Sousuke Aizen's current power explained

Key things

  • Shunsui makes a deal with Aizen to help the Gotei 13 battle Yhwach for much needed help.
  • Aizen, a post-Hogyouku fusion, is the most powerful Shinigami besides Ichigo, with transcendent abilities.
  • Aizen's overwhelming strength, mastery of Kidou, and immortality make him invincible and indestructible.



In the latest episode Bleach: Thousand Year Blood Warthe newly appointed Captain Commander of the Gotei 13, Shunsui Kyoraku, goes to the underground prison beneath Squad 1's barracks, Muken. There, while his best friend Captain Ukitake makes a deal with God, Mimigahi to save Soul Society, Shunsui makes a deal with the devil Sousuke Aizen. Kyoraku speaks to Aizen shortly before freeing him from the seal to ask him to help the Gotei 13 in their battle with Yhwach. Shunsui knows that there is no one as powerful as Aizen besides Ichigo and they need all the help they can get.

It's been two years since Aizen was sealed after his epic battle against Dangai Ichigo at the hands of Kisuke Urahara. And yet, he's still a being on a completely different level than anyone on the battlefield besides Ichigo and Yhwach. While Aizen has always been a level above normal Shinigami, his connection with the Hogyoku has given him a transcendental power that surpasses anyone else in the world Bleach.


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Sousuke Aizen before and after Hogyoku

Anomaly, Being beyond any other

When Sousuke Aizen was born, the balance of souls was disturbed. Aizen is an anomaly in every sense of the word. It shouldn't exist. Already at birth, he was a being far beyond all other Shinigami. But he knew how to hide it and enrolled in the Shinigami Academy and joined the Gotei 13, serving as the vice captain of Squad 5 under Shinji Hirako. After his Hollowfication experiments destroyed the lives of the Shinigami who were to become Vizored, Aizen became the captain of Squad 5 and later Momo Hinamori was his deputy captain. Using his Zanpakutou, Kyouka Suigetsu, he faked his death and betrayed the Gotei 13, killing every single member of the Central 46. He retrieved his Hogyouka and fled to Hueco Mundo with Captains Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen.


From the very beginning, no one stood in the sky. Not you, not me, not even the gods. However, this unbearable vacuum has ended. From now on…I will stand in the heavens.

During his battle with the Gotei 13 in the Fake Karakura Town arc, Aizen easily defeated every member of the force by himself, except for former Captain-Commander Yamamoto. All this without using the complex Kidou techniques he is an expert at, or even his Bankai if he has one. The only enemy Aizen saw as close to him in terms of power was Yamamoto, and he created an experimental Arrancar called Wunderweiss Margera to deal with him.


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He then begins to evolve into a transcendent being that merges with the Hogyoku. He fights Urahara, Isshin Kurosaki, and Yoruichi Shihouin with ease while transforming. After it reaches a new stage of evolution, its power is so overwhelming that it completely wipes out any human that comes near it. After being betrayed by Gin Ichimaru, he re-evolves and achieves a final, monstrous transformation when he battles the newly evolved Ichigo. He was hit by Ichigo's Final Getsuga Tenshou: Mugetsu. And yet he survives. He is sealed away by Urahara and the new Central 46 sentences him to 18,800 years of imprisonment in Muken.

There, Aizen remained fused with the Hogyouka, quietly refining his powers and completely discarding the physical form of his Zanpakutou, Kyouka Suigetsu. When Yhwach went after him during the First Quincy Invasion, he was able to use the Zanpakutou's powers simply by Yhwach looking at him. Aizen united with his Zanpakutō and Hogyouka.

Aizen's current power

Invincible and stunning


Due to his fusion with Hogyouku and his transcendent evolution, Sousuke Aizen is the most powerful Shinigami to ever exist, aside from Ichigo Kurosaki, which is a completely different case. Aizen can easily manifest his powers without having to release his Shikai. His Kidou mastery also increased. He is able to cast extremely powerful Kidou spells without casting a spell. Like Hadou 99: Kurohitsugi (Black Box) and Hadou 99: Goryuutenmetsu (Five Swirling Dragons of Doom), one of the most powerful techniques in Bleach.

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In addition to his awesome strength, he is effectively immortal and indestructible. He can take any injury and survive. Aizen would have to be hit with divine power to take significant damage or even be close to death. Thanks to the Hogyoku, Aizen's already abnormal strength tripled. As the Muken guard approached Aizen to restrain him, his hands disintegrated as he approached. Aizen's spiritual pressure is so thick and strong that anyone who comes close to him will die instantly. The seals don't erase his spiritual pressure, they just keep it close to him.


I have to say… You are a really funny man. I'd like some fresh air, you ask? That it would be a breath of fresh air for the Soul Society that Yhwach had summarily crushed?

Shunsui also unfastened only three seals on Aizen: the mouth, left eye, and ankles. This means that most of Aizen's body is still sealed away. This is only part of his power of attorney. Yhwach previously revealed that Aizen is one of the special threats of the war. This is due to Aizen's almost infinite power and spiritual pressure. He is invincible, fused with Hogyoku, fused with his Zanpakutō, and is a refined version of his transcendent evolution.

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