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Sternritter M wrote: From what I recall, that fraction of Ichigo's Shinigami powers was only the last small part Old Man didn't manage to suppress, so he didn't as much allow it to come through as just not being able to suppress 100 %.

What Old Man actually said was this:

"Up until now you've been using just a fraction of your real shinigami powers.

The part I was unable to suppress. Because I didn't wanted you to become a shinigami. Because I knew if you did, you'd die at my hands. But has you continue to fight and persever, my heart shifted. And instead of deterring you I did everything I could to help you succeed.

That's why now I will go as far as this [we see old man disappearing] and relinquish my control over your power. This Ichigo is the true Zangetsu [sword covered in flames with only the hilt showing] take it."

And comparing the size of the blade that supposedly represents his shinigami/hollow powers with the one that represents his quincy powers, his shinigami/hollow powers should be much superior to those of his quincy side.

But I do agree that Ichigo feats since he "awoken" his shinigami powers do seem more quincy than shinigami. The greatest proof came from Nimaiya himself when he said that in all history of Soul Society no one was ever able to awaken their true Zanpakutou form without a Asauchi, and Ichigo did it when he was training with Urahara.

Also his Getsuga Tenshou. It's nature seems more quincy than shinigami. After all the basics are the same. A quincy gathers reishi and uses his or hers reiatsu to compress and manipulate the reishi to form the bow and arrows. Ichigo zanpakutou fed on his reiatsu compressed it on the sharpest point of the blade and then released it in a linear attack. It was only during bankai that his Getsuga Tenshou acquired hollow traits, just like Ulquiora pointed out when he compared black Getsuga Tenshou with Cero Oscuras.