Originally posted by niduin
he wasnt trying to kill them, if he wanted them dead he would have just done it while they were in the illusion, he just wanted to accomplish his mission and they attacked him so he disabled them, just cuz they didnt get cut in half doesnt mean he couldnt have done it. hey has trunks ever destroyed earth? then how can you say he is strong enough to do so?im not saying it would make him stupid, im saying that he wouldnt know what was going on. controlling all the senses makes it so they will feal/see/smell/hear/tast/sence what he wants them to. so if he makes it look like he is on the ground and then starts running away trunks going tward him they continue the chase untill trunks is dead because he is outside earths atmosphear when he was thinking that he was still on earth running on the ground. so yeah he could be the smartest guy on earth and still fall for it.
He wasn't trying to keep them alive either. If it were Trunks, one cut would decapitate any of them. Just look at Frieza, who is far more durable then probably everyone in Bleach put together. Yet Aizen couldn't even severe Ichigo waste down, when he even stated that he "meant to". Trunks is obviously strong enough to destroy the earth because characters with less then 1/10th of his power are capable of doing so.
Aizen hasn't shown that he has the capability of doing so on that level. If that were true he wouldn't need the Espada's or even Hollow powers. If he can take on DBZ characters, why the hell would he need anymore power? Trunks would make mince meat out of Soul Society and Hueco Mondo.