Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9826910-20130618064245/@comment-8986886-20130828004939


 * To your first question, no, I can't imagine Yhwach having Hollow powers, since the primary goal of the Quincy, before this war, was to exterminate Hollows. Concerning the Bankai, a fair warning, since I'm entering theory mode here:


 * (I guess Yhwach could have been a Shinigami in his early days, before his fallout with Yamamoto; he obviously knows enough about Bankai to steal it from Shinigami. He might have deviced a way to permanently erase a Hollow's soul from existance, rather than purify it, and decided to discard his Zanpakutõ, in favour of this new technique. He could also have spread this power to Humans, either directly, or through Souls about to be reborn as Humans. This would definitely have forced Yamajii to confront Yhwach, and put a stop to his plans.) - End of theory mode.


 * About Ichigo's Bankai not being stolen, I'd say that neither Ebern nor Quilge were strong enough to "medalize" it, while Yhwach on the other hand, see Ichigo as a war potential; why would he weaken someone he was trying to recruit?


 * Finally, when Yhwach reclaimed his powers from all "impure" Quincy, Ichigo's powers were still dormant, so Yhwach was probably unable to detect them at the time.