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Well all you point out is true. I would say that Ichigo is technically alive and human simply for the fact that he still has his actual human body. But the thing about it is that it technically acts as a Gigai but is an actual body as opposed to a artificially created one. Also his spiritual power would likely play a role here. The typical concept is that when ones Chain of Fate is severed they cant return to their body. In Ichigo's case im thinking the body is like a gigai at this point. Its probably a better connection seeing as its his actual body.