Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8179648-20150703091049/@comment-5780397-20151012232110

I too came up with the same theory. However, I think it was later explained that Chad's and Orihime's powers awoke because of the Hogyoku, but this does not necessarily need to be true, especially since everyone around Ichigo is becoming so strong at such a fast rate... Renji and Rukia achieved Bankai in a ridiculous amount of time, for example, Renji in particular. I don't think this means that Jugo and Ichigo would share a connection, though. Yhwach considers all Quincy his children, even his title says it. Plus, Ichigo's Quincy powers have always been dormant, but 1-the fact that his inner Hollow does not harm him as the Hollowfied Bankai does to Quincy (only valid if we assume they are damaged because they absorb Reishi); 2-he has had so many power boosts already and he has never absorbed Reishi from around him, though it might be because something else always saved him (plot shields everywhere...); 3-Uryu, a Quincy, has been very close to him and never noticed his Quincy heritage, all of this might indeed be because Ichigo is that kind of Quincy.