Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-5618441-20130310203330

People really seem to have a hard time understanding that fact that Ichigo didn't get his powers from his father; I blame the fact that they haven't been reading.

Ichigo is a Quincy in human form, and a Soul Reaper in soul form. Simple.

What exactly was that butter blade Ichigo had if it wasn't the basic sword all Shinigami's possess? (Granted, we still don't know how they are formed in the first place clearly enough). As we all know, that blade possessed alot of spirit energy, but was horribly unstable, so unstable that it was slashed to pieces w/o effort. I think that could be used to help (us) out.

And also, I believe Chad once mentioned in the Anime (and perhaps Manga?) that "Ichigo's nature... Is to be cloaked in power."

It might be just me, but I think that explains alot more than meets the eye. But if it was only in the anime, then I think its not canon to the manga.