Someone send this video to ProzD

Aizen gaining "tainted" or a false enlightenment is quite fitting for his character as he is all about deception and illusions. So it makes sense that the enlightenment he gained was not true and more akin to an illusion, staying true to his character.

Love how in the Deicide chapters, Kubo drew some sketches at the end of each chapters. One of them depicts a chrysalis, one of them depicts Aizen coming out of the chrysalis, one of them depicts Aizen and a snake (Gin), one of them depicts the snake got decapitated by Aizen (now a butterfly), one of them depicts a cat (Rangiku) mourning over the snake (Gin), while the butterfly (Aizen) is standing in the background and suddenly a black ray appeared. One of them depicts the butterfly getting destroyed with a crescent moon in the background.

His truly creepy ascension form. It's ironic then that he totally lost all control and was reduced to screaming threats and making delusional assumptions before finally being sealed. It really showed how power can be unpredictable and dangerous especially in the hands of someone as lonely and egomaniacal as him. A double edged sword. Ichigo's honestly somber assessment of him was entirely correct.

Through Aizen's Hogyoku forms Kubo showed us the Sin of 'Anger and Greed' that was talked about in Bhagvad Gita. Him losing control over his composure and became dependent on Hogyoku ever evolving powers which was truly the biggest mistake that led to his defeat to Urahara and Ichigo.

I don’t think enough people realize just how OP the Hogyuku made Aizen. It made him so OP that Ichigo had to use Mugetsu/Final Getsugatenshou, a technique that would cost him his shinigami powers, in a fight he was already winning. If Ichigo didn’t do it then, Aizen would’ve kept evolving and win eventually.

I think something cool about the butterfly forms is that it basically symbolized Aizen’s metamorphosis into a higher level of power.

I love how Kubo went downright to body horror with that final transformation.

Aizen's 6th anniversary BBS form is so sick. Too bad it's not canon it would be awesome if that Aizen fought Yhwach

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The reason Aizen lost in the end was because he felt entirely lonely

I like the butterfly aesthetic of his ascended form but I wish there was some context behind it.

I thought that the designs were really good and well thought out. Kubo gave so many forms to Aizen, artistically, that must have been a lot of work

What I like about the forms is that you can see some similarities to other things in the series. Like if someone told me that the cocoon form is just Soul King in his Quincy robes - I wouldn't bat an eye. Obviously you could blame it on the fact that Kubo started drawing most faces with much more similar shapes. But I still wonder if there was some inspiration.

I really love Kubo design every character form. Kubo design is like simple yet beautiful and cool at the same time. While many mangaka design their character with a lot of armor/shield to emphasise how strong the character is, Kubo on the other hand just make a simple aesthetic design.

At first I didn’t like the buffer flyer form but after re watching it was not that bad . Really liked his last form

I feel like the last transformation Aizen underwent, where he gained more eyes, harkens back to the biblical description of Angels. Unlike common belief, the Judeo-Christian depiction of angels is alien and horrific, almost like they crawled out of an H.P. Lovecraft story. And Aizen, in this case, was like a fallen angel in which he wished to be more but instead was thrown down and humiliated.

Man I keep coming into these videos ever since Bleach was announced to be coming back only hear "1000 year war arc" and have to instantly close it. :(

I think it is cool that what allowed Aizen to reach a true state of transcendence, aka becoming one with his sword, was facing a opponent with equal or even greater power. Shows us that he was indeed right in his decision in regards to assisting Ichigo’s growth, even if he had gotten to full of himself by the time of their battle. If he had not reached that level, they would most likely not have been able to defeat Yhwach.

I actually loved aizen hyogoku designs. 😊

man that design was fcking cool bro

Interesting to see this after Mr tommo did his video of this subject 3 weeks ago. I like both channels this was just something I noticed.

I felt like his forms were a progressive metamorphosis and a reflection of how Aizen gained power but left him lacking character as he gained more and more from the Hougyoku.

I was just thinking about Aizens different forms last week. Nice timing. Thanks @DBZimran

Really? I liked his cocoon form the most. The sheer simplicity of it seemed to speak of cold efficiency, much like Aizen

ProzD needs to watch this pray for the youtube recommendation algorithm

Nothing like DBZImran talking about Bleach with the best bleach themes playing in the background 👌

love your work man, always a joy to watch some good bleach content 👍

Aizen is the definition of illusion and deception but still couldn't see the flaws within his own gluttony.. To even want to become a god while seeking artificial power was his greatest sin lacking meaningfulness and purity. I love how his transcendence was based around his will and not just the hogyoku's ability to evolve.

