Post by ziginz on Jul 26, 2007 18:26:22 GMT -5
Powers and abilities
Like shinigami, hollows have a multitude of combat skills and abilities, most of which are usually unique to specific hollows. The more powerful hollows, however, have access to a range similar techniques of greater power or use than their own unique skills. Hollows usually acquire energy to power their abilities by devouring souls, but can also ingest energy from the air when in spiritual realms such as Hueco Mundo.[9]
Cero (ÐééW, lit. "hollow flash"; the pronunciation is Spanish for zero) are high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from the mouth or hand. Only menos, arrancar, and vizard have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that higher classes of hollow can use it more efficiently. It is unknown whether sufficiently strong regular hollows are capable of it, but Ichigo's inner hollow was able to use the attack when it fully took control of him during his training with the vizard.[10] A more powerful version of cero exists called gran rey cero (ÍõÐé¤ÎéW¹â, lit. "royal hollow flash"; the pronunciation is Spanish for great king zero). Only Espada are capable of using this version of the technique.[11] In Hueco Mundo, the power of the technique is such that it warps the space around the point it was fired from.
Negaci¨®n (·´Ä¤, lit. "counter membrane;" the pronunciation is Spanish for negation) fields are used to rescue fellow hollows. Only the gillian-class menos have shown the ability to use it. Negaci¨®n fields surround a target in a square beam of light that isolates the target from the dimension they are currently in, making it impossible to harm them. The field then pulls the target towards the menos that created the field.[12] Espada have a special cube-shaped device called Caja Negaci¨®n (Spanish for Negation Box) meant to simulate negaci¨®n fields, which are used to punish their subordinates if necessary. The cube, when used on a subject, traps them in an alternate dimension from which there is no escape; however, this assumes it's being used as intended. More powerful arrancar, namely the Espada themselves, can escape given enough time.[13]
Gonzui (»êÎü, lit. "soul suck") is a technique used by Yammy to absorb the souls from a large number of living people over a very wide area. It is only effective on people with low spiritual power.[14]
Pesquisa (̽–˻ط, lit. "inquiry circuit;" the pronunciation is Spanish for inquiry) is the arrancar equivalent of the shinigami ability to sense spiritual pressure. It functions similar to sonar.[15]
Hierro (ä“Ƥ, lit. "steel skin;" the pronunciation is Spanish for iron) refers to the ultratough skin of the arrancar, which is a result of their compressed spiritual power.[16] While their skin is strong enough to block even released zanpakut¨ bare-handed, it is by no means impenetrable. Stronger arrancar have proportionally stronger skin.
Sonido (í‘Üž, lit. "resounding revolution;" the pronunciation is Spanish for sound) is the arrancar equivalent of the shinigami flash steps; it allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances.[17] Use of sonido is punctuated by a brief static sound, in contrast to the "swish" sound used for flash steps.
Bala (ÐéŽ, lit. "hollow bullet;" the pronunciation is Spanish for bullet) is a weaker but quicker alternative to the regular cero attack. The technique hardens the user's spiritual pressure and fires it at around twenty times the speed of a cero blast.[18]
Garganta (ü\Ç», lit. "black cavity;" the pronunciation is Spanish for throat) is how arrancar move to and from Hueco Mundo. Kaname T¨sen has also demonstrated the ability to use the technique. It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway. When used, the technique opens the dimensional fabric like a door.
Like shinigami, hollows have a multitude of combat skills and abilities, most of which are usually unique to specific hollows. The more powerful hollows, however, have access to a range similar techniques of greater power or use than their own unique skills. Hollows usually acquire energy to power their abilities by devouring souls, but can also ingest energy from the air when in spiritual realms such as Hueco Mundo.[9]
Cero (ÐééW, lit. "hollow flash"; the pronunciation is Spanish for zero) are high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from the mouth or hand. Only menos, arrancar, and vizard have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that higher classes of hollow can use it more efficiently. It is unknown whether sufficiently strong regular hollows are capable of it, but Ichigo's inner hollow was able to use the attack when it fully took control of him during his training with the vizard.[10] A more powerful version of cero exists called gran rey cero (ÍõÐé¤ÎéW¹â, lit. "royal hollow flash"; the pronunciation is Spanish for great king zero). Only Espada are capable of using this version of the technique.[11] In Hueco Mundo, the power of the technique is such that it warps the space around the point it was fired from.
Negaci¨®n (·´Ä¤, lit. "counter membrane;" the pronunciation is Spanish for negation) fields are used to rescue fellow hollows. Only the gillian-class menos have shown the ability to use it. Negaci¨®n fields surround a target in a square beam of light that isolates the target from the dimension they are currently in, making it impossible to harm them. The field then pulls the target towards the menos that created the field.[12] Espada have a special cube-shaped device called Caja Negaci¨®n (Spanish for Negation Box) meant to simulate negaci¨®n fields, which are used to punish their subordinates if necessary. The cube, when used on a subject, traps them in an alternate dimension from which there is no escape; however, this assumes it's being used as intended. More powerful arrancar, namely the Espada themselves, can escape given enough time.[13]
Gonzui (»êÎü, lit. "soul suck") is a technique used by Yammy to absorb the souls from a large number of living people over a very wide area. It is only effective on people with low spiritual power.[14]
Pesquisa (̽–˻ط, lit. "inquiry circuit;" the pronunciation is Spanish for inquiry) is the arrancar equivalent of the shinigami ability to sense spiritual pressure. It functions similar to sonar.[15]
Hierro (ä“Ƥ, lit. "steel skin;" the pronunciation is Spanish for iron) refers to the ultratough skin of the arrancar, which is a result of their compressed spiritual power.[16] While their skin is strong enough to block even released zanpakut¨ bare-handed, it is by no means impenetrable. Stronger arrancar have proportionally stronger skin.
Sonido (í‘Üž, lit. "resounding revolution;" the pronunciation is Spanish for sound) is the arrancar equivalent of the shinigami flash steps; it allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances.[17] Use of sonido is punctuated by a brief static sound, in contrast to the "swish" sound used for flash steps.
Bala (ÐéŽ, lit. "hollow bullet;" the pronunciation is Spanish for bullet) is a weaker but quicker alternative to the regular cero attack. The technique hardens the user's spiritual pressure and fires it at around twenty times the speed of a cero blast.[18]
Garganta (ü\Ç», lit. "black cavity;" the pronunciation is Spanish for throat) is how arrancar move to and from Hueco Mundo. Kaname T¨sen has also demonstrated the ability to use the technique. It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway. When used, the technique opens the dimensional fabric like a door.
