Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28096256-20160413001736/@comment-28096256-20160511033324

You know, one thing that I always found interesting is that, if the inner world is supposed to fall apart when you Hollowfy, how did Adjuchas get an inner world to conquer their other soul parts in the first place? I mean, subjugation of power is supposed to be a major theme in terms of Bleach power-ups, but how can a hollow even do that in the first place?

Also, when it comes to an individual or multiple part hollow spirit, it is worthy of note that the powers of Arrancars (which were once hollow powers) have only one name. So in terms of individual abilities, my guess is that hollow spirits, should they have an inner world in the first place, would take the form of one being whether or not they are made up of multiple spirits.

In the case of Starrk/Lilynette's powers, they are the only exception to this rule, where Lilynette (who people called a zanpakuto) and Los Lobos possess two different names. I have my own theory, which is slightly contradictory to the story but also not quite. First off, as names are extremely important and represent separate beings, I believe that Starrk developed as a hollow with two separate consciences working together in order to subjugate the other spirits of his Menos. This can be explained by the Gillian devouring a soul reaper concept; if both the newly Hollowfied Zanpakuto and shinigami spirits, on consumption into the body, worked together to control that body, it would seem logical that it would both have incredible powers, and consist of two separate spirits that could eventually fully split. Therefore, Lilynette was likely originally the Zanpakuto spirit of Starrk, but upon splitting into two beings and becoming an Arrancar, you get 3 names: Starrk the owner, Lilynette the subordinate, and Los Lobos the hollow power. (The reason Starrk and Lilynette had so little in the way of masks in pre-arrancar time would be their relatively high relationship with shinigami power)

In fact, the reason Lilynette was formed likely follows the same logic as shinigami zanpakuto spirits being drawn out. It is entirely possible that the hollow that was Starrk learned to draw out its separate spirit the same way that shinigami materialize theirs.

Also, I think there are big similarities between Kenpachi and Starrk- both are initially found on a pile of dead bodies, both are fricking beasts in terms of power, both have a human manifested zanpakuto, both have lots of names (although Kenpachis multiple names are due to transformation rather than absolute difference) and both of their absolute most powerful release forms are small, Starrks is human sized and Kenpachis bankai is also small.