I've noticed thus far in the story in the new timeline Ichigo's ability to see the dead hasn't been mentioned, has he lost this ability do to his mother's influence? Or is it something more subtle like the place they live is a temple or ghosts naturally feel the minute divinity radiating off him thus they find themselves skittish in his presence?
Given that Ichigo is more social in the new timeline having spent long times around several different people like Tatsuki, Orihime, Yuuya and Hideo does this mean he has been effecting thier spiritual developement with his high amounts of spiritual pressure like he did to Orihime and Chad in the original timeline? Or has the mana running through his body reinforced himself from 'leakage'? If not would this mean more friends joining him in his hollow busting duties?
Would the fact that the nature of the power that Ichigo gives off has changed might in turn change the powers his friends receive in subtle (or major) ways?
I've been thinking on the differences between the power weilded by AMG Gods/Demons and Bleach Shinigami/Hollows and trying to figure how Ichigo has benifitted from this. Heres what I have so far:
For one thing it is obvious that the power that the two groups use are completely different forms of energy. Shingami/Hollows power are naturally occuring human soul energy emissions that are probably polarized positively or negatively. While AMG deity/demon Mana/pishogue is another form of power that exsits in it's natural state seperate from Midgard altogether, this is shown by their need to refuel using things like icecream, booze and sleep.
The nature of both also differs in the way they effect the enviroment. The mana gods use effect reality directly causing damage based upon the intent of the user, while it may seem that they are casting spells through song and rehersed incantations it is more do to focused intent that gives spells thier power. That's not to say words don't have power it's more the weight of the words that determine the power of the spells (this gives old spells more power than new spells just created at the spur of the moment do to how many people have been using them over the years with the same intent), connection to the Yggsdrasil also gives a deities spell an extra kick and is required for anything that causes direct reality manipulation. Mana doesn't occur naturally in Midgard as I've mentioned before, it is regained only by two methods: either the diety in question waits a while for thier bodies to regenerate it slowly (often taking months to years as opposed to the other way) or through an action that given to them by the Yggsdrasil allows for a quicker refuel (booze, icecream, ect.).
In reguards to a shinigami's power it seems to be limited to the manipulation of 'spirit particles' which is a form of invisible matter that exsists in Midgard. Spirit Particles (SPs) have mass this is why Hollows and Shingami can interact with the world around them and why Pluses (who have less SP) can be intagible. Shinigamis and other souls in thier lands are beings that exsist as a collection of spirit particles held together by a stable form of renewable energy (reiki) which is SP in energy form, not unlike a human just with SPs intead of Matter. Reiki is used to manipulate SP directly and all ablities by Shinigami and Hollows are dirived from the interaction of those two energies, as Reiki can be converted into SP and visa versa (on that thought I could consider the transition of a Plus to a Hollow the point at which a Soul draws in local spirit particles after it consumes it's chain, and continues to do so, often consuming other pluses and hollows, until it reaches a mass the has it pulled into the 'hollow world'). Hollows consume SP in whatever form and naturally convert it into Reiki (any Reiki consumed is a bonus) Shinigami (and possibly Annacars) are Pluses that have converted thier Reiki into a more concentrated form to be used later kinda like stored fat in the body and that concentrated energy generates more Reiki by converting dispersed SP around them into Reiki (kinda like condensation), while training it (through exercise and direct use) increases the capacity that can be stored.
Well I went off on a few tangents there.