User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH 310 Review: S.O.U.L (sorry on unacceptable lateness)/@comment-1906999-20110225061228

Yes, I'm pretty sure that the reason the scene had changed was because they plan on doing filler in between Ichigo using the FGT and him losing his powers, which is why he still had Zangetsu and his Shihakushou. If I remember correctly, they had Urahara explain that his losing of his powers happened in 'three' stages, not two like in the manga. The first would be him collapsing in pain and going unconscious, the second would be him awakening and then later collapsing again, then it would be the loss of his powers, while in the manga it skipped the middle part (This is based off my memory of watching it last Tuesday, so it's probably not exactly right...). We were all so caught up on thinking how they could do filler without Ichigo having any powers that I guess we never realized that he still technically had them while he was unconscious! In other words, hopefully they will have the emotional parting at the end of the next filler sequence, whether it's an entire arc or not.