User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/435: Panic at the Dollhouse/@comment-44061-20110203012153/@comment-1268838-20110203184004

Now that I think about it, no true explanation was ever given for why Ichigo gained Hollow powers in the first place. It was no way implied that that's what happens when somebody undergoes the Shattered Shaft training. If Fullbring powers are Hollow-like, and a Fullbringer happens to become a Shinigami, would that affect the process at all? Ginjo did say himself that the mask is the "heart" of the Hollow, so if that forms first... Well, I just don't know anymore.

Interesting manga page reference, Tinni. I'd have to agree with Lia if it weren't for that editor's note saying that Masaki actually died during the day... which I'm not fairly sure of either. Meh.