flashback arc cuts the lieutenant insignia on Aizen's shihakusho. Doesn't it feel weird that Aizen betrayed them so hard but they still talk about him not a "Captain" material? But when Ichigo uses his "sword" FGT against Aizen, only then Aizen gets defeated. A sword swung by only keeping in mind Duty not desires.
Soi Fon's "We are fighting for survival. Saving the world is just an excuse" to Ichigo. Yet Yama in next episodes is ready to suicide and kill all his Captains inside the flame pillars if it means defeating Aizen. "Every Soul Reaper is ready to give his/her life for the greater good" or something like that. But isn't that opposite of what Soi Fon said? There are many examples of these.
kyokasuigetsu is the bungee gum of bleach, they will always tell you its power lol
28:09 Gin is the best hype man hands down
I think the general assumption As to Aizen using his power is that Kyoraku's attack misses Aizen and he switches with Hinamori right after that before Hitsugaya strikes. Throughout the fight though its very possible Aizen is slightly altering peoples sense so their attacks miss him more easily though, certain scenes play out that kind of imply that like when Rose launches his wipe, he very easily moves with it attached to his sword and then catches it later like its not aimed right at him.
He has no injuries at all which means he was also not hit by suzumebachi which means what he said about a stronger spiritual pressure was a bluff.
@@Karma-pq9fi He has healing though, same thing happened with Shinji's first wound on his arm. At that point its unlikely that never hit because he didn't have full knowledge of Shinji's power initially.
As for the bluff, we see that to be the actual case with Kenpachi so this is just an extension of what we already know.
Also this have to be in close enough proximity to his real body here for Ichigo not to have sprung in earlier, he wouldn't have waited on the sideline unless things played out exceptionally close to what everyone else was seeing.
1:36 Gin's cool but please don't forget that Gin actually killed a Shinigami during the Flashback arc and tried to stabbed Hinamori when he was fighting against Hitsugaya during SS arc.
21:00 You just guessed Aizen's loneliness right XD
@27:06 Sajin Komamura the only captain tanky enough to not get one shotted by Aizen. He needed to hits to be taken down.
after this episode, i know for a fact that aizen had a thing against hinamori and/or hitsugaya
he could've made it that hitsugaya stabbed air, yet he put momo there
so imo, aizen really hated the fact that momo survived his stab back in SS arc, so he wanted her dead here, but not directly at his hands
or he really REALLY love trolling hitsugaya
might be both
he just likes anguishing the both mentally/physically bc it amuses him
That spiritual pressure thingy is already explained earlier in soul society arc when kenpachi fought ichigo kenpachi.
Hell yeah, been waiting for this moment.
Gotta say I've never heard the "used Kyoukasuigetsu to not have the Cpts hear Ichigo say anything while they were fighting Hinamori".
That's a pretty good defense for why Ichigo was just standing around.
This is definitely the whole “Madara vs 5 Kage” flex of the series.
Aizen became transcendent in this moment, surpassing his limits as a soul reaper and reaching a level of complete and total disrespect not possible through normal means.
Not here. This is his basic strength but it was leading up to that. He transcended once he began fighting Kisuke,Yoruichi and Ichigo
Toshiro: I won't allow you to use your kyoka suigetsu
Aizen: and if my grandmother had wheels shed be a bicycle
The keyword in the title is "Try" but one must remember with Aizen, he planned it All
Yeah they censored a lot here because Hitsugaya straight up got cut in half 😢 Komamura also lost his arm - his bankai is intrinsically linked with him so if it loses a part, he also loses that part. I think his is the only one that works like that? I forget.
And what's even funnier is yeah - everyone seemed to misunderstand how Kyokyasuigetsu worked - they assumed he had to activate it again in order for it to take effect but it's literally a one-time-use ability. Once you're under it, you can't get out. If he had used it again at any point during the battle, Ichigo would most likely have seen it (because why would you take your eyes off your opponent) and they'd be screwed regardless. So yeah, it's not so much "when did he activate it" it's "how do I know I'm not under its effect right now?"
LEZZGOOOOOO EP292 & 293!!! It's finally here, amazing preview of the reaction to the reveal!
Adorkable saw that twist coming, but damn did she get hard when they revealed it.
This and the Aizen Villain reveal are two of the best twists I've ever seen in shounen.
I assumed there was more to the fact that Aizen's powers use hypnosis and the two shinigami to defect with him were Tosen, a blind man, and Gin, who always kept his eyes closed. Tosen, clearly, couldn't be hypnotized so his reasoning was purely his own. Gin had his own personal vendetta, but I thought it would be revealed that he kept his eyes closed most of the time to negate the hypnosis to maintain some agency. I really overthought it at the time XD
IS THIS THE MOMO EPISODE??? LETS FUCKING GO
This dude so op for no damn reason 😂
Yea Lee you got it right, they couldn't hear ichigo
When Hitsuguya was younger he must have done something to irritate Aizen to get so much special attention.
AS far as we know... Ichigo might have been the one blocking all of those attacks that would have hit each other... saving them... and they thought it was Aizen defending himself... ichigo was yelling at them to stop... or they could have all been attacking an empty space all along... until the last moment when he switched hinamori in... aizen is fast enough to just grab hinamori and throw her into the fight...
