Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2211792-20130527145444

They used to be Hollows before they went straight to Hell. Why I think so? Well, let's remember Rukia's old friend Shrieker, who deceived the poor boy Yuichi Shibata and attacked Rukia when she was powerless. And yeah, how can we forget Chad awesomely beating him with a pole.

But I digress. This evil, sadistic Hollow was taken by Hell after being chopped up by Ichigo. And he did not appear again until the anime's episode 299. It's a filler episode, meaning it's not canon... which is a good thing, since it gives us more freedom in discussion! Now a Togabito, he came after Rukia once more, retaining all his power he had during his days as a Hollow. So... maybe that's where those others Togabito -- you know, Shuren's partners in crime -- got their powers from? They were Hollows once, just like Shrieker. What do you think? 