User blog comment:Pwndulquiorra/Bleach future/@comment-1591878-20100923020851/@comment-1454424-20100923023107

I don't think the Shattered Shaft will work twice and that's an inherently dangerous process.

In addition, it seem clear that in Ichigo's case, his hollow powers is merely an extension of his Shinigami powers. Remember that both Zangetsu and Hollow Ichigo said goodbye to Ichigo in their merged form. So I don't think Ichigo is about to become a hollow.

Orihime might be able to restore Ichigo's power but she might not. I think what's going to happen is that Ichigo's friends, Orihime, Chad and Ishida are going to come back and vow to protect Ichigo for a while and Ichigo will be powerless for a bit. But then something will happen that will force Ichigo to regain his power in some way. But whatever way it is, it won't be the Shattered Shaft. That's been done. Kubo is not going to rehash something like that. It would be boring if he did.