Forum:Hollows

Here you can discuss general topics about Hollows (for Arrancar, see Forum:Official Arrancar Discussions). Existing topics are listed below, but feel free to add new ones if what you want to discuss is not covered here already. Any new forums about Hollows will have their content moved to here. -- Yyp (Talk) 20:19, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Devoured souls, converted or assimilated?
So what exactly happens to a soul that is devoured by a Hollow? Does the Hollow literally consume the soul, essentially converting it to Reishi for nourishment, or does it "assimilate" the soul in a similar way to how Menos absorb the other Hollows they prey upon? MarqFJA 16:37, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

From what I remember (not sure if it occurred in the manga); Sora Inoue was consumed by several hollows and he transformed into one; so that could be an alternative to them devouring souls. I think that they devour souls for nourishment however as seen by Mestacia's words. Captain Brooks 16:47, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Question about Hollows
I tried(a few times so far) to make a generalized strength table with humans at the base (as 1), but exactly how much would a normal hollow be on this? I felt that 10 was too much(it refered to vampires), 5too little(since I felt that Ichigo was at least 3x stronger than the avg. human= that first hollow seemed too much stronger than his original human self), and 7 ended up with interesting numbers. So I wanted to know if anyone felt 6 (refering to 6 being the devils number-- 666=Gillian 666,666=Adj.(1001 Gil equiv.--less than that and Adj. wouldn't exactly be rare) 6,666,666,666(10,000.01 Adj-- since we know that 3000 isn't enough-- Based on how 600,000BC--->1962 was esti. to have 71 billion ever died-- so I'm a fan of the theory that it's not just less than 10, but less than 5 Vasto Lords) would be a good number to start hollows at?

Anyone else have any other thoughts on probably numbers for reiatsu str. of a hollow vs a human?Worldninja

You seem to be good at numbers, but in bleach the measurement of power can be  more abstract,  take Ichigo for instance and  our eternal debate of vasto lordes strength heh,  and also hollows are very diverse and you would have to give a power lvl to every hollow so  it will be a bit difficult,  but it will range from 1 to 10  as there are lesser hollows that can be neutralized with a soccer kick, (Karin)Daigo623 22:10, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Could it be possible to find different hollows
When I saw Barragan's past arc, I was thinking that if a lot of people think Barragan to be an arrancar or a primary espada or a vasto lorde, what if Barragan to be something different than all those and if there is existence of different genders in hollows group. We can see shinigami, vizard and shinigami substitute. Why not see this kind of genders in the hollows part. Vizard (shinigami with hollow powers) is the opposite of espada (hollow with shinigami powers), shinigami captain opposed to Vasto lorde, but what about the existence of some kinds of hollows' substitute...Baronofash 12:31, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

A substitute Shinigami is a person who has obtained the powers of another shinigami or by encroachment but even then the process is not guaranteed and has a very low success rate. They in turn are different in origin from an actual Shinigami but none the less still a Shinigami. Vizard are Shinigami who have obtained Hollow Powers. Shinigami are souls that possesses high spiritual energy and thus spiritual powers. Hollows are souls who have given into despair and become corrupted (they have their own menos evolution: Gillian, Adjuhcus, Vasto Lorde). Arrancar are Hollows who have removed their masks allowing them access to Shinigami-like powers. Hollows already have their upper level class which is menos, everything else would be lower then that. The way it works is Shinigami vs. Hollows; Vizard vs. Arrancar. A Hollow substitute wouldn't make sense for at least two reasons. 1 they have nothing to give power to another 2, why would they, they seek power not give it. Personally it seems kinda pointless on speculating on what could be out there when we don't have exact confirmation and understanding on the ones we do know about. Having said that I'll leave it to others to look into.Salubri 14:42, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

A Substitute Shinigami (which is actually Shinigami Daikou, or "Shinigami Representative", in the original Japanese media) is an unofficial occupational status given by the Gotei 13 to Ichigo as a result of his unusual condition as being both a living Human and a Shinigami; it is not a species. MarqFJA 21:33, April 2, 2010 (UTC)