User blog comment:Songokuthegreat/how strong do you think ichigo is now?/@comment-1906999-20100915230434

He's easily the strongest person in the known Bleach universe right now, and the messed up part about that is that he hasn't even gone on the offensive yet. It's hard to believe how Bleach could continue with Ichigo being as strong as he is, which makes me believe that this is going to be more like a power-up instead of an evolution. I don't think Kubo will keep Ichigo at this level, because it would make every other character he introduced in the story so far irrelevant (With the possible exception of Isshin, but that's still to be seen).