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

After 10,000+ votes, you guys chose Shinji vs Aizen to be the next battle analysed! This is a fun one - while the actual battle is painfully short, there's a ton of great character work on show here between these two century-old enemies. So, let's do a deep dive into when the big bad of Bleach finally stepped onto the frontlines and how he was confronted by Shinji - his former captain!

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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Fight Setup - 04:39
The Fight Begins - 10:25
Aizen's Speech - 13:38
Sakanade Revealed - 19:50
Summary - 29:20
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[MrTommo]

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!

[jschoma]

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

[laddjuuzo]

"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.

[andyzhang]

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.

[Max-zgld]

I was so mad we didnt get

A SINGLE interaction with Shinji and Aizen in TYBW smh.

[nyancatnyancatnyancat]

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

[zeldakixass]

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.

[luciussakura]

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.

[pauline_f]

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

[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.

[krissjames]

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.

[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.

[BlueFlamingo]

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

[praz]

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.

[qb]

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

[fire]

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

[twicebubaigawara]

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

[djarmstead]

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.

[edgeofultima]

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

[manuelacosta]

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.