User blog comment:Young quincy/itchigo= quincy/shinigami?/@comment-7606564-20130409104440

I'm comparing isshin losing his powers to rukia losing hers. rukia lost her powers when she gave them to ichigo. now this doesn't mean she's no longer a shinigmai. she's just way too weak to actually do anything. I assume it's the same with isshin. rukia regained her powers by being in soul society and being surrounded by natural spiritual pressure. basically it just took time. I assume it's the same with isshin. it just took him a lot of time to get his back. also I believe that the zanpakuto names are so similar because they're family. I may be wrong but that's my speculation. direct families have similar zanpakutos? anyways that's how I've been thinking this whole thing over.