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Me when I see the thread's title and want to be unique and goofy, so I bring up the name of the novel.
Anyway, it may look like a pretty impossible case, but those with a bit of savviness would understand everything at the end of this thread. However, everything must have a beginning, and while that beginning will be rather uninteresting for the knowledgeable one, I think it is important to do it so that everyone understand the postulate.
1. Yogiri's power in the present situation.
Let's begin by the most obvious one. Yogiri can kill entities. The people he wishes dead either die instantly or after a bit of time, it's up to him to decide. He can also only kill a portion of a being by making a conscious effort to do so.
It is not limited to only beings, it also includes object, physical phenomena or even abstract relationships.
There are a lot more specificities to it, such as the automatic aspect of his power, alongside the versatility of what he can "kill" but those are of little importance right now.
Due to all of this, we're indexing Yogiri's power as a "very versatile death manipulation" but that's wrong on many levels.
2. Yogiri's power as it should be.
First and foremost, what Yogiri does is erasing someone or something from the Ultimate Ensemble World. Factually. This alone should suffice proving his power isn't death manipulation, but I'm not finished with this, far from it.
Yogiri claimed, at one point, that "he decides what death is". However, this statement is frankly, in and on itself, pretty irrelevant since Yogiri himself doesn't know the extent and mechanism from his power. There is also this statement explaining that "what died and what phenomenon occurred all relied on Yogiri's perception" which is easily explainable by the fact he's quite literally a law of the Ultimate Ensemble World, it's end, and it's limit, a being that helps regulates it. Furthermore, since all the phenomenon shift on the "World" and said "World" can decide, to an absolute degree, how something should behave, it makes even more sense.
Anyway, let's go to the important bits.
When Yogiri's killed UEG, he erased something more important and fundamental than simply her body. This is proven by the fact her body simply fell on the ground after she died instead of just being erased like a normal EE would do. Anyone would, out of necessity, argue that what Yogiri "killed" (Erased) would therefore be something akin to a soul or a mind, which would, as a consequence, render the physical body unusable or, effectively, dead.
They would be right, only for one major details. Yogiri can kill objects without any soul or mind. That goes a long way to show that "killing" something not alive is clearly not "death manipulation" and what Yogiri's is actually doing is an erasure.
He could kill ice magic (or simply ice) but also the petal of a flower or even a lock. There are a lot more examples, but that's the gist of it. Similarly, when he killed the ears and eyes of a beastman, even regenerating them wouldn't bring back the senses connected to these organs. That clearly poses a problem to the theory of Yogiri's killing something akin to the "mind" or "soul" of something/someone. Especially in the case of the beastman, since that would mean he killed the "soul of the beastman ears" ? Yeah, no, that's not the right way to go.
At this point, we're kind of stuck, but don't worry, I have the perfect explanation.
3. Existence.
TLDR : Magical power is what defines everything in existence, described as an essential force that defines everything, object or people alike. Dividing an object or a person into smaller parts would still make it so all the parts contain some magical power that defines it's existence.
4. Finality.
In simple terms, what Yogiri does is erasing the magical power of a being or an object, be it partially or completely. As a consequence, everything conditioned by that magical power would stop functioning and/or existing. Erasing the magical power of a person would result in said person losing its mind and life (physical body) without actually "directly" interfering with those two aspects.
To prove this, here's what Ultimate God explains to a new V-Road God:
I could bring up the fact that UEG was also stated to have "erased the existence of someone", however, it's not as big of a deal as one could think. What UEG does is the opposite of what Yogiri's can do. Instead of being able to "directly kill the source", she kills what the source is linked to, making it disappear as a result. For a human being (that's not the case here), they can't do anything when they die and will inevitably lose their magical power, however, some people with a strong willpower like Momoko can maintain some degree of existence as a ghost after death.
However, Gods absolutely can't destroy completely another god. No one, except Yogiri and perhaps Paella, can do such a feat, and it's thanks to their special status (Yogiri being a rule of the verse and Paella being Paella).
To summarize the process:
Human : Body < Mind/Soul < Existence
Ghost/Divine Spirit : Spiritual Body < Mind/Soul < Existence
Gods : Body < Mind/Soul < Existence.
The bolded part is the exact aspect that, upon erasure or death, collapses the rest. As you can see, beside the case concerning a regular human, the rest is overall not worth mentioning. It is to be noted that Gods come back after death or erasure thanks to their soul/mind and not thanks to their existence. Strong enough Gods like UEG can however come back directly after the death of the body, compared to lower-level Gods.
Similarly, when UEG died, it was stated that she started losing "her sense of self":
I think that should be enough proof to show that what Yogiri is doing is more akin to an Unconventional Existence Erasure rather than Death Manipulation. Alternatively we could also call it "Magical Power Erasure" or whatever fits the bill.
Some people also explained to me that "Magical Power" could be some type of concepts, be it 2 or 1, I'm not too knowledgeable so I'll let people decide if it fits one or the other.
