User blog comment:GinIchimaru/422: The Silent Victory - General thoughts and unanswered questions/@comment-3062338-20101003231905

my personal opinion is that Zangetsu and negative ichigo have double-crossed the real ichigo. pushing him to get so much stronger, just to snatch the power away when it benefits them. the final getsuga didnt destroy ichigos power, it transferred the power to the original master of the getsuga tenshou, Tensa Zangetsu. both ichigo and isshin have been puppets all along. or maybe im just pessimistic :D