Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-995112-20130307175454

Concerning the Fullbring: Masaki was a Quincy before she and Isshin got married and made our favorite orange-haired protagonist, and we can assume that she fought her fair share of Hollows in her heyday. Now, Fullbringer's powers are brought about from their mothers being attacked by a Hollow(s), with trace amounts of the Hollow's power being retained in their body. As a Quincy, and presumably a strong Quincy (I figure Isshin likes a strong woman. He was Rangiku's boss, right?), Masaki was a beacon to all Hollows because of her nature, and she most likely sustained injuries during her some of her battles (unless she was like Satelizer L. Bridgette from Freezing, which I HIGHLY doubt). This would account for the Fullbringer aspect of Ichigo, short-lived as it may have been. In any case, that portion of Bleach required the reader to make inferences.

Concerning the Visored, Hollow, and Arrancar powers: Yes, Yes, and huh, I never thought of it that way, but that makes sense. I assume with the Visored powers, some part of Urahara wanted Ichigo to become a Visored. Additionally, Ichigo was in a high stress situation (if I was going to turn into a demon and most likely be killed, I'd be freaking out too) like the other Visoreds (they sustained extreme injuries and Hollowfication was further brought on by stress ((probably Urahara's dream)), and who knows what else Aizen was doing behind the scenes). Urahara also wished that the process would not be incomplete for Shinji and co., considering he perfected their powers using the Hogyoku. Ichigo's case was brought on by his wish to defeat, not kill, his opponents, counteracting the Hollow nature, thus all the madness that ensued from that. (Hope that made sense)

Concerning the Quincy Powers (Uryu's Knowledge): Let's remember that Uryu was trained by his grandfather Soken, and honestly, Soken wasn't up to date on the most recent Quincy toys (Blut, Vollstandig, Medallions). He gave Uryu the Sanrei Glove, which was considered archaic by Quilge Opie. Additionally, the Quincy probably spent decades, maybe centuries, to perfect their techniques. The wise man makes his activities very secretive so his enemy does not catch on to what he is doing. All the while, Uryu thinks that he is the last Quincy up till the Thousand Year Blood War (I'm still not sure what his connection to Vandenreich is, if he has one, but lets let Kubo spin his yarn a little longer) where we see and army of very well trained Quincy knock on Seireitei's door, slaughtering the Gotei 13 forces like they were helpless lambs. Point is, Uryu didn't have Blut because, in all likelihood, Soken did not know about it, or he did and he never taught it to Uryu. In the latter case, Soken could have been at odds with Juhabach and did not condone those techniques or whatever. We can theorize to Soul Society and back, but the point is, Uryu probably didn't know about it when he was younger. Additionally, it seems Blut is a highly advanced technique that requires an exorbitant amount of spirit energy to use and regulate (enter Ichigo).

Concerning the Quincy Powers (Ichigo's Aspect): Ichigo's powers (aside from the Final Getsuga Tensho) were all brought on by training and discipline (read as sheer force and will). Blut could be the same way in that Masaki could have known Blut when she was alive.

Concerning Ichigo's species: Yes, Ichigo retains the Core abilities of Shinigami, Visoreds, and Quincy (it would seem that Blut has become a core ability within Quincy), more so on the Shinigami aspect than anything else. Ichigo has a Shikai and a Bankai, he had a Hollow mask (I admit that he may still have his Hollow powers, but for explanation's sake, let's just say he had those powers), and he has Blut Vene as a defense mechanism (let's say stress and his mother watching over him). If we outline his attributes, he is 1/2 Human/Quincy, and 1/2 Shinigami. The Visored and Fullbringer powers are subsets of additional power, and since Quincy are inherently Human, he is not separately 1/4 Human and 1/4 Quincy or something like that. Ichigo Shiba-Kurosaki is a Human/Shinigami hybrid with subsets of Quincy, Fullbringer, and Visored powers. Charted out, it would look like this:
 * Human
 * Quincy
 * Fullbringer (More Human than Hollow)
 * Shinigami
 * Vasto Lorde-level Visored (1. Ulquiorra was most likely a Vasto Lorde, and Ichigo's Full Hollowfication produced Vasto Lorde-like abilities. 2. Visoreds are more Shinigami than Hollow even in a Full Hollowfied state. Ichigo, Kensei, and Mashiro reverted to their Shinigami states when calmed down/had their powers disrupted)

I suppose had Ichigo not lost his powers the first time, he never would have gotten his Visored powers from the Shattered Shaft training, and if he never used Mugetsu, he would not have needed to unlock his Fullbringer abilities even though they were always a path for him to take. Since in all cases, except the Fullbringer aspect, he never received real formal training to master the more complex abilities of Shinigami, Quincy, or Visoreds (the Ceros he fired were in an unconscious Hollowfied state, so he really had no control over them).

So yeah, It's still the same since Volume 21. Ichigo is a Human/Shinigami hybrid.