User blog comment:Nick D Wolfwood/Routing for Ichigo, the power stat analysis/@comment-1932702-20100820054119

@Mohrpheus- You're right when you say that Ichigo rushed through his training. His Kubo-like 'learn as you go' approach (although he doesn't get much time to train) has been criticized by various people. But it's the story that forces him to do so. Let's say you're playing a game. You can either run straight through it and just about survive (Ichigo) or you can go slowly, improving along the way and eventually cruising through (like others). But since almost EVERYONE wants to fight Kurosaki Ichigo, the rookie who's better than the experts, he has no way of 'slowing down'.

Btw, I just realized, Kubo has brought some credibilty into this fight. It seemed like an hour or so to us but Ichigo's been training for approx. 3 months now. So if there's a massive powerboost, Kubo has a reason. He could even have gainind some experience and skills (other than the FGT) during the battle with HZ.