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Firemonkeyjoe wrote: I think Ichigo is 1/2 Quincy from his mom. And that is where his Fullbring came from because of Whitey attacking her his soul and hers ended up merging. And 1/2 Shinigami from his dad even if he didn't have his powers when Ichigo was conceived he is still a Shinigami. That's why he was able to awaken his own Shinigami powers through the shattered shaft because he had the power hidden in his soul. But because he awakened his Shinigami powers from his soul it also awoke the Hollow that was sleeping in him as well. The Hollow was transferred from his mom sometime between his conception to his birth or when his mom died the Hollow was some how able to detach himself from her soul but was to weak to survive on his own and latched on to Ichigo so he wouldn't die and went into a kind of hibernation in Ichigo's soul until Ichigo woke him up. After the Hollow woke up he for some reason couldn't detach himself form Ichigo's soul. (maybe because the two souls were merged together for so long) And when Rukia transferred her power to him it wasn't enough to fully awaken either his power or the Hollows, and that's why he had what looked like an overlarge Asauchi and not his usual full time Shikai from not being able to control His Reiatsu. As Ichigo got stronger so did the Hollow because there souls are merged together. That would also explain why Ichigo has such an amazing growth rate because both souls are growing at the same time as if they were separate souls instead of one merged soul. I don't think everything would be "that" complicated. I doubt Ichigo has two souls. I would assume he has an advanced growth rate is because of a few reasons. 1) He is naturally gifted 2) He is human, his short life span may lead him to develop quicker, like how other animals mature quicker than humans because they have shorter life spans. As an assumption anyway. But again, it is probably just natural talent.

I think he inherited some Shinigami powers because of his Quincy abilities, such as Reishi Absorption, so when he was a fetus, he unknowingly absorbed his father's Reishi being used to restrain the Reiatsu and Hollowification abilities of "White".

And to answer your earlier question about "i am new to this thread but how did it go from being about ichigo and what he is to what his sword is?"

It's always been about swords, its more or less the premise of the entire series, "Zangetsu" has been just a big a character in affecting the outcome of the series, as Aizen, Yhwach and even Ichigo himself. Without a sword, there wouldn't "really" be a Bleach, it would just be Dragon Ball Z with fancy spells and enemies. Its important about what his sword is, because "Zangetsu" is his most trusted friend, his mentor, an ally, a brother in arms. Ichigo has fought more battles alongside "Zangetsu" than anything else, and to find out he is now the image of the most wicked enemy Ichigo has encountered, and the man responsible for his Mother's death, the man who killed so many people, and destroyed a place he could nearly call a second home. He would feel betrayed. Its probably one of the most shocking revelations thus far in the series.