Forum:Why is there a 3 minute limit on the masks???

I was wondering why the limit on the masks? They they have all been through the training to hold the mask for long periods but they keep having to take off the masks 4 some reason, why is that? Mashiro could hold hers for 15 hours straight away, but its seems to affect her too? Are they at 20% because they are in the real world and are still affected by the restriction, (unlikely but who knows?) because they are captain and lietenant ranking? Is it the environment? effects of the barrier? Or some other unexplained reason? Let me know if you know, or what you think? Kissmybankai 06:28, October 2, 2009 (UTC) -->

They are taking their mask off to recharge. It doesn't mean ALL of them have a 3 minute limit. Love has a 3-minute limit. Mashiro's 15 hours was recorded under "rest" conditions from what I can tell. I.e if she sits around doing nothing, she can hold her mask for 15 hours. But when she is fighting somebody of Wonderweiss's calibur she has to exert herself more and as such how long she can maintain the mask is decreased. If they mask breaks, they can't bring it back for sometime. But I guess if they take it off and let it recharge, they can pull it on again sooner. At least, that's my take on the situation. In this respect, the masks aren't very different from things like bankai, which also can't be maintained indefinitely. I guess it came as a shock because most people thought the time-limit thing only applied to Ichigo. Now we know better. Tinni 06:54, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, as of chapter 376, fighting and standing around idly have proven to have different effects of the Hollow Mask, since Mashiro's pretty much shattered while fighting Wonderweiss. I sincerely doubt that Mashiro has been fighting Wonderweiss for 15 hours. Arrancar109 07:24, October 2, 2009 (UTC)