What makes him so deserving of the power, especially when he decides to fight without it for quite a while against Aizen?Ĥ) All of this doesn't even include how generally stupid the final form is. Anyone else curious as to why that's 'sharp' to figure out after years of fighting against him? Apparently, all he ever had to do was get stabbed, and he had to wait for years to figure that out. His zanpakuto/hollow replies 'how sharp of you'. He fights for many years against it and only 'wins' when he allows himself to get stabbed. It could be argued that Ichigo's hollow side was strong enough to really challenge him more, but I find it odd that that's the way to achieve the top form of a zanpakuto.ģ) There's a lot wrong with the fight between him and his zanpakuto's spirit/internal hollow. What's worse, his father (who probably fought against his own zanpakuto spirit) is incapable of achieving the same feat despite his many years.

There's something really awful about the amazing power leaps that just come and go as they please, and I was really hoping that wouldn't be the route Bleach would take.Ģ) Ichigo's suddenly powerful enough to take down someone who brushed aside every other opponent after only a few years of fighting his zanpakuto's spirit? This goes completely unexplained, and unless something huge is about to happen in the manga, it'll continue to be unexplained. In fact, his whole return to the fight had this same feel to it.

I guess I'll list a few.ġ) It had a DBZ feel to it. Well, there are a lot of reasons why this is the answer I gave (though I think confusing and depressing should be added to the list).

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