Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3423279-20160110184118/@comment-27565137-20160121031545

SternRitterÄs wrote: DarkMuse616 wrote:

One thing about that that bothers me, if White and asauchi are similar does that make all asauchi spirits like hollows? I mean, their eyes are hungry mouths that look like the ones that a soul chain forms when it is trying to hollowfy (like Ichigo's did during his training with Urahara to get back his shinigami powers) and they look blank white monstrous humanoids.

Shinigami and Hollows are tough to call similar, more oppoosite. And hungry mouths look like eating mouths? You might be over thinking that one!

Actually has I see it, shinigamis and hollows are more like two different races that work in opposite ways. That doesn't exactly makes them opposite beings, seeing that a shinigami can acquire hollow powers and a hollow can do the same.

Even the way they evolve is different but completely. A shinigami has to train and comunicate with his zanpakutou to grow stronger, a hollow on the other hand also has to fight, but because they lack "hearts" they do so mainly by devouring other hollows. But still there has to be something in the soul of the hollow itself that creates differences between them. After all not all hollows are able to evolve to the same levels.

Hollows and Quincy's on the other hand are total opposites. A quincy reishi weapon completely destroys the soul of a hollow, while a wound from a hollow on a quincy if severe enough will kill not only his body but also his soul. And even if it doesn't kill the quincy it leaves him or her severely reduced physically and spiritually.