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!

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

"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.

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.

I love shinji so much and I wish he would've had more to do throughout the series, he feels like one of the most underused characters to me.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Great content, really love this stuff.

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.

Another great quality video!

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.

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

Love your videos man !!

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.

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.

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.

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 KZfaq’s up too.

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

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

This is making me wanna reread this fight now

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

When Aizen called Sakanade inferior and injured Shinji, that would have been the time for Shinji to reveal his Bankai. Its truly unfortunate that such a personal fight was cut short like this

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.

I don't know if you are into any other manga but I would love to hear you talk about some other series also. That is not to say I am sick of the Bleach content cause I love it. Can't wait for the new chapters!!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

You should do Kaname vs Sajin sometime, that would be a very interesting video

I love these videos. Making bleach sound like shakespeare

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

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

I don't wanna offend any Shinji fan here but I always felt like the Vizards were just filling in the blanks from captains that were stronger than them

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Ok let’s go

Would you do analyze about Ichigo and Gin's fight next? Please? ❤❤

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

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

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.

My favorite speech in the whole series

That PlayStation mascot shirt is bad ass where’d you get it?

I wish this was a 2x a week content channel. I was more indepth analysis!

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

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

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.

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

Shinji got done dirty in TYBW Arc. L City.

this battle is more a debate or better a debattele

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

Tommo, where did you get that shirt, i gotta have it

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

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.

I love Shinji, he's one of my favourites in the entire series. It did bum me out a bit we didn't get more of him in TYBW, nor any (I think) usage of Visored hollow masks from anyone

greatest design in bleach

I thought it was super awesome that Shinji actually hurt Aizen. Or at least cut him. But no he stood no chance against Aizen.

Shinji is one of my absolute favorite characters along Aizen and Kyouraku.

This is the best Visard fight, which makes me pretty sad, cuz Mashiro vs Yhwah would be very good match, I know Mashiro is Overpowered, but Yhwah might hold his ground for a few panels

What about making a hypothetical sotuation when other Captains and VCs (+Ikkaku and Yumichika) were taken for RR training and how they abilities would improve? Also who do you think should've been taken instead of Rukia and Renji as we all know they were not that damaged after the 1st Invasion Quincy?

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

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.