Forum:What is Hollow Ichigo?

Hollow ichigo oveously knows what a hollow is, but stated he doesnt know what he is. plus a hollow's evolution and strength comes from the amount of souls and other hollows it consumes, which again isnt the case for hollow ichigo because, dispite being a single hollow, he's growing in strength far beyond what the capabilities of what a single hollow can gain without mergeing with several other hollows and becoming a menos, yet, on his own with ichigo, he's gaining such strength that he is aguably is comparable with a Vasto Lorde class. Almost none of the rules of a Hollow or a ancariar apply with hollow ichigo and the only connection he seems to actualy have with hollows is the abilitiy to manafest hollow powers in ichigo's body. Also, the only time he actualy seems to come out is when strong opponents are around that ichigo cannot defeat currently to help him, never has he came out simpily to attack humans or something like most hollows would, nor has he ever attempted to come out to attack ichigo's friends (the current form of ichigo doesnt count, cause he seems to be a uncontroled, mindless berzerker focused only on protecting orihime and has a inablility to determine friend or foe), but, as we seen when Orihime's brother was a hollow, they wouldnt hesiatate attacking friends and family, and in fact would focus on going after former family and friends if possable. 'hollow' ichigo's only real consern is to defend themselves against overly strong opponents when regular ichigo cant do it with his own power and eventualy being in the driver's seat so to speak.

I think perhaps Hollow ichigo isnt a 'inner-hollow' at all, but rather ichigo's other half, the mannifistation of all of ichigo's repressed feelings he had since the day his mother died combined with the power he had since birth.--CloudHiro 05:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I like your theory Cloudhiro, though my biggest problem with it is if he was Ichigo's repressed emotions and feelings would he not of went into an absolute fury during the Grand Fisher fight? (Anime only I know but still.) Also he did not appear until the fight with Zeracki. I think more or less to accent your theory is that he is Ichigo's inner hollow, but Hollows are manifestions of Fear, Anger and other negative emotions so the Hollow Ichigo could have feed and took on the traits of Ichigo's repressed emotions, namely Insanity as you don't see your mother die at his young age and think its your fault with out something going wrong in your head.


 * I thought about that, and I think i have a answer, perhaps the inner-ichigo had no way to come out intill ichigo began to, then forced himself to stop, become a hollow when gaining his own shinigami powers instead of the 'borrowed' ones. As you said, hollows are born of negative emotions, so he could have used that fact to allow himself to force his way out useing those powers and the negative emotions, which is what created his existance in the first place, to take control. --CloudHiro 08:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)