SHINJI HIRAKO vs SOSUKE AIZEN - Bleach Battle ANALYSIS | How Gods are Born

[@MrTommo2304]

What did you think of this very short fight? Did Shinji stand a chance against Aizen? Let me know! I'll soon have a poll up for the next battle analysis, so stay tuned!

[@morgancooper4673]

nope i watched the anime

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

You are unfair i wasnt able to see the poll at all

[@douglascramer1501]

Shinji could have beaten Aizen. He only lost because Aizen used Kyokasuigetsu to manipulate Shinji's senses, which makes his advantage in the Inverted World disappear. Aizen had already activated Kyokasuigetsu, as Ichigo's screaming at their killing of MoMo is exposed. Shinji could have used Bankai but it would affect his own teammates and was forbidden by Central 46, which he didn't know was murdered by Aizen.

[@Saetanigera]

Aizen always makes a point to say he's using his abilities even when it looks like he's using none. I always thought Aizens bankai was to make his perception reality. So when Shinji said his bankai also controlled the senses Aizen actually worried if Shinji had the counter to his ultimate ability.

[@nikola4107]

I loved it. I loved the setup before the fight, knowing that Shinji was his captain and suppose to be superior while Aizen is tiers above in every regard. Their dialogue exchanges are one of my favorites. It is a crime that they didn't talk in TYBW there were sooo many characters i would like to see interact with Aizen during that time.

[@jschoma11]

Shinji is a top shelf bleach character. His style, hollow mask design, theme song, zanpakuto, he's dope all around.

[@zx9555]

🧢

[@omargranados7641]

@@zx9555 No 🧢

[@BirdOfHermes83]

@@Murphy_lawden- x?

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

​So how strong is Chunky bulky Hollow Ichigo if Lisa said he could have ended all 7 of them Wisoreds/Visoreds? Almost?

[@BlackChapters]

hes a scrub

[@laddjuuzo4998]

"I suspected you since you were in your mother's womb" might be the best line in the whole anime. Shinji is the man and that scene gave me chills.

[@edgeofultima7483]

That one's good too, but my favorite Shinji line is when he was fighting Grimmjow. " If you keep blowing up a building everytime you miss me with an attack, I won't be able to dodge. I'll just feel bad"

[@laddjuuzo4998]

@@edgeofultima7483 Ooof that fight was embarrassing for Grimmjow haha

[@Rhekon]

That's probably the best anime line ever

[@primorock8141]

I hate how Shinji gets the short end of the stick all the time

[@laddjuuzo4998]

@@primorock8141 Same. And he's one of the fan favorites so I was always confused at how his character was done.

[@andyzhang7890]

Shinji has really grown on me over time, him and Urahara seem to be the only two characters with at Aizen wasn’t 20 steps ahead of. I wish we’d seen more of him especially in the final arc, he had so much potential.

[@edgeofultima7483]

My initial reaction was "Ugh, what's up with this dude's hair" and now he's my favorite!

[@synysterpain]

@@edgeofultima7483 I liked him alot but wish he had more good scenes lol like he doesn't get to get much shine

[@pauline_f328]

Ikr, it's one of the reasons I love him too

[@feint6552]

I really agree with you man Shinji and Urahara are the characters that shown their guards up against Aizen before he even showed his intensions Kyouraku is like them as well because he went and checked on Aizen on the pendulum arc at his barracks but sadly Aizen already prepared for that.These 3 characters are my favorite in bleach even more than Ichigo himself.Shinji is very underrated his Shikai is probably one of the trickiest of all but damn the author doesn't want to give him a spotlite.

[@heavnscnt]

yup same. always like kisuke but with my recent reread and watch shinji’s my favorite character. wish he had more screen time

[@luciussakura5031]

To me, Aizen saying that Shinji puts a lot of faith in Ichigo is kind of him saying why do you trust him when you didn't trust me.

