User blog comment:Godisme/Everything But The Rain/@comment-28861328-20130307061758/@comment-1393830-20130307194947

Except he isn't a Shinigami in the way you think. Everyone is all "OMG Ichigo is a Shinigami/Quincy Hybrid". Nope, completely wrong. Ichigo is a Human. He is a Human, that when removed from his body, is soul form is that of a Shinigami and his Shinigami powers did not come from his father, they came about due to the training he underwent.