The question when did he activate his shikai doesn't matter. That was the reason for Gin's monologue. Aizen is just simply strong.
And here is why Aizen Sosuke is the most OP main vilain in all of Shonen anime...The man with a plan, the Palpatine of Bleach. The thing is, it's not just that he beat all of those powerful opponent without breaking a sweat, it's how he did it and using Hinamori as a meat shield for Toshiro's is just extra ....extra cruelty !!! God his OST Treachery is glorious !!
Aizen could've taken the entire team apart from the beginning. He only let the Arrancars fight because it amused him.
@34:20 I've waited so long for this. Y'all have finally witnessed the biggest fakeout in AniManga history. 🤣 Aizen's the biggest troll. At some point he swapped bodies so quickly not only did Momo Hinamori herself didn't realize it but the rest of the characters as well. When they did it was too late.
That is a good description of Tousen...
I have been waiting for you to react to this episode, girl we are the same Aizen is just GOAT without him there won’t bleach, I thank Kubo for creating Aizen, he’s the best and my fave character of all time
You see, this is why so many people admire Aizen. You could drop Aizen into any anime, hell nearly any story and he is a damn problem.
36:40 you right. Kyouka Suigetsu was blocking out Ichigo. Even if he smacked them in the face & pissed in their mouth they wouldn't realize it unless Aizen lifted the effects of his zanpakuto.
America : Step back, I got my 9 on me.
Soul Society: I got that Hado 33 so you better back off.
I think it's up in the air figuring out when the switch happened since he can practically make them fight an imaginary battle. Was anyone at all even stabbed by shunsui's attack? The double sting would have certainly killed hinamori if she was frozen the entire time.
Aizen remains one of the top tier trashtalkers in shounen even after all these years.
I think what he said about Sui-Feng's Shikai not affecting him was true, it just wasn't necessarily him being stabbed. Also she couldn't have been stabbing Hinamori since that would have 100% killed her immediately. To me, he was controlling Sui-Feng, Kyoraku, Shinji, Hitsugaya, Iba, and Kira all before Sui-Feng even stabbed him, then went down grabbed Hinamori, and placed her there to get stabbed by Hitsugaya. He then went back to where she was "laying" and had her illusion stand up to turn Kira and Iba around. He then turned off Kyoka Suigetsu so they could hear Ichigo, and then cut down Iba and Kira. Still, Aizen's point stands, in that he could have casually been using Kyoka Suigetsu during the fight too, and they never would have noticed since he can activate and release it without using his Release Command.
IN CONCLUSION!!!!AIZEN IS THAT GUY BRO !!!!!😂😂😂😂 this shit got me so shook the first time I watched this episode.
My guess is the switch happened sometime between Soi-Fon’s shikai landing and Hitsugaya stabbing “Aizen.” The conversation about conflicting spiritual pressures is true. This episode was dedicated to showing Aizen’s real power, only using Kyoka Suigetsu as icing on the cake, proving what Gin said about Aizen earlier. Also in the manga, it didn’t show the last bits of fighting, so it implies that Aizen moved so fast that he took them all out in a blink of an eye. He could have switched places with Hinamori just as fast.
36:41 I actually had never thought about that before.
@41:10 I mean Momo is his childhood friend. They crawled out the mud together in the rukongai districts(basically the soul society ghetto) & became soul reapers. She's like an older sister figure to him. If anything happens to her he'll lose it & tbh I don't blame him. Hell if someone from the elite families of Soul Society kills her like they did Tosens homegirl I wouldn't be surprised if he rebelled against the system as well.
@02:09 lol to be specific it's not like Kaname Tosen is going around killing random people for the sake of just killing for absolutely no reason. He's killing(the bare minimum) with a purpose to achieve his goal. That goal is to help Aizen go to a certain place. If Aizen gets to this place then the least bloodshed will be spilled according to Kaname Tosen. Only then can he achieve not only vengeance but justice on the world but soul society as well. As far as Kaname Tosen is concerned he's willing to sacrifice some for the greater good.... If casualties rack up to achieve his ultimate goal then so be it. Anyways keep on reacting & as Naruto says in the English dub *"BELIEVE IT!"* 👍🏿
Or Dattebayo if you're Japanese Dub only.
never doubt Aizen, hes different.
Nani ? BAN---KAI!!!! KOKUJOU TENKEN MEYOUUU!!!
34:46 this is why aizen is my favourite anime villain for shonen
Its never really explained but I think you're right, since he controls all five senses he could have literally inserted Hinamori anywhere anytime. Ichigo could be trying to tell them or stop them but it doesn't matter if they cant hear or feel him. But I think in the last sequence where hes dropping everyone he just bodied them with raw power. xD
The thing is Aizen kyokasuigetsu isnt terrfruing because it can control the five senses but rather you will never know whether you are under its effect or control there is no sign and you cannot even escape it laying on it even one subdues them to his bidding anytime
Hinamori is Immortal
Me personally, I wouldn't let somebody touch my heart without breaking a sweat
Been waiting for this one
Konohamaru came from naruto into bleach today XD !!!
