

When Ichigo is being trained by Kisuke his second lesson involves Ichigo's
Chain of Fate being cut, and in order for him to avoid becoming a Hollow he
has to become a Soul Reaper.

After he gets out of the pit he was stuck in now with his own Soul Reaper
Powers, Kisuke then begins his third lesson which is a fight. Between the
start of the second lesson and the end of the third lesson there doesn't seem
to be a point where they repair Ichigo's Chain of Fate (if it's even
possible).

So is Ichigo technically dead because his Chain of Fate was cut?


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bleach
Is Ichigo technically dead?


I personally feel that these are just certain events in the manga which make
the reader feel that its happened.  
But mangaka's are such beings that they can create their own logic and make
dead people alive!  
Logically if you think, then Killing the main person of a story which is going
so great, can have a highly positive or negative impact on the sales of a
manga.  
The writer is just creating such events that generate these kind of thoughts
in the readers mind!  


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I would say yes.

It does not interfere with the "not letting the main character die" rule,
because the main part of the story plays in the world of the dead (soul
society).

So I ask if the concept of "death and alive" even does apply to bleach? He
might be dead ever since he first became a Shinigami or, as you described, as
soon as his chain got destroyed.

As for the time he is in his body and interacts with the world of the living,
he might just go back into his body or as other Shinigami enter a Gigai
(artificial body).

I sadly have no prove for this claim, it is my theory.


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Looking at it in the most basic way: the answer should be no. Remember, many
people can see Ichigo (not just the special ones who can see the dead). They
don't show Ichigo getting into a fake body for his day to day life at any
point. Only leaving it for Kon in the earlier parts of the series.

Recall the 17 months after Ichigo did not have powers (around the Fullbringer
Arc) that everyone could see and interact with him. If that could happen, he
should not be viewed as dead.

Take it with a grain of salt, remember that the author/creator Kubo Tite has
been inconsistent with some things in the past and gets sloppy with his
writing from time to time.


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