Characters that appeared in Tite Kubo's Bleach. This page deals with the Hollows, corrupted spirits that have transformed into monstrous creatures.

NOTE: To avoid confusion to English-language readers, who may be more familiar with the English anime than the manga, all names are in Western order.

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Hollows

General

Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Hollows are led by the strongest, usually Vasto Lorde-class Menos. Barragan Louisenbairn ruled as their God-Emperor for thousands of years because no one else had the strength to challenge him. Later, Tier Harribel of the Espada ruled as the undisputed queen until she was overthrown and later reinstated as co-queen alongside fellow former Espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck because there were no other Hollows stronger than them. This behavior even extends to non-Hollows as Sosuke Aizen and Yhwach managed to take control simply by being more powerful than anyone at the time.
Boomerang Bigot: Despite most Hollows having once being Humans themselves they usually prefer to feast on their Souls and regard them as little more than prey.
Cannibalism Superpower: Hollows grow more powerful by consuming Souls and Hollows that eat other Hollows will eventually become Menos.
The Corruption:
- Pluses become Hollows when they are sufficiently overcome with negative emotions like rage, hatred and despair causing them to discard their hearts and become monsters. They can also be forcibly Hollowfied by having their Chain of Fate removed.
- Soul Society's scientific community once experimented with a process called "Hollowfication" which intended to grant Hollow powers to Soul Reapers. Official research was discontinued since test subjects turned into mindless ultra-Hollows and their Souls eventually destabilized and self-destructed. Aizen surreptitiously continued this research, developing a mutagen capable of inducing it via wounds. Kisuke Urahara developed a means of preventing the "Soul Suicide", though subjects would still be at risk unless they suppressed their Inner Hollows and he later developed the Shineiyaku—pills that temporarily induce Hollowfication—to defend against the Vandenreich.
- The Fullbringers were mostly born to mothers who survived Hollow attacks and passed their Life Energy to their children at birth, granting them unusual abilities.
- The mere essence of a Hollow is so poisonous to Quincies that it will utterly destroy their Souls without even giving them a chance of Hollowfication, which is why they’re so desperate to kill them off.
Dragged Off to Hell: If they sinned while alive the Gates of Hell will appear and suck them in when they're defeated.
The Empire: Prior to Aizen conquering them the Hollows were ruled by Baraggan. After his death and Aizen's imprisonment Tier became queen until she was overthrown by Yhwach and resumes her position alongside Nelliel after Yhwach's death.
Expressive Mask: The teeth on a Hollow's mask aren't just for decoration as the mouth opens and closes — often wider than the human mouth behind it — to enable them to devour prey.
Evolutionary Levels: Hollows grow stronger the more Souls they consume and can have their masks broken in a special way to become Arrancars.
Face–Monster Turn: As demonstrated by Sora Inoue no matter how genuinely nice, sweet or loving a person was in life once their Chain of Fate corrodes they will be overwhelmed and transform into a slavering creature driven by base instincts.
Ghost Amnesia: Many Hollows — in particular the Arrancars — do not remember their Human lives and dismiss Humans as being nothing more than prey to satiate their hunger.
Giant Mook:
- Huge Hollows are building-sized and more than a match for Soul Reaper trainees but no match for even seated Officers.
- Gillian Menos are skyscraper-sized Hollow amalgamations capable of slaughtering run-of-the-mill Soul Reapers but are only a decent workout at best for Captains and Lieutenants.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: In the anime Hollow eyes are shown as glowing yellow and not having pupils so long as they are wearing their masks.
Good Running Evil: As of current events Hueco Mundo and the Hollows are now under the command of two benevolent female Arrancars allied with the protagonists.
Horror Hunger: Hollows are compelled to eat Souls by a ravenous hunger caused through the loss of humanity. The more souls a Hollow consumes the hungrier it becomes until it starts eating other Hollows.
