Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10674901-20130610071228/@comment-10630156-20130610074757

it is important to note that the old man is the dominant power hence the quincy-like zanpakuto we all know. also important is how he treats hichigo like a servant or a lower being (very quincy-like). A new fight might happen in ichigo's inner (I've said this like three times already) in which hichigo will become more dominant and ichigo more powerful than ever before

thus ichigo's reforge zanpakuto will be more hollowfied and have more shinigami-like effects.

That fight (if it occurs) might very well be the last time we see the old man

was it the old man that absorbed nearly all of Rukia's reiatsu? is that why he was more dominant?