He could see ghosts.

Boomstick: Hey he's like that kid from the Sixth Sense.

Cole Sear: I see dead people.

Wiz: Oh right...

Boomstick is back.

Joy.

Boomstick: Godamn right!

When Ichigo was just nine years old.

He developed the ability to see dead people.

Wiz: And while taking a leisurely walk with his mother Ichigo noticed what he thought was a woman about to fall into a river.

Boomstick: So he ran over to rescue her like the brave little kitty was.

Wiz: Except it wasn't really a woman at all.

It was a Hollow a monster born from an abandoned human soul.

And it promptly killed his mother.

Boomstick: Bummer.

Reminds me of how I lost mine poor Mama Boomstick.

(sniffs)

Ah.

She always hated that ghost in the barn.

Wiz: Ah right.

Well Ichigo couldn't exactly do anything about these hollows until year's later when he met a woman named Rukia.

Boomstick: Who was also dead.

Kind of.

Wiz: Rukia was a Shinigami or Soul Reaper a guardian of the dead who helps those who have passed move on to the afterlife.

Also they battle Hollows.

Boomstick: With awesome swords.

Like samurai Ghostbusters.

Long story short the two of 'em got into a bind and Rukia had to share some of her power with Ichigo turns out he was a surprise Soul Reaper all along.

Wiz: When accessing his Shinigami power Ichigo leaves his physical body for a new one made up of Reishi a form of spiritual energy.

Which is invisible to but still president the living world.

Boomstick: And his new powers make him super deadly.

He could move with blinding speed, cut through mountains and even fly through the air.

Wiz: It's almost more accurate to say he walks through the air by using naturally occurring Reishi as footholds.

Boomstick: And then there's his badass sword.

Wiz: You mean swords.

Boomstick: Spoilers Wiz.

Save it for the full episode next week where Ichigo takes on his anime rival: Naruto.