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^ Well, I wouldn't call it a fact, it's subject to enterpretation after all. Compressing Reiatsu into his sword is nothing unique to Ichigo. In that regard, his Getsuga is about as Quincy-like as Yamamoto's Zanka no Tachi was. One could therefore argue that it seems and functions like a Zanpakutou technique.