Kame Hamehadoken: Menos-class Hollows can fire beams of spirit energy called Ceros, usually as a Breath Weapon.
Kill the Ones You Love: Rukia Kuchiki tells Ichigo Kurosaki that a Hollow's first victims are often their loved ones.
Killing Intent: The average Hollow's spiritual pressure is described as heavy, dark, malevolent and often shown as red or black.
Light Is Not Good: Most standard Hollows are white in coloration and all of them sport white skull-like masks over their faces but are violent spirits.
Mage-Hunting Monster: Hollows absorb the spiritual power of those they eat and as such are strongly drawn towards attacking individuals with a lot of spirit energy.
Mask of Power: The covering that forms over their face when the deceased succumbs to negative influences.
Merger of Souls:
- The Hollowfication process functions by inserting a Hollow's soul into that of another spirit and merging them together, but weak souls cannot withstand the process and are immediately destroyed. Captain-level Soul Reapers will eventually self-destruct unless steps are taken to stabilize them, and even then they risk being reduced to mindlessly rampaging Hollow hybrids. Quincy Souls are noted to be fundamentally incompatible with Hollowfication unless specially stabilized.
- In the event a Soul Reaper does suffer Hollowfication the Inner Hollow that forms will attempt to merge with both the Soul Reaper themselves and their Zanpakuto. Notably, Ichigo had his Zanpakuto spirit essentially merged with a Hollow that infected his mother before he even awakened his powers.
Mooks:
- Around the time Uryū Ishida is introduced regular Hollows go from being a Monster of the Week and fairly serious threat to something the protagonists casually Curb-Stomp Battle.
- When the Arrancars are introduced the Gillians end up being demoted to this role.
Nested Mouths: When a Hollow opens its mask's jaws their original form's mouth can often be seen inside surrounded by a dark void. This is more noticeable with Hollows whose masks have beaks or abnormal jaws.
Our Dragons Are Different: In addition to some Hollows looking like dragons, Burn the Witch! reveals the Soul Society Western Branch classifies Hollows as a type of Dragon, and they are disparaging towards the Eastern Branch for their Final Solution attitude.
Our Ghosts Are Different / Our Spirits Are Different: Hollows are similar to onryō in that they are spirits corrupted into malevolent beings which hunt and harm the living; they are also similar to the preta of Buddhism which Bleach's cosmology draws from.
The Power of Hate: Hollows are driven by negative emotions and spiritual decay to devour those they loved in life and hunt for other Souls to consume; their spiritual power is described as ominous.
Signature Roar: In the anime most Hollows emit a shrill, howling roar when they're not talking.
Spirit World: Whenever they're not hunting in the World of the Living or Soul Society, Hollows inhabit an afterlife similar to the Realm of Hungry Ghosts in Buddhism called Hueco Mundo, which is divided into two layers: a bone-white desert with an Always Night sky and the Forest of the Menos.
Torso with a View: When a Soul is Hollowfied a hole opens in its chest where its heart used to be. Adjuchases and Arrancars tend to have holes in places other than their chests.
Transhuman Treachery: The overwhelming majority of Hollows look down on Humans as being weak and nothing but prey despite having once been humans themselves. Tier and Nelliel are noted to be exceptions and Soul Society is relieved when they assume leadership of Hueco Mundo since it opens inroads to a peace treaty.
Unfinished Business: The first step to a Plus becoming a Hollow is them not moving on to Soul Society for one reason or another but becoming fixated on a person, place or thing important to them and remaining until their Chain of Fate erodes or is torn off.
Was Once a Man: The vast majority of Hollows were once Humans who succumbed to spiritual corruption after death and transformed into monsters. A million years ago however, Hollows as powerful as the Vasto Lorde could spontaneously manifest — though Ulquiorra was the only known primordial Hollow to survive into modern times and was killed by Ichigo Kurosaki's Inner Hollow.
White Mask of Doom: When Souls Hollowfy their discarded hearts manifest as a Mask of Power.
Your Soul Is Mine!: While they're capable of harming and presumably consuming physical flesh their Trademark Favorite Foods are Human Souls and spiritual beings, especially powerful ones like Soul Reapers and other Hollows.

