Forgetfulness said:
Arashi89 said:
"Your days as a shinigami will be over", eh? Say, didn't Isshin defeat a powered-up Grand Fisher, and was an Arrancar at the time, with a single slash? And didn't he fight against a physical god and managed to hinder him, where most professional shinigami had a foot in the grave? Oh wait. I forgot it was the same thing for Ichigo: they told him he'll never get back his powers and just in a few months,with the help of a Deus ex Machina, he became more powerful than ever. Even with overpowered characters, Kubo still doesn't know how to make them win, so he must resort to cheat codes.
Lolnope.
"Chances are high that your days as a shinigami are effectively over"
showing that it's not definite. And anyways, later that page they say
"It won't be until the hollow and the girl are free from the reishi string that you will be able to exit the shell..."
which basically translates to: Once everything's sorted out, you won't have to be a human anymore
Yeah, I know Kubo's done it before with Ichigo and Ishida but this time isn't quite the same.
This.
Also for Ichigo's case... they said that his power will never return to him, not that there was absolutely no way, even with scientific research, to restore his power.
They were right, no matter how much time Ichigo would wait, his power would never return to him but it was never said nor implied that even if there's no way to restore his power now there will never be a way to.
Basically even if you were misleaded you into thinking that "Ichigo will never have any power again", it wasn't the case.
Zangetsu said goodbye to Ichigo and even though Ichigo got his zanpakutou back we haven't had the chance to see if Zangetsu is still alive or if it is now a 'soulless zanpakutou'.