I guess. This whole chapter really reminded me of that scene from Talladega Nights, 'You know Kisuke, everything cool Ichigo just did, you just ruined it. Yeah, nice job.'
Its just a lame asspull of a way for Goddamn Aizen, the most broken guy in the manga, to go.
Though we learned something about the Soul King. 10 bucks says Aizen will have actually have been trying to dispose of a tyrant and he's the new big bad.
Edit. **** bleachspoilers for next 100 chapters
Spoiler:
: 1. Ichigo unleashes FGT, WTFpwns Aizen.
2. Ichigo goes emo again in the aftermath as he realizes that he's now powerless, and never got to really reconcile with Hichigo, only to be interrupted by a half-dead Aizen starting to regenerate ("Just as planned...", etc, etc.).
3. Just as Aizen is about to kill Ichigo, everybody shows back up in a Big Damn Heroes moment and Aizen is Killed Off For Real, probably by somebody releasing a bankai we haven't yet seen. It's made abundantly clear that "we couldn't have done it without Ichigo blah blah".
4. Plot coupons from this arc are cashed in, no shinigami or vaizards died, the good/neutral Espada lived and come to an agreement with SS (all hail Queen Nel of HM and her good knight Sir Stark). Gin disappears with Matsumoto. Rukia escorts the humans (and quincy) back to K-Town, since there's NO WAY to bring back his powers. DEFINITELY NO WAY.
5. Ichigo emos some more about being "normal", so Rukia mercifully ends our his suffering by wiping his memories of being a shinigami.
6. Back at school we see that the shinigami have been busy wiping memories, as no one remembers any of the weird stuff, although Ichigo, Orihime, and Chad all have the typical "almost remember moments" that always seem to happen with memory wipes.
7. Ishida of course remembers, and is playing along with Rukia, as a scene with them and Isshin at a deserted Urahara Shop establishes, before Rukia's tearful farewell (tearful for her, at least, as Ishida is as cold as ever).
8. Time passes (insert boring but short "Slice of Life" arc). *cough*time skip*cough*
9. Ichigo gets a visitor one night as an injured Mayuri shows up in his bedroom and lets him wake up just long enough to be freaked out by the bloody face-painted pervert before being knocked out again.
Damn.....Nice job calling it. The first bit anyway, though....At this stage those things are actually looking likely.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Indeed.Also, still no sign of Aizen's Bankai. Oh joy.
Yammy for Soul King!
Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Am I the only one thinking the Hogyoku might will itself to join with Ichigo because of strength of heart or something like that?
Somebody should shoot Kubo if he thinks of that.
Aside from wondering what happened to Aizen, why did Kisuke have to ruin Ichigo's one cool momment in months upon months of him sucking.
I enjoyed the chapter. And, yes, I'm with Nemebro: Ichigo had to smack down Aizen in order for the crystal to "diffuse" enough for the Kidou to work. That sounds to be the most likely.
And, yes, I would actually be p*issed me off for once at Kubo if he did not use that reason for Ichigo losing his powers. If he lost it in vain, it's stupid and I'll punch a baby.