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In Bleach, Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo by having him stab
himself in the chest with her zanpakuto.

If a person is stabbed in the chest by a zanpakuto, can they absorb half of
the Shinigami's powers, or does it have to be intentional? If it does have to
be intention, is there any reason given for that?


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Is it possible to transfer Shinigami powers accidentally?


Ichigo is a special case. I do not want to spoil the story, so, I recommend
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> There is a reason why the shinigami power were transferred to him. You see,
> he does not have ordinary parents. one of his parents is a former shinigami
> which caused him to have the capability of transferring shinigami powers to
> him. He was the only male in the family, and probably being the male he had
> a different gene than his sisters. makes sense ha?


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The transfer was initiated by Rukia, but since Ichigo has such a powerful and
dominant reiatsu (spiritual power), he ended up taking all of her death god
powers.

It normally shouldn't happen, but Ichigo is a bit of a special case.


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The transfer of powers has to be intentional because otherwise the shinigami
won't be able to stab anybody without losing their powers. Ichigo was stabbed
by Kenpachi later in the Soul Society arc, and that did not give him the
latter's powers.


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> Rukia stated that she didn't intend to transfer all her powers to Ichigo,
> meaning that it may be possible for shinigami powers to transfer
> accidentally.

However, Ichigo is a special case.

> Ichigo was born with high spiritual energy considering his parents weren't
> regular humans, his father being a soul reaper and his mother being a
> Quincy.  
>  Due to Ichigo's high spiritual energy, all of Rukia's shinigami powers
> transferred to Ichigo.

Assuming this is only because Ichigo is a special case, it may be possible for
shinigami powers to accidentally transfer, but not all of it. This is my
theory on this question.


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Saying that Rukia's powers were transferred is fundamentally wrong. Since
Ichigo was a vessel capable of storing large Reiatsu (soul force), when she
forcefully transferred her Reiatsu, Ichigo ended up pulling all of it. Hence
rendering her powerless. She just poured her Reiatsu into him. Not her powers.


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