User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/422: The silent victory/@comment-1432572-20101001004441/@comment-3046295-20101001111941

I'm with Grimmjow here. Salubri is attempting to refute things written into the manga by Kubo himself. This makes it canon, because otherwise, if it were speculation, it wouldn't exist in any format. You're assuming Ichigo's lines are just materialised from where exactly? Kubo has put those words in Ichigo's mouth - therefore until disputed otherwise by anyone else - he's making a point for the audience to understand, from his standpoint.