Indulge an old fan's idle speculation for a moment.
Harribel's aspect of death is sacrifice. Her hollow form resembles a shark. Her hollow hole is located where her womb would be. Sharks give live-birth, but even so, some die in the womb via cannibalism through their siblings actions. There's a fairly common act of human sacrifice that resembles this.
No one said you had to first be born as a human in order to become a hollow. There's stages to a human's life that precedes that. At that stage, Harribel's life as a human may have met a tragic end.
Indulge an old fan's idle speculation for a moment.
Harribel's aspect of death is sacrifice. Her hollow form resembles a shark. Her hollow hole is located where her womb would be. Sharks give live-birth, but even so, some die in the womb via cannibalism through their siblings actions. There's a fairly common act of human sacrifice that resembles this.
No one said you had to first be born as a human in order to become a hollow. There's stages to a human's life that precedes that. At that stage, Harribel's life as a human may have met a tragic end.
‘Can’t Fear your Own World’ explains things more about the origins of Hollows.
