Bleach Manga thread (SPOILERS)

Pretty sure that the new guys are all sub-shinigamis. Jugou had a sub-shinigami badge. It makes sense that they all lost their powers at one point in time but gained them back, so they want to get Ichigo's powers back too. Obviously Ishin also lost his powers, but he also obviously has them back now. And it's also obvious that the new group and Ishin are related.

AKA rehash of the Vizard arc. You have the leader (Shinji, Jugou), the loli (Hiyori, maid girl), you have the super calm guy (Hachi, Butler dude)

It's possible Ichi's power could spill over onto others. That not-a-lesbian girlfriend of inoue saw ichigo in his reaper attire a few times, and during aizens invasion of the town that was partitioned into the soul society, those few seemingly useless classmates were able to move about and see Aizen. Maybe it's only those who are actually close to ichi that might get this residual power gift, but it's a theory.

The captains said that this is the case. Anyone with lieutenant (vice-captain) rank has high enough reiatsu to effect the surroundings and the people of the real world. Ichigo has captain class reiatsu so it's not surprising that the people he hangs with have powers, or can see spirits. Now why Ichigo started to get reiatsu back anyways is beyond me, cause no body except for Ishin and Urahara (maybe Yoruichi too but we don't know if she's still in the real world or back in SS) has high enough reiatsu to leak out into him.