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DarkMuse616 wrote: True about Lille Barro, I don't think his second form or that he split up into mini versions imply anything close to human and he did have that hat always on his head which could be the mask fragment if he used to be a hollow/arrancar that was made into a quincy. For completion's sake I'll post a few pure speculations on my part and hope it doesn't get deleted or close this thread: One case that might show the reverse of a hollow becoming quincy like I believe is As Nodt. He seemed to be half dead yet had no injury on him, my thought was that he was dying or injured from overexposure to hollows and when Yhwach cured him the hollow influence remained and sort of hollowfied him to grant him his second form and inhuman demeanor/qualities. Just to point out my theory of why quincy are so affected by hollows to whoever is interested: hollows naturally have a corrosive presence as shown when Orihime's brother burned her leg when he saved her and Starrk/Lilinette caused hollows to die in their presence so I think that because quincy naturally absorb external spirit energy sources they accidentally pull in the acidic nature hollows give off and burn up from the inside

I honestly doubt any sternritter even the elite are hollow converted into Quincies. It just wouldn't make sense seeing that initially the brainwashed hollows/Arrancars all contained fragments of their masks. But from what we've seen no sternritter has anything remotely resembling a mask fragment.

As for As Nodt he clearly was simply a human turned quincy, and maybe one of the most recent one's. Seeing that when As Nodt was in the hospital he was linked to a respirator, showing that at least he was human. As for his injuries, he might have done that to himself. Is power was all about madness.

And as for the Vollstandigs even when it was simply Quilge Opie. He already showed that whatever process gave them those holy forms, their forms can evolve. More those of the Elite than those that were not.

Maybe the Soldat are where Yhwach placed most of the brainwashed/altered Arrancars.