Quote (TotallyDelicious @ Jun 27 2012 10:40pm)
close but i took it as
urahara invented placed a seal on azien that took a long time to take effect, so ichi role was to stall azien long enough for the seal to do its intended job,
ichi lost his powers for nothing, urahara won the battle when he shot azien with his seal way before he and yoruichi attacked azien then ichi attacked azien and had his battle
Quote (Juicy_J @ Jun 28 2012 11:31am)
Ichigo didn't lose his powers for nothing. He had to fire off that attack to be sure that the little black ball would acknowledge his strength over Aizen's. Once that happened and the ball stopped recognizing Aizen, he was weak enough for the seal to take effect on him. Still, did it really matter how Aizen was beaten? He might have been kept around for the sake of the possibility of him coming back. Or Kubo was trying to prevent a plothole so people couldn't say, "Wasn't Aizen supposed to be immortal?"
not sure its how juicy j says it but ichigo was definitely needed to weaken aizen so the seal would activate as urahara stated himself
all i know is ryuuken better kill a quincy thx