User blog comment:Xilinoc/Chapter 530 - Dark of the Moon 3/@comment-5551986-20130313131123/@comment-1055570-20130313215438

I'm not too sure on this one. Since when have things ever gone the normal way with Ichigo. It might just be that since he had a hollow inside him and since his Badge held his spirit pressure still that he was able to perform fullbring.