[@bg3841]

Its an interesting interaction. Shinji never trusted Aizen and to that extent Shinfield is the only person in SS who beat Aizen in that sense. Does Aizen actually care? I don't think so. Imo its a taunt, possibly by repeating a fake show of emotions he probably doesn't feel. Either that or just some verbal fencing to figure out what Shinji thinks. But I don't think so, i feel like Aizen understands Shinji and is just slightly frustrated the Shinji understands Aizen enough to know he's not to be trusted.

[@praz7]

@@bg3841 He did care, that's the reason he said "Don't put your faith in me yet, I will show you the god you're supposed to trust in"

[@Max-zg6ld]

I was so mad we didnt get A SINGLE interaction with Shinji and Aizen in TYBW smh.

[@nyanyawncatcat]

Sakanade would be op if Shinji could turn off/on the reverse thing at will bc that would completely mess with the targets mind and they’d never really know where he’s coming from

[@theredscum4202]

Too be fair in most fights he'd most likely be able to get several blows in before his opponent realized the changes around them

[@justterrell956]

With the exception of Aizen ,Yamamoto, and Tosen(maybe cause his heightened senses) He wouldn’t even need to turn it off/on. It would be a pretty simple win.

[@pauline_f328]

I wonder if Aizen didn't hypnotize himself (he has, after all, seen his own Shikai) to swap out all the directions again or something alike

[@vanconojl]

i also wonder about that.

[@stephenschneekloth1535]

Given how fast he overcame it thats what I assumed he did

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

Yeah, that's what I thought. If he can't use it on himself for some reason, he could have compensated by messing with Shinji's own sense of direction

[@pauline_f328]

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 Hadn't thought of that alternative, good point

[@EmilOppelnBronikowski]

It has to be said, when Kubo has time and will to make the art speak, it lands like a sack of bricks. That leg-with-sandal vis-a-vis Shinji on a roof makes for a great visual.

[@krissjames7276]

It's sad that this is probably Shinji's best moment in the series, given how The Thousand-Year Blood War arc made him look very weak. Being the first character to make Aizen bleed is a legitimate feat, the only comparable shining Shinji moment is dominating Grimmjow in battle, but that was a beat-up, one-armed Base Grimmjow, and Shinji was using his Hollow Mask.

[@blacksabbath5300]

Shinji was cool, and a clear outlier among the characters. He has a really cool zanpakuto, and he's incredibly powerful, unfortunately, compared to the rest he's garbage.

[@blacksabbath5300]

Shinji was cool, and a clear outlier among the characters. He has a really cool zanpakuto, and he's incredibly powerful, unfortunately, compared to the rest he's garbage.

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

But he wasn’t using Sakanade, which means he didn’t take Grimmjow seriously

[@janosd4nuke]

@@TheDonovanMcCormick On the other hand he used his mask against Grimmjow and not Aizen. So it's not just about taking somone seriously. More about matching the opponent's style and knocking them down a peg on their own field. As much as I love Grimmjow, he is just a brute, so spanking him in raw strength is more humiliating. He would've probably just been annoyed by Sakanade and started spamming ceroes or another AoE attack at random. On Aizen, he was clearly still stronger, but was forced to the defensive and strategize on the fly, showing he is not as invincible as he plays it up. Another nice Shinji moment is his bankai in Can't Fear You Own World. It also showed and reinforced why that was not a viable route in fake Karakura. Would've preferred a comment back then regarding it much like Shunsui's to make it clear it's not just omitted for writing convenience and saving it for later tho

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

@@janosd4nuke yea his bankai and Shunsui’s really only are viable when no allies are around. Don’t think he’d come up with them yet at that point. I never understood why the vizards don’t go hollow in TYBW other than Hiyori though. Definitely would’ve helped with hollows being poison too Quincy.

[@twicebubaigawara2178]

Aizen: Any betrayal you can see is trivial,what is truly frightening is the betrayal you cannot see. Gotta love Aizen and I thought it was actually Aizens old lieutenant of Squad 5

[@holyarchangelmichael]

You mean Hinamori?

