Yeah, Mangastream's translation doesn't have the target hollowfication comment and has a different translation in place of "we made it to hollowfy Shinigami" line.
Yeah, Mangastream's translation doesn't have the target hollowfication comment and has a different translation in place of "we made it to hollowfy Shinigami" line.
Too many ambiguous factors to consider. First, there's no proof he immediately left SS for Hueco Mundo after the absorption. Second, if we don't know the chronology, we don't have proof he left immediately after this incident either. In fact, though I originally interpreted Aizen's statement as "Was going to become Vaizard but became VL instead", this could just mean the first instance of a horrowfied quincy. You don't really need to have the original body if the genetics are there (And we don't know how that works within Bleach).
Best part of this chapter was "I'd gladly play with his joy-stick!"
It looks like Ryuken and Katagiri were watching.. and we don't even get to see them do anything. <sighs>
Wonder if we'll see Ryuken do anything before this flashback is over or will it be saved for the present.
ed: Oh hey tonght's episode of Bleach on Toonami is the Aizen trolling Hitsu into stabbing Momo.
Spoilers up:
Spoiler: show
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Well now, that answers why Ichigo has the mask manifestations prior to becoming a Visored.
As expected. Not that I'm bored with these turn of events.
I was hoping they were going to fight but Kubo blocks the epicness yet again!
Slowpoke but I just now realized that this actually perfectly explains why Ichigo is a fullbringer.
She got vampire bitten by White and thus had the reiatsu in her at the time of pregnancy.
In some fucked up way, Ichigo is the reason Ichigo is a fullbringer.
There needs to be an explanation for Ichigo's sisters then.
He's oldest, so he got the brunt of the hollow juice. Rest just dilutes down the family line? Could also explain why Karin sees ghosts, but Yuzu can't... assuming Karin's older.
Did he ever get a mask before he became a Shinigami via Urahara though? They explained that the masks manifested because Shirosaki was trying to protect Ichigo, since it was necessary for his own survival. All of that can be traced to Shirosaki being born as a result of Urahara's method of turning him back into a Shinigami.
^That's what I was thinking.
If anything, this really only maybe explains Ichigo's 2nd resurrection form, or perhaps the reason his soul is "different" and thus his Zanpakto isn't detectable via the Afro-dude.