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Maurice1989 wrote: But ichigo still has his hollow powers, atleast from what i've read so far. since zangetsu merged with the hollow. originally his inner selve suposed to be black or something but since the hollow merged with zangetsu he is white. though i could be wrong about the whole thing >.>.

The Hollow Zangetsu awakened at Shattered Shaft, and has been Ichigo's true Zanpakutõ from that moment on. Ichigo's Quincy powers (the old man) awakened at the same time, and the Quincy managed to suppress the Hollow Zangetsu. The old man then pretended to be Ichigo's Zanpakutõ until Nimaiya Ouetsu saw through the deception and revealed the truth to Ichigo. However, recent chapters have shown us that Ichigo accepts both his inner Hollow and his Quincy powers as his Zanpakutõ.