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Well his body was most likely covered I would assume. His hollow obviously changed appearances, he no longer has a tail, and his mask changed a tad.

I always assumed it was taking hybrid to a new level. When the chapters came out, it's not too noticable, but he's switching from human to hollow throughout the battle. As if he were using the best of each apon given situation. But he said it was just his hollow.

Although it could still be, his hollow just demanded control instead of the otherway around, hense his lack of knowledge of the situation. Ichigo and his hollow have the same level of power, theres no way that was just his hollow, it was his power as well. Instinct was the only thing seperating the two, their levels shouldn't be that ridiclously different when their one and the same.