Why is Zangetsu a Hollow?

Later, during the forging of Ichigo's new Zanpakutō, Nimaiya reveals this happened because Zangetsu is Ichigo's real Zanpakutō, for the inner Hollow inherited from his mother fused with his Shinigami powers and became his Zanpakutō.
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What's so special about Ichigo's Hollow?

Hollow Ichigo takes all the power of his Bankai and compresses it into a small, condensed form, which allows him to perform high-speed combat. His new speed allows him to move behind a Shunpo master like Byakuya and attack him.
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Is Ichigo's Zanpakuto a Hollow?

With Old Man Zangetsu gone, Ichigo learns that his so-called Inner Hollow is actually his true Zanpakuto. The crazed creature is a mixed of Ichigo's Soul Reaper powers and a Hollow which his mother passed down to him at his brith.
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Is Zangetsu a Hollow or Zanpakuto?

Ichigo's Zangetsu is one of the most powerful zanpakutos in Bleach. Here's what you didn't know about the weapon if you've only seen the anime. The iconic weapon wielded by Bleach's Kurosaki Ichigo, Zangetsu, is one of the most powerful zanpakutos in existence, if not the most.
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What is so special about Zangetsu?

Zangetsu has access to the Shinigami powers that inherently belong to Ichigo due to being one with Ichigo's true Zanpakutō spirit/Inner Hollow. As a result, he can access Ichigo's Shinigami powers and even act as a substitute during his Bankai training.
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Why is Ichigo Half Hollow?

Hollow Ichigo is "born". While Ichigo underwent training to gain his own Shinigami powers, Kisuke Urahara put Ichigo's soul through a process called Encroachment in which if Ichigo did not gain the power on his own, he would become a Hollow.
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Is Ichigo a Hollow or a soul reaper?

Ichigo is the offspring of a pure-blood Soul Reaper from a noble clan. Not only is his Soul Society lineage pristine, but Ichigo's father was even a Captain in the Soul Society.
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Who is the white version of Ichigo?

Zangetsu, better known as White Ichigo and Hollow Ichigo, is the Inner Hollow who also acts as the manifestation of Ichigo's Zanpakuto and an antagonist from Bleach.
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Is Hollow Ichigo a Vasto Lorde?

However, he had zero control over it, so I don't think you could really call it Ichigo's. That wasn't a Vasto Lorde though. It was an artificial tracking Hollow called "White". The reason it was so strong is because it was made from Shinigami souls rather than human souls, which are much stronger on average.
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Why did muramasa absorb hollows?

To make up for the lack of his Shinigami master, Muramasa is forced to rely on absorbing Hollows in order to remain materialized in the real world. When he absorbs a Hollow, a portion of Muramasa's strength proportionate to the Hollow's power is restored for a considerable amount of time.
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Is Zangetsu Vasto Lorde?

So, in the Ulquiorra fight, the Vasto Lorde form is in fact Zangetsu who possessed Ichigo's body to save him (which explains why he could use his abilities to the fullest with ease).
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Which form of Ichigo is the strongest?

Most Powerful Ichigo Form
  • Ichigo. Visored Bankai.
  • Ichigo. Hollow mask.
  • 6.5 Ichigo. Fullbring Bankai.
  • Ichigo. Ichigo's second Bankai. Vasto Lorde.
  • Ichigo. Full Hollow form.
  • 4.5 Ichigo. Dangai.
  • Ichigo.
  • Ichigo. Final Getsuga Tensho. True Shikai.
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Why does Ichigos mask change?

The red/black stripes on Ichigo's Hollow mask changed in thickness after he subjugated his Hollow, covering almost the entirety of the mask's left half during his third battle with Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. 3rd Mask: During Ichigo's fight with Ulquiorra, it changed to a mask that resembles a Human skull with two horns.
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Who is the strongest in Bleach?

The Son of the Soul King, Yhwach, is the most powerful character in Bleach. He is the progenitor of Quincy. He was sealed away for thousands of years, half-dead in a crystal prison of the Soul King Palace. Yhwach, along with his undeniable strength, also held supreme intelligence.
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Is Ichigo Hollow the strongest?

The only way this would ever be confirmed is if Kubo, the creator, came out and wrote/states that Hollow Ichigo is the strongest Hollow!! But he's not even a Hollow, he is a part of Ichigo's powers!! in his new hollow form, he´s almost invincible!
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Can a Hollow become human?

Hollow-Human Hybrids, unlike Fullbringers (who are Humans whose mothers were attacked by Hollows before they were born) utilize Hollow powers in their method of combat. There is also no fixed method of a Hollow-Human hybrid being created.
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Are all the Espada Vasto Lorde?

They may or many not be Vasto Lorde.

It was heavily implied that of all the Espada, only the top four (Ulquiorra, Halibel, Barragan and Stark) were Vasto Lorde before they became Arrancars (and subsequently Espada).
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Is grimmjow a Vasto Lorde?

It is also mentioned by Grimmjow that he indeed succeeded in becoming a Vasto Lorde. Read more...
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Did Aizen create Ichigo?

Aizen had a hand in Ichigo's creation. Using White, a hollow that Aizen made, he hollowfied Masaki. Masaki was a Quincy who would eventually become Ichigo's mother, while Isshin, a former Shinigami Captain, would become his father. Thanks to being bitten by White, Masaki passed on the hollowfication to Ichigo.
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Why is Ichigo's Zanpakuto always in Shikai?

Ichigo is always in shikai mode due to his inability to completely control his massive reiatsu. It is the same with Zaraki, when he openly states that his isn't in its sealed form and that he doesn't even know the name of his zanpakuto, when Ichigo asked him why Zaraki's looked different from everybody else's.
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Is Ichigo immortal?

Although Ichigo has an ability to endure combat situations that nearly no other soul reaper could, mainly because of the hollowfied Ichigo living within him. That being said it seems that Ichigo may have more than one life but he is not immortal yet.
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Is Ichigo related to URYU?

A simple mistake, to be sure. Again, this all circles back to my theory that, because the marriage never happened, Ryuken was more of an older brother type to Masaki, so Ichigo and Uryu would be adopted cousins, in a way.
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What race is Ichigo Kurosaki?

Racial Status

Quincy: A sub-classification of a human. His father is a "pure-blood" soul (member of a noble clan, born in Soul Society) with captain-class Shinigami status, and his mother was a pure-blood Quincy. This makes Ichigo rare, for he is a mixed-blood Quincy with Shinigami powers.
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Are soul Reapers hollows?

The conclusive result makes a Soul Reaper into a primarily Hollow-like humanoid, which is a highly unstable transformation causing mindlessness and aggression.
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