Renji is a Hollow?
I have an INSANE theory I want to share with you guys… I think Renji is a natural visored who hasn’t awakened his hollow powers but might be on the verge or doing so. Let’s look at some proof…
His fighting style: Renji has an interesting fighting style when compared to a hollow. His signature Kido spell Hado 31: Shot of Red Fire is remarkably similar to a Cero attack. He also has a high level of durability, strength, speed, and spiritual pressure. These aren’t entirely remakrable to me except for the Red Fire, so next…
His Zanpaktou: Zabimaru is one of the few split personality Zanpaktou (The others are the dual-weilding Zanpaktou users and Ichigo). Joshiro Ukitake’s Zanpaktou doesn’t really resemble a hollow or point to him being a visored but Ichigo and Shunsui Kyoraku’s Zanpaktou denfinitely scream hollow… We see that Hollow Ichigo is a part of Zangetsu, and as Ichigo starts to get dominated by his hollow side, Hollow Ichigo eliminates Zangetsu. Similarily, I think the Baboon and the Snake that make up Zabimaru are competing for domination of Renji, but somehow they have come to a balance. Given that the snake is the more violent of the two, I would equate him to hollow Ichigo, and say that the Baboon is the original Zanpaktou personality. As I said I don’t think that Renji is a full visored or knows what is occuring, and just thinks his Zanpaktou is normal.
His Bankai: I find his bankai fairly interesting. It has several hollow themes built into it. 1. Bones: bones/exoskeletons are common themes among hollows, Renji’s Bankai seems to closely resemble hollows in this respect, and is almost identical to a hollow Kenpachi Zaraki fought in a flashback. 2. Cero: Similar to Hado 31, Baboon Bone Cannon closely resembles a Cero, and is even shot from Zabimaru’s mouth. 3. Instant regeneration like most hollows, Zabimaru has the ability to regenerate quickly if it’s damaged 4. Hollow mask: a common theme among Arrancar/Visoreds/Hollows, Renji has a similar mask on his Bankai uniform, said to be the skull of a Baboon.
Uruhara: Renji has a strange connection to Uruhara, and it was a conversation they had that sparked the idea for this post after I noticed that about two hundred chapters before Shinji used his Shikai, he showed the ability to write backwards. Renji stayed with Uruhara during the Arrancar introduction arc, and made a deal with Uruhara that if Renji trained Chad, Uruhara would “answer the questions he had.” One of the things Uruhara seems to specialize in is hollowification, so if Renji were to seek Uruhara out specifically, this seems like the subject he would ask about.
Well that’s all the proof I have right now, pictures will come later, but right now I have to go do chores for my mother.
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May 9, 2010 12:12 pm | 
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