User blog comment:Soulreaper1234/Is Vasto Lorde the 10 Espada or just another Hollow Being of higher capabilities?/@comment-44061-20100608024000

Besides the fact that this conversation is still taking place after this was explained away so many times. Creator5000 your theory really isn't one because its not supported.

1.) So what if Starrk battled Rose, Love and Ukitake. Might I point out Ukitake is one of the oldest and most powerful captains. Love and Rose are Vizards and no ones powers where accurately portrayed in that battle from the previous information given. Besides the fact that Starrk never defeated either of them he held them off. He was ranked 1 and was beaten with a Shikai. Having a humanoid form doesn't make him a Vasto Lorde many Arrancar have humanoid forms. He was powerful but so are many Arrancar. You never really made a point that determined anything of his original hollow evolution, mainly cause that information doesn't exist.

2.) Yes Barragan was killed by his own power. It was also reveled he used that power to push Soifons attack away from him. When it did hit him he was grievously injured. Her spiritual power level has nothing to do with what his original hollow evolution was, again cause that information doesn't exist.

3.) Harribel was holding her own but proven beatable as Hitsugaya's powers where more versatile and powerful. Except for the intervention of Wonderweiss she would have been dead. What does Aizen having killed her or his spiritual power level have to do with her original hollow evolution. again cause the information doesn't exist.

4.) Ulquiorra where does any of that have to do with what his original hollow evolution was. The only thing Ulquiorra proved is that he was stronger than ichigo on most occasions. Ichigo fluctuates in power and is rarely the pinnacle of power he momentarily claims to be at certain instances. Also as before the shilloutte argument doesn't hold water as that is not only is just a shadow but its grasping at straws to assume anything from that when you dont even know what your really looking at.

As for the rule they are powerful Espada the rule was simple so that the release or the attack wouldn't destroy Las Noches. The same could be said of many shikai or bankai for Shinigami captains within Seireitei as they have a similar rule.

The point being that their is no bases of information to even make an assumption on these. Also to point out there was never proof of if Grimmjow ever became a Vasto Lorde and the king title is in reference to his resereccion Pantera (meaning panther king in japanese). Never was there a mention of the Vasto Lorde besides in reference to him and the group trying to evolve into them in the past. There is no information really to specualte because there is such little information to go on and its all assumptions based on fan wish. On the other hand of any of them where Vasto Lorde originally they didn't have a good showing seeing as they are in the majority all dead one way or another. So either they werent to begin with or they were and just alot of fan based hype.