Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27392440-20160214172258/@comment-27802867-20160215132440

Isn't it that an Arrancar was basically a Hollow that gained Shinigami powers and a Visored was basically a Shinigami who gained Hollow powers? Then there must be a starting point, a basic state of being, and then a new one is added to that, or we can say that that state changes (Shinigami state changes to Visored state by adding Hollow powers to it).

I mean an Arrancar is created when a Hollow gains Shinigami powers. The starting being is a Hollow. The base, where transformation starts from, is a Hollow.

Now, your question is about whether a Visored can become an Arrancar by breaking their mask or not. If what i've said is correct, then that simply is not possible. Why?

Because a Visored was "originally" a Shinigami who gained "Hollow" powers. And an Arrancar was "originally" a Hollow who gained "Shinigami" powers. Now for a Visored to become an Arrancar, it must follow through the normal way of creating an Arrancar, i.e. the Visored must first be a Hollow so that it can become an Arrancar by gaining Shinigami powers. But a Visored was a Shinigami in the first place, so how can it possibly become something new by gaining something it had in the first place?