Menos Grande

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Menos Grandes are super-Hollows formed when hundreds of Hollows cannibalise each other. There are three grades of Menos:

Gillian-class Menos are the largest but also the weakest and least intelligent. Lieutenant and Captain-level Soul Reapers are able to defeat them with ease.
Adjuchas-class Menos are smaller than Gillians, come in an assortment of shapes and sizes and display human-level sapience. The majority of the Arrancars are Adjuchas-class Menos.
The Vasto Lorde are the most humanoid Menos and stronger than Captain-level Soul Reapers. Little information is given on them beyond supplementary materials.

Bedsheet Ghost: All Gillians wear long black robes.
Bishōnen Line: When a Hollow becomes a Gillian, it becomes a black-cloaked colossus with a white mask. Gillian lucky enough to retain their individuality have unique masks and can become Adjuchas, which are much smaller but far more powerful, and are usually shaped like animals. Adjuchas must continue to devour other Hollows or risk devolving into a mindless Gillian, and a rare few have the potential to become particularly powerful, humanoid entities called the Vasto Lorde. Additionally, most Hollows that have their masks broken transform into Humanoid Abominations called Arrancars.
Fake Ultimate Mook: Gillians are a retroactive example. When the first one was introduced it was referred to as a serious threat that only Captain-class Soul Reapers could hope to vanquish. Once the Arrancars came about they are revealed to be the weakest class of Menos despite their massive size and only a threat to low-level Soul Reapers, with Lieutenants and Captains capable of easily slaughtering them.
Many Spirits Inside of One: Gillians are generally mindless brutes due to the consciousnesses of the Hollows that form them lacking cohesion.
Metamorphosis Monster: When a Hollow consumes enough of its own kind, it will transform into a Gillian-class Menos and most often have its consciousness lost amidst those of the other Hollows it's consumed. Those lucky to retain their individuality must continue devouring other powerful Hollows until they transform again, becoming Adjuchas. A rare few Adjuchas have the potential to become the humanoid Vasto Lorde if they devour enough souls.
Monstrous Humanoid: Vasto Lorde-class Menos are the most powerful type of Hollow aside from Arrancar, and are humanoid in appearance. Tier Harribel is revealed to have been one in the anime and Ulquiorra is revealed to have been one in a bonus chapter revealing his backstory. Barragan and Coyote Starrk, though not explicitly confirmed to be, are all but stated to have been Vasto Lordes themselves given their higher rankings, the former's dominance of Hueco Mundo as its God-Emperor (and his Hollow form having been a humanoid skeleton barely different from his later Resurreccion), and the latter possessing sufficient uncontrollable power to kill even Adjuchas Hollows with his mere presence.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The Gillians. When introduced they were considered among the strongest and scariest hollows, to the point that Rukia was completely terrified and Ichigo needed to give everything to beat one. Later they turn out to be simple Mooks for the Menos' standards.

Fishbone D

Species: Hollow

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama (JP), Michael Sorich (EN)

A humanoid fish-headed Hollow who Rukia was tasked with slaying. He attacked the Kurosaki household, badly injured Rukia, and was slain by Ichigo. His appearance was later revealed to have been orchestrated by Aizen in order to facilitate Ichigo awakening his Soul Reaper powers.

Establishing Character Moment: Eating the ghost girl that Ichigo helped at the beginning of the first chapter, just because she smelled like Ichigo.
Healing Factor: While he didn't possess Instantaneous Regeneration, he was able to heal a cut Rukia dealt to him by retreating to Hueco Mundo for a few seconds.
Fish People: His mask was shaped like a fish's head and he had a dorsal fin, but was otherwise humanoid.
Man Bites Man: He tries to swallow Ichigo whole only for Rukia to intervene and get chomped on instead.
Small Role, Big Impact: His attack on Ichigo's home kickstarts the whole plot.
Starter Villain: He was the first Hollow slain by Ichigo and not very high on the totem pole, but was strong enough to have amassed a sizeable bounty.
Would Hurt a Child: He ate the ghost girl who Ichigo helped at the beginning of the first chapter.

Hexapodus

Species: Hollow

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (JP), Grant George (EN),

A weak spider-like Hollow that Rukia located hunting the ghost of a young boy. He was slain by Ichigo after a short fight.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Hexapodus was on the receiving end of one, being easily slain by Ichigo.
Giant Spider: He resembles a spider-like creature, but was relatively massive.
Would Hurt a Child: He was hunting the ghost of a young boy.

Acidwire

Species: Plus / Hollow

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN), Andrés Gutiérrez Coto (Latin-American Spanish)

The Hollow form of Orihime's older brother, Sora Inoue, resembling a snake with a humanoid torso and skull-like mask.

