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Here's how I interpreted the information given in chapter 675.

Ichigo until now was using only his Quincy powers, like he's been doing for most of Bleach. That's why both blades were black. And that's why Ichigo was unable to resist Yhwach control.

When we see the bigger sword turning white, that was White Zangetsu awakening. White Zangetsu that's the representation of Ichigo's shinigami and hollow powers fused together. That's why Ichigo now has those hollow aspects and we're gonna see for the first time Ichigo using his true Shikai powers.

Yes. That's right. His true Shikai powers. Because Quincy Zangetsu has no shikai or bankai.

So now that Ichigo is using Zangetsu as a whole. He's gonna use shinigami, hollow and quincy powers as one. This transformation is basically like a Shikai+Resurrección. And most likely he also possesses a Bankai+Resurrección (segunda etapa) form.

This to me is what happened. And was happening. It never made sense to me, why if Ichigo was using his shinigami/hollow powers, why he wasn't able to resist Yhwach control. Now it makes perfect sense.

For weeks I've been saying he had to be hiding his true powers. And while most people were waiting for a bankai, I was waiting to see his Shikai powers. Because to me Getsuga Tenshou was never a shikai or bankai power, and I said so many times. And it seems we're finally gonna see that happen.

Unless of course Kubo stays true to his way of doing things. Which is generate a great hype, jump to another battle and we're gonna have to wait weeks for a answer.