User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 540 - The Sword Five/@comment-8295743-20130605172815/@comment-8295743-20130605191020

Hmmmm. Throwing out another idea here. Criticism is welcomed.

White is an artificially created Hollow, made from the soul of a Shinigami by Aizen. It eventually latches onto Ichigo. When Ichigo was training to regain his powers after his near-death by Byakuya, White was awakened and gave Ichigo power. It mimics a Zanpakto, but wasn't really one to begin with. Ichigo wasn't really a Soul Reaper, he was always using the Hollow powers of White. Maybe he wasn't Shunpo, maybe it was Sonido. But White should NOT be able to imitate Shinigami powers so perfectly. If White was the original source of his powers, why was Ichigo never able to use a Cero? To keep people from discovering his secret? And if White was the real source of his power, this means White had to have been stronger than any Captain out there. So why didn't Aizen use it to obliterate Soul Society? Did he not know how strong it really was?

I don't think Ichigo was really a Shinigami, his power was always some other source. Whether it was Rukia or White, it was always borrowed power. His new Zanpakto is obviously related to his Quincy abilities. Is Oetsu basically doing what White did, with the Quincy blood being reforged into a power source to act as a Shinigami?

The deeper I get into this final arc.....the more I detest it. Kubo just seems to be throwing out whatever he can come up with, regardless of what he has already established as canon. It's just becoming one massive mess that looks more like fanfic than anything else.