Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-8986886-20131015123436

Shade2102 wrote:

•	Further assumption is that he got the powers of a shinigami due to the fact that Rukia had the hogyoku in her at the moment of transferee (and since it materializes ones hearts deepest desires, the transferee has an almost guarantee that it would work).


 * This is an interresting observation and we should probably take into consideration that the Hogyoku, while hidden within Rukia, could have had an influence on other events as well; involving those closest to Rukia. One thing that comes to mind is how Ichigo, against all odds, survived his first encounter with Byakuya and Renji, after which he was left for dead. Rukia's wish to save Ichigo might have been granted by the Hogyoku.

Shade2102 wrote:

•	Hollowfication: Due to the prosses of how his powers where returned the second time (turning into a hollow and at the last minute stopping the prosses to gain shinigami powers again). It might also trace back to the fact that his mother also was affected with hollowfication before his birth, giving him reiatsu that already had startet the prosses.

•	Fullbringer: Again, the power of fullbringer is based on the fact that his mother was attacked by a hollow and survived before his birth.


 * The fact that Masaki survived the Hollow "infection", the result of White biting her, is another contradiction to the Quincy's recently revealed mortal weakness to Hollows. The other being how Quilge Opie absorbed Ayon, without hesitation, and didn't suffer from it.