User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 584 - THE HEADLESS STAR 3/@comment-5551986-20140611182431/@comment-24153155-20140612092559

I also think there is more to the Soul King and I am getting more and more convinced that the Wandenreich invasion was just an interlude. No matter how much I enjoyed reading the Sternritter full alphabet battles, I am kinda ready for something more Kubo-oldskool substantial =)

Something which has puzzled me for quite some time is that Nimaiya told Ichigo Old Man resembles Yhwach in his younger years. Despite keeping Ichigo's true (partial) powers dormant, the guy seems to be pretty good to Ichigo. Question is: Do Old Man and Yhwach just resemble one another and nothing more, or could it really be that Yhwach is like Ichigo's Quincy power manifestation? Either case would be interesting, but I think the second case could be problematic. I've been wondering as to what Yhwach really is, and sometimes I actually think he is some unconventional Soul, having invented the Quincy, so he could use them as some sort of vessels (for his Soul piece exchanges whatevacalls). Sometimes I think he is some unconventional Spirit, maybe he even is a Spirit King. Spirits are part of one's (gifted(!)) soul, they lend strength to a soul, but do in themselves not have arms or legs. Hollows are off in this story. Since Hollows lack a Soul, they perhaps can't have a spirit, which could be the reason Quincies don't care for Hueco Mundo Hollow recycling. Perhaps what Yhwach meant by "becoming one" is that he wants to "fuse" with the Soul King, because it may have been like that from the beginning (it could explain also why the Soul King awakened in ch.519). Due to intervention both of them were sealed in separate dimensions in order to protect the balance due to the natures of either powers.

Then there is the Hollow evolution into Arrancar and Vasto Lordes. At the beginning Hollows have lost their souls and therefore their rationale. But through munching on each other they can develop into intelligent beings, but perhaps they symbolize irrationality, including fears, despair, reflexes etc. They cannot just plop into the human world because that would lead to its destruction as well, and therefore they were "sealed" in Hueco Mundo. Maybe one can see the Hollow evolution as some sort of cleansing as the process requires battling its "hollow".

So what if? No question that Yhwach seems to have adopted a God-complex meanwhile, but could it be that it's a consequence of him being defeated and sealed away? Who or what decided it had to be like this? Is this "just" a matter of that what is protected is dissimilar? Is Yhwach only trying to get revenge or has he really developed into a nutcase? How about Ichigo's fate?