Sōsuke Aizen

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## Entertainingly Detestable

* Gotei Captain
* Ruler of Hueco Mundo
* Muken

### Alias

Lord Aizen
Captain Aizen
Mr. Aizen
Traitor

### Powers / Skills

Genius-level intellect
High-level spiritual energy and reserves
Complete immortality
Complete hypnosis
Hōgyoku
Kyōka Suigetsu

### Goals

Take over the world by killing the Soul King (failed).
Stop Yhwach from uniting all three worlds and gaining total power (succeed).

### Most Entertaining Features

Amazing acting from both Sho Hayami in the Japanese version and Kyle Hebert in the English version
Charismatic demeanor and disposition
Eternal peace and composure, even in situations that seem to threaten his plans
Great self-confidence and determination to achieve his goals
No fear in the face of characters much more powerful than him, such as Yamamoto or Yhwach
Incredibly high intelligence and cunning

### Most Detestable Traits

Treachery
Disregard for the lives of his subordinates and others in general
Readiness to sacrifice absolutely every person to achieve his goals
Manipulating and mentally breaking people, especially those who admired him and didn't see his villainous side, like Momo Hinamori

### Type of ED

Power-Hungry Mastermind

**Sōsuke Aizen** is a soul reaper who once worked for Thirteen Court Guard Company. He is a mastermind behind numerous events and instances that involved manipulating multiple individuals so that he can achieve a higher power. He is one of the main antagonists of the *Bleach* anime and manga series.

He is voiced by Sho Hayami in Japanese and Kyle Hebert in English.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He is a clever and highly intelligent mastermind. He is shown to instigate multiple plots, instances and events that works well in his grand plans. Such events include:
	+ Setting the stage to allow Rukia and Ichigo to meet for the first time.
	+ Pretending to be the Central 46 and have absolute authority over the Thirteen Court Guard Companies while manipulating them.
* He is a very mysterious character, leaving more questions than answers. Almost nothing is known about his past and his reasons for being evil, which makes him a more intriguing character.
* He is highly confident and charismatic. He is rarely ever afraid of anything or have any doubtful thoughts about what he can do.
* Aizen is one of the strongest fighters in the series, who is shown to have an immense amount of spiritual energy that Yamamoto and others are highly concerned about him.
* He is successful leader who is able to manipulate the Espada to his advantages.
* After his defeat and imprisonment, he is shown to become more powerful and dangerous to be around while he is sealed to his chair, he is capable of launching powerful attacks that can reach the Soul King Palace from a far vicinity.
* When Yhwach encounters Aizen, Aizen manages to trick him despite his immense powers during the Wandenreich's invasion.
* When Yhwach tries to destroy all of Soul Society, Aizen fights him head despite the fact that the latter had immense powers that can manipulate space-time. At one point, Aizen is able to trick Yhwach again with an illusion to allow Ichigo to deliver an attack against him.
* While he is imprisoned in Muken, Aizen reminisces about Yhwach's words and Ichigo's tenacity. Despite his imprisonment, Aizen takes his punishment calmly.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* Aizen is a cold-blooded traitor to the Thirteen Court Guards. He had no qualms with using those around him to his own advantage and at times relish in the evil acts he committed.
* Aizen impales Momo, a girl who admired, loved and trusted Aizen, through her chest in a moment where she was caught off-guard. Aizen's attempted murder on her terrified her for a long time. During the Thirteen Court Guards battle against the Espada, he pulled the same illusion where he allows Hitsugaya to impale Momo, putting the girl who had nothing but respect for him through immense pain and anguish.
* Aizen was exceptionally arrogant, cocky, and egotistical. He thought that he was completely invincible. He begins to have a villainous breakdown when Ichigo shows powers that can rival his own power.
* Aizen performed cruel and torturous experiments on multiple people and was responsible for unleashing hollows on the human populace in the Living World.
* Aizen was responsible for attacking Shinji and others nearby causing them to turn into hybrids of hollows and shinigamis known as Visoreds.
* He is the mastermind who sets up Rukia's execution to acquire an important piece he needed to attain a form of godhood. He had no remorse for his role in the amount of damage he caused for attempting to have her killed.
* When Kaname Tosen is beginning to see his own humanity after his battle with Commander Komamura, Aizen was responsible for Kaname's death which infuriated Komamura.
* Aizen did not treat his underlings with any care or respect. He casually cuts down Tier Harribel in battle seeing her as weak and useless like the rest of his team.
* Aizen wanted to make Ichigo suffer greatly before killing him. He wanted to kill Ichigo's friends and show their corpses to him in an attempt to break his spirit.
* It was revealed that Gin Ichimaru joined Aizen's side because Ichimaru was horrified and angry at Aizen for attacking Rangiku Matsumodo in the past. He bided time for the perfect opportunity to kill Aizen for the pain he has caused, showing that Ichimaru never respected Aizen.

## Trivia

* He and Yhwach are the only *Bleach* characters to be Entertainingly Detestable.
* One of the most meme scenes related to Aizen is his chair, to which he is chained during his imprisonment in Muken. This chair was nominated by fans of "Chair-Sama" and many people like to joke that it is one of the most powerful characters in the entire *Bleach* universe, next to Don Kanonji.
* Another scene with Aizen that became a meme is when Sōsuke confesses to Ichigo that his entire life and path as a Shinigami was part of his plan. From that moment on, fans began to joke that Aizen is such a great mastermind that absolutely everything that exists and surrounds us is part of his plan.

## External Links

* Sōsuke Aizen on the Villains Wiki
* Sōsuke Aizen on the Pure Evil Wiki