Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-1351982-20130309155030

Will-O-Wisp wrote: Then how do you explain Ichigo has Zangetsu's spirit in his inner world, as well as his own Soul Reaper powers? We don't know exactly why and how Ichigo had/has an inner world, it's up to Kubo to give us an explanation. My theory and a theory of many others is that Ichigo unintentionally used the Quincy abilities he inherited from his mother to manipulate reshi in a way that he could mimick the powers of another being such as a shinigami.

The reality is Ichigo never was a real Shingami, and people just need to accept the fact that Kubo, always intended Ichigo to be a human and face the fact that the shinigami are not the center of the story, they are just merely and aspect of it. Yes, the shinigami still are relevant to an extent, but their relevance has no bearing on Ichigo's powers and his place it the story. Bleach is the story of Ichigo, not the the story of the shinigami and Ichigo or vice virsa. The Shinigami are just secondary characters and the sooner people understand that, the more they will enjoy the story and that is a gurentee.