#atlac

Well, the destruction of one’s mask via a Zanpakuto seems to do the trick of legitimately slaying the Hollow. (Arrancar are still hollows, they naturally occur outside of Aizen’s regime, they’re just not nearly as developed.)

However, based on Chad’s abilities and his lack of Zanpakuto (As well as his abilities being similar to Hollows themselves), it stands to reason that a hollow can be killed by another hollow. (Besides eating, anyways. But that’s what they mainly do.) They try to kill each other all the time, the arrancars I mean.

Between Nnoitra trying to kill Nelliel and Yammy attempting to kill everyone that irks him, there’s a high possibility that the destruction of their masks in general as a whole would in turn obliterate the hollow. Take a look at Nelliel for instance, her mask was cracked and her Reishi left her in a lump sum, leaving her soul to shrink. (In turn causing her to be Nel Tu.) That crack shows a lot more attachment between a mask and the soul itself all in all.

DUN MAKE ME CRY AGAIN *starts listening to interstellar music again* … bad idea *cries*

i feel u ;u;