Ichigo is a freaking monster with his natural power reiatsu development which surprised the hell out of Tsukushima and Kinjou Kuugo.

The only difference between now and the Aizen Arc is, ... it's only gonna get better from there on, man down, hands down for Master mind Tite Kubo. The fact that Ichigo is accumulating powers with his living body is simply incredible, man...

In the latest edition of the Bleach Manga:

Isshin and Urahara are going through some secret ritual, which looks like something like sacrificing Shinigami powers...

In the mean time Ichigo is up against Ginjou Kuugo himself. Orihime is thrown into the fray as well, to support Ichigo in his battle with her healing powers. Just as she defended one of Kuugo's attack, her shield unexpectedly started to repel and counter attack to Kuugo's surprise. Orihime began to explain to Ichigo that on account of her and Chado's awareness, that Ichigo lost his Shinigami powers, they simply had to become stronger and therefore trained very hard to be a better help for him in the future...

With Ichigo healed again, he's gonna get ready for the true battle!!!

Well, that Final Getsuga Tenshou would come in right handy in this battle, considering the fact that Kuugo is fighting with a really extraordinary new powers; Ichigo was a *******human being while he was at that state when he fought with Aizen.

I don't know what's the point in getting the Shinigami powers back, when you are as strong as a living human life form??? Would he get his power back and stay human and be able to see Rukia and co. again?

Hey wait a minute, Ichigo was able to see Rangiku in his most powerful state, was he? And Aizen was the first one to notice that Ichigo only displayed the raw power as real human life form...

In the latest issue of the Bleach Manga:

Riruka and Orihime have a little chit chat in a distant room, where they were munching donuts; there Orihima shares things from the past with Riruka. She acts like as if it didn't really interest her beans, but inwardly something was going on with Riruka...

In the mean time, the fight between Ichigo and Kuugo is going on, and Ichigo is struggling to sense any spirit of his opponents; but then suddenly with Kuugo intending to get Ichigo's fighting spirit back, he sliced Ichigo right into the eyes,... OUCH....

Well, Kuugo seems to be somewhat, "ONE with nature", while Ichigo is always full of desperation, I mean, just before he turned into that Final Getsuga Tenshou living life form...

I think that "One with nature Reiatsu", <-(let me call it like that) which makes it very hard for the opponent to read his or her intentions must be some kind of special focus that only few like Kuugo has mastered, I mean why would he intend to support Ichigo to win back his Shinagami powers???

But until Ichigo gets there we still have a couple of more episodes to wait for,..

the only question that remains until then, if he regains his Fullbring Getsuga Tenshou or whatever new extraordinary power, will he be able to see Rukia and the other Shinigami again...

I just think about one person who would be so anxious to meet and fight him again...

ZARAKI KENPACHI

Well, what is lost is lost, of course Ichigo was perfectly calm with his raw non Shinigami Powers other than his Final Getsuga Tenshou, but now he is discovering, developing and experiencing a completely new power, other than any Shinigami training in the past, when he really had to turn into a real Substitute Soul; Now Ichigo has to fight as a real human life form, and no wonder he's desperately struggling in figuring out his new abilities on a scratch,...

nothing works from scratch, we all know that, even when Ichigo trained with Getsuga Tenshou, he had to desperately figure out through struggle in order to get into the stage where he is one with nature with his Final Getsuga Tenshou,... in his fight with Kuugo, it is no different, that's just a natural process of training.

You every training which Ichigo went through, whether it was in discovering his evil Hollow form, Ulquirra, against a Vizard, vs. Getsuga or now vs. Kuugo... everything needs time and struggle, in order to become a master... it's simple as that.

In the latest edition of Bleach:

After piercing his Fullbring into Ichigo's body, Kuugo pulled the trigger, when he mentioned about killing Chado and Orihime, after staggering Ichigo to the ground with his sword

With Ichigo on the verge of death yet again, he put all his body and soul into it,... Ichigo's monstrous powers have awakened!!!....

the only question remains: Is he Shinigami or is he a living being, the new living life form of SHinigami,... because, while he was at the brink of death, Ichigo has discovered a reiatsu of Kuugo, a kind of a spirit power...

Is the ultimate SHinigami a mixture of spiritual body and real body??? What's next, man, what's next...

Well, let's think about this,... in the past, when he met Rukia, in his first Shinigami stages his soul was separated from one another,... and what if this time, despite the peirce through, body and soul somehow remained together, justifying my theory that this form of Shinigami is that of a human life form,...

... I mean, when Ichigo mentioned that he saw Kuugo's Reiatsu, that means that he displays some special unknown power anyway. But anyhow, Kuugo is proud of Ichigo that he drastically hyped up into that level with a lion's roar and we're gonna see in the next chapter...

Okay, let's make it simple then... Ichigo put all his body AND Soul into his ultimate survival instinct attacks,... and I mean "BODY AND SOUL", not only Spiritual body, but BOTH of his existential beings, Body and Soul in order to survive with a last array of desperation...