[@twicebubaigawara2178]

@@holyarchangelmichael if that's the girl whose a master of kito then yes

[@BirdOfHermes83]

@@twicebubaigawara2178 that's Momo, when Aizen was a captain. Hes talking about when Shinji was Aizens captain before he got the hollow goop on him.

[@primarinaprincess]

Just thought I'd add something: out of all the Vizards, Hiyori is the one who normally has the most interactions with Shinji in the series even back when they were still a part of the soul society together. Even Captain Hikifune said it was unusual to see Shinji without Hiyori by his side and we know the last time they would've interacted was back 110 years ago in the series before Keisuke took her place. Meaning Shinji and Hiyori's sort of love-hate relationship was well known among the members of the Soul Society which obviously includes Aizen. Shinji was the first one to arrive onsite where Hiyori was being attacked by a Hollowfied Kensei even though Lisa was sent well before the Captain's meeting was over. Which indicates Shinji flash stepped like his life depended on it and despite being yelled at by Hiyori to put her down he never did until she cut him during her Hollowfication. But even while he was going through his own Hollowfication the moment Tosen slashed Hiyori he said fuck it and attacked him because of his attack on Hiyori. Now cut to his fight with Aizen. The moment Hiyori was cut in half by Gin Aizen taunted Shinji to fight him and compared his eyes to the night he was betrayed and transformed into a Vizard. What connects these two fights intimately is his relationship with Hiyori. We all know Hiyori has a short fuse and he actively tried to calm her down by reminding her he was baiting her to attack him but the moment he reminds them of the night they were turned into Vizards that sent her over the edge leading to a similar attack that happened that night. It's interesting that Aizen decided to taunt Shinji the same way he did the night he betrayed him and used Hiyori as a way to bring out the emotional side of Shinji that is rarely seen. Like you said normally he's a jokester but after Hiyori apologizes for the first time and he's holding onto her while she's moments away from death does something to Shinji mentally. While people focus a lot on the back and forth between him and Aizen, not a lot of people talk about Shinji's emotional state after witnessing a similar if not identical attack on Hiyori before the fight.

[@edgeofultima7483]

Pleasantly surprised that this fight won because Shinji's my favorite Bleach character. I just wish he showed up more.

[@primorock8141]

@ Kubo did him dirty with Bambietta and The Miracle

[@bg3841]

@@primorock8141 someone has to be the foil for the bad guys. Never fully developing him past that is a shame tho.

[@skippi99r32]

Only tommo can make a short fight into a 30 minute video

[@neilghosh3821]

I would add Tekken on that list

[@djarmstead6899]

I love Shinji it was always so strange to me how little he had to do after the arrancar arc but at least he was there. But I do actually really love the fight between these two, it was short but it did not overstay its welcome. I remember first watching it being super hyped up especially after the turn back the pendulum mini arc built it up.

[@fire7384]

I always had a theory that aizen used his own ability on himself to overcome shinjis ability

[@ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER]

That would be quite the genius solution.

[@ember-evergarden]

Yeah, there's no evidence to suggest it can't work on himself.

[@Apocalypse_0415]

well it wont work if he is holding kyoka suigetsu @@ember-evergarden

[@victorcippitelli2242]

Two masters of ilussion fighting. I enjoyed this battle, even when it was short, i like the use of deception and stuff in it.

[@praz7]

Perhaps his experience with Aizen also inspired him to form the captain-lieutenant relationship with Hinamori Momo. The old Shinji might have not formed a relationship with Momo and treated her like a subordinate. There are people even in real life who don't like to form a bond with co-workers, especially subordinates and instead focus on the friends they made while in university or in school.

[@manuelacosta9463]

The epic boast Shinji gave to Aizen was perfect, you know just laying eyes on the man Shinji briefly returned to that night. Even if Aizen's OP nature eventually dominated you could feel the poison and who could blame Shinji and the others.

