Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20131101162239/@comment-24074672-20131103191627

Hollow Evolution :

Hollow --> Gillian --> Adjuchas --> Vasto Lorde

With that said, Arrancar does NOT fall in any of those categories.

Arrancar are Hollows with Shinigami powers..whose masks are also removed.

Arrancar in Spanish means "tear off".

@MilanVukas, in other words you're saying that if an Adjuchas tears of parts of its mask, it will gain Shinigami powers?

Arrancar are formed by the subjugation of the Hogyoku...aka Aizen's interference with their evolution. In other words, being an arrancar is not part of their evolution..its a completely different branch!!

Grand Fisher = Normal Hollow Aaronierro = Gillian Grimmjow = Adjuchas Harribel = Vasto Lorde

^^ All of them became Arrancar. So for the last time, WE CAN INFER THAT ANY HOLLOW CAN TEAR OFF ITS MASK AND BECOME AN ARRANCAR only through the Hogyoku, NOT evolution.

P.S. - About what Ulquiorra said about the top 4 Espada releasing their swords, I never thought of them being Vasto Lordes. Since it was pretty much confirmed that Starrk and Harribel (for sure) were Vasto Lordes in their flashbacks. And we seen Ulquiorra's flashback in BLEACH UNMASKED.