Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131130185522/@comment-11269545-20140920011639

Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: Jam17692 wrote: abit late but here:

"Protective Charm: A Kidō-based charm given to him by his father. If the owner is attacked by hostile forces, it acts as a defense by forming a barrier, as displayed when Kon (while in Ichigo's body) was attacked by the Arrancar Grand Fisher. Ichigo was unaware of the charm's power, and was told it once belonged to his mother. The latter is proven to be a lie, as Isshin later reveals he created the charm recently." http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Ichigo_Kurosaki#Equipment

"Isshin can create charmed objects to act as a defense against hostile forces, such as the Arrancar Grand Fisher." http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Isshin_Kurosaki#Powers_.26_Abilities Well, the part about Isshin having created the charm certainly surprised me. I guess the charm, by extension, is said to be Kido-based because it's assumed that Isshin made it? An assumption that was made despite the fact that Kisuke clearly stated that Isshin couldn't have had access to his Shinigami powers at the time, and despite the fact that he's never even claimed to have made it in the first place. Further, concerning the contradicting stories he told Ichigo, and Kon, about its origin, it seems the story he told Kon apparently hold more credibility than the one he gave to Ichigo...

It also says that the charm protects the owner against "hostile forces" (like what exactly? Street thugs? Approaching cars? Rabid dogs?), which is a big generalization, since it's only been proven to work on Hollows. Imo, whoever contributed to that section need to double check the referred manga pages for facts, rather than make contributions made up of assumptions. Of course that's just my two cents, if there's actually a consensus that Isshin did, in fact, make the charm himself, and of all the other points I mentioned, then who am I to disagree? ^^ I was kind of thinking it may have been written in one of the character books, but I can't find it online.