[@erlsweatpants9628]

you are one of the FEW content creators who didnt jump ship when everyone tried to bury the bleach community w negativity. Thank you

[@BlueFlamingo9139]

Vizards literally suffer from the "I give away my abilities to my opponents for the kicks". have they not give it away, theyre kinda have broken abilities imo

[@darknesswave100]

Especially rose in the 1000 year blood war arc. Dumbass literally said hey this is how it works and lost when if hed said nothing he would have won it with little effort

[@olo703]

Tbf what Mask de Masculine did to get out of the spell is kind of outrageous. Destroying your ears is so debilitating that it pretty much guarantees your death in a war. Your body can't properly function without ears, and it's not just about being able to hear. Rose did not expect that Mask de Masculine could revive little James.

[@Bossu]

I mean i'll always enjoy more Kubo-made Bleach fights, but i wasn't disappointed with this fight at all. Aizen already demonstrated before what a monster he is in battle, and he's really just feeling out Shinji's Sakanade here. He quickly figured out a part of Sakanade which surprises Shinji, then figures out the rest after getting hit. And of course also figures it out thanks to getting free information from Shinji. Now the TYBW is where he's vastly underused.

[@Kikoou]

Shinji is such a dope and cool character. His design, his personality, his zanpakuto, and his theme, I love it all. He deserved a better fight in TYBW. He became fodder immediately after this fight. Shinji vs. Bambietta existed just so no one asks where he is the entire time.

[@animefan77]

12:40- that is a sadness that it’s implied that even if they managed to defeat the Soul Reapers with the Royal Guard being the most remote possibility- he’d dispose of the Arrancar like nothing. There’s no outcome good or other where they come out happy. That makes these mostly crazed, arrogant, and bloodthirsty upgraded Hollows surprisingly pitiful- especially the ones that were shanghaied against their will.

[@aaronieroarruruerie2039]

I should’ve just eaten them all.

[@-0m3rcy0-8]

@ Aaroniero Arruruerie PFTTT- BAHAHAHAH 😂 I didn’t read your user before reading your comment- I’m dead omfg 🤣

[@carlosjosejimenezbermudez9255]

The counter to Sakanade as Aizen is very simple, Aizen uses *complete* hypnosis, Shinji's is partial. Shinji hypnotizes his hearing and vision, Aizen can hypnotize the mind, not just the senses. All Aizen needs to do is hypnotize Shinji so that he too flips his sense of "backwardness" and so even though Aizen is still hypnotized by Shinji, he counters the hypnosis by reverting it's effects. Thus why Aizen gives this little chat after of how Kyoka Suigetsu is superior to Sakanade and treating Sakanade as though it is a cheap trick in comparison.

[@RelDaDev]

I think you're right

[@MaxIronsThird]

or maybe he could've used it on himself, reverting the effects.

[@animefan77]

23:31- this was a momentous moment that shows the previously unstoppable Aizen can bleed- it sets up the buildup to when he’s ultimately defeated- though it goes from a few scratches to completely outclassed too quickly in my opinion without a proper balanced fight in the middle to make the ahem Mugetsu fiasco less egregious.

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

Momentous moment. Also a redundant one apparently lol

[@philbuttler3427]

Shinji revealing he has the most broken AoE ability in the series in CFYoW really made up for how he was used in TYBW. You can definitely tell Narita likes him even if he doesn't get the most to do he's used really well.

[@nicholastoniolli5935]

making a 31 min long video out of a extremally short fight. That's the content I long for.

[@ems6706]

I think Kubo missed a real chance to have the cut Shinji inflicted staining Aizen's white outfit with blood. I think thematically it would fit the making god bleed metaphor and make the strike feel more meaningful and helps illustrate that ultimately Aizen is a mortal with pretentions of godhood. But maybe it did and Aizen is just vain enough after that to use his shikai to pretend it didn't happen. But hey hindsight is 20/20 and maybe Kubo just didn't want to have to draw blood stains cause the white outfit is simpler draw and he doesn't have to color the blood stains to be consistent. Weekly manga drawing is already hard enough when he had to draw so many different looking characters in that part of the story.

[@CobbyMorales6747]

It's always the best day of the week when your videos come out!

[@qb4428]

Shinji would be far more deadly if he...you know... shut up and didn't tell the enemy his ability.

