Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5405361-20130408110659/@comment-5405361-20130408130115

Yeah that may be true but if you look at Ichigo after the soul society arc you notice that his spiritual pressure was getting darker as if it was trying to convert itself into darkness to mimic the fact that every time Ichigo unleashed his bankai you noticed that his hollow side or his "darkness" was taking over. Since during the fight between him and Zaraki Kenpachi his sword broke and Zangetsu tested Ichigo to see if he was truly worthy of being his partner. After Ichigo passed the test his hollow side became apart of Zangetsu which means Ichigo's power after the soul society arc was no longer containing the darkness the Getsuga Tensho had possessed. If you looked closely when Ichigo unleashed his dark spiritual pressure it possessed a blue outline which meant Ichigo was holding the darkness in check. However when he went bankai during the arrancar arc you never saw that blue outline which meant bit by bit Ichigo was being taken over by his darkness. Another thing to mention is that when Ichigo became Getsuga itself did you notice his spiritual pressure no longer possessed that line that was keeping it bound? It was free and with closer inspection unlike the others his didn't shine; why bring this up because if his spiritual pressure even at that level had surpassed Shinigami and Hollow just like how Aizen did with the Hogyoku then how come it was just completely black? When other Shinigami or Hollow show off their spiritual pressure you can see that light can clearly shine through because of two things. One because of the fact that we all know that light is a form of color and even though Ichigo's original key note original spiritual pressure was a light blue it changed after Kisuke Urahara's Hollowification process gave Ichigo his own power. Two after a while Ichigo's Spiritual pressure turned black and I mean completely black to the point where it followed the definition of the word black that states "It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white and often represents darkness in contrast with light." One more crucial thing to point out is it's final attack name Mugetsu which means "Moonless Sky" key word moonless. The moon being the source of light to illuminate the darkness of nightfall being taken away leaves nothing but pitch black darkness to fall. Also when you see Ichigo use the technique it uses the ability of absolute darkness which robs the area of all light and as a matter of fact it did and after it dissipated all the light and color returned to the environment. Also I would like to point out that I never said it was Kido- based Zanpakuto also add to the fact that it in itself is a melee-elemental type since it starts off as melee but when it reaches its final form it becomes elemental and even then it shows before reaching its final state that the darkness is there but it's being contained in order to harness its power to increase the attack's damage against the opponent.