Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27110495-20160106235339/@comment-27565137-20160107173321

TripleX6 wrote: So Ichigo's managed to be this strong in the current arc with just his dual wield shikai form.

I take it we won't see his bankai until his battle with Yhwach.

What will it look like?

What abilities do you think it will possess?

Light speed?, some kind of hax?

Will it have the same name?

And who says Ichigo is even at Shikai? People seem to be forgetting everything Nimaiya said.

Remember way back. To when Ichigo first failed the Asauchi test. Nimaiya said to Renji that no shinigami in all of Soul Society history had been able to awaken his or hers zanpakutou without first having a Asauchi. Well. When Ichigo awoken his own powers during Urahara's training, his zanpakutou appeared even though Ichigo had no Asauchi. What he had was just the final remnants of Rukia power, and his blade wasn't even a real zanpakutou. Something that Urahara pointed out by saying that the blade Ichigo clung to was a hollow blade, with no power whatsoever.

Also Nimaiya pointed out that if Ichigo had manage to do what he had done without the aid of a Asauchi, then with a Asauchi his power would truly be beyond amazing. So Nimaiya himself reveals that either Ichigo was the only exception to the rule and was able awaken his Zanpakutou without a Asauchi, or, the blade Ichigo had used up until that point was never a fully real zanpakutou but just a fraction of a real one. Either way the implications are enormous.

To me, Ichigo still hasn't revealed Zangetsu true form, and he's been using Zangetsu sealed form.

Now anyone can say "Well. But he has used Getsuga Tenshu. So that proves he's at Shikai." And then I'd have to point out another very important fact. When Isshin fought against Aizen together with Urahara and Yoruichi, he too used the Getsuga Tenshu technique without releasing his zanpakutou Engetsu.

So take all this in mind first, before rushing to the conclusion that Ichigo's at Shikai. He might... and most likely isn't at Shikai. For all we know, ever since Ichigo got his full power released ever since his Quincy power stopped holding back the real Zangetsu, all definitions like Shikai and Bankai might not even apply to him anymore.

I could also ask you what do you think his Resurrectión name will be. And the shape he will take. I could also ask you how will Ichigo, Letzt Stil form, look like.