Forum:Intelligence in Hollows and their advancement prospects

OK. We all know that Hollows advance into Gillians when many of them gather together and have a feeding frenzy. We also know that only uniquely masked Gillians have a shot at advancing into Adjuchas, this is achived by consuming more Hollows of the same class as you continuously. But this account is provided by Shawlong, an inferior Adjucha, who only knew the way things happened in his case and those of his comrades.

During the Agent of Shinigami arc, all of the enemies were common Hollows. Some of them were simply ferocious beasts with the instinct to kill and devour, like Jibakurai and Fishbone D. Acidwire was one too, until he managed to regain some self control as Sora. Others were intelligent and cunning, such as Grand Fisher and Shrieker. But are Hollows who have enough common sense to conduct a conversation with their enemies distinguished for high spiritual power? Ichigo's final Hollow form has unbelievable spiritual power and still acts like a common Hollow, while his basic version acts like an intelligent being. We're left with this fact: the Hollows who would normally have a bigger shot of enforcing their personality on a Gillian (simply because they have one), are the ones less likely to find themselves in the middle of a feeding frenzy, as they are far more likely to be able to catch up to pluses or even attack humans or Shinigami, making it unnecessary for them to feed on other Hollows.

So, is it possible for a single Hollow to consume enough spirit energy and advance into a Gillian all on its own? If that were to be possible, won't those Gillians have a bigger shot of advancing into higher Menos classes than Gillians who were formed the other way? Maybe the strongest Arrancar we know actually started out as intelligent Hollows to begin with, and were able to reach the higheest levels because of this. For example, maybe Grimmjow saw no reason to fight and consume the Menos who later became his Fracción, because he knew he was in no danger of reverting back to a Gillian. And they, on the other hand reccognized him as someone with the possibility to reach the highest levels because he was a single spirit, and not a combination of many spirits.

The only question remaining would be what makes one Hollow into an intelligent being, capable of making sensible decisions and the next to a snarling mindless beast driven by primal instincts? WD  Talk to me  14:34, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

You may be right but....
Like you said a smart hollow wouldn't find its self in a feeding cluster; but I know that it was said that hollows feed on other hollows, because pulses wont fill them up any more. I think that it's different for each cluster of hollows, but smarter ones may have a better chance at becoming a self-aware gillian since they should have a stronger personality.