[@corruptangel6793]

The thing is, it wouldn't matter in his case. There are simply too many things to mentally juggle when facing his ability and then there's your own muscle memory as he mentions. Even if you realize the attack is reversed, your body is already instinctively moving to intercept the wrong attack, leaving you wide open to the real one. The problem is Shinji doesn't immediately go for the kill when he has the chance. His ability makes him cocky.

[@darknesswave100]

Rose in the 1000 year blood war arc suffered from that trope too lol

[@RickyBBlessed]

The Vizard tend to be cocky loud mouths with awesome abilities.

[@Gekokujousama]

While the reveal of Shinji's zanpakuto was certainly a treat, the real awesome moment for me has always been Aizen's grand speeches. Say what you will about Aizen, the man know how to give a good speech.

[@wayjay9701]

You sir, are impressive. It must have been hard to get this video to be as long as it is, hats off to you.

[@mirozkapeluszem]

Listening to the back and forth between Aizen and Shinji, I would love to hear your thoughts on the dialogue between Aizen and Urahara after his fight with Ichigo. The whole interaction between Aizen and Urahara is worth a separate video - I've always seen Bleach as a chess play between those two.

[@2penetration451]

I hope they will fix it.

[@davidbrown9148]

His intro when he kicked Grimmgow ass was DOPE. It let me know he was on another level. Nice video bruh.

[@soraisfinallyhere1305]

Shinji was always one of my fav characters, his personality, drip, powers, and vibe were all just badass. I wish they would have showcased him more prominently. My fav vizard besides ichigo and one of the best bleach characters imo.

[@lLikeMaple]

shinji: "I can confuse u" aizen: "oH nOoOoO"

[@glassankles207]

Great content, really love this stuff.

[@thesonofdarkness936]

Hirako's ability is a Netflix Adaptation of Aizen's

[@dr.dreysinc.5236]

Personally I disagree with the notion that the end of the fight is a cop out in any way. Aizen himself mentions that it appears Shinji's Sakanade is basically a watered down verson of Kyōka Suigetsu. If we're to assume that Aizen has a complete understanding of his Zanpakuto's abilities, in my opinion, it makes complete sense that Aizen is able to over come the effects of the inverted world so quickly.

[@familyguyBRL]

Another great quality video!

[@pauline_f328]

This fight has some of my favorite panels in the whole series

[@k-popk-dramaj-anime7777]

Shinji, Tsukishima, Tousen (if he was still alive) and Aizen in a tag team will be extremely scary together

[@harukozgoalz3566]

Love your videos man !!

[@WeWouldRather]

My two favorite Aizen quotes... Maybe my two favorite "Sinister" quotes in the main series, are both said to Shinji. 1. "Betrayal you can see is trivial... What is truly frightening... Is betrayal you can not see... 2. The whole "Kings and Gods" speech that you mentioned here. Good stuff.

[@shinjihirako8304]

*Collapse Sakanade* "Nice isn't it? You can't borrow it though" "Oh my.. what's this? Do you smell something good?"

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

This battle feels like it is longer then the Ichigo vs. Gin battle in the anime

[@Neutral-Party]

Finally, sir. You've emphasized everything that makes Shinji my favorite character hands down.

[@sketch-mer6195]

As a huge fan of Hirako and the on the hunt of the full fight without missing anything from the Fake Karakura Town Arc. I totally see whete fans (such as myself) feel that Kubo just wisked Shinji to the sideline. Especially towards the TYBW arc. Thankfully, I feel that the anime (which we should be getting a 4th season coming soon at least from what I have seen) is doing the tybw a little better justice co.pared to the manga. It could be just me, but I'm hoping to see a better ending compared to the manga. And for this one battle, I loved the verbal sparing and understanding Sakanade and soon his Bankai. I find Shinji not only an amazing character, but one I don't think most would really want to cross blades with because of his own intellect and skills on the field.

[@erikurizita]

I love this channel. Never thought I’d find a guy more into bleach than even I. This is like my third time having to subscribe though. Dunno what KZbin’s up too.

