Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
We all know Ichigo is a very special case, and has probably a greater potential than any of the SS shinigami's, if he's given enough time and opportunities to train himself (and if he does train). Also it needs to be remembered that Zaraki actually beat Ichigo a couple of times during that peculiar fight. While you could argue Zaraki gave Ichinose just as good opportunities to beat him as he gave Ichigo, that might not matter in the long run, because Ichinose tried to beat Zaraki using flashy special abilities, whereas Ichigo pretty much used the similar kind of brute force Zaraki used himself - and that would have been impossible for Ichinose who was a normal shinigami, not a reiatsu monster like Zaraki and Ichigo.

And there is this demon hollow thing in Ichigo.