[PATREON Content of the Day! - Aug 29!]

I'm surprised you were the only one in that fighting tournament that picked this guy he's more Chad than Chad

Jack: “What are you gonna do when this beast of a man is running after you?” Me: “Get on my knees.” I apologize deeply.

You gotta think of Spiritual Pressure/Power like water. Spiritual Power would be a big bucket of water. Spiritual Pressure would be the force exerted by compressing/honing/concentrating it. Bonus tip for powerscaling: Unlike most other power systems, there's a focus on introspection that plays a big part in how strong someone is. Ichigo finding his resolve allowed him to win vs Renji and to cut Kenpachi

Zangetsu: come on bro, we just did a training montage why you making me look bad?

He cut because he concentrated his Spiritual Pressure, SP is your atk and def stat, if your atk is high enough you can cut Honestly there is some weird canon with exactly what zanpakuto are but simplest terms, Captains have insane Spiritual Pressure but their swords are small, its because they compact them, Ichigo doesnt

I forgot how much I loved bleach outside of filler

This isn't a spoiler since Kenpachi already said it, it just wasn't explained clearly. Basically, if one has a lot more spiritual pressure, like Kenpachi then it can make him 'uncuttable' or immune from less powerful fighters but if the person with less spiritual pressure focuses it then it can cut through. The reason why Ichigo could cut Kenpachi was because he focused his mind and spiritual pressure into his blade. It's basically the same thing that Urahara tried to teach Ichigo: "When you attack you kill" that instinct to focus and fight.

I cant even imagine chad losing