Originally, Chad and Orihime were said to have developed their powers because they were affected by Ichigo's constantly leaking reiatsu. Eventually, Aizen claims that it was actually the Hogyoku that unlocked their powers, even though it was supposedly dormant inside Rukia. Some fans have tried to reconcile the different explanations, but the story itself never does.
This keeps getting added to the page on the grounds of the belief that the manga's two explanations are mutually exclusive. It's more a case of premature troping of an unfinished storyline and two half-statements by two Unreliable Narrator characters who were working to their own agendas at the time they made the statements. It's only a contradiction if fans decide they're going to choose one character over the other in terms of what the two men said. Now, one man could be right and the other wrong, but the manga's also made it possible for both men to be right at the same time.
Urahara says they have natural-born powers that awakened from exposure to Ichigo's uncontrolled reiatsu while in Shinigami form. At the time, he was keeping the Hougyoku secret and he completely ignores the time-lag between the moment of exposure and the moment of manifesation.
Aizen tells Isshin he's only recently realised the Hougyoku has a will of its own. He says the Hougyoku can manifest people's desires, but is limited to only being able to manifest what the subject is already capable of. Orihime and Sado are one of his examples, the flashback panels show the moment of manifestation, and Aizen completely ignores Ichigo's reiatsu as well as ignoring the fact that during the manifestation, the Hougyoku was nowhere near either of them.
Just prior to this (the conversation that brought Isshin into the scene), Aizen stated that his words shouldn't be trusted because he lies. He also turns out to be wrong about several things. Urahara also implies to Aizen that Aizen's got something wrong about the Hougyoku, but Aizen doesn't take Urahara seriously and Urahara drops the subject - so Kubo's left this plot thread dangling for now.
tl;dr. Both men have explanations full of holes but which fill the holes of the other guy's statement, meaning the statements appear to be more useful taken together than in isolation.
Urahara addresses them having natural-born power and an impact from Ichigo's reiatsu (which fits with Aizen's claim that the Hougyoku can only manifest what the subject is already capable of).
Aizen states that it needs Orihime and Sado to feel a moment of powerlessness they detest (which addresses the bit Urahara ignored - the time lag between exposure and manifestation is because their state of mind needed to be just right).
Looking at the manga with hindsight also reveals that both Orihime and Sado were exposed to Ichigo's uncontrolled reiatsu and the Hougyoku at the exact same time, which is one of the reasons why we can't rule out both men being right at the same time (especially since neither man address the issue of the Hougyoku being nowhere near Orihime and Sado when they manifested the power). This is just an unfinished storyline.
Edited by WyldchyldIf my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
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This keeps getting added to the page on the grounds of the belief that the manga's two explanations are mutually exclusive. It's more a case of premature troping of an unfinished storyline and two half-statements by two Unreliable Narrator characters who were working to their own agendas at the time they made the statements. It's only a contradiction if fans decide they're going to choose one character over the other in terms of what the two men said. Now, one man could be right and the other wrong, but the manga's also made it possible for both men to be right at the same time.
Urahara says they have natural-born powers that awakened from exposure to Ichigo's uncontrolled reiatsu while in Shinigami form. At the time, he was keeping the Hougyoku secret and he completely ignores the time-lag between the moment of exposure and the moment of manifesation.
Aizen tells Isshin he's only recently realised the Hougyoku has a will of its own. He says the Hougyoku can manifest people's desires, but is limited to only being able to manifest what the subject is already capable of. Orihime and Sado are one of his examples, the flashback panels show the moment of manifestation, and Aizen completely ignores Ichigo's reiatsu as well as ignoring the fact that during the manifestation, the Hougyoku was nowhere near either of them.
Just prior to this (the conversation that brought Isshin into the scene), Aizen stated that his words shouldn't be trusted because he lies. He also turns out to be wrong about several things. Urahara also implies to Aizen that Aizen's got something wrong about the Hougyoku, but Aizen doesn't take Urahara seriously and Urahara drops the subject - so Kubo's left this plot thread dangling for now.
tl;dr. Both men have explanations full of holes but which fill the holes of the other guy's statement, meaning the statements appear to be more useful taken together than in isolation.
Looking at the manga with hindsight also reveals that both Orihime and Sado were exposed to Ichigo's uncontrolled reiatsu and the Hougyoku at the exact same time, which is one of the reasons why we can't rule out both men being right at the same time (especially since neither man address the issue of the Hougyoku being nowhere near Orihime and Sado when they manifested the power). This is just an unfinished storyline.
Edited by Wyldchyld If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.