Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27565137-20160415174609/@comment-28096256-20160421093704

Please people, slow down a bit. If you're done back-and-forthing, here's my take on his power. (This is a long post, if you just want a summary go to the mark, everything else is proof/conjecture to support and arrive at my conclusion)

In terms of his hollow powers, I do believe it is possible that he has a ressurecion, for this reason. The only time Ichigo's "true" hollow nature was unveiled was when he "died" in the fight with Ulquiorra. The only reason his hollow was able to appear is that in his basically dead state, his Quincy powers were no longer viable to restrict his inner hollow.

That being said, nowadays the inner-Quincy is not restricting the hollow anymore, that restriction is now in the form of a sword, which the essence of his powers were fused into by Nimaiya. Therefore, we could consider him as very much like an Arrancar in that respective, and I would not at all be surprised by him using a ressurecion, even if it only came from his large blade.

In fact, when you look at it closely, there is another trait Ichigo shared with Arrancars, and may even still share now. That, would be the fact that his sword naturally defaults to a shape other than a katana, which we have seen in some Arrancars, and that he only ever used one release in combat, his "Bankai." Notice that his Bankai really does resemble his hollow powers, considering they both are black on the outside and use a black sword. Also, true shinigami possess two releases, and Arrancars noticeably possess only one. The only reason Ichigo ever had a sealed looking Zanpakuto, was because of Rukia's power combined with his inner hollow's absolute lack of awakening at the time. Also, he is akin to Arrancars in that his Zanpakuto never had a true Asauchi to begin with as well.

On top of that, when Ichigo is learning to fullbring, It's true completion goes through stages, none of which ever look like his shikai. In fact, one of them looks like his Zanpakuto's first guard, a symbol of Germany (Quincy anyone?) The second looks exactly like a flickery White without a hollow mask, with the sword appendage and everything. People always thought it away as "oh, it looks like his Bankai." And they're right, it does. but it actually is even closer in form to White, his old major power source. Finally, he takes on a "true" final form. Anybody notice it looks a lot like a ressurecion? White colored armor plates'n everything? And THAT is what ended up being Ichigo's "true" form in terms of fullbring.

In fact, the same hypothesis can be placed towards his Quincy powers. You guys claim that Letst Stil requires a Sanrei glove... And you would be mostly right. But the reason it requires said glove is because of the sealing powers of the glove, and the technique is the lifting of that seal. Once again, Ichigo's new sealed swords act as his power's restriction, And I'd be willing to bet that he can "release" the restriction on his sword and call forth a similar burst in power to Letst Stil. That also explains why, like a Quincy, his greatest power caused him to lose all his power (Mugetsu) when he first used it. As for Reishi manipulation... meh. He is Ichigo. He don't do Reishi.



So basically, in conclusion, Ichigo was already basically like an Arrancar from the beginning. However, due to the Shinigami structure of White, his Hollow powers resemble Shinigami powers and therefore his "Bankai" eventually went unquestioned. Also, his first "Bankai" was his only release and more like a ressurecion of White than anything else. Now, with his power sealed by only his sword and not his Quincy powers, I'd bet his power is even more like or even fully a ressurecion. That is also why Ichigo's sword is not a normal katana in its natural form, akin to some Arrancars.

Second, he can probably achieve a Letst Stil-like ability in the release of his small sword due to it giving the same restrictive qualities as the Sanrei glove, and therefore having a viable power boost available when unleashed.