User blog comment:Zulfiq/Post Dangai Training Ichigo VS Post Squad Zero Vacation Ichigo/@comment-5551986-20140918203231

That and Ichigo easily mopped the floor with 4 sternritters who are not exactly pushovers, without even thinking of using his bankai, and then prepared to confront 8 without much concern. Considering his reiatsu at the time of his fight with Aizen was his bankai, it might be safe to assume he will have a similar one again if he uses it this time, because he is virtually "complete" now, so if he got a large taste of his power in his fight with Aizen and he was that powerful how much more powerful will he become now he has near enough all of it? And supposedly this is the "end" of the series, it would be rather probably to assume the current Ichigo is stronger than the pre-skip Aizen fight one. I mean its like Goku in DBZ beating frieza and only relying on his Kaio-ken or whatever instead of super saiyan from then on. A power down is stupid as the series progresses unless the character has to overcome an obstacle, such as losing their powers to regain them, becoming sick, losing faith and determination and that stuff.

To boot Ichigo has got his confidence back seemingly and so far he hasn't even so much as been pushed against anyone since his zero division training, easily deflecting Uryu's attack with a slash, emerging unharmed from that big explosion, beating Candice who was using Volstandig with his shikai when earlier he got whipped by a presumably weaker Sternritter, when Ichigo had his shikai, I mean he couldn't even touch Quilge.

Past Ichigo < Current Ichigo