User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 679 - THE END/@comment-18753817-20160623222914/@comment-1970092-20160627053303

I have an equation...

I am totes okay with a powerful Yhwach. I love it. I am suprised that no one brought it up yet, but...

Yhwach is so powerful, that he controls FATE. He IS fate. He sees the future - all futures - and controls them how he sees fit. But don't you see how this ties into Ichigo's whole mythology? It's the quote at the top of his page!

"...If fate is a millstone, then we are the grist. There is nothing we can do. So I wish for strength. If I cannot protect them from the wheel, then give me a strong blade, and enough strength... to shatter fate."

See? Ichigo wants to be powerful enough to change his fate. Change the fate others. Of anyone. If someone he cares about is about to die, he wants to say "screw that" and do something about it. And Yhwach is his chance. Ichigo can literally "shatter fate" upon defeating Yhwach, thus completing his "hero's journey".

I dunno, just something I've been thinking about~