Facts seem to point to the fact that the huge sword is just a super-sized version of Rukia's and the only time any aspect of Zangetsu was manifested would be during the menos grande battle. This would be the only time he would used Zangetsu's powers through Rukia's sword and could have been part of the reason why the sword started deforming right after.

MoChan 02:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC) One theory I heard in the forums a while age was that when Ichigo faced the menos grande, he seemed to have unconscioulsy fired a getsuga tenshou or something similar. Either one is plausible, but it is not Zangetsu, nor its unreleased state. Or it could be really big because its HIS reiatsu fueling the sword and not Rukia's, but still is her zanpukto. So one might say that effectively Ichigo is channeling his own powers through or by means of the borrowed powers from Rukia, and so the zanpakutou is, as a friend of mine once put it, 'Zangetsu hiding in Sode no Shirayuki'. however, it's also unusually large, therefore indicating that it IS Ichigo's own powers being used and not just borrowed from Rukia. MoChan It's clearly in appearance Sode no Shirayuki, yes, as all zanpakutou have unique tsuba. Normal no-name shinigami usually just have an oval for a crossguard, but this is rectangle with a design. The same EXACT design, and nobody else has it. MoChan Or, you know, it could just be that it was a larger form of the normal crossguard that almost everyone has. Hobbeslover 03:06, 3 September 2005 (UTC)ДЄctually, if you look at the crossgaurd, you see that it is the same as Rukia's. As such, I am reverting the edits by 138.88.27.207. The one he carried in the beginning was Rukia's blade, and when he transformed into a Shinigami, it was already in Shikai' or some randomness like that. Many people state that 'We've never seen Ichigo's sealed form. Meaning that Zangetsu was already in his sealed form. When he was transformed into a Shinigami by Rukia, he was using Rukia's power to become a shinigami, but he still manifested his OWN SWORD. Mairi 04:55, 24 July 2005 (UTC) tagged with spoiler now.- Mitsukai 18:20, 25 July 2005 (UTC) Ichigo's Sword

68 Some improvements regarding the hollow powers sectionДoes part of this page warrant a warning? Since I'm not familiar with the series, I have no clue.

45 Can we start enforcing NOTAFORUM now?.

41 zangetsu is standing on tensa zangetsu.

37 A picture of hollow Ichigo with the mask only.

25 Al Pacino is Ichigo's favorite actor?.

24 First appearance of Ichigo's innher hollow.

22 Necessity of the name meaning section?.

18 His reiatsu is an attack + anime screw up of getsuga tensho.

5 Ichigo is first to be born to shinigami lineage?.

There is clearly a great significant increase in Ichigo's speed, power, agility and skill however, the boost is only available for a limited time.

But the boost in power and skill is indeed significant. However, there are also times wherein he is unable to control such hollowification. Later, he was able to control it through the help of the visoreds who were half shinigami and half hollow. That incident made Ichigo gain also his hollow powers, but it wasn't stable, and something that he could control at first. During the ritual or process, Ichigo had undergone hollowification however, he was able to put a stop on it, and regained his shinigami powers back. At that time, Ichigo was left with two choices wherein he would become a Shinigami if the process was successful, but he would also become a hollow if it would fail. Ichigo's first traces of hollow powers were first found during the time wherein Urahara helped him regain his Shinigami powers after it was being cut by Byakuya.

Ichigo final getsuga tenshou sword