Black Eyes of Crazy: When Ichigo enrages and injures him, the sclera of his exposed eye turns black.
Breath Weapon: He has acidic saliva that he can shoot from a gap in his mask's incisors.
The Corruptible: In the anime, he was shown as a Plus being attacked by a group of Hollows led by Grand Fisher, who dragged him to Hueco Mundo and forced him to Hollowfy.
Dying as Yourself: After Orihime tells him that she hadn't forgotten him but that she didn't want him to be sad, Sora suppresses his Hollow instincts long enough to remove the rest of his mask, and impales himself with Ichigo's Zanpakuto.
Early-Installment Weirdness: Later in the manga it's established that a Hollow becomes an Arrancar if their mask is broken. When Acidwire's mask is broken, his human side asserts control.
Green-Eyed Monster: In the manga, his jealousy over Orihime's friendship with Tatsuki and crush on Ichigo was what caused him to Hollowfy.
Hammerspace Hideaway: He popped out of Ichigo's pillow to attack him, and later burst from Orihime's teddy bear to attack her and Tatsuki.
If I Can't Have You…: He displays this attitude towards Orihime, thinking that she had forgotten him after his death.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Unlike most Hollows, who have glowing yellow eyes, he's shown with glowing red eyes in the anime.
Snake People: He has a brown serpentine body with black markings on his back, and a humanoid torso and head.

Shrieker

Species: Hollow / Sinner

Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (JP), JB Blanc (EN), Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza (Latin-American Spanish)

A male bat-like Hollow that targeted Chad. He was a serial killer in life, and was dragged off to Hell after Ichigo cut his mask. He returned in a filler episode as a Sinner, attacking Rukia and Renji before being forced to return to Hell.

Achievements in Ignorance: He managed to retain his Past-Life Memories despite Hollows having a poor track record of doing so.
Arm Cannon: Can fire explosive leeches from his arm wrappings as a Sinner.
Black Cloak: When Shrieker returns as a Togabito, he wears a black cloak that enables him to move freely outside of Hell.
Card-Carrying Villain: The creature is gravely aware of his past deeds as a human, and was quite proud of himself to the point of calling himself a celebrity, showing that he enjoyed being an evil bastard.
Came Back Strong: As a Sinner he retained the form and abilities he possessed as a Hollow but was significantly more powerful.
Chained by Fashion: As a Sinner he is bound by the Chains of Hell, which he can use to defend himself and trip up opponents.
Combat Compliment: Shrieker was inwardly impressed at Chad having "pretty good instincts" when he got socked twice, hit with a telephone pole and almost punched a third time without Chad ever seeing him. The compliment was purely in his thoughts, but even Shrieker was able to realize that Chad was something special.
Dirty Coward: When Ichigo overpowers him in their fight, Shrieker reveals himself as a pathetic coward by trying to flee in terror, begging for his life before he is sent to Hell.
Dragged Off to Hell: After Ichigo cuts his mask he is grabbed by a Kushanada and dragged through the gates of Hell.
Enemy Summoner: Can create frog-like offshoots that spit exploding leeches.
Giant Flyer: Looks like a massive bat, and has a pair of wings that let him fly.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Yellow like most Hollows.
Hate Sink: Even before he was a Hollow, Shriker was an infamous Serial Killer who murdered around eight people, including the mother of Yūichi Shibata. When he died and came back as a Hollow, he ripped the poor boy's soul out and placed it in a cockatiel, playing a sadistic game of cat-and-mouse with him, promising to resurrect his mother if he did what he wanted. When he was finally caught, he's shown to relished in joy of his past deeds, well as manipulating and lying to the boy, enjoying how much torment he was doing to him while killing many innocent people who adopted him. To top it off, he was grabbed by a Kushanada and dragged through the gates of Hell, a fate which even the Grand Fisher (Who was responsible for killing Ichigo's mother) didn't receive. This shows how much of a depraved bastard Shriker truly was.
I Lied: When Ichigo asks if he is actually able to resurrect Yūichi's mother, Shrieker admits he lied to manipulate the boy into doing his bidding.
It's All About Me: In life, he was quite proud of himself for being an infamous Serial Killer, even calling himself a "celebrity". As a Hollow, Shrieker kills a young boy and stuffs his soul in a cockatiel, proceeding to psychologically torment him because the boy accidentally killed him.
Jerkass: Even for a Hollow, as rather than just eating Yūichi he killed him, stuffed his ghost into a parakeet, using him to locate spiritually powerful people to eat, all under the false promise of resurrecting his mother.
Karmic Death: Was accidentally killed by Yūichi Shibata, the son of his last victim.
Mad Bomber: He has offshoots that spit leech-like living bombs.
Meaningful Name: He's called Shrieker due to his tongue's whistle.
Oh, Crap!: When Chad uproots a telephone pole and swats him like a pinata, and when Ichigo gives him a "The Reason You Suck" Speech and beats his face in with the sharp side of his Zanpakuto.
Overly-Long Tongue: He has a long, forked tongue he uses as a whistle to trigger his bombs.
Resurrected Murderer: Shrieker, real name unknown, was a serial knife murderer who sadistically stabbed eight people to death, but was finally brought down when Yuuichi Shibata, the toddler son of his last victim, accidentally knocked him off a balcony. He returns in manga chapter 9/anime episode 4 as a Hollow, having torn Shibata's soul from his body and placed it in a parakeet, falsely promising to put him back if Shibata could evade him for four months. For his crimes in life, he is condemned to Hell by Ichigo's zanpakuto rather than being sent to the Soul Society.
Sadist: Enjoyed killing people brutally when he was alive, and as a Hollow he psychologically tortures the soul of a little boy for kicks.
Serial Killer: He was an infamous serial killer before he died, accidentally killed by the young son of one of his victims.
Super-Scream: His tongue-whistle, which detonates his explosive leeches.
Tongue Trauma: Ichigo rips it out to keep him from using his bombs, but he grows it back as a Togabito.
To Serve Man: While his ravenous hunger as a Hollow is standard, he retains his appetite for souls as a Sinner.
We Will Meet Again: Claimed as such after he came back as a Togabito and was sent back to Hell. It's subverted as Shuren has him killed off screen.
Would Hurt a Child: He killed Yūichi in revenge for accidentally killing him, but rather than just eating him he stuffed the boy's soul into a parakeet and psychologically manipulated him.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The tie-in episode reveals he was working with Shuren in hopes of escaping Hell and fighting Ichigo again, but he was only being used to test the ability for Sinners to foray outside of Hell and is disposed of shortly after he's sent back.

