Hollowfication



Hollowification is the process to describe when a shinigami gains hollow powers. In doing so, the shinigami's strength greatly increases as well as their agility, speed, and stamina. The particular group of shinigami's who have gone through hollowification are the Vizards. There are eight members of the Vizard, whom were all either captain-class or lieutenant-class (excluding Ichigo Kurosaki). As Aizen stated, "a normal soul can't contain the prototype" when undergoing hollowification, therefore shinigamis have to be the ones who encounter hollowification.

After a shingami obtains hollow powers, they have to don their hollow mask in order to have access to it. The mask eventually wears off in a period of time. Each hollow mask is different to every individual.

The Vizards fell victim to hollowification as a result of Sōsuke Aizen's experiments, to create a Shinigami/Hollow hybrid. It is unknown how Aizen acheived this process.

(See Shinigamification and Hollowification/Shinigamification)