Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10797017-20130622101437/@comment-10630156-20130622123428

Sternritter M wrote: As for Ichigo's new Shikai, it might be an offensive/defensive thing. According to someone's thoughts, the 2 blades might be connected with a chain in it's Bankai, allowing the small blade to be used as a long-ranged projectile attack, or a defensive blade to block/stop attacks, while the large blade is offensive with attacks like Getsuga Tenshô. It seems people have taken in what I said about that.

It got some other theories on Ichigo's new Shikai too. I believe that the abilities of the blades will be opposite for example the attack and defence thing I have already mentioned Fire type abilities from one of the Zanpakuto (the smaller one) and Water type abilities from the other (the larger one) (this of course wouldn't be possible from a single Zanpakuto). The Speed ability of his Bankai might have another opposite ability (Strength I'd say) and this would be because of the opposites in his soul (Quincy-Shinigami, Hollow-Human) so it can be related to what has happened up until now.