Grand Fisher

Species: Hollow / Arrancar

Zanpakutou: Unknown (Resurreccion)

Voiced by: Chafurin (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN), Víctor Hugo Aguilar (Latin-American Spanish)

A male Hollow resembling a chicken-footed hamster with an anglerfish-like lure. He killed Ichigo's mother.

Animal Motifs: Angler fish. He has a lure as part of his body that can take the form of a human child to lure preys. Hence the name "Grand Fisher".
BFS: Wields a zanpakuto the size of a small skyscraper as an Arrancar.
Big Bad Wannabe: After being injured by Ichigo, Grand Fisher vows to come back for him. He's upgraded to an Arrancar and gets a further boost from the Hogyoku, but he's curb-stomped by Isshin with a single stroke. The anime sets him up to be an especially high-ranking Hollow, but anyone who read the manga would know by this point that there's a class of Hollows with broken masks who are even stronger than he is.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Doesn't remember killing Ichigo's mother as he only has a short-term memory and has been killing for so long.
Facial Markings: Comma-like marks under his mask's eye sockets, as well as on his actual face in Arrancar form.
Fake Ultimate Mook: After becoming an Arrancar, he thought of himself as unbeatable, thanks to the immense size and apparent power of his Resurreccion, with him boasting about how he carries a sword the size of a building. And, had he shown up in the pre-Soul Society days of the manga, that might well have been true. However, Isshin declares that a building-sized sword would actually be pretty normal for a Soul Reaper of significant strength, if they didn't bother to learn how to control their power. In fact, just like how Ichigo was swinging around a man-sized BFS in the first arc, Grand Fisher's great size is just indicative of the fact that he hasn't mastered his newfound strength and learned to compact himself down to something manageable. Isshin cuts him down in a Single-Stroke Battle, because while he may be big, big is all he is.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Is nearly cut in half by Ichigo. Later, Isshin easily bisects him.
Healing Factor: Is capable of High-Speed Regeneration, rapidly regrowing an arm that Ichigo sliced off.
Horned Humanoid: Has two horns in his humanoid Resurreccion form.
It's Personal: He killed Ichigo's mother, and then later attacked Kon (in Ichigo's body) as payback for his defeat at Ichigo's hands.
Luring in Prey: He uses a long feeler with a tip that he can shape to resemble people, which he uses to lure humans that he then eats.
Mind Probe: His claws enable him to read the memories of his victims to find a person they cannot attack.
Mugging the Monster: When his lure catches the attention of a young Ichigo, Fisher picks a fight with Masaki Kurosaki... a powerful Quincy who should have been able to easily destroy him. Fortunately for him, her powers were removed by Yhwach and Fisher ate her.
Next Tier Power-Up: His appearance when he was first transformed into an Arrancar by Aisslinger Wernarr and his appearance when he attacked Kon and Isshin are drastically different, implying Aizen upgraded him with the Hogyoku.
One-Winged Angel: After being converted into an Arrancar he can assume a much more massive, horned form.
Power Echoes: As an Arrancar his voice is distorted and echoic.
Prehensile Hair: Can freely extend and manipulate his fur to restrain prey.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: When he thinks he's won, Grand Fisher mocks Ichigo for his naivety and inexperience. Ichigo later turns this around on him before badly injuring him.
Grand Fisher: It's over boy, so let's pay respect! Out of all those I've encountered, you were the youngest, the most thoughtless, and weakest Soul Reaper of all!
Retractable Weapon: His ridiculously long claws that he conceals in his fingertips.
Rubber Man: Can stretch his arms to attack from a distance.
Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Fisher can read his opponents' memories by piercing them with his claws, and transforms his lure into the person they're least-willing to attack to prevent them from fighting him — which is how he managed to kill several Soul Reapers despite only being a regular Hollow. Unfortunately, he hits Ichigo's Relative Button on the head.
So Last Season: He was probably the strongest of the "normal" Hollows in his first appearance, and required the full measure of Ichigo's ability just to survive against him. By the time he shows up again, normal Hollows just aren't a threat anymore, and even being upgraded into an Arrancar does nothing to help him from being killed in a single swing by a rusty Isshin Kurosaki.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can change the appearance of his lure, which combined with his mind-reading abilities is what enabled him to kill numerous Soul Reapers.
Would Hurt a Child: He tried to eat Ichigo as a child, and targets Yuzu and Karin.

