Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20131101162239/@comment-24074672-20131104063250

Normal Hollow --> Gillian --> Adjuchas --> Vasto Lorde

@Kamikaze839, So you're saying that evolution stops once the mask tears off?

It would be stupid for a normal hollow to tear off its mask(willingly) before attempting to become a vasto lorde...yeah their power will increase, but they would have had more potential if they would have kept on evolving.

Because remember, if a menos class hollow (gillian/adjuchas/vasto lorde) gets even a part of their body removed..including the mask..evolution stops.

If an Arrancar doesn't have Shinigami Powers/Zanpakuto, is it still an Arrancar? Just incomplete? that doesn't make any sense.

That's like saying if a Shinigami doesn't have Hollow Powers or can't fire Cero, they're incomplete.