Agree : Dark_Soul20189 (Fundamental aspect but not quite CM, is fine with CM2), BestMGQScalerEver (fine with MP being CM1), Voidnether, BoastJr, Grabbing_dragon (fine with MP being CM2), Korf3ll, Ovy7, Ihsjihahxu (Fine with MP being CM2), TWILIGHT-OP (Fine with OP and CM2), ashen (Fine with OP and CM2), Ruphas_Mafahl123, The_golden_and_silver_house94, IvarUHQ, ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn, Kavliaris (fine with CM2), KingNanaya, sukuna171 (fine with EE), Robo432343, ActuallySpaceMan42 (Fine with EE and CM2), LiewtiStar, Theglassman12
Disagree :
Neutral : RitsuØ1
Anyway, it may look like a pretty impossible case, but those with a bit of savviness would understand everything at the end of this thread. However, everything must have a beginning, and while that beginning will be rather uninteresting for the knowledgeable one, I think it is important to do it so that everyone understand the postulate.
1. Yogiri's power in the present situation.
Let's begin by the most obvious one. Yogiri can kill entities. The people he wishes dead either die instantly or after a bit of time, it's up to him to decide. He can also only kill a portion of a being by making a conscious effort to do so.
It is not limited to only beings, it also includes object, physical phenomena or even abstract relationships.
There are a lot more specificities to it, such as the automatic aspect of his power, alongside the versatility of what he can "kill" but those are of little importance right now.
Due to all of this, we're indexing Yogiri's power as a "very versatile death manipulation" but that's wrong on many levels.
2. Yogiri's power as it should be.
First and foremost, what Yogiri does is erasing someone or something from the Ultimate Ensemble World. Factually. This alone should suffice proving his power isn't death manipulation, but I'm not finished with this, far from it.
Yogiri claimed, at one point, that "he decides what death is". However, this statement is frankly, in and on itself, pretty irrelevant since Yogiri himself doesn't know the extent and mechanism from his power. There is also this statement explaining that "what died and what phenomenon occurred all relied on Yogiri's perception" which is easily explainable by the fact he's quite literally a law of the Ultimate Ensemble World, it's end, and it's limit, a being that helps regulates it. Furthermore, since all the phenomenon shift on the "World" and said "World" can decide, to an absolute degree, how something should behave, it makes even more sense.
Anyway, let's go to the important bits.
When Yogiri's killed UEG, he erased something more important and fundamental than simply her body. This is proven by the fact her body simply fell on the ground after she died instead of just being erased like a normal EE would do. Anyone would, out of necessity, argue that what Yogiri "killed" (Erased) would therefore be something akin to a soul or a mind, which would, as a consequence, render the physical body unusable or, effectively, dead.
They would be right, only for one major details. Yogiri can kill objects without any soul or mind. That goes a long way to show that "killing" something not alive is clearly not "death manipulation" and what Yogiri's is actually doing is an erasure.
He could kill ice magic (or simply ice) but also the petal of a flower or even a lock. There are a lot more examples, but that's the gist of it. Similarly, when he killed the ears and eyes of a beastman, even regenerating them wouldn't bring back the senses connected to these organs. That clearly poses a problem to the theory of Yogiri's killing something akin to the "mind" or "soul" of something/someone. Especially in the case of the beastman, since that would mean he killed the "soul of the beastman ears" ? Yeah, no, that's not the right way to go.
At this point, we're kind of stuck, but don't worry, I have the perfect explanation.
3. Existence.
Magical power is the foundation of all things, it is what defines the existence of an object. Breaking down that object into separate parts would still contain the magical power to define itself as the new objects it has become.Raw: 「む。そうですね。いきなりすぎたかもしれません。そうですね。もっと基本的なところからにしましょう。まず大前提としてこの世の中にある全てのものが魔力を持っています。全ての根本なのです。全てのものはその在り方に応じた魔力の形を持っています。例えばこの机は、この机の形になるような魔力をもっているというわけです。これは細かく分割していってもその分割したパーツに応じて魔力を持つことになります。机を分解して、机の天板と足にわけてしまえば、机としての魔力はなくなりますが、天板としての魔力と、足としての魔力を持つことになります。まぁこのまま細かくわけていけば究極的には何もなくなってしまって、その存在そのものの魔力のみが在るということになっていき……」
Translation:
"Hmm. I see. Perhaps that was a bit too sudden. Alright, let's start with something more fundamental.
First and foremost, everything in this world possesses magical power. It is the foundation of all things. Every object has a form of magical power that corresponds to its existence.
For example, this desk possesses magical power that allows it to take the shape of a desk. Even if you break it down into smaller parts, each part will retain its own magical power accordingly. If you were to dismantle the desk and separate the tabletop from the legs, the desk itself would lose its magical power, but the tabletop and legs would then each have their own respective magical power.
If you were to keep breaking it down further and further, ultimately, nothing would remain—only the magical power of the very essence of its existence would be left..."
It extends to individuals too, being "the essential force that defines something as what it is". Al possessing the magic power that defines him as "Al" and same with Lilia.Raw :
人間は魔力を使えないんですよね? 魔力はなんのためにあるんですか?」「そうだな。魔力と言ってしまうと特別な力だと思ってしまうかもしれないが、魔力はどんなものにでも存在するんだ。存在力とでも言えばいいのか。その