Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13497263-20130805195632/@comment-25105207-20140625183100

If "white" gave the hollowfication virus to masaki and she passed it to ichigo why is it that when he first hollowfied he didn't have the same mask as him. Is it because it didn't evolve enough inside of ichigo to manifest itself? or is it because ichigo wasn't strong enough to handle it? Personally I think it is the latter. In the 20 years ago flashback aizen said that white was strong enough to defeat any captain with shikai, and when it released it's reiatsu it shocked isshin. If I had to guess, I would say when ichigo faced ulquiorra he was finally strong enough to handle it, and when he died his will power became weak enough that his inner hollow could come out.