User blog comment:Godisme/BORN IN THE DARK/@comment-1248963-20121031070032/@comment-5398287-20121101050159

And let's not forget how he's directly related to each of the Four Royal Families as well, because that's totally possible, because Masaki was (wait for it) descended from two members from among the families. Oh, and Ichigo can perform Ressurrecion to become Zangetsu without losing his Shinigami powers.