User blog comment:Zmanstardust/Which of Ichigo's Powers is Better?/@comment-1393830-20110827045608/@comment-44061-20110827051746

Thats inaccurate as well. There is no proof from ichigo's side there was a merger (you cant count cosmetic changes as proof of a power merge or what have you) and more to the point how can he merge this with his shinigami powers that werent apparent till Rukia used the sword to jump start them. Merged is used quite alot without real explanation. While also the fact that Ichigo has no fullbring, so even if kugo claims to have taken all of his power and that isnt true then what we do know that he did take was the fullbring. The whole conversation with Rukia was about his spiritual power and his returning shinigami powers, least we forget she knows nothing about fullbring and we saw it taken and ichigo powerless. The manga has been unclear in the regard of this merge it is both misleading and inaccurate to state that his shinigami powers have anything to do with a human body based power, like fullbring. When the concept hasnt been clearly explained. At most its unclear speculation currently.