Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27458826-20180127131846

I'm not certain Ichigo has a bankai. and there are a few things I feel support this theory. 1. Broken bankai can't be restored. Ichigo said the outfit is a part of his "bankai" and it is torn to shreds in almost every fight only to be restored the next time he uses it 2. When he uses his"bankai" and it's techniques it awakens his inner hollow which makes it sound more like a resurrection than bankai

3. Regular bankai. It is said that to obtain bankai one has to draw their zanpakuto out of their inner world and force it to submit. Ichigo never does this 4. The Quincy can't steal his zanpakuto. If it is just like other zanpakuto they should have been able to take it but were unable to achieve this. It was stated that they couldn't steal an arrancar's resurrection though. 5. Arrancar resurrection is said to release their true form and power. During the fight with Ulquiorra Ichigo transformed into a form very similar to White( the artificial hollow Aizen made) which was a change comparable to Ulquiorra's 2nd release 6. The reforging of his " bankai". Technically speaking Ichigo didn't have a zanpakuto until this happened. It seemed like a zanpakuto because it was a manifestation of his hollow powers. His inner hollow ( white) was an artificial hollow made by Aizen using a method similar to the the way an Asauchi is created both of them using the souls of soul reapers. 7. His inner hollow. All zanpakuto are sentient yet besides Zangetsu ( hollow) none of them ever attempt to possess or steal control from their soul reaper Perhaps I am just over thinking things but it seems to make sense to me 