Seems to me that Ichigo was refusing to let him take control in the first frame of that scan.
Not only that, but he was thinking 'Go Away Go Away Go Away Go Away' a few pages back. Now why would he think that, if all he needed to do was to lower his power so that Shirosaki would not take control?
As a matter of fact, why would he clutch his head if he wasn't struggling with Shirosaki? Wouldn't he be trying to fight Yammy instead of clutching his head if what you think is true?
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Seriously, that quote refers to Ichigo fighting for control with 'Shirosaki' (though I have no idea where that came from. Personally I prefer to call him Ogihci), so when Ichigo's power fluctuates to being stronger that Ulq its becuase Shiro is on top becuase Shiro>>>>>>Ichigo, then Ichigo represses him again and he becomes 'trash' etc.
Though one thing I find odd is that the black lines increase which shows that Ichigo is embracing his hollow side, and yet Shirosaki is white.
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I think Zommari fell victim to CIS, as I wonder why he didn't just capture Byakuya's head before the latter figured out the weakness of Zommari's release.
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Barringan was the only confirmed Vasto Lorde. He was the "Lorde" of ALL Hallows. It doesn't get anymore definitive than that. Starrk and Wonderweiss are still speculation at this point. Even Ulq is not confirmed as a Vasto Lorde.
Now, I have another theory: Toshiro's statement was Hyperbole designed specifically to "drum up" hype for the Espada.
And, your idea about Ichigo getting weaker WOULD explain everything, it is justi has too many contradictions. At one point, someone (maybe it was Rukia), looks at Vizard Ichigo and is like "gaspity, he just keeps getting stronger" etc. Maybe that was in the anime.
There's other little tidbits like that, that would provide contradictions to that theory, I would have to read the manga a lot, though, to figure that out.
Grimmjow definitely gets an upper hand on him. Either way, if Ichigo didnt use his mask that Blue Cero probably would have messed him up bad, Inoue or not. Also, even though they seem to be on even footing. Look at their facial expressions as they cross swords. Grimmjow looks like he's having a grand old time, while Ichigo appears to be struggling a bit. The facial expressions is admittedly speculation though.
Either way, even or not. Grimmjow + another upgrade(release)>Bankai Ichigo>Byakuya.
As for Byakuya vs One Armed Grimmjow...I'm not soo sure anymore...
Okay.... so he rule over a bunch of hollows in a large/super sized city area in the Japan region in the hollow world. That makes him the king of all hollows in all the world? I think that's a little silly. Given only Barragan claimed he was the king of all Hollows, and i think it's fair to say we all know how far up his own arse he was.
Barragan was surrounded by servants and minions all the time.
Any that were around stark, literally died from his spiritual pressure. Stark is in a different league to Barragan.
So far, Toshiro's statements are all we have on who is and is not a VL. There is less going for Barragan being one than against him, that's all there is to it.
I don't recall this. I remember her saying his power had become wild, or there along the lines of, but nothing of what you're saying.
It's just a theory of mine that has less plot holes than assuming all captains got a random power boost. I'm not saying "This is the truth, believe it" just that as i see it, this makes a heck of all more sense than what else we have for idea's.
A B C logic is a fail. Exactly why most peoples arguments for this fight doesn't do anything for me.
If there were Hollows that weren't ruled by Barragan, he wouldn't have been sitting on his ass being bored, he would have been out trying to conquer them.
The idea that the top Espada aren't Vasto lordes is as retarded as the people who insisted the strongest demons in Yu Yu Hakusho were never seen. You see Koenma said the strongest demons were way way down and we never went way way down. So obviously Raizen and Mokuro were just chumps and the real baddies were somewher eelse.
Honestly. People have so little faith in author's storytelling abilities. Even if you don't like Bleach, no authro is retarded enough to have all his strongest villains be second-rate to nothing.
I never said that VL's were never seen, i'm saying i just don't think Barragan is one. Nothing wrong with that since i've stated my reasons why i think that
................Sure.... that has to be the answer.... *coughs*
He was under the belief he was a god. If so then one would think he assumed everyone and everything was under his rule. The fact he was unable to identify Aizen was a sign he's not aware of things beyond his borders.