Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5551986-20130428001810/@comment-5551986-20130501220202

Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: This just became the philosophy corner, so I'll just throw one more aspect into the mix.

Since Ichigo "borrowed" Rukia's shinigami powers for quite some time; shouldn't he (as a Quincy) also have absorbed part of Rukia's Zanpakuto, Sode no Shirayuki?

Of course since his quincy powers were dorment at the time, I guess that would explain why he didn't absorb the powers of Sode no Shirayuki. :) Good point! But maybe because Ichigo's transition into a shinigami due to Rukia's powers were near instantaneous, wheras he would have spent several months in the womb, thus time being a factor into how he could have possibly done either of those things?