Beautiful video , Aizen is a butterfly going over the precipice . A true false god.

I was thinking his zanpakuto Suigetsu mightve influenced the butterfly aesthetic. Or maybe he ate a hell butterfly and it fused with the hogyoku.

Literally everything Aizen did was awesome.

i love the cacoon form. personally my favourite of aizens transformations. it's a perfect representation of him moving past his humanity. kubo does an amazing job making simple designs look imposing and dynamic. not many artist's can do that, they rely on detail to show their skill's it takes a special kind to use less lines but still come out with memorable.

Hello DBZimran, I am a new subscriber to your channel and i really enjoy your videos, especialy your bleach character analysis or just your bleach content in general I just want to say keep up the good work and i hope u keep making bleach content

I love it, its simple but menacing 🔥

I wonder how much of an multiplying amo these forms gave him and how much stronger they were compared to the last. I think they are stronger then a base Yhwach, but when Yhwach regains the Almighty is when I think Yhwach gets closer to Butterfly Aizen in a physical raw power area. But Soul King Yhwach against the possibe full power of the Hogyoku now that is hard to estimate. On a side note I am not a fan of that theology view in reality.

i think it went chrysalis -> added quincy -> added hollow in butterflyzen -> added hell -> stability or something like that. Like it just merged all the types into him like Ichigo

Excellent video 💜

Cocoon form Aizen looks like the Soul King and I don't think that's unintentional.

Alright finally! Good work man. You should do a video on idea of transcendent beings in bleach and what it actually means to be one. I’m still shocked the anime got away with show aizen’s split face I’m his final transformation. You would think that would’ve been censored but it wasn’t. Nice. Isn’t the final form also supposed to look like some Hindu god or demon because of the third eye? Also doesn’t it look a bit like a biblical accurate angel?

Bruh fr? Peeps didn't feel the cocoon form? I f*ckin loved it tbh

HOLY I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS BUT I LOVE THE CONCEPT!

Ichigo has the power boost equivalent of Frieza

Imagine this kind of Ichigo power using his new bankai

I like his butterfly form feeling like a mixture of the symbol of death mixed with the wings feeling like a seraphim angel in Christian mythology with 6 pairs of wings.

"He had inhaled a dangerously high level of copium" had me rolling on the floor 🤣

I really liked all of Aizen's transformation designs. And just now am I thinking that the fact that he transformed into a butterfly might have a bit more significance given what happened in the No Breathes from Hell one shot

Nice nice 👍👍👍👍👍 I really like the explanation good job 👍👍👍👍👍

Aizen was getting absolutely zoinked on that copium during his fight with Ichigo lmao. "Behold Ichigo Kurosaki my zanpakuto is disintegrating that means I win and am evolving even further!!" lol

Why do people assume the first Butterflaizen form is a hollowification and not a quincy "divine form"? Both the chrysalis and butterfly forms have quincy motifs built into their designs. And Quincy are all descendants of the Soul King's son, so why wouldn't a fragment of the Soul King's body be able to bequeath Quincy powers to a soul? Also the butterflaizen form was the first form in which Aizen gained an "eye" not unlike Ywach's transformations. Aizen's demonic transformations were likely the first round of hollow transformations. After all prior to that point he had refused hollowfication, thinking he did not need those baser instincts that define hollows.

Quite frankly I like the other piece of symbolism hidden in plain sight from Aizen's fused forms, I've always thought that his post-cocoon forms looked like they had moth wings & looking at it now (after reading the entirety of the series & even seeing the fully fused form from BBS) it may be that Kubo made Aizen into a literal version of a moth being drawn to a flame w/ the flame being the "peak" that Aizen desired to stand at the top of

After this video explaining the feats of his evolution, the most impressive thing is how Dangai Ichigo so easily cut Aizen in his Butterfly form and considered Ichigos slash wound on him as a scar

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i hope you make a video of aizens character during the last arc. I wonder if his views or characteristics changed when he gave that monologue about Ichigo in his chair.

