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Yeah but are we sure we need confirmation? Zanpakuto's are not Zanpakuto's without a Zanpakuto spirit. Zangetsu (Hichigo) and Zangetsu (Old man) are both his Zanpakuto spirits. Without his Hollow or Quincy powers he could never stay in Bankai mode, let alone even have a Shikai at all. Which as we saw clearly wasn't the case. So Ichigo's Hollow and fullbring powers can't be "former" because then his Zanpakuto wouldn't exist either.