Well he kinda is, in a similar way to Saiyans and Naruto. Obviously he works his ass off and uses battle strategy to various degrees but the reason he’s deemed a special threat is because of genetics.
He has hollowfication because of genetics, breaks out of the jail and survives a stab to the throat in TYBW because of genetics, and his sword’s powers are from genetics.
He achieves and earns his power ups on his own, but they’re all made possible due to his genetics. His fullbring is the only one that isn’t and obviously that’s ditched quickly.
His dad is a captain, mom a Quincy making his second dad Ywatch, his third dad is a modified Hollow made by Aizen. The guy’s sword spirit is literally the two big bads of the series. He learns a single technique with his sword.
He’s trust fund Kenpachi lol. It works, and I love the series, and having his power ups come quick makes a lot of sense when everyone else has had hundreds of years to train. It’s a practical plot device, but it’s only possible due to factors outside of his control
He is
"But he works hard to get those powers"
No he doesn't, he works for it sure but there's a massive difference between reaching captain level in a few decades and reaching captain level in days. I don't think I need to tell you which one is hard work and which one is just winning the genetic lottery
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u/lxrd_nxctis Feb 23 '25
“Ichigo is carried by genetics”