User blog comment:Godisme/belIEve/@comment-919115-20111123193937/@comment-2048489-20111124033552

Ok. "Right."

Ok, cheesy humor time over. Seriously though, even if he is a threat to be monitored, a lot of Shinigami are still Ichigo's friends. Even disregarding Byakuya, Rukia and Renji have fought beside him, and they risked their lives for him multiple times regardless that he was recognized as a potential threat to Soul Society. Kenpachi saved Ichigo's life during Hueco Mundo, the Shinigami restored to him his most precious possession (his power to protect), and lots of other things. Even if they have ulterior motives, there is no denying that the Gotei 13 is on Ichigo's side. And anyone, what's the point of arguing about the more intrusive aspects of the badge? As stated earlier possibly, they've helped more than they've hurt him as: 1) With a captain-class reiatsu like Ichigo's, his weaker friends would probably suffocate and die in the torrent if the badge wasn't suppressing it while he was in "civilian mode". Heck, he probably could have killed the whole town himself with that uncontrollable reiatsu of his if it wasn't suppressing it. And anyway, whenever he needs to fight he leaves it behind, so it's more of a plus than anything else. 2) The Gotei 13 knew exactly where to find him right when he needed them the most- when he was in deep mud with XCution. Even if it's original purpose was more intrusive, that tracking function probably made the Gotei 13 hustle even faster when they realized just what Ichigo was unknowingly getting himself into.

So yeah. It was a little uncanny of the Gotei 13 to do so, and I'm a little unnerved that they did it, but that's one little thing that is easily outweighed by everything good they have done. That's my reasoning.