User blog comment:Godisme/Eliminate From Heaven/@comment-1268838-20130220153742

Huh. I have to admit, I wasn't actually expecting Ichigo to fail. It's an interesting turn of events, to say the least. It would also seem to tie into the oft-pointed out fact that Ichigo has never even had an asauchi. The way he has been proceeding so far has made it seem like he'd get handed all of his power-ups one-by-one on silver platters. While it's inevitable that he will get Zangetsu back, at the very least, Kubo's thrown the chance for some much needed exposition on just what the hell Ichigo's deal is.