Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131113141215/@comment-26420452-20131116122547

I know that the old man was always the Quincy powers, but he fulfilled the role of a Zanpakutō. Whenever Ichigo needed the proper powers of a Zanpakutō, it was Hollow Ichigo who'd be summoned. Yet, Ichigo tended to communicate even less with him.