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Originally Posted by Sabaku Kyu
Yeah, mostly speculation.
I think Aizen's situation is a little different...he's never thought himself completely invincible. He's acknowledged Yamamoto as being more than a match for him powerwise and he also believed that Gin was capable of killing him. It's just that he was prepared for all that and planned for it. Ichigo's power-up being this much greater than his own evolution is something he never prepared for or even thought possible.
But yeah, at this point Aizen not (at least for the moment) being crazy prepared is a welcome sight.
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I kind of disagree with you here. Aizen did think that he was invincible and that is why he unraveled when he found out he wasn't. As for Yamamoto, and I know this is speculation but based on what I know of Aizen, he was just dicking around when he said Yama was the strongest. The reason I say this is...Aizen suffered from grandiose behavior. A simple win, wasn't good enough for him. He likes to break his enemies down both mentally and physically. Aizen likes to make his enemies think that they can actually win, then say "PSYCH!!!" Then crush them totally. WW was tailored made, to Yama's fighting style. Every move Yama made, he had counter. That means Aizen peeped his whole card, a long time ago. If he knew how he fights, he knew how to beat him. Aizen also wanted to prove a point. No matter how strong you think you are, you can't win. If a person hasn't fought with everything, then they will always think that they have a chance to win. If you let a person go all out, and then crush them. You will break them mentally. Physical wounds, heal easily. When you break a person's mind, they never recover and they will lose all hopes of every winning because they tried their best and it wasn't good enough.
Everyone that Aizen fucked up, he let them think they had him, when he had them. He did this to Shinji who thought he was ahead of Aizen and had no idea, he was already Aizen's bitch. He did this to Hitsu more than once....with Yama it was no different. He said I know I can't beat you, and then he beat Yama. Sure he didn't do it personally but it still counted as Aizen's win. He wanted them to see him take Yama out, so the others would witness how bad ass he was.. Sure I believe he could have just owned Yama, but that's too easy and not Aizen's style at all
As for the Espada and the rest of the Arrancar there were some that followed him by choice, and those who didn't want to. Had no choice but to follow him, because Aizen put the muscle on them. Simple as that. Nel like Starrk had the loneliness theme.. That is why Noi said "Not everyone follows Aizen"...because Nel did so out of loneliness and Noi was obviously made to do so, because he didn't care for Aizen either.
What I could never understand is, why fans were so surprised that Aizen didn't care about them. Isshin and Urahara, said that he was "testing" them in the chapter that Isshin defeated the GF. Aizen hadn't seen them fight and needed to see if they were strong enough to help him when he got to the Spirit King's realm. He also needed them to fight Ichigo so he could level up and provide a distraction. Also he stated that "divide and conquer" was his strategy and that SS heavily relied on the Gotei 13...Which means he needed to take out a few captains, especially Yamaji... So he tried to kill two birds with one stone. Have his Arrancar fight the Captains in HM and FKT. If they win, it's to his benefit, and if they lose, he will know that they're worthless. "Betrayal" implies that they were nakama, comrades, friends...whatever. They were "tools" to be used. When he has no more use for his tools. He discards them, in the same manner he got rid of Hinamori. Although in her case, he was being kind, in his mind. She can't live without him so he'd be nice and kill her. That dude is twisted and I love him. I used to hate Aizen's guts and I thought he was all hype and trickery but like Aizen said..."I shall slowly teach you who the God is that you will put your faith in. Believing in me comes after that"
He
makes believers...and I must say that I am NOW a devout follower and member in the "Church of Aizen"....because he's one bad mofo. One of the greatest manga villains ever.