Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-35078452-20180322204341/@comment-32617252-20180324185709

actually, he is both, since we know that it is not always the case that a zanpakutou spirit is the same as one's hollow (the vizards' have both a zanpakuto spirit and a hollow essence in them). ichigo got three powers when he was born- he had the potential to be a high shinigami, he was a half quincy, and he was a fullbringer- his fullbring, shinigami, and hollow powers all come from white mixing in with isshin's (ichigo's dad) reatsu and the hollow infection from masaki after she was bitten (his mom was bitten by white). so its like a vicious circle tbh. hollow comes from mom; mom passed it down to ichigo by fusing it with his shinigami side; since mom was attacked by a hollow before ichigo was born he becomes an insta fullbringer; his mom was full quincy, so he has quincy powers; because hollows and shinigami are so very alike, when ichigo was born or conceived (either or), both became one being (which explains why his fullbring powers are so similar to his shinigami ones- they literally come from the same place). i have a question btw: do u guys think that when ichigo became a shinigami by not even having an asauchi, his sword was manifested from his fullbring powers or from quincy powers (we now know for a fact that he never received a real asauchi until nimaia made him one, and so we also know that his previous zanpakuto was made from his own reishi- the only two beings that can make weapons from reishi are fullbringers and quincies)?