Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24744083-20140816161121/@comment-8986886-20140824114816

Aetheral wrote: I had thought of a zanpakuto like that once... Dropped it. Either way... That could be, but then what of Tessai's? He is supposed to, by his former rank, be more powerful, right?

Hachi can Hollowfy so when he wears his mask he's probably stronger than Tessai, but since he can only Hollowfy for three minutes at a time, I'd say they're more or less evenly matched.