User blog comment:Godisme/Eliminate From Heaven/@comment-6620944-20130220190058/@comment-893506-20130222030017

Two things: Ichigo is not dead. The reason his Chain of Fate was severed was so he could regain his Shinigami powers (and which also forced him to undergo Hollowfication).

Secondly, people need to stop entertaining the thought of Ichigo dying will make him a better Shinigami. How is that going to help him?