User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 541 - THE BLADE AND ME 2/@comment-1747976-20130617040006

Okay, this totally explains the fulltime release form of Ichigo's zanpakuto.... He actually never had an asauchi in the first place for the shikai to be downgraded to. Makes sense. I would still like to know how Kubo is going to deal with the broken pieces of the original blade Ichigo use that Haschvald cut in two... I would also like to know if Ichigo will be able to have full use of his Quincy abilities. Anyway we will see. This is damn good progress...