User blog comment:Godisme/Swastika Break/@comment-1906999-20110220034511/@comment-2089817-20110220050618

Not probable. You seemed to have overlooked the fact that when Tensa Zangetsu said "Farewell Ichigo", he was fused with Hichigo. And, as you just said, Hichigo and Zangetsu are one and the same; merely two sides of the same coin. I doubt he'd lose Zangetsu, and still retain Hichigo. In my opinion, Ichigo merely regained spiritual energy in the same process Rukia did in the beginning of the series, and quite possibly, the same way Isshin did. It's pretty clear Isshin knows the FGT, so him having it is pretty obvious. Anyways, like I said, Hichigo would not be still within him. Otherwise, Saigo no Getsuga Tensho didn't take anything away from Ichigo.