User blog comment:New Guy/Final Getsuga Tenshou and Quincy Final Form/@comment-1268838-20101014155512

I saw the similarities as well, but Ishida's was different in that he got to keep his spiritual powers, such as his awareness of spirit - Ichigo on the other hand, cannot even see ghosts anymore, let alone Hollows. Not even a shred of his spiritual power remains. That didn't stop Isshin though, so I guess we'll see soon enough.