Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9826910-20130618064245/@comment-11477779-20130705214541

I disagree about post-Dangai Ichigo being in a temporary power-up state. We learned recently that Old Man Zangetsu was really Ichigo's Quincy power suppressing his true zanpakuto. When Ichigo fought in his inner world during his Dangai training, the spirits merged and that became his true power. When he fought Aizen it was as he was meant to be. Using FGT resulted in the loss of his Shinigami powers but I believe the remant that was left was the Quincy power. That and the bit about his mother being attacked by a hollow is what gave him his Fullbring. Urahara's special reiatsu sword jump-started his shinigami powers and basically put him back in his pre-Dangai state (with a bit more power). Upon the forging of his true zanpakuto and coming to terms with his heritage he has once again united all his power as he was meant to be.