Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24159286-20131112052402/@comment-28861328-20131121061249

Not to mention, the Royal Guard have said it, what, 3 times now? Ichigo is a "true" Shinigami. What that means is up to debate, but I think it means Ichigo has finally shed his other "identities". He has always desired to be a Shinigami, and he finally dealt with his "Quincy powers" when he acknowledged the true Zangetsu.

The Gotei 13 and Soul Society will never accept Hollows into their ranks.

It is a Shinigami's job to purify Hollows, not ally with them. Certainly not to bring them into the fold. That's insanity.