Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28648393-20160616142328/@comment-996743-20160621013534

To be realistic and not meta whatsoever, I think Ichigo is starting to realize he's going to need more than brute force to defeat Yhwach, and Yhwach made it clear should he fail even once against him, Ichigo's powers will become Yhwach's. He is also in despair again, this time he'll need a lot more help than usual, not just because he's the main fighter.