It has to take the form of a Hollow mask because it is a Hollow-based reiatsu.Īnytime you see the mask, the sword, his outfit at Bankai, GT(Kuroi or other) you are seeing Zangetsu. Since his hollow side i s not a Shinigami tool. So he can only manifest a part of himself as a Shinigami tool. He is now both Hollow and Shinigami based reiastu. Zangetsu is no longer Shinigami based reiatsu. Other than the obvious reason.Kubo wanted to shout 'HEY THIS GUY HAS A INNER HOLLOW' Or should I say 'Ichigo's Hollow Powers' manifest themselves as a mask when he is in the 'physical world'. The reason I believe Ogichi manifests himself. ~Their second role took is take on the form, of whatever it is he needs to perform his job as a soul balancer. ~One of them is, they function as guides and not teachers. Zangetsu and Ogichi (The avatars only The Old Man and the White Version of Ichigo) have two roles. He is the only one who sees them when they are in human form)

'You mean this crazy sideways, ridiculous, jacked up world is my mind?!' (In or out. During Vizard training it was ICHIGO fighting. Notice as Ichigo won in Vizard training he began to turn back into Zangetsu. 'He's a part of me'.We saw him come out from Zangetsu and return to him. Once the Hollow side became stronger than the Original Source.

I think KT figured the inner hollow should look like Ichigo (Plus I think his reiastu is VL LEVEL So he has the most human avatars in appearance for his powers.)

Since It would be Ichigo turning into a hollow. He created another avatar for his hollow side. Ogichi started out as a 'Shinigami based reiatsu' The moment Ichigo became a Vizard. When Death rules the body is wrapped in flesh. 'When life rules the body is wrapped the body is wrapped in flesh. Once I became stronger I gained the right to rule and he became a part of me' 'I was once part of Zangetsu and he was the dominant one. Just an physical manifestation of him-In Ichigo's soul is the power. So he was trying to tell Ichigo that the blade is merely shell.

Ichigo x hollow ichigo