User blog comment:Godisme/Bad Recognition/@comment-4358023-20120224073337

I have my money on Ivan A) being a Quincy that was forced into Hollowfication by Aizen, or B) being a quincy that was captured and experimented on by Mayuri. Alternatively, C) all of the above. Or D) nothing close to anything I just said. Of course, my friend subscribes to the theory that Ivan was a Quincy who died a long time ago, saw the horror that is Mayuri, and ran like hell. Then leveled up to an Arrancar. And then there's my other friend who says that Ivan is Hitler and the peeps that declared war are the Nazis. Ridiculousness aside, I agree that Ivan's outfit is certainly channeling the Reich.