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vezryl · 08-13-2008, 02:55 AM

If I may interrupt. I don't think there's a difference between what a shinigami and a hollow actually is.
Sure they have cosmetic differences and slight differences in the techniques they use but the main difference is that a hollow can take off its mask to become more powerful while a shinigami can release their zanpakutou to do the same.

Instead of thinking about Hollow and Shinigami as two different things we should consider them as both the same thing but manipulating the same power in a different way. If I have a swimming pool which has steps on one side and a diving board on the other, but a barrier down the middle, I have two different ways to access that pool, but once I'm in I can't get to the other side unless we take away the barrier.

Essentially the Hollow and Shinigami are each side of the pool and the means of accessing it. Two different ways to access the same pool.

08-13-2008, 02:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
vezryl Limping Samurai Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 393 Blog Entries: 8	Re: How: The Vizard and Espada, came into existance discussion. If I may interrupt. I don't think there's a difference between what a shinigami and a hollow actually is. Sure they have cosmetic differences and slight differences in the techniques they use but the main difference is that a hollow can take off its mask to become more powerful while a shinigami can release their zanpakutou to do the same. Instead of thinking about Hollow and Shinigami as two different things we should consider them as both the same thing but manipulating the same power in a different way. If I have a swimming pool which has steps on one side and a diving board on the other, but a barrier down the middle, I have two different ways to access that pool, but once I'm in I can't get to the other side unless we take away the barrier. Essentially the Hollow and Shinigami are each side of the pool and the means of accessing it. Two different ways to access the same pool.