Bleached Ichigo

Bleach Manga Chapter 175: End Of Hypnosis 7 – Truth Under My Strings

Renji and Ichigo are defeated and Aizen’s plans for Rukia are about to be fulfilled.
However Ichigo is still conscious and tries to get up, with no success whatsoever. Aizen mocks Ichigo’s power, referring to it as that of an ant. He then proceeds to explain his plan and how Ichigo was just a pawn in his elaborate game of chess. Ichigo is surprised to hear that Aizen knows who Urahara Kisuke is, and in return Aizen is surprised to find out that Ichigo came on his own will and was not just ordered to do so by Urahara.
Aizen then changes the subject and starts talking about the four basic combat skills that a shiigami is able to accomplish (Zanjutsu – Sword skill; Houhou – footwork; Hakuda – hand to hand combat; Kidou – Demon arts). Aizen explains that each shinigami can only learn each skill to some extent, and if he manges to master all four, he cannot go beyond the limit. The only way possible to overcome that limit is by Shinigami – Hollow hybridization. Aizen proceeds to explain that in the past such things did not exist, until Urahara Kisuke created the Hougyoku (Orb of Destruction). According to Aizen, the Hougyouku was too powerful for even Urahara to destroy, so instead he sealed it inside a shinigami – Kuchiki Rukia. He then tried to turn Rukia into a normal human, so that the Soukyoku could never be discovered and used by the wrong people. Aizen states that the reason behind Urahara’s exile is a gigai (faux body), that was untraceable and changed shinigami into ordinary humans. Just as Aizen is explaining the last part of his plan, the captain of the 7th Gotei Division – Sajin Komamura interrupts his speech and attacks him.