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Originally Posted by sayde
Ichigo's always had a hard time taking complete control over his power. But getting in touch with and communicating with zangetsu was something he had to master in order to learn bankai. I've got nothing else to say in regards to your other points.
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Not exactly. Yorurichi used Urahara's training device to force Zangetsu to manifest. All Ichigo had to do then was fight Zangetsu into submission. He had reached a point where he was beginning to gain better understanding of Zangetsu (after fighting Kenpachi) but he had not yet learned to talk with him at will and didn't have to learn that in order to obtain his bankai.
Ichigo didn't learn proper communication with Zangetsu through jinzen until Isshin taught him right before he was about fight Aizen. Before that, he could call Zangetsu's power, but he wasn't actually communicating directly with him.
Though it hasn't been said outright, I'm guessing Zangetsu did return and Ichigo can still intuitively call on his powers like he did before though Zangetsu hasn't manifested himself yet.