User blog comment:Soulreaper1234/Sosuke 'The Story Teller' Aizen/@comment-1961713-20100415054338

@Captain Brooks - I don't disagree with you with Zangetsu being part of Ichigo's zanpakutou - but remembers when he fights with Kenpachi when Zangetsu stand besides Ichigo saying Kenpachi does not thrust his zanpakutou and that Zangetsu will stop the bleeding and lend all of his power to helps Ichigo win - in my opinion, when Ichigo gains Shinigami power from Rukia he only have a big zanpakutou but he still does not know the real power of his katana - because he does not know his zanpakutou's name (when first confronted with Renji) - when he learns the name of his zanpakutou he not only gains Shikai power but also as he went on to battles especially against powerful opponents like Kenpachi Zaraki - it was then that Ichigo realised that he has not only got a big black blade - but he realised that the blade is part of him, alive, have a name (Zangetsu) and have its own power (encounter with Muramasa).

Conclusively for me Ichigo's Shinigami power consist of:- 1. normal zanpakutou (unreleased state) 2. Shikai form (1st released state - the big black blade - knowing the name of his zanpakutou) 3. Zangetsu power (2nd released state - earning Zangetsu's thrust that he is a winner) 4. Bankai power (3rd released state - the black Bankai)

About his hollow form - this is just my opinion trying to figures out Kubo's idea of Ichigo's Hollow... Shinigami is the good guy and Hollow is the bad guy... my opinion is the Hollow is his own doing but just like a man who losses his head when he could not handles the pressure bestow on him or because the power that is so enormous stored in him he could not handles it that is why (refer chapter) he goes berserk stabbing Uryu and in the end killing Ulquiorra that a normal Ichigo would not do as for example when defeating Grimmjow. And for that too his Hollow form takes 3 different stages of growth:- 1. 1st stage or released when encountering Kuchiki Byakuya 2. 2nd stage or released when trying to use the Hollow mask learning it from the Vizards and defeating Grimmjow Jaggerjaques 3. 3rd stage or released when going berserk stabbing Uryu and killing Ulquiorra - that full form of Hollow - I just thought it is still Ichigo but with no heads

Thus the fourth movie hopefully will bring to an end about the issue - a final battle between Mr Good Guy Ichigo (normal human being) versus Mr Bad Guy Ichigo (Whitey Went Wild) - thus the Good or Bad that will conquers the powerful human body of Ichigo Kurosaki.