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He's human and alive. I think that he doesn't have a Chain of Fate because he's a soul reaper. I think the Chain of Fate appears when a human dies, or is forced out of their body by another force. Or just when they die. If you think it's only when humans die, then maybe when humans die, they have a period where they are still connected to their body via CoF (Chain of Fate). In Ichigo's case, because he's a soul reaper, the CoF doesn't apply to him.