Demi-Hollow

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Species: Plus / Hollow

Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (JP), Wally Wingert (EN), Ulises Maynardo Zavala (Latin-American Spanish)

The ghost of a greedy man who wanted to inherit his father's hospital, now long-abandoned and dilapidated. He was the subject of Don Kanoji's "Ghost Bust" TV show, but the oblivious paranormal investigator caused him to Hollowfy by breaking his Chain of Fate. He was cleansed by Ichigo, turning back into a Plus before moving on to Soul Society.

Chained by Fashion: He was wrapped up by his Chain of Fate, which bound him to the long-abandoned hospital he'd coveted in life.
Greed: He'd planned to become filthy rich by inheriting the hospital from his dying father, who kiboshed those plans by choosing his younger son as his heir.
It's All About Me: He was the eldest son of the owner of a hospital, but was passed over in favor of his younger brother. He didn't take that well, which is why he remained bound to the hospital after death.
One-Winged Angel: Don Kanonji breaking his Chain of Fate caused him to Hollowfy, transforming from a corrupted Plus into a frog-like Hollow.
Supernormal Bindings: His Chain of Fate bound him to the hospital he had coveted in life even after it was abandoned and fell into ruin.
Torso with a View: His Chain of Fate was coming off, forming a Hollow Hole in his chest. Don Kanoji popped it off, causing him to fully transform into a Hollow.

Numb Chandelier

Species: Hollow

Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (JP), Barbara Goodson (EN), Ángeles Bravo (Latin-American Spanish)

A female Hollow somewhat resembling an anemone that was summoned by Uryū's Hollow bait. She attacked Tatsuki and Chizuru, and was truly killed by Orihime.

All There in the Manual: Her name and gender are never mentioned in the anime and manga and are only revealed in the databooks.
Body Horror: Her spores imbed themselves in her victims' bodies, growing grotesque roots that are visible through their skin and enable Numb Chandelier to control them.
Dirty Coward: She doesn't fight on her own, but instead has pawns fight for her.
Disproportionate Retribution: She attacks Orihime when she notices Orihime's spiritual power, but does so indirectly by controlling the bodies of Orihime's classmates. Tatsuki rushes in to save Orihime and does such a good job that Numb Chandelier decides to have the male classmates attack Tatsuki with the intention of gang-raping her and then having her kill herself afterwards.
Expressive Mask: Unlike all other Hollows, her mask has flexible tentacles.
Half the Man He Used to Be: She's cut clean in half courtesy of Orihime's Koten Zanshun technique — the only time Orihime has successfully used Tsubaki's power on its own.
Mind-Control Device: Fires parasitic spores that allow her to control those infected.
Power Perversion Potential: Numb Chandelier views herself as a being who hates conflicts and therefore uses her body-control powers to force others to engage in conflict on her behalf. The more perverted the violence she forces her puppets to engage in, the more excited she becomes. She first simply tries to make Orihime's classmates kill her, but when Tatsuki interferes she decides to force the male classmates to gang-rape Tatsuki and then force Tatsuki to commit suicide.

