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I've thought about the idea that he stole Ichigo's Bankai (or at least that aspect as a stage of power). And i wouldn't rule it out as still being a good possibility. Like you said, it may have been a large piece of Ichigo's powers that Ginjo was after, all along.

Which leads into the next issue you bring up. I too always wondered, if it was true that he stole the powers of Shinigami prior to his hiding, then why have we never seen him use a plethora of various powers? I considered that maybe he just chose to not use them, and focused on using Ichigo's own attack against him during their battle.

There's also the notion i had, that maybe the reference to him stealing "power" actually translates to him stealing Reiatsu, just to add to his own and spike his power (this could maybe coincide with my suggestion that he attained Bankai during the short amount of time that he was still a Substitute Shinigami). After all, part of Fullbring offers manipulation of the souls of inanimate objects; maybe a Shinigami -- being a soul form -- would be susceptible to this ability only affecting their Reiatsu. All only in theory, of course; but is it a possibility?

I really like your twist to the perspective of the whole situation of Ginjo versus the Soul Society. It could very well be that they turned against him unfairly, and that's why he's so (seemingly unreasonably) adamant to take revenge on them all.