User blog comment:Tinni/Distorted Perceptions: The Soul Society Arc vs Arrancar Arc/@comment-1432572-20100125214256

Thank you Salubri, you just answered a question I've been pondering for a while now. The thing tipping the balance is Aizen. He's robbed Hueco Mundo of its God-King (Baraggan), made it lose some of its strongest residents (Espada, Privaron Espada, Fraccion, Numeros) and on top of that, Shinigami are now just barging into Hueco Mundo.

@Tinni, what you said sums up how I thought of the war between Hollows and Shinigami. I always considered Hollows (not Menos) to be weaker, UNTIL I saw Ikkaku's flashback in his fight with Edrad, where he, Kenpachi (okay, he was just standing around doing nothing), Yumichika and a LOT of Shinigami are trying to take down just ONE Hollow. So just like some unseated officers are stronger than others, some Hollows will also be stronger than others, thus a balance DOES exist. The thing that's destroying that balance is Aizen and the Hogyoku.