Aizen so OP that his illusions have thoughts.
fighting aizen is like fighting a dark soul boss on steroids with a broken sword
Dunno if anyone told you but the reason Tousen explode is because he had once told Aizen if he were to stop hating Shinigami and his ideal weaver. Kill him. And so Aizen did.
Kinda like Black Panther 1st movie "let me die here on my land then live in bondage" or something like that.
This details is in the novel since we all know Kubo Tite always in and out of hospital to a point that later in the manga, the panels barely have background scenery in it. And so most details in pour in the novel to explain the past, parallel and plotholes.
Fun fact aizen didn't use kyoka suigetsu on ichigos because he want to see ichigo reaction on slicing captains 😂 he knew ichigo can't do shit suigetsu effect only ends if aizen wishes it or u touched aizen zampakto
i dunno, aizen's getting Philosophical but hate is easy, its easy to hate, people do it all the time, they will find reasons to hate, and if they can't find a logical, emotional, spiritual, surface level or even an illogical reason some people will just make up a reason. its how we end up with terms and sayings like haters gonna hate
Tousen's situation is a great example of the negative outcome revenge can take you
Aizen asked "wen did u think i wasnt using it" because thts the moment he started using it.
Rewatching this episode, I can clearly see now the moment Toshiro provoked Aizen into "teaching him a lesson" so to speak, with his Zanpakuto... Here, when he says "I won't give you a chance to use your Kyokasuigetsu", Aizen then replies with "Oh? You won't give me a chance to use my Kyokasuigetsu?"... and then a bit later goes on to create the whole Hinamori illusion that Toshiro unknowingly attacks... Savage🙂
The OST that played is Aizen's theme, it's called Treachery.
Damn Aizen really do hate Hitsugaya.
I like that you're one of the few reactors not to go with the obvious thumbnails.
Aizen was up there, but by the time Kyoraku was supposed to back stab him he replaced himself with Hinamori. And Ichigo, no matter how much he would yell at them they couldn't hear or respond to him since Kyokasuigetsu would have controlled their 5 senses completely. It was impossible for any of these captains to fight Aizen from the get go, especially since he has all stats maxed out and is a Kido Master aswell. He's just too strong of a Soul Reaper.
I'll never get over the hilarity that you just replace saying Getsuga Tenshou with Ghetto Superstar
@0:39 this dude 😂😂😂
his zanpaktou is literally cheat code :d
This is where a shinobi would be beneficial. Having counter to the genjutsus Aizen's powers are mostly nullified. That's what he always had been doing. Uses his speech and intelligence to cover up his plans and make the opponent unsettled and obviously then the illusion.
I remember reading that part in the manga and screaming "Kubo you sick F***! Why do you hate Hinamori so much!?"
great episode one of my vaf
if they knew who Unohana truly is xdd
Thx for the reaction
@35:34 I find it funny how y'all feel sorry for Momo now when y'all doubted her when she first showed up on the battlefield to help Rangiku 🤣. It's okay tho. No one expect this tbh.
The reason they assumed he wasn't using his power was because ichigo was supposed to tell them if it was active but instead ichigo just watched them fuck up hinomori. Ichigo in the back like "damn, the fuck they attacking her for?"
An entity must either on par spiritual pressure to harm an entity or a greater one to do so but if the gap is not that high an entity can inflict a dmg but mostly a minor one but if an entity have a high reiatsu then his/her opponent he can easily take tank the dmg inflicted upon him/her
shunsui bankai one of my favorites mad creppy tho
Fair point. Can't ✋ wait till they react to TYBW.
@@AJ-kt5zo fax im excited foe them to react to it
Aizen power is terrifying he can jump animes and just body people left and right with complete hypnosis. They never stood a chance and the fact that he keep underestimating Ichigo is going to be his downfall.
Hinamori gets thrown through so much shit, poor girl.
Goated villain in all of anime easily top 5 of all
you might not like to hear this as a Naruto fan, but Madara got nothing on Aizen as a Villain, or just as a character in general.
What day do you guys usually react to Bleach? I know schedule is kinda chaotic, but if y'all binge you can be caught up by July when cour 2 of TYBW comes out
We already finished with blood war. Patreon is just way ahead. We watched it fast and the editor does what he can
@@YaBoyRockLee Oh shit okay thanks. Shouts out to the editor for getting it out fast to us broke ass TH-cam watchers 💀🔥
Made bleach my face anime lol
Pretty much aizen uno reverse the squad. 😬
Aizen Sama forever!
Ref Ichigo vs Aizen. There's a reason fans call Aizen, *Captain* *Broken* !
Aizen god
Hinamori, the most unfortunate Shinigami of all time, getting mind-f**k and messed-up so many times.
This episode basically confirms that Aizen is what Orochimaru would have been if he had succeeded in taking Itachi's body and abilities. An illusion using scientist just stunting on people 😂😂😂😂.
Ps: Hinamori getting stabbed made me bust out laughing. Long as Byakuya and the last Quincy are alive, I'm good.