

In both Baraggan's and Stark's flashbacks, they look the same as in present.

Did they become Arrancar on their own? However, if they did then how could
Aizen promise Baraggan more power?


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Were Stark and Baraggan Arrancar before joining Aizen?


We have to disambiguate normal Hollow from Arrancar. Normal Hollow don't
retain much in the way of a human-like form and are relatively mindless beasts
consumed with the hunger for powerful souls. Arrancar evolve Soul Reaper-like
powers and remove their mask, allowing for a human-like appearance. The higher
in rank the Arrancar, the more human-like they appear.

It is perfectly possible for a Hollow to evolve _on their own_ into an
Arrancar of varying rank. That is to say, there are natural Arrancar in Hueco
Mundo who were at a specific power level before Aizen approached them. Several
of Aizen's court were at _Adjuchas_ and _Vasto Lorde_ levels before he
arrived.

In the case of Barragan Louisenbairn and Coyote Starrk, not _only_ were they
already Arrancar, but given that they are the _Secundo_ and _Primero_ Espada
respectively, it is more than likely that they were already _Vasto Lorde_.


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Barragan before Aizen were similar to his resurrecion but he didn't have the
respira. He was weaker than he is. He had his mask on. When aizen removed his
mask, he became to look like and old man.

And about Starrk, my guess is that he was so powerful Aizen didn't encrease
his power out of fear. He looked pretty same to me before and after Aizen.

It inst possible to a hollow become a arrancar without help of Aizen, but it
was too impossible to become vizard without the help of Aizen until Ichigo
did.

I think Starrk was the only arrancar to become Arrancar on his own. He wasn't
looking for power when he joined Aizen.

The friend up here said that they were arrancars before Aizen. It's wrong.
They were vasto lords. All of Espada but number 9 were vasto lords before
Aizen.


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All of the espada were not vasto lorde before meeting Aizen. Grimmjow is
confirmed to have been an adjuchas before becoming an arrancar, I doubt
Noritora was a vasto lorde either, and anyone weaker than Grimmjow couldn't
have been a vasto lorde.


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