[@Hillykarma]

Shinji is such an underrated character. His introduction was so memorable and he has an excellent design

[@SeveredWorldLore]

Kubo fucked over Shinji and the Vizards. I was so sad about how they were treated.

[@darianp9930]

I feel Shinji was just fighting an Aizen illusion and Aizen was just watching Shinji fight it. Which is how he deciphered it so fast.

[@odeiomelao]

Honestly, i think it would have been much cooler if Aizen used some kind of kido spell or if we actually got a monologue of him trying to figure out a way to beat Shinji.

[@pRopaaNS]

Ending of the fight as copout? I don't think so. There is two ways Aizen could have overcame this ability, both based on idea that sakanada's ability is "merely visual illusion". One is Aizen closing his eyes and relying on his other senses to deal the deciding blow. Second possibility is Aizen using kyoka suigetsu on himself to reverse the illusion back correctly.

[@meow7983]

Shinji is actually a very interesting character. He’s a captain that not only is strong but clam and calculate his chances in winning a fight. However because of story requirement, his a character is totally wrecked by kubo

[@TwitchLawliet]

It would have been cool if Aizen had been shown to be unable to overcome Shnji's ability with only his fighting ability, but then beats it by using his own zanpakuto ability on himself, effectively using it to invert Shnji's inverted world.

[@andyzhang7890]

This is making me wanna reread this fight now

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

I remember when people CELEBRATED Hiyori's "death" (when she got cut in half) lmao

[@TsarDragon]

I always find it weird when people celebrate a "good guy" dying horribly (or nearly dying). Momo got the same treatment. It's just weird to me... And I didn't like either character.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

@@TsarDragon I think in the case of Hiyori, a lot of people didn't like her because she was so bitchy all the time. Momo at least showed some emotion besides anger! lmao

[@philphillips7744]

anybody else loves the fact that Aizen made Tosen the only person with his natural weakness his subordinate, like how Haschwalth kept ishida from fighting yahewh

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

Kaname joining Aizen makes sense because he hates soul society. Jugram joining Yhwach also makes sense because all he wanted was to feel needed. Not a good comparison at all. Uryu was not immune to Yhwach’s power, he gave him his power and could take it back at any time.

[@Psil33t]

I remember watching this fight in the anime and this was when simulcasting was a dream so you had to wait for the first fan subtitlers to finish with it and when I saw this the people who had added the subtitles added an allusion to Aizen's words that he had been using his zanpakuto on himself as well and had been flipping his senses around basically as he realized that they were inverted. I always wondered why that wasn't the case originally since it would helpfully explain why he can adjust so quickly to sakanade's ability and gives context to his speech about how much worse sakanade is to his own ability.

[@RedHoodAssassin]

I think a better way for Aizen to overcome Sakanade would have been to put himself under his complete Hypnosis. As he said, his Kyoka Suigetsu controls all 5 senses, so if Sakanade flips around his sense of direction, she should have been able to use his Complete Hypnosis to fix his perception instead of unrealistically just becoming adjusted to doing everything in reverse

[@3slicessenpai]

Each of your videos is a new opportunity to check out and admire what new stuff was added to the shelf. I forget half of these light novels like "Death Saves the Strawberry" or "Spirits are Forever with You" or databooks like "13 Blades" even exist because they never left Japan. And is that the Burn the Witch upcoming volume in Japanese?

[@waterlegend72]

I live for this sht man Always gets me thru work Cheers mate

[@kennithunderwood6373]

He should have confronted him in his hollow mask

[@elgestic8070]

Always shinji's theme but yall should listen to bleach theme "get smart"

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

I was expecting Aizen to reveal that he was using his Shikai all along to make Shinji think he was under his Shikai instead

[@starwars22221]

Honestly, love this series because this fight is deceptively brilliant. Unfortunately anyone who was to be put against Aizen was doomed. however shinji really does verbally spar with Aizen to great effect

[@masterofmythology]

Can you do Aizen vs Soifon, Kyoraku, Hitsugaya, and Shinji?

