Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28648393-20160728233147/@comment-29359011-20160815071153

EddyD1 Ginjo, Tsukishima and Giriko are all dead. After been killed they were sent to Soul Society as any souls and were saved from the Rugonkai by Kukaku Shiba. She saved them in exchange of their help against the upcoming battle agaisnt the Wanderreich.

And Ichigo became as powerfull or even more powerfull than Aizen when he acquired his real Zengetsu. The proof, Ichigo's Bankai was the only thing Yhwach seemed to fear to cross path with. Ichigo was the only one who was powerfull enought of mortally wounding Yhwach.

And his Bankai didn't not revert to his past Shikai. The black blade inside his white blade while using his bankai was identical to his past Shikai. When a weakened Yhwach shaterred the white blade it just revealed the black blade inside it.