User blog comment:Godisme/Everything But The Rain/@comment-4822693-20130227224040

I think the problem with the side note, and saying the Ichigo is this or isn't this, is that we don't know enough about quincies, shinigami, and human souls to make clear cut decisions. Every character we have known so far that had any quincy powers was referred to as a quincy, even former arrancars. So we can say that any soul with quincy powers is a quincy. However it isn't so clear with shinigami, which is where people get caught up. Ichigo obviously has shinigami powers, otherwise he would not have a bankai. It has been said by Isshin that Ichigo isn't a shinigami, but this goes in direct opposition to Ichigo's obvious powers. I think that in the next one or two chapters Kubo will reveal what Grand Fisher said way back when about "pure soul" actually means. When that finally happens I think that all of the confusing parts of Ichigo's character development will finally make sense, but until then it's unlikely that the fan base will be able to make many observations that won't be eventually disproven, even if they seem obviously true at the time.