[@cosmicXreptile]

Absolutely love these classic chapter recaps as a person who read every chapter from start to finish every weekly release! Also Overwatch sucks! XD

[@rennenb]

I only do the anime version of this fight and I didn’t realize that censored her getting cut in half, his demeanor makes more sense now

[@sacamigo1]

I really like the detail you take with the fights. Even with something as short as this fight you're able to piece enough of it to kinda make me appreciate it. I thought the shinji vs aizen fight was stupid and Shinji had a rather OP power but really not. Even understanding that it was a power that against almost anyone else would be a gamechanger but against Aizen not so much. But I guess the real battle was of words not of swords, it makes sense.

[@skeptischism1324]

Shinji gets screwed by Kubo. That fight should have been longer and closer. I still hold to the opinion that Aizen always has Bankai on. That's his biggest deception. We are meant to believe he's only using shikai, but what he's managed to pull, I don't believe it's just shikai.

[@Kubinda12345]

Shinji suffers from the same vice as the rest of the Vizards; he informs his enemy about his powers which leads to his defeat.

[@artypyrec4186]

Remember shinji pulled aizen cover in the turn back the pendulum arc, by just walking by, he probably saw him as a threat.

[@klissattack]

I think saying that over half the fight is the verbal part is a great way to encompass the whole of this fight

[@Justin-M]

If I remember right, when reading this weekly, a few of these chapters actually came out around Christmas, and I don't know about anybody else but a Shiji fight absolutely felt like a gift. His shikai was one of the few that was legitimately exciting. So at least for me, this fight will always actually be something special.

[@ChenKhanwei]

Shinji is my favourite Bleach character hands down. I love his design and personality. His Shikai itself is just amazing. Especially if he's facing off against a seasoned warrior who relies so much on muscle memory. The way the bottom of his Zanpakuto's hilt just twirls in it's release form is just unique.

[@Rockyfan8]

I love these videos. Making bleach sound like shakespeare

[@MUSTARDMACDADDY]

I like this comment made me want to look up and understand Shakespeare way of speaking

[@oceanicking8988]

It's funny you say that because in Bleach Ichigo is apparently a fan of Shakespeare.

[@elenipamps6232]

I will forever be sad over how little screentime the Vizards got in the end. I mean we have this incredible team of Captains and vice captains with hollow powers and we see them for so little. Shinji is one of the most major and powerful characters in Bleach and they really did my boy dirty.

[@phuayizhong7890]

Just starting the video, I am intrigued on how this man can make an essentially one sided absolute curb stomp into a 30 minute video

[@Kikoou]

I just wish the fight lasted longer, really. I get Aizen is significantly stronger and in a way, Shinji was never gonna win, he's a side character against a big bad, but because of how personal this all really felt, I thought he deserved to feel at least that he won in some way, even if he doesn't truly win the fight. The gaps between their powers and even minds were so big. His fight should've lasted longer. He tried too much to rely on his Sakanade, or at least had a role given to him by Urahara, like how Urahara planted kidos in Aizen, like maybe planting something on Aizen as Shinji would cut him.

[@lordmalice8368]

Yeah Shinji didn't stand a chance! I don't think it was a short fight, Aizen did later fight 90% of the heroes all at the same time! You should continue the discussion and discuss how Aizen just crapped on everyone at the same time! One of my favorite episodes!

[@roryharmer5148]

I like to think Aizen just used his perfect hypnosis to flip everything back to normal for himself so he can just wipe out Shinji

[@Elsa_Jay]

Shinji sure had bad match ups to fight when he wasn't training Ichigo. Against literally any of the other bad guys his abilities would've been nice but he went against: Aizen: a guy with even better Illusion abilities that is smart enough to counter him. And Bambi: a psycho with bombs who decided to explode everything around her and ignored his ability altogether. So his weaknesses of going against someone who had an even better version of his sword, AND someone who can just do an omnidirectional attack. Wish his ability was used against someone it worked against.