Metastacia

Species: Artificial Hollow

Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (JP), Peter Lurie (EN), Víctor Hugo Aguilar (Latin-American Spanish)

A parasitic Hollow that took over Kaien Shiba and was killed by Rukia Kuchiki. It respawned in Hueco Mundo and was eaten by Aaroniero.

Artificial Human: He was an artificial Hollow created by Aizen as part of his Hollowfication experiments.
Body Horror: Metastacia's tentacles can be seen wroming their way out of Kaien's flesh and eye sockets while possessing him.
Combat Tentacles: He has numerous dark red tentacles growing out of his back that he can use to destroy a Soul Reaper's Zanpakuto and take over prey.
Eye Scream: His eyes too deepset for most panels to show the glowing eyes inside, but once he takes over Kaien, Kaien's eyes become empty sockets that only occasionally displaying the deepset glow. However, there's liquid all around the edges of Kaien's eyes, suggesting his own eyeballs exploded as the Hollow took him over.
Facial Markings: Metastacia had red flame-like markings on his mask.
Grand Theft Me: He is capable of taking over his victims' bodies and slowly eating them from the inside-out. This merged his and Kaien's bodies together, and as he stated it was impossible to separate two fused spirit bodies, they would be fused together until Metastacia finished eating him.
Karmic Death: A Hollow that assimilates and consumes his victims met his end being eaten by a more powerful Hollow with similar powers.
Meaningful Name: Reminiscent of metastasis, cancer that grows and consumes its host from within and spreads to other areas of the body.
Resurrective Immortality: If killed, he will simply respawn in Hueco Mundo. Unfortunately for him, he was eaten and assimilated by Aaroniero.
Touch of Death: If a Soul Reaper were to touch Metastacia's tentacles, their Zanpakuto would be destroyed, making them an easy target. This ability was limited to one use per day.
Transformation of the Possessed: As shown when he possessed Kaien, his host's skin turns green with red facial marks, black eyes and numerous tentacles sprouting from their body and mouth.

Ayon

Species: Hollow (Chimera)

A chimeric beast formed by Harribel's three Fraccion as their ultimate trump card.

Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: Ayon can twist its head a full 180 degrees on a dime, and can similarly twist its other limbs as needed.
Almighty Janitor: While Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun themselves are roughly around Soul Reaper lieutenant strength, Ayon is easily an Espada-level threat that multiple lieutenants can't stand up against.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: It's fighting style basically is just hammering away at the enemy with brute force until nothing is left. It never changes strategies in any of the fights it is part of, which leads to it getting killed by Yamamoto.
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Ayon doesn't seem to care too much for Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun at first, given the first time it's summoned it totally ignores their orders and looks around for a bit before it commences with the ass-kicking at its own discretion, but the second time it's summoned against Quilge after the Sternritter badly injured all three of them it goes on the war path almost immediately to pound in his face and during a lull in the fighting looks back at them almost in concern.
The Berserker: What makes Ayon so dangerous is just how much it continues to keep fighting no matter what is done to it, partially because anytime it does get hurt, it just gets angrier and seemingly gets stronger. Yamamoto had to incenerate to fully kill it, and Quilge only managed to defeat it by absorbing it's reishi. Against anyone that can't do anything along those lines, it keeps attacking no matter what it has to do.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Ayon dishes these out in short order, taking out Rangiku, Momo, Iba, and Hisagi with only minor inconvenience. It then ended up on the receiving end courtesy of Yamamoto.
Dumb Muscle: Ayon is terrifyingly powerful, but it's as dumb as a box of rocks. When Yamamoto blasts a hole through Ayon, it takes it pounding on its chest for a solid minute to even register the fact that its been hurt.
Eating the Enemy: Attempted this on Hisagi before Iba tried to save him. After dealing with Iba via Cero, it settled for just smashing Hisagi against a building before crushing him in its grip.
Eye Beams: It fires its Ceros this way, taking out Iba with one shot.
Eyeless Face: Subverted. Ayon looks like this at first, but that's because its eyes are normally shut and covered by both the shaggy mane and the bone horns on its mask fragment. They open up when it's actually pissed off.
Godzilla Threshold: It's the Tres Bestia's trump card for when things really start to go south for them, but because of how dimwitted and disobedient it is, they can't effectively control it.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Suffers this vertically courtesy of Yamamoto. This still isn't enough to stop Ayon and the two halves lunge at the Captain-Commander before he flat-out incinerates it.
Hulking Out: After being pissed off by Yamamoto blasting a hole through its chest, Ayon heals the injury over before making its arm bulge and grow larger before trying to crush him. Emphasis on the "try".
Hybrid Monster: It's a chimera formed from the sacrificed arms of three Arrancar who animal bases are a deer, lion, and snake, which is almost exactly what the components of the original chimera were (replacing a deer with a goat), complete with a snake tail ending in a head. It's also much stronger than the sum of its parts, as while each of them is on par with a Lieutenant-class Soul Reaper, Ayon took out four Lieutenants without much effort before being stopped by the Captain Commander, and when summoned again during the blood war Ayon thrashed Quilge Opie while the Sternritter was in Vollstandig (effectively on par with a Soul Reaper Captain in Bankai) when the Quincy defeated all three Arrancar in his base form without too much difficulty, only losing again when Quilge forcibly stripped and absorbed the very reishi Ayon was made of.
Lightning Bruiser: Ayon is not an enemy to be taken lightly at all. It's blindingly fast, nigh-invulnerable, and is capable of defeating multiple Soul Reaper lieutenants with ease. Even when confronted with far greater threats like Yamamoto and Quilge, it doesn't go down easily.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Inverted. The Tres Bestias are generally seen as incompetent comic-relief characters - at first. It's quickly shown that Ayon's the main reason why they're such a threat in the first place. It's comparable to Team Rocket bringing out Mewtwo to fight Ash and his friends.
Resurrective Immortality: Even if Ayon is killed, he can be recreated by the Tres Bestias as long as they regrow their arms.
Super-Strength: Strong enough to gouge out Rangiku's side, take out Momo with a single punch, obliterate an office building with a strike, and crush Hisagi in its grip until he passes out. He's also strong enough to effortlessly overpower Quilge Opie's Super Mode.
Tombstone Teeth: As shown in the Thousand Year Blood War arc, Ayon has a massive mouth full of unsettling block-shaped teeth.
Unskilled, but Strong: Ayon never demonstrates any more skill that can't be attributed to simple animalistic cunning, but its sheer strength and toughness is sufficient to challenge Captain-level foes.
Villainous Rescue: He's summoned by the Tres Bestias to relieve Ichigo and co's battle with Quilge. Unfortunately, the Quincy absorbs Ayon's very reishi to confer the beast's strength unto himself.

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Species: Hollow

A massive Hollow capable of spawning Gillians. It is treated as a pet by Wonderweiss, who is devastated when it is killed.

Blob Monster: It's a colossal mass of flesh with barely any shape beyond its stubby arms.
By the Lights of Their Eyes: It first appears to rescue Aizen, Gin and Tosen from Soul Society, but all that can be seen of it is an eye.
Cyclops: It is a towering giant with a single massive eye.
Enemy Summoner: It can vomit hordes of Gillian Menos.
Femme Fatalons: It has Gillian masks for fingernails.
Glass Cannon: It's strong enough to blow out the flame prison Yamamoto formed around Aizen, Gin and Tousen, implying it's got some serious offensive power. Mashiro is able to blow it up with one good kick.
Non-Standard Character Design: It's established that Hollows wear masks, have holes and don't get bigger than Gillians, but Fura averts all of that. It's ambiguous if Fura can even be classified as a Hollow.
We Hardly Knew Ye: The brief glimpse of Fura at the end of the Soul Society arc implied it would be a major player in Aizen's plans. It doesn't appear until after all of the Espada have used their Resurreccion, then it's promptly killed off once the Visoreds get involved. We don't even hear its name until after it dies.

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