User blog comment:Godisme/Shades of the Bond/@comment-1752488-20111130175445/@comment-1752488-20111201020725

Well my assumption was the intention that the Tsukishima influenced version of Kugo had over transferring the Fullbringer's powers over to a Substitute Shinigami. Only that Ichigo's powers restored his Shinigami powers instead, we never saw the finished result after all.