Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9826910-20130618064245/@comment-6769189-20181113223417

C0mm0ncent55 wrote:

Hollow Ichigo is indeed Zangetsu; he is Ichigo's Zanpakuto. He is also Ichigo's inner Hollow. This is because he melded with Ichigo's latent Shinigami powers, which the Zanpakuto is a manifestation of. I have no idea why the Quincy powers thingy is called Zangetsu, ever. Zangetsu is the name of Ichigo's Zanpakuto, and that has to do with Shinigami. All of his powers melded together. Old Man Zangetsu and Hollow Ichigo are one, but they are 2 different personalities that govern different facets of his powers.

C0mm0ncent55 wrote:

Do other Quincys have an inner manifestation of their Quincy powers? That is a great question.

C0mm0ncent55 wrote:

Or did his Quincy powers meld with his Shinigami powers as well, making another, separate Zanpakuto spirit that Zangetsu could not meld with? I don't know. This definitely didnt happen. Old Man Zangetsu made it that his power set is different from Hollow Ichigo's power set.