Next Video idea: How strong are both of the twin-sword zanpakutos

Azien be like: Cristalis, Catapilla, Butterfy, Moth

what i believe is that aizen's forms, are just really hollowfication, with his (2nd form) chrysalis form being his masked form, after chrysalis, the form he takes is a aizen fully fused and murged with his hollow powers, (probably something similar to dangai Ichigo or horn of salvation). his butterfly form is probably his full hollowfication/resurrection and monster Aizen is probably similar to segunda etapa. in the bleach brave souls, Aizen archives a form even beyond this, and it was more than likely a combination of beyond bankai and beyond resurrection, and transcended everything. it would make sense if mugetsu was ichigo's beyond bankai/ beyond resurrection and was able to defeat aizen so quickly as it was literally a dimension above him in all aspects.

There were more caste lorde in the espada also some of aizen had more vasta lorde turned into perfect arrancar Szayelaporro was originally number 0 and was a vasta lorde and even able to clone himself perfectly into his original form

Personal headcanon: Aizen is the Soul King's son. If Yhwach is the father of Quincy, Aizen is the father of Shinigami. I know there's no evidence to it but then again, it's my headcanon.

what if Aizen wasn't evil? how would things have been different?

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I have God Aizen without fear 🔥🔥

The manga's art is...just so beautiful.

"He had inhaled a dangerously high level of copeium" those were words i never expected to come from this man's mouth xD

a caterpillar that metamorphisised into a butterfly later to be discovered to be a moth. that's how i see it

DBZimRAN..I hope you spelled your name..my name is CALVIN..Aizen's cushion forms all the amazingly accurate..form a butter fly forms..as smart as Aizen is he failed because in terms of a butterfly type of transformation he went through because he limited himself a high school biology education..his mind can only grabs the butterfly concept to help guide his transformation..with his negative feeling that's the best hoyucue could do for Aizen.. keep up the insightful pod cast

Cant wait the battle Ichigo and Grimmjow against Ulquiorra in Hell Arc ☺️

Can you cover all the main sternritters before the anime starts? Those of us who didn’t read the TYBW arc would really appreciate it

he also has multiple pairs of wings which is symbolic because the seraph with their 6 wings are found around gods throne like that every transformation of aizen has elements that are symbolic in certain religions showing he is getting closer and closer to god(soul king) with each transformation resembling a kind of spiritual enlightenment of some sorts. just look at his last transformation it is like that of the biblical angels

I’m aizen I’ve been waiting for this

One is the loneliest number.

before cacoon form sasuke survived attacks on his own. he was fast enough to escape yamamotos flame, strong enough so getsuga only scratch him. aizen said that himself when he achieved peak of his shinigami power

If you haven’t already can you make a video about the zanpakuto rebellion arc

I know Im late to this discussion, but I literally just had this thought in my mind about Aizen's evolutions: Prelude: •Hollows in the world of BLEACH are by definition "Damned Souls", whereas Shinigami by definition are "Gods of Death/Divine Beings". •The Zanpakuto of the Shinigami is essentially an extension of their own character. •The Hogyoku is a collection of The Soul King's spiritual remnants. Analysis: First Fusion - Stays a Shinigami for a while, and utilizes his Zanpakuto (Kyoka Suigetsu) more often. Second Stage - Hollowfication Phase, he completely covers himself in white, just as how Vizards (partly Hollow, but *mainly* Shinigami) mask themselves in white hollow-aura. He also completely discards the power of Kyoka Suigetsu, rejecting the illusions he made about himself, and now becoming something more akin his "true being". Third Transformation - Aizen breaks through his cloak, the same way an Arrancar (partly Shinigami, but *mainly* Hollow) breaks off their mask, and reveals his face after his ascension. Fourth Fusion - Aizen adapts a hole in his chest after being betrayed by Gin, his most trusted ally, signifying that he has truly evolved into a Hollow-Like Entity, with the Hogyoku now becoming his heart. Final Fusion - Aizen evolves even further through the rage of his heart, the rage of The Hogyoku, and becomes something akin to a Vasto-Lorde. Basically, what I'm getting at here, is that despite the Hogyoku being Fragments of The Soul King (God, the purest and most divine being in all of existence) and has now adopted itself as Aizen's Heart, it is through the Hogyoku's Divine Power that Aizen descends to damnation for the rest of eternity. Sealed to a chair with a hole - caused by his subordinate - through his chest, and used as a Lynchpin for holding up the Chains of Hell...just like The Soul King, the very being he despised and tried to replace.

