#Bleach ch421: out with a wimper? #manga 

As with much of Kubo's material for what has been years, I'm not quite sure if I'm being played with or not. I have to assume that Ichigo's loss of shinigami powers isn't permanent, if Ishida could get them back then I assume the hero can as well. What really feels disappointing is if this is the end of the confrontation between Aizen and Ichigo then I'm profoundly disappointed. All that hype, & it really wasn't much of fight. It took no time, and Aizen completely stopped being himself once Ichigo showed up. This feels like a profound failure to something that has been built up since Bleach's beginning.

But before I get too far, you guys did notice that Aizen hasn't had a flashback yet. Until that happens I'm not going to assume he's dead.