Forum:Hollows and Bankai

Please feel free to move this to whichever thread you'd like, but I couldnt find the correct area to insert it.

Just a thought, and as always up for debate or purely crap...either way thought I'd say it. I've seen some discussion somewhere, usually relating to Tosen about Hollowification, Shinigamification and Bankai, Resurrection, etc. I would expect that each hollow, undergoing shinigamification anyway, does indeed have a bankai, or at the very least a chance like the shinigami to master Bankai. I say this because of a comment WAY back in the Anime, episode 59, when Hollow Ichigo takes over in the fight against Byakuya. He states (in the translation I watched) "I'll show you how to use Bankai." Or something to that effect, and almost each and everytime Ichigo summons his mask he has already attempted to win and usually fell short fighting with Bankai alone. Now, his hollows familiarity with Bankai and his ability to use all the techniques Ichigo uses, would tell me that he has known about them for some time.

I assume that given time to master/perfect their newly found shinigami powers, that the Espada could have eventually not only learned the name of their zanpaktou (possibly their resurrection) and then achieved Bankai. Assuming obviously that they dont have the device Ichigo used to acquire Bankai, and they definitely did not have 100+ years of training since they gained shinigami powers, or official training that the shinigami have at the academy, I would assume it's possible they could have achieved a shikai/bankai ability.

The also would most likely be true, that all shinigami that have undergone hollowification (Vizards, Ichigo, etc) would be able to achieve some level of resurrection. As the Espada all had mask fragments, and they had resurrection, no reason to believe that after obtaining a mask, a shinigami can't achieve a resurrection. Now, can these abilities (resurrection/bankai) be used simultaneously...I have no idea, we'll have to wait, probably for Shinji or Aizen (my guess anyway) to demonstrate.

As always please tell me I'm right, I'm wrong, what I made a mistake on, I follow Bleach closely...but I miss things like most people do. Orionradar 04:44, January 2, 2010 (UTC)