Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10266932-20130531151056/@comment-24153155-20131110235713

Yeah, I guess you're right about Old Man being able to at least aid Ichigo as he has done before, however, his Quincy powers should be very latent. For example, I recall that in order to use the Blut Vene "automatically" one will have to have trained in order to do so. I personally feel that this was a bit contradictory as Ichigo's Blut vene popped up all of a sudden by the beginning of the last arc. Ichigo's learning curve has always been about that he is able to grasp things in no-time without the usual training, but I feel this was also possible because he was being exposed to Shinigami and their ways (as well as being "provoked"). Unless one would consider Old Man aiding Ichigo already as some sort of training. What I would really love to see about his new "bankai" is how much of a shinigami(including his hollow) and how much of a Quincy he is. In the real world traits are not always passed on in equal amounts, just because mom is that, and dad is that ;) I do have to say that Ichigo rocks as a shinigami/hollow, so I am a bit biased.