Duelistbluerose said:
tousen has a HUGE advantage against aizen's powerful zanpakutou since he can never see it, Gin was powerful and at early age and it impressed aizen, and orihime has that weird cancellation power that aizen is intriged by. but i dont see how ichigo fits in, unless we havent seen his true power yet....
I definitely agree with you on the Tousen and Gin bit. I think they somehow will have bigger part to play later in the main arc rather just being Aizen's underlings, esp. Gin. I get a feeling that he somehow has a hidden agenda, while Aizen seems to be the leader of the infamous trio, Gin is no idiot either. I don't think his loyalty is with Aizen just because he's a fervent believer in Aizen's ideologies, unlike Tousen who seems to be following Aizen out of blind (no pun intended) subjugation.
Right now, it would seem that Urahara and Aizen are more of instigators rather than active players on the front lines, very much like 2 very intelligent chess players strategically making their moves for the final battle. Though I definitely would like to see U vs A in a fight! I think we have seen one too many previews of their unrevealed strengths to just let it slide!