User blog comment:Darknesslover5000/Is Ichigo going to lose his Hollow Powers?/@comment-1982694-20100703022348

Personally I don't believe Ichigo is going to lose his hollow powers. It's possible that by "Removing" Ichigo's despair, Zangetsu means for Ichigo to gain complete control of both his Bankai and his hollow powers in one shot. Although, I agree with Nick(That's my name, by the way) that Ichigo's power getting overshadowed by a hollow mask does kinda suck. It just makes Ichigo's bankai look weak in comparison, well, everything else. Although, if you consider how long Ichigo has had his bankai in comparison to the other captains, you can understand that he just doesn't have mastery over his bankai, which would explain why his bankai is currently sucking. But I digress. No, I don't believe Ichigo will lose his hollow powers at all. If anything, I believe that they'll become stronger when this is finished.