Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-5710238-20130912111908

I know it's been a while and this thread has probably been axed from your minds but I have a theory on what Ichigo truly is.

Okay, lets take into account that he(Ichigo) was born a Quincy. That would make him a pure Quincy with the potential to use fullbring. Then we introduce White, who was one of Aizen's first attempts at combining or fusing Shinigami and hollow abilities.

Quote: Isshin,"It feels as if I'm fighting against a zanpakutou!" Or something to that affect.

That would mean that Ichigo's inner hollow is an incomplete(unfinished?) arrancar. Therefore Ichigo did not actually inherit the shinigami abilities he is exhibiting were a copy of his father's attack that he used against white.