User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/423: Farewell Swords/@comment-28861328-20101010231600/@comment-1248963-20101011023202

There's almost no doubt Ichigo will regain his powers, the only question is how. I doubt Shattered Shaft is an option, for two reasons: First, it's already been done, doing it again would be boring. Second: It worked the first time because Ichigo had the powers hidden inside him, this time, he has none. I doubt any other normal powerless soul could pull off Shinigami powers out of their sleeve through that method.