So how do you feel about Aizen fully fusing with his Zanpakuto?

What you're saying is Aizen tried to take a path of Enlightenment but the path that he took was the wrong way and it destroyed his path of enlightenment

Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard once heard butterflies are associated to death in Japan like skulls are in the west so wouldn't Aizens transformation be becoming absolute death? Like THE reaper instead of a reaper

10:20 "Ichigo sacrificing his desire to protect others to become transcendent" Thats debateable, he became transcendent, because of his desire to protect others

I think he looks cool. But do you think this Aizen could take on squad 0.

Another step to his evolution that’s fascinating is the “What If…” form from Bleach Brave Souls 6th anniversary where it gives Aizen fully evolved. Like Ichigo he seems to have fully fused with Kyoka Suigetsu and the Hyogyoku. The design is absolutely amazing with all the mirrors and symbolism with a mirror flower, detached arms, and other design pieces. detached arms, and other design pieces. I don’t think the Hyogyoku gave him a messed up form because it disliked Aizen loosing to Ichigo but rather his mental state deteriorating from ego and denial and causing the evolution to be flawed and rushed. The “What if” design being what a good evolution would’ve led to Overall his evolutions to the messed up and painful hollow-esqu forms is fascinating.

Well I thought he was kinda sharing some of the Soul Kings traits as changed from form to form mostly having different eye colors and skin especially toward the end. I was wondering if the Hogyoku making like the Soul King? Any chance you could do video on soul king too? I am little confused about him as well

Can you do a review of bleach can't fear for your own world novel pls

Can you also make a video on why Ichigos hair is orange

The only thing I'll laugh is the amount of dislikes on the hell arc of bleach

the arm being connected to the sword reminds me of white

Do you believe that the hougyokou was destroyed in deicide? I assumed TYBW Aizen still had it within him

The Hogyoku gave Aizen whatever he needed to process his current situation. Copium included.

Personally I like the idea of a power that makes you physically evolve to become stronger

I think the new brave souls form aizen has is closer to true enlightenment and his shikai is fused with the hogyuku it’s probably a hypothetical form he’d have entered after being defeated by ichigo I also think that form would be way stronger than muken aizen

hated how ichigo was so easily able to gain a power beyond aizen it was to big a power jump that came out of nowear

The Copium line actually made me laugh way too loud.

well. when it was first revealed i thought "what the h*** is that?! why!?" after a few months i settled though, now i think it looks alright. i guess i reacted that way because the form was just so foreign to me.

I hope BLEACH can continue the manga Hell Arc. I also wish for that can get more arcs after Hell Arc. I got some ideas like West Soul Society Arc, Heaven Arc, High Dimensional Being Arc. Wish Kubo could see my ideas : Hell Arc : about go to hell and fight the evil soul reapers and devil clan for saving world peace, and the final boss could be Satan the King of Hell who in charge the whole hell. West Soul Society Arc : about they go to British and crossover with Burn the Witch, and fight the new enemy called hybrid beings. This Hybrid beings are mixed with dragon cell, vampire cell, hollow cell, and zombie cell, created by a mad scientist. Since ESS we have Mayuri, so WSS side has a mad scientist would make sense. Heaven Arc: about to fight angels, archangels, fallen angels from heaven realm. If we have a Soul King in east, maybe there's a Angel King in west. Angel clan characters/enemies coul be Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Lucifer. High Dimensional Being Arc : about they go to 4D or 5D realm to fight the new enemy called higher dimensional beings, and reveal that there's a true God who created Soul King, Hell King, and Angel King.

What if kisuke unlocked the hogyoku form without any evil intent

Thinking about it I think this fight was a let down. All suddenly the final getsuga is one of the most important form to go against Aizen’s final form. The whole Aizen story to me felt so short. All happen in 1 day. I know Ichigo’s went to the realm to trained for years but for Aizen to go down within a hours of transforming to me felt rushed. Idk what they could had done but to me it didn’t feel earned.

Been hearing that ProZD might voice Ywach. Pls tell me it ain't so.

10:35 🤣

Oh nahh blud thought ichigo had a hevenly restriction he is NOT toji 😭🙏

My friend pointed out that when Aizen has that all black face, that his real face was split in the middle and you can see it on either side of his face. Super gross tbh lmao

Don't F... with Aizen.