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Originally Posted by Kanon
I remember like three different explanations/retcons for Chad and Orihime's powers. First one being Ichigo's massive reiatsu awakening them. Second is what you posted. And the third was them being Fullbringers, though Orihime was never explicitly stated to be one unlike Chad.
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From my understanding. Ichigo's Reiatsu helped them develop their ability to sense the supernatural stuff, like Ghosts, Hollows, Shinigamis, etc, as well as slowly building their supernatural powers.
The Hōgyoku on the other hand unlocked their special abilities, which while originated because of Ichigo's Reiatsu, wouldn't have manifested if not for the trigger by the Hōgyoku.
Keep in mind that, everyone of Ichigo's friends and close associates slowly also develop the power to sense supernatural stuff. But only Orihime & Chad unlocked their powers, most likely because they indirectly got more close to Rukia while she hosted the Hōgyoku.
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Originally Posted by Galaxian
The CFYOW novel confirms her to be a Fullbringer.
The novel also retconned what a Fullbringer is. Instead of being the offspring of women who were attacked by Hollows, Fullbringers are now individual that were born with a fragment of the Soul King's soul attached it theirs, which is what caused their mothers to be attacked by Hollows while they were in the womb.  |
Well, technically it's still alright to consider that the first point of Fullbringer's being the offspring of women who were attacked by Hollows, to be accurate.
Fullbringer powers are Hollow Spiritual Energy based. It's just that, the soul fragment of the Soul King attracted the Hollow's to attack the mother and infected them with their Spiritual Energy.
As for Orihime's powers origin, i still have some doubts about them being that of Fullbringer's.
Primary reason being, each and every Fullbringer's power until now had some Hollow like features to them, except Orihime's.
Plus, Orihime didn't get a power boost when she was in Hueco Mundo unlike Chad.
Also, Hachigen already once said that Orihime's powers are a lot similar to that of a Shinigami's Zanpakuto.
Even if CFYOW Novel says that her power's are Fullbringer.
But that Novel wasn't written by Tite Kubo. So, it's not completely Canon (would be better to consider it as alternate timeline events). Even the Fandom Wiki considers it non-canon.