Quote Originally Posted by Rater202 View Post
I mean, the whole point of the arc was Ichigo getting his powers back and we saw a Shinigami pouring power into something several chapters before hand.
The whole point was Ichigo maybe reawakening his Shinigami powers but probably not. Ultimately that's not what happened though, and more to the point I lost what respect Kubo had earned back by actually having the chutzpah to make Ichigo's power loss a thing that stuck.