History Headscratchers / BleachIchigo

** There is the exception of his interaction with Grand Fisher and Masaki, etc etc. He saw that. But, I guess it's mostly for plot purposes. But if we want to go crazy theory fans, then it might have something to do with Isshin, who might have been doing more protecting in the background, until his son reached a certain age? Maybe Urahara and co. were busier? Maybe as a child, Ichigo's spiritual pressure wasn't so high as to attract as many hollows as it did later.

** Now in the Fullbring arc it's been shown that Ichigo is very experienced when compared to more normal people (normal, as in not having at least a hundred years of experience), sure he's growing very fast but he's still giving people of equal or higher power with more experience with Fullbrings just with battle experience.

* Huh, I thought that the attack from Grand Fisher awoke his Fullbring. {{Ass Pull}}, anyone?

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* Chapter 432. Ichigo now has a Fullbring that basically mimics his Bankai. Later (Chapter 445), his Fullbring changes to mimic the time he had his shikai. Is that all his Fullbring does? Or is there something missing?

* So exactly WHY did Ichigo use the Final Getsuga Tensho? By the final fight he's so far above Aizen in power that he could have utterly curb-stomped him any time he wanted. He catches Aizen's blade bare-handed; every swing of his arm destroys mountains; he rips through a chanted Black Coffin without even trying; takes a direct hit from a nuclear explosion and gets only a singed arm; and by the end of it he's so unconcerned that he just lets Aizen grab him and hangs around in his grip for a while before effortlessly breaking out. So having proved beyond all shadow of a doubt that this fight is essentially the same as, say, Kenpachi vs. Hanataro, he chooses to permanently sacrifice his Shinigami powers?

* Am I the only one who thought the last chapters with Ichigo were massive Wall Bangers ? Mistaking Ichigo's powers for his own ? Really ? Since when Aizen became that stupid ? You expect me to believe he's stronger than the whole Soul Society ?
** Remember, Ichigo's power, at the moment, ''cannot be sensed''. The only energy Aizen can sense at the moment is is own- and, as such, especially given the inherent biases and habits that accumulate over a lifetime of using the sixth spiritual sense the same way we use hearing, that means its a very easy mistake to make if he acted close enough in time and location. Also, just like his Bankai puts all its points into speed rather than size or strength, Ichigo ''isn't'' stronger in terms of stat totals overall, he's just MinMaxing, taking all points out of every category and putting them into physical, effectively converting all of his MP, INT, and WIS into ATK, DEF, and SPD. Aizen, by contrast, was just trying to be +10 across the board, making him TheMario of the twinked out.
*** Except that's not what happened at all. The Min/Maxing was just Aizen's attempt to explain why he couldn't sense Ichigo's spiritual power anymore. He later realizes that that wasn't the case and the reason he couldn't sense him was because Ichigo was just too far above him.

As for the speed of Ichigo's Bankai I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that, it isn't the fact that its speed dropped, but that Ichigo isn't using its full speed, because his body can't take. During his fight with Byakuya, when he noticed that Byakuya was getting faster, Byakuya corrected him by saying that it's not that he is getting faster, but it's Ichigo who is getting slower. Implied that his Bankai was so fast, that his body was breaking down, because of the strain of using it to move with that isane speed. So it's not that he can't move with that speed, he just doesn't do it so as not to weaken himself during battles. Well either that, or Kubo simply forgot about it...

*** Frankly the only theory I've heard that makes sense to the point where, while still a {{Wallbanger}}, it's considerably less of an {{Asspull}}, is that Orihime was the one to do it. Ichigo was in her rejection barrier when she was having her breakdown, and in the context and order of the panels of the next chapter we notice him hearing her voice before she actually speaks aloud (It even goes out of it's way to show the barrier being formed from his perspective on the first page), and the context of her breakdown kinda says it all. "SAVE US, KUROSAKI-KUN!!!" Basically she managed to reject the fact that he was weaker than Ulquilorra, which followed to the most logical conclusion of using the Hollow for the process.

*** Except that's not what happened at all. The Min/Maxing was just Aizen's attempt to explain why he couldn't sense Ichigo's spiritual power anymore. He later realizes that that wasn't the case and the reason he could sense him was because Ichigo was just too far above him.

**** The problem with this is that this form of Hichigo is actually quite sentient and not guided by pure instinct. It doesn't just throw around fireballs. If you compare the preview of the episode with the damage this Hichigo does, you'll notice it's a '''huge''' IronicEcho fight-dance of what Ulquiorra did to him, only '''worse'''. The main reason he stabbed Ishida (not-withstanding Ishida's constant rambling addressed to Ichigo) is that "[[LordOfTheRing he stood between a Naz'gul and his prey]]".

* Does anybody else think that Hollow Ichigo isn't exactly evil? (At least, by Bleach standards.) Ok, let's look at the first time he gains control of Ichigo's body. He taunts him. ''Renji and Rukia'' taunt him. That's pretty much the only negative thing he does. Now, of course, some people argue that he tried beating Byakuya because if Ichigo dies, he dies. Ok. Hollow Ichigo doesn't want to die. Moving on, the only other time we're pretty sure he's in control was when he attacked Hiyori. Of course, he doesn't say any dialogue, so we really can't be sure. Ok, so Hiyori has been trying to ''kill Ichigo'' - you can't really blame the guy for fighting back. I argue that Hollow Ichigo hasn't taken control of Ichigo's body since- Uber Hollow was just berserker.

*** This is my current theory. Or rather, the idea I support. Hichigo said that if Ichigo snuffs it, he does too, which is why those times he steps in, and eventually tries taking over, to survive. Additionally, we know Hichigo is intelligent, we've seen it, he talks. But, like said above when both personalities battle, he becomes a mindless animal trying to kill everything in his path. Berserker Ichigo is one step above that. He can say a few words, and doesn't just attack senselessly withough control. He knows what he's doing to kill Ulquiorra. Think back, what are Ichigo's "dying" thoughts? "I gotta protect her". What would Hichigo be thinking in this case? Probably something like "OHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAP-We're dying! I don't wanna die!". And what is the result? Hollow Super Mode with one thought. Protect Orihime. ''That's'' why he shanks Ishida, because he's interfering with Ichigo's ability to finish Ulquiorra. Apparrently IFF isn't one of his new hollow powers.

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