Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27110495-20160106235339/@comment-3423279-20160109012300

I don't understand why so many people think that Ichigo doesn't have a Bankai anymore, the Royal Guard said that they would "Reforge" it and make it better than before.

Many people seem to think that by the logic of Quincy Zangetsu being the one who helped him gain Bankai Ichigo can't access it due to the real Zangetsu taking his rightful place, remember that Quincy Zangetsu was the one who helped him gain Shikai in the first place so Ichigo wouldn't be able to utilize his Zanpaktou at all if Hollow Zangetsu taking over caused him to be forced to start over.

It is more likely that Ichigo just hasn't used it yet because he hasn't had the chance or reason to, Askin's powers immobilized him and the whole confronting Yhwach thing was kinda settled by "Whoops I tripped" and he fell out of the Palace.

That 8 on 1 Sternritter vs Ichigo was settled by other guys stepping in before Ichigo could get into the fight so he didn't access Bankai their either.