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Fullbring Ichigo's badge being used as his Fullbring focus Added by SunXiaInitially, Ichigo's Fullbring powers focused on changing the form of his Substitute Shinigami Badge.[555] By recalling the memories of his pride as a Shinigami, Ichigo causes the badge to release black reiatsu in the shape of Tensa Zangetsu's tsuba.[556] Like a tsuba, the weapon is used primarily for defense, particularly to block attacks, able to absorb most of the impact from a much larger opponent's attack.[557] Like a real tsuba, it has not cutting power and if Ichigo releases his hold on the badge the reiatsu dissipates.[558]

Ichigo's second Fullbring appearance. Added by AlzaninoLater, his Fullbring powers evolves so that they changed the appearance of his entirety, covering his whole body in a black Reiatsu and can produce a dark blade forming in his arm.[559] His abilities are classified as a Clad-Type Fullbring, because Ichigo is shrouded in his own power, which resembles a Shihakushō, much like his former Bankai.[560]

Ichigo's completed Fullbring appearance. Added by GodismeAfter Ichigo's Fullbring is completed, it transforms into a solid outfit. It gains a white armor covering his chest, arms, shoulders and feet while a stripe runs across his face. Underneath this he wears a completely black bodysuit. The badge will grow a medium-sized black machete-like blade with a silver edge and round hilt with a simple white cloth-wrapping and flat base. The badge itself becomes the guard, with a new black-cross marking on it. It can be hung across Ichigo's back in a white sheath.[561]

■Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: Despite only recently obtaining and completing his Fullbring, Ichigo showed considerable skill with its blade. During his test with it, Ichigo was able to calmly and effortlessly strike down several virtual Hollows.[562] Against Tsukishima, an opponent with much greater experience in using his Fullbring blade, Ichigo was able to fight on par with him and sever the enemy's left arm with a single strike.[563] ■Energy Blast: Using his incomplete Fullbring, Ichigo is capable of unleashing spinning, propeller-like blasts of black with red outlining spiritual energy. Ichigo compared the feeling of using these blasts to that of using "Getsuga Tenshō".[564] By charging up this attack, the tsuba will become bigger and more jagged with six bars before launching a larger blast.[565] The attack is flawed due to its inconsistent power. Its power is determined by the number of blades in it; six being the maximum. If fired in succession, the number of blades, with the attack becoming more fragile with each one it loses. If the attack has anything less than three blades, it can be shattered with ease. Ichigo and Jackie Tristan both came to the conclusion that if he fires three shots in row, he leaves himself wide open to attack.[566] With his completed Fullbring, Ichigo is able to produce the reiatsu tsuba from his sword's guard-badge with ease and fire a barrage of these blades with a single swing, apparently each retaining full power as none would lose any blades. Also, similar to with Zangetsu, Ichigo can keep the energy of his attacks in his sword to augment his sword swings.[563] ■Getsuga Tenshō: In his completed Fullbring form, Ichigo is able to fire off a blue wave of energy from his blade. Though the attack is not as large or powerful as it is with his Shinigami powers, Tsukishima noted how fast it moves and can still cause some considerable damage.[567] ■Enhanced Speed: Through Fullbring, Ichigo can move far more quickly than usual, at one point catching Jackie Tristan off guard by vanishing and appearing behind her with a kick readied. Ichigo's feet emit a flickering "Bringer Light", which indicates that it is preparing for his next high speed movement. Jackie Tristan noted that the presence of the Bringer Light indicates that Ichigo is beginning to master Fullbring.[568] Ichigo is also able to Fullbring even concrete and solid air in order to propel himself higher and at faster speeds.[569] With his complete Fullbring unleashed, Ichigo's speed is enhanced even further, as he was able to get behind Tsukishima and sliced off his left arm before he could even successfully attack him.[570] Similar to his Bankai, Ichigo's speed is great enough to produce dozens of afterimages to confuse his enemy.[563] By focusing this power into a single leg, Ichigo can launch a much faster kick with much greater impact.[571] ■Enhanced Strength: In his complete Fullbring form, Ichigo's strength is greatly enhanced. With a single hand and from an angle with no leverage, Ichigo was able to catch a direct punch from Sado's full transformed "Brazo Derecha de Gigante" unfazed.[572] With a single kick, he can launch his opponent several meters with considerable force.[573]

Hollowfication Main article: Hollow Ichigo

Ichigo's original mask. Added by UltimatexHollow Mask: Ichigo's Hollow mask manifests in the appearance of what could best be described as a menacing skull. The mask is white and originally had only three red stripes on the left side,[574] and has since increased in number.[575] The stripes have changed in thickness after he subjugated his inner Hollow.[576] It eventually covers almost the entirety of the mask's left half during his third battle with Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.[577] While pure white on the right side, the mask possesses a total of ten red stripes (a total of ten can be seen during his last fight with Ulquiorra) spread across three spots on the left side of his mask.[578][579]

Ichigo's new mask. Added by UltimatexBecause Ichigo's inner Hollow took a new form while facing Ulquiorra Cifer,[580] Ichigo's mask has changed again. Where his mask once had a series of thick red stripes that covered almost the entire left half of his mask, there are now only two thick vertical black stripes, each on one half of the mask, that are interrupted by the widened eye-holes and the jaw.[581][582]

Ichigo donning his mask. Added by SunXiaThe Hollow mask was originally a sign of Ichigo's possession by the Hollow within him, but after his training with the Visored, it has become an indication that he is merely utilizing his Hollow powers. To access Hollow Ichigo's power, Ichigo must summon the mask onto his face, which is normally done by placing one of his hands over his face and concentrating spiritual matter on it in order to manifest the mask (previously it had appeared on its own before he mastered the Hollow within him), summoning the mask in a "ripping" fashion. With the mask in place, Ichigo's eyes irises become yellow, and he has black sclera and pupils, his voice also has a slight Hollow echo to it, and he gains access to increased physical enhancements (although most of the other Visored have been able to shift the position of the mask while apparently still retaining the abilities of their Hollowfied state as well as using general Hollow abilities neither of which Ichigo been shown capable of doing).

Power Augmentation: While wearing the mask, Ichigo's Hollow powers supplement his Shinigami powers, giving him a vast increase in both strength and speed. ■Augmented Getsuga Tenshō: When Ichigo wears his mask, the power, speed, blast area, force, and size of the Getsuga Tenshō becomes drastically augmented to the point of seriously harming a foe. When used with his Bankai and Hollow mask in combination, his Getsuga Tenshō is stated to be his ultimate attack.[583] Ichigo's tremendous speed allows him to move faster than the Getsuga Tenshō itself, allowing him to fire multiple blasts from different directions.[584] Ulquiorra Cifer believes that the Getsuga Tenshō is Ichigo's strongest attack,[583] and has compared it to a Hollow's Cero, particularly a Cero Oscuras.[585] The black Getsuga was first displayed by Ichigo's inner Hollow, and initially carried the risk of causing his inner Hollow to surface if used too much.[586] With Ichigo's later control over his inner Hollow, this is no longer a problem.[584] With the use of his new mask, he was able to use Tensa Zangetsu with only a single hand, sending a Getsuga Tenshō powerful enough to send Yammy Llargo falling down head first while he was in his much larger and stronger Resurrección state,[587] or to cut a high-rise building in half.[588] ■Enhanced Spiritual Power: While wearing the mask, the spiritual power Ichigo possesses becomes even greater than before.[589] Upon witnessing his enormous reiatsu, one of the Privaron Espada, Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio, described it as amazing.[590] The 4th Espada, Ulquiorra Cifer, commented that his reiatsu was almost exact as Espada's.[591] During Ichigo's fight with Grimmjow, the 3rd Espada, Tier Harribel, noticed that the volume, concentration, and catastrophic nature of his reiatsu didn't seem like that of a Human but more like she was watching a fight between two Espada.[592] Even Aizen complimented his reiatsu, adding that he had grown.[593] It has been noted multiple times that with the mask on his spiritual energy changes into something similar to that of a Hollow.[594] Ichigo can use the combined reiatsu released in his Bankai activation and Hollowfication to launch himself in the air.[595] ■Enhanced Strength: While using the Hollow mask, Ichigo gains a substantial increase in strength. In his second fight with Grimmjow, he was able to overpower Grimmjow's Cero.[596] As in his third fight with Grimmjow, he was able to even block the destructive force of an Espada's strongest Cero, the Gran Rey Cero fired by Grimmjow.[597] As evident after he unleashed his Hollowfication state in his battle with Ulquiorra, and was even able to slightly break his sword with a single slash.[598] He is able to effortlessly block a Cero fired by Ulquiorra.[599] ■Enhanced Speed: While wearing his mask, Ichigo’s already formidable speed is greatly enhanced. During his second battle against Grimmjow, Ichigo’s speed was great enough to completely overwhelm the Espada, who was unable to follow Ichigo’s movements and was forced completely on the defensive from his barrage of attacks.[600] His attacks also become so fast that the opponent cannot even perceive them until after they are hit.[601] He also becomes fast enough to outrun his own energy attacks, allowing him to strike and enhance them or launch simultaneous attacks at the opponent from different angles.[584] ■Enhanced Durability: His durability is even more evident throughout the fight as he is thrown through various buildings and obstructions.[602] Ichigo shielded Orihime from a barrage of Grimmjow's dart bullets which have enough destructive force to destroy a large building.[603][604] Even after taking this barrage, he was still able to fight and defeat Grimmjow, even destroying one of his Desgarrón claws, which was Grimmjow's most powerful technique.[605] ■Mask Regeneration: If Ichigo has enough spiritual power, he has the ability to repair small amounts of damage that is inflicted upon his mask.[606] This is seen during his 3rd fight with Grimmjow[607] and during his most recent fight with Ulquiorra.[608] ■Hollow Combat: When Ichigo fights with his mask on his fighting style becomes more instinctive than practiced. The Hollow mask also makes Ichigo more ruthless, akin to the battle style of Hollow Ichigo. Throughout the duration of the Hollowfication, Ichigo has shown less concern for injuries to his person, even going so far as to ignore grievous wounds to continue fighting.[605] Ulquiorra Cifer commented that Ichigo in this form resembles an Arrancar and that his moves are similar to theirs.[609] ■Increased Mask Duration: After subjugating his inner Hollow, Ichigo can use his Hollow mask while retaining his personality, but could originally only wear it for four seconds at a time.[610] After training with the Visored, the limit increases to eleven seconds.[611] His limit and Hollow powers greatly increases during his third battle with Grimmjow. The reasons behind Ichigo now being capable of fighting entire battles with his mask, currently remains unknown. Grimmjow speculated that Ichigo's improvements came from a subconscious need.[612][613] It is unknown if the time limit of his new mask has changed, although the mask began deteriorating directly after he attempted a Getsuga Tenshō on Aizen with it on.[614] Once he gained resolve to fight Aizen, the mask was used much longer but began dispersing again once he lost his composure.[615][616] ■Mask Re-Summon: He has been shown to have the ability to call his mask out a second time after it shatters. When used for the first time, the mask immediately broke apart.[617] Later, this is no longer a problem. In his first fight with Ulquiorra, although unseen, it was used to help defend against Ulquiorra's Cero,[618] and again with his most recent confrontation with him, after he went into his released form.[619] However, once Ichigo's mask changed in his battle with Yammy Llargo, he noticed his mask felt different, as if it was heavier, and he is unable to re-summon it for a brief period of time.[620] Tensa Zangetsu explains the oddities of the new mask come from Ichigo's fear from his Hollow form which he took to defeat Ulquiorra Cifer, where his sanity is overwhelmed by its power and he cannot Hollowfy properly.[621]