[@MugenEclipse]

Not just that, he was never once given a situation in which his insanely powerful bankai was allowed to have any use. He also didn't use his visored abilities and consistently told people how his stuff worked, he got shafted nonstop

[@aizensama9141]

It would have been interesting to see how the fight could've gone. If Shinji was able to use his Bankai. It would've been a better and more impactful story telling between these two former squad members.

[@darylyew0325]

Shinji's bankai is useless in a 1v1 battle though.

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

Shinji is right there with Shunsui and Kisuke. Criminally forgotten and underused like most of the vizards. He really was a brilliant guy with an amazing zanpakuto. Sakanade is no joke; against anyone but Aizen he would be damn near unbeatable.

[@pictureperfectphotography4123]

I think part of the reason that this fight won the poll is because of 1) Shinji's character design, both intellectually and physically, because I think he probably is in a lot of peoples' list of favorite characters in the series, possibly even subconsciously.....and 2) because of like you said, he is one of, if not the only one, who really put Aizen in his place mentally for a few minutes. Yamamoto and Urahara don't count for this in my opinion, because Shinji was basically Aizen's direct mentor/boss as a captain, so the stakes and the relationship between the two is more intimate and personal. But yeah, speaking of character designs, Shinji is second to none. I even drew the chapter cover for chapter 184 ("Hush") with Shinji front and center, on a homemade t-shirt I made way back in 2008

[@SirSighh]

I like the theory that Aizen used his zanpaktou to re-reverse it for himself and acted like it was nothing to fuck with Shinji

[@matthewhernandez6309]

I just thought about this remember when Aizen is fighting the gotei and Soi Fon hit him with her shikai ability Aizen says a fight between shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure and his was so much greater than hers that he was able negate her ability what if he did the same when he was fighting Shinji and negated Sakanade's ability. Probably not the case but it gives so sort of explanation for that scene

[@MrTommo2304]

Interesting - it's possible. Although I got the impression Aizen wanted to just take Shinji on 'man to man' if that makes sense.

[@Argumedies]

This is the proverbial battle of wits with well armed opponents.

[@swaggyfunan7216]

Shinji got done dirty in TYBW Arc. L City.

[@TheBjmoore]

New beer game … have a drink anytime you hear “calm and collected “

[@ez_is_bloo]

Shinji: "You're at a disadvantage because you don't know my Shikai" Also Shinji: *proceeds to explain his Shikai step by step* I honestly hate this about the Vizard. Especially with the Rose fight.

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

Almost everyone does that in every manga ever. Bleach included.

[@ez_is_bloo]

@@TheDonovanMcCormick it's extra stupid in this case

[@theredscum4202]

@@TheDonovanMcCormick It's one of those things that depends on the story, like JOJO has some characters that spill what their stands do but then you have some that don't

[@gooseproductions8119]

Shinji's the only person who can make a bowl cut look intimidating

[@mohitkulkarni693]

You should make video on hitsugaya vs harribel and stark vs shunsui, rose and love

[@Stupedus_]

Shinji is my favorite character and this fight is like shinji vs grimmjow, a character defining moment.

[@romerosneck]

Aizen figuring sakanade out so quickly after reading what the ability was just let the reader know he's a monster intellectually as well as physically...or at least that's what I took from it

[@ubaidmohamed3956]

Dude Shinji did the dumb thing of telling aizen his ability. but Aizen reversed it. I'd say both were underplaying the effects of the others power. Aizen didn't reverse everything, that's why he got scratched. Shinji once again didn't think Aizen would make koka suigetsu reverse everything in time. Then it's technically base Aizen vs Base Shinji. And Aizen is way superior.

[@romerosneck]

@@ubaidmohamed3956 I didn't think he used kokasuigetsu at all I just thought his reactions and intellect are so off the charts he can think it through in his mind quick enough to react accordingly, whereas I think ichigo would take a few days lol

[@JerzyLasica]

it seems he can learn new inversions: pain / no pain. visible / invisible. fear / no fear.

[@reinapunxofficial]

I am obsessed with both but I do love my Shinji! 🙃 I actually have a tattoo of sakanade