User blog comment:Godisme/Bad Recognition/@comment-44061-20120222141536

Yes he is a Quincy apparently, though something seems to be wrong with this entire concept. We see quincy and the quincy cross but what he pulled out doesnt look like bow of any kind and its unnecessarily huge. Not to mention that Ichigo, and even more specifically Ishida stated he appeared to be an Arrancar, thus this is not something we came up with. They decidedly took that approach, with it being odd that Ishida wouldnt be able to tell this guy was a Quincy. Even outside of being a quincy he usually far more perceptive. Then sending a group to Soul Society to declare war on the Gotei 13. There are two problems there, 1.) Showing up and directly threatening the Captain-Commander seems odd to say the least and stupid. 2.) normal humans even the most spiritually aware cant come and go through dimensions at will. Humans cant just show up at Soul Society, they arent spiritual beings. Even for Ichigo's friends to get to Soul Society they needed Urahara's special gate.