#at worst Isshin deliberately conspired with Kisuke to manipulate his son into the ultimate weapon

[aurora-313]

A dark thought I've had in my more uncharitable moods is I don't know what is more appalling:

Masaki being in on the plan and purposefully martyring herself to cultivate Ichigo's traumatic hero complex allowing Kisuke to mold him for the plan to defeat Aizen.

Masaki being adamantly against the plan, refusing to use her son like how the Ishida family wished to use her, and her death was a tragically fortuitous event that removed the final obstacle to Kisuke and Isshin proceeding.

Morbidity aside, the issue I have with the whole incident and Masaki being a quincy in general is the concept of auswählen itself.

Auswählen is meant to drain the power from the unworthy quincy or the mixed-blood Quincy. As a side effect a silver clot forms in their heart, ensuring that even if they survive the extraction they'll die shortly after which sends their soul to Yhwach as well.

With that in mind: Ichigo is the furthest thing from pureblood there is to be. By virtue of having a hollow inside him, he is tainted by the very thing the Quincy are compelled to destroy as a matter of pure survival.

One: Why didn't he die of heart failure at age 7 due to auswählen's after effects? Because as the epitome of impurity Ichigo would and should have been auto targeted.

Two: Why didn't Yhwach go after his soul specifically?

Ichigo is a manufactured second coming. Everyone in his life knows he has godly potential. Wouldn't that be more incentive for Isshin to rush to the scene and get Ichigo out of dodge? Or have Kisuke on standby for that matter? (presuming Kisuke wasn't the one to sicc the hollow on Masaki in the first place. Wouldn't put it past him...)

Imagine the devastation Grand Fisher would reap if he devoured a soul that rich in power. He'd been evading shinigami for five decades at that point. With the power of a vulnerable young Ichigo, he'd be damned near unstoppable. And they already had two gods to deal with, did they really need a third?

Its almost like everything after Deicide was pulled out of Kubo's ass and he didn't consider the implications of his own writing at all... what else is new?