Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27565137-20160130014722

We all know Aizen was smart. Really smart. But I wonder if he might have been mistaken when he said it had been the Hougyokou to give Inoue and Chad their powers. And here's why:

1. The Hougyokou was completely sealed, and not only was it sealed it was also hidden inside Rukia herself. And Aizen said that Urahara Hougyokou connected to Inoue and Chad hearts felt their desire for power and because they had it in them, the Hougyokou gave them those powers. Which is weird seeing that being sealed and all how the Hougyokou was able to connected to anyone at all, seems a little far fetched.

2. Both Inoue and Chad powers were by their very definition, Fullbringer powers. Which it implies that both were given hollow powers. Which again is strange, seeing they could've been given quincy or shinigami powers, but instead they were given hollow like powers.

3. Other characters like Tatsuki and Ichigo closest friends also gained some measure of spiritual power.

4. Ichigo badge. And its ability to suck up all of Ichigo's excessive reiatsu, so it didn't leaked unto other people.

Even before the start of this final arc I already had my suspicions/doubts about the veracity of Aizen's claims. And now I just wonder.

What if it was not the Hougyokou that gave them their powers, but Ichigo himself? And here's why I ask this question...

We now know that Ichigo is also a quincy, and we also know that every few hundred years a quincy would be born with similar abilities to those of Yhwach. And we know that Ichigo is anything but normal. He's this hybrid from basically every species from the Bleach universe. So it falls within the realm of possibility that Ichigo might have been the one to give them their powers and not the Hougyokou.

Even the nature of Inoue and Chad powers points to that. We also know that Ichigo shinigami and hollow powers are one and the same, because as Oetsu pointed out, the White hollow power sealed inside Masaki fused with Ichigo's shinigami powers, making them one and same. So it stands to reason that if Ichigo like young Yhwach also has the ability to share pieces of his own soul to other people, or a similar ability, then the powers he would be able to bestow would be hollow-like in nature, seeing that his shinigami/hollow powers are greater in magnitude.

Also it might explain why his badge had that reiatsu sucking function. Maybe Urahara was aware of this, contacted Ukitake and Ukitake that was responsible for the badges included that function in order for Ichigo not going around giving powers to everyone he knew.

Been giving this some thought. What do you think? Does it make more sense that it was Ichigo that gave them those powers unwillingly or that somehow through all that sealing the Hougyokou was still able to give powers, and hollow powers at that? 