Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10797017-20130622101437/@comment-10630156-20130708141209

Maybe he will get some perks due to his ties with the Shiba Clan? It was originally one of the Noble Families or at least had power at levels of these.

come to think of it he hasn't really explained the special abilities of people with these blood ties yet maybe now Ichigo is revealed as a Shiba we might get some answers.

Maybe while we are arguing about Bankai he will throw in a curve ball like a Senkei or something along those lines when Byakuya used the technique he activated it with his blood didn't he? Maybe the blood of a member of a Noble Family is need to activate this technique.