Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10266932-20130531151056/@comment-24153155-20131110182116

I personally think it might not be as simple as just "automatically" really using his Quincy abilities, since he never had any training whatsoever when it comes to these powers. Aside from that, until recently, Ishida and Ryuken were known to be the only living Quincies (in the human world). Ishida was trained both by his grandfather and later on (prior to the HM era) by his father. As touched upon by Kurotsuchi back in the SS era, there are not many current shinigamis that were aware of Quincies or even their abilities. I think what might be happening is that Ichigo will gain his Quincy skills much like he has gained his Shinigami skills: the more he is being exposed to Quincies, the more he will grasp the scope of his Quincy abilities. I guess Isshin knows a thing or 2 about Quincy techniques, not the same thing obviously, but it might be interesting. About the new look of Ichigos bankai...yeah, I could see something happening with the chain that is attached to the hilt of his zanpakuto. But yeah, might very well be gone in his new zanpakuto cuz he is now an authentic shinigami (as stated by the RG) and might no longer have chain of fate... Just guessing ;)