Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24185694-20140827001813/@comment-5398287-20140827094736

Aetheral wrote: Masaki was a pure blood Quincy. For some reason Yhwach took her powers, but normally, if she didn't even go and marry Ishin, or if she actually was a Quincy that favored his cause, she might as well have been one of the Stern Ritter. Yhwach took her powers because he considered her "impure", due to the inner Hollow and such.