Quote Originally Posted by Krynn
When Urahara has Ichigo training before he goes to SS the first time, does he not talk to the vaizard side of Ichigo? He mentions some later use or need of him later IIRC, maybe his dad is a vaizard himself? I always assumed that the hollow part of Ichigo came from Rukia, but maybe that isn't the case?

lol this is the second time someone has said that in this thread. If you guy remember when ichigoe was training with urahara, to get his shinigami powers that layed doormat urhara cut ichigoes life chain. Doing so set a time limit in which ichigo had to become a shinigami or else he would become a hollow instead. During this time ichigo was trying to become a shinigami he took to long to gain those powers and started to become a hollow. Before he became a hollow he finally gained his shinigami powers. Thus he has both hollow and shinigami powers since he almost became a hollow. So in a way the hollow he started to become is inside him now.