Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27458826-20180127131846/@comment-26912075-20180210025210

Ichigo’s blade from the last chapter was just bs. It made no sense and Kubo didn’t even try to excuse it in the final 2 chapters. Ichigo’s sword is a constant release Shikai though. In the Substitute Arc, Ichigo trained with Urahara in order to obtain it. His original sword before the Urahara training was Ichigo’s substitute for an Asauchi. Urahara’s training dummy under Sokyoku was designed to gift a Bankai and it was not designed for anything else. Zangetsu’s power gifted Ichigo with a Bankai that was not his actual Bankai, but rather a suppressed version of Tensa Zangetsu. The entire point of the Soul Palace Arc was to develope Ichigo to accept all aspects of his power. It was character development, not a mistake. Also, he said he was using his own power because both Zangetsus (Ichigo classifies Old Man as Zangetsu as well) are him. Even the chapter title confirmed it: THE BLADE IS ME. If that wasn’t a bankai then what was it? His sword transformed, so it has to be something. Ichigo can’t use every ability that a hollow can simply because he has hollow in him. Those are Arrancar abilities and Ichigo is a Visard, not an Arrancar. Ichigo’s Zanpakuto never really had a special ability. Most of your points are head canon and saying that Kubo would’ve confirmed not with no proof is simply stupid.