User blog:Skitzo1/Now i see why Ichigo is part of the 5 special War potentials.

This is all just based on what i have seen, but has anyone noticed how powerful Ichigo is in his shikai? He was able the basically make Kirge Opie look pathetic wheras before he achieved Jinzen (final getsuga tensho- Fullbring- restored powers and all that) his shikai didnt seem to account for much, with him regularly shifting to bankai to fight most opponents, and from what we can speculate Kirge seems to be one of the more advanced stern ritter, being able to activate Volstandig. However without this, im sure ichigo would have made short work of him just like kenpachi did with the three sternritter he dipatched. It also seems like Ichigo's bankai gives him a bigger boost in terms of strength than most captain level shinigami. Take his fight with Ginjo for example; When Ginjo used ichigos fullbring, he was able to outmatch ichigo when he was in shikai state quite well. However when both of them activated bankai, it all changed, since ichigo has achieved his newest bankai, no one has been able to even land a hit on him, Kirge having achieved Volstandig which he claims is stronger than Ishida's Leztz Stil thing which easily overwhelmed Mayuri's bankai, and Kirge absorbed that creature as well. Well i think his victory over Kirge was a result of his speed, which Kirge massively surpassed when Ichigo was in shikai.

Also his bankai being unstealable? Due to the fact he has more than double the reiatsu of most captains and presumably more now (Stated by Ginjo that his remaining fullbring increased his reiatsu)

And he still has yet to use his mask which was the only thing that let him fight on par with an espada back in the day, and presumably doubled his power and supposedly his hollow gained more power after his fight with ulquiorra, a fight in which i doubt it went all out. I think he cant use his mask maybe because he is using borrowed power? (im not sure about this whether Uraharas sword was used to jump start ichigos powers or not i dont know) in a similar fashion to how he used Rukia's power at the start of the series. I think Ichigo has room to grow yet as well, i mean he hasnt properly studied hakuda, shunpo and kido. And i think Zangetsu still has techniques to teach him.

I think if Kubo is going to focus on Ichigo i would assume we would see an appearance from Zangetsu and maybe even his hollow in his inner world to break him out of the seemingly unbreakable cage that Kirge put him in. I mean even in a weaker state ichigo broke the supposedly unbreakable Sogyoku stand with his sword.

Theres still alot to be answered! Post what you think guys!