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1. Ichigo has devoloped even more. He has been struggling to overcome his hollow side in order to protect his friends from it. He is slowly transitioning to a different being like Aizen if you don't notice it. Notice how Aizen has transformed into a angelic being while Ichigo is getting more demonic? From the looks of the most recent chapter he has grown up alot. The previous Ichigo was in doubt of his powers and abilities but now he's ready to overcome Aizen because of his training. His personality doesn't have to be outright annoying like Luffy who screams unrealistic ideals like being king of the pirates and he's also not stupid like Luffy is. Most of the things that happened to the Strawhat crew was due to Luffy's stupidness and he almost got himself killed because of his stupidity.
2. Well there aren't exactly many villains in Bleach and Aizen's the main one. He's not even as overpowered and bad as people make him out to be. He was just a shinigami that was just more powerful than the rest of the shinigamis with the exception of Isshin and Yammamoto. He had to get the power up in order to face the royal guard. The royal guard must have some the most powerful characters in bleach history. If Aizen went up against them in just his regular shinigami self then he'd be slaughtered and then the whole war arc would've been for nothing. Honestly, I was wondering for a long time how Aizen was gonna face the Royal Guard but now that he's become a transcendent being I know he'll atleast have a chance with them. I'm sure the battle with the Royal guard will be an epic struggle for Aizen to take over the king's throne.
3. lol, I never said that.
4. lol, I never said that either. The pacing is not as bad as all of you make it out to even be.
5. Read number 2 again to see why this is true.
1. The only development Ichigo has undergone is from a semi-bad ass to a complete wimp; the only wimpier person in all of Jump is Naruto for obvious reasons (hint: he hyperventilates). Physical changes don't warrant character development. For the last fucking time, Aizen transformed into a fucking Butterfly which came out a giant load of spurting cum! He is NOT an Angel! The previous Ichigo didn't even know about his powers. At least Luffy has Ideals. Ichigo doesn't even have that big of a rivalry with Aizen; Ichigo and Aizen have to be the worst protagonist-antagonist pair up in the history of storytelling. Most of the things that happened to the Straw Hats happened because of what everyone did; if anything, Luffy's only done things anyone else in his crew would have done (Ussop was ready to burn the World Government flag even if Luffy hadn't told him, and Sanji and Zoro would have hit the Tenryuubito if Luffy hadn't).
2. There aren't any villains in Bleach. There's a bunch of stupid Arrancars who were fighting for the hell of it, there's Gin who turns out to be an anti-hero, there's that blind black guy who was just confused, and Aizen just wants to become a Butterfly and eat Ichigo. Just because you fight against "the good guys" doesn't mean you're a villain; you're just plot devices to move the story forward (or w/e direction Kubo is moving it, I don't even know anymore). Aizen was just a shinigami who happened to get a magically powerful sword, that's all. It's not like he was anything special to begin with, he just happened to get a nice gift. The whole war arc was for nothing, because nothing really happened. The second Aizen killed his own side, the fight became pointless. The only thing that happened was Aizen owned people after standing around for a while. Oh, and that old guy might've died, idk and idc. His death was pointlessly stupid. The Royal Guard versus a butterfly with 4 wings, how nice.
4. The Pacing is horrible. 4 years for one fucking arc? Are you fucking kidding me? Half the Bleach chapters have been nothing but a guy drawing his sword and slashing another. Bleach chapters have been so horribly paced it's not even funny.
5. If you like Butterflies which spawn from a giant load of spurting cum, then yeah, Aizen is awesome. Aizen has been nothing but a poor rip-off of Naraku - who was already a pretty shitty villain to begin with.