Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27565137-20160320034902

We all know that shinigami can become Visored which grants them hollow powers. And that hollows can become Arrancar gaining... Well... Shinigami like abilities but not really anything shinigami, for the exception of having zanpakutous. But even then the way they work is totally different.

Lets examine the pros and cons of both of them and determine why none of them are perfect hybrids.

Visored: The shinigami maintains all their shinigami abilities, they gain a great increase in raw power, and some have even demonstrated hollow abilities like the use of Cero. But they can't maintain their masks indefinitely, not all abilities are open to them, like high speed regeneration and of course the use of Resurreccion. Also for some reason with the exception of Ichigo no other Visored has ever used their bankais together with their masks.

Arrancar: When a hollow goes through the process to become a Arrancar, he gains immediately two things. Increase in raw power and they no longer suffer the risk of devolving. They seal their true forms, their true power in the form of a zanpakutou. But the way they release the power sealed is completely different from that of a shinigami. Also they can't use any shinigami-like ability. No Kidou. No shikai or bankai. Nothing. The only thing we can say they also gain, is a more human-like look. Also their powers stop evolving. The power they have when they turned Arrancar is the power they'll ever have from that day forward. Unless of course someone uses something like the Hougyoku on them and even then there's a price it seems. That price seemed quite obvious due to Ulquiorra words, about other Arrancars that had sacrificed aspects about themselves in order to gain more power in another aspect.

Either way. It seems clear that no one. Up until now as shown to be a perfect hybrid. Even Tousen that seemed to possess no time limit in using the mask, had high speed regeneration, and could use Resurreccion. He seemed to have sacrificed the powers of his shikai and bankai, and when severally wounded his body even though was starting to heal, it happened to him what happened to Ulquiorra. His body simply cease to be. Maybe a display of What Urahara called soul sacrifice.

The perfect hybrid should embody the best aspects of both species. He or she, should possess an ability to speed up that combines both Shunpo and Sonido. Kidou powers. Ceros. High speed regeneration. The release of the zanpakutou should be a combination of Resurreccion imbued with Shikai and Bankai... A kind of double Resurreccion if you will, with perhaps a third state, a final form that made the blade completely disappear, much like Ichigo Final Getsuga Tenshou. They'd also be able to increase their powers through training, not being limited in any way.

The form of this perfect hybrid, would be of someone without any mask pieces whatsoever. And no hole in the body. It would be through their two initial releases that some mask fragments and hollow aspects might appear. And the hole or holes, would only appear during the third and final form. Symbolizing not the loss of humanity, but a representation of one's endless hunger for power.

This is how I see the perfect shinigami/hollow hybrid.

This thread does not concern Ichigo in any way. It's just a mental exercise about what I see are two races of imperfect hybrids.

Any constructive thoughts you may have on this topic. Even your own view of what the perfect hybrid should be, are more than welcome. 