Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9826910-20130618064245/@comment-11477779-20130715030432

I think Uryû knew as much about Ichigo's Quincy heritage as Ichigo did. All of Ichigo's powers were latent and didn't really come to play until Rukia jumpstarted them at the beginning of Bleach. Urahara and Aizen may have suspected but both have a habit of keeping things to themselves or their inner circle until the time is right. Speaking of Aizen, I noticed a few threads making mention of him thinking Ichigo discarded his Reiatsu. It was obvious even to Aizen at the end, although he still wanted to deny it, that Ichigo not only did NOT discard/lose his Reiatsu but that it was on a level even Aizen couldn't comprehend. So, that said I think Ichigo's restored Shinigami powers were NOT post-Dangai level but still pretty high. Now that he's become "whole" I'm curious to see what his power level is now. It's still interesting to think how he managed to materialize a zanpakuto without an Asauchi. Now that he has a "true" zanpakuto my questions are will he still have a full-time release zanpakuto because he still lacks fine control of his spirit energy? Will he need to relearn Bankai? Or has his time with his inner hollow been enough to satisfy those requirements? What will his new Bankai look like? My guesses would be Yes and No to the first two questions. Very curious to see the last one. Will the blades combine? I don't think his Bankai will be radically different though. Was this long and rambling enough? :)