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Found this year old post including this section of the manga that wasn't animated and while the prime question there was 'why wasn't this in the anime', I was wondering after a year how people's thoughts on it has changed. Aizen maintains a kind mask in soul society as part of his grand bullshitttery, yes, but I don't think that this was entirely necessary.
Yes it was kind but I don't think it was necessary to accept Momo's "let's attend the birthday party of my dear friend!" Which makes me wonder... Why did Aizen actually come here? A commenter said that Ichigo only felt loneliness from his blade- which doesn't mean that he ONLY felt loneliness, which is an interesting speculation.
I wonder if Aizen was just testing the waters in vain to see if he could find connection or envious of Toshiro for having them in spite of being prodigious like Aizen. Toshiro is a prodigy, but he is not distant from others like Aizen.
Maybe he genuinely enjoyed his time here. What do you think?