Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-29442065-20160809231304/@comment-28630611-20160809233920

The shinigami powers unil the the last arc weren't his true powers.They awakened after ichigo had the broken Tensa Zangetsu forged into the Dual Zangetsu.At first it was rukia's power(she transfered her powers to ichigo).In the Fullbring arc it was the captains' power(they put their reiatsu into the sword to reawaken ichigo's lost shinigami powers).His quincy powers were sleeping and his hollow powers(true powers) were suppressed by Quincy Zangetsu(With the help of Hollow Ichigo A.K.A Hollow Zangetsu A.K.A The Real Zangetsu,Ichigo had access to a little portion of his true power and that was:the mask and the full transformation,which had 2 forms:Hollow Lizard and the ULTRA OP Hollow who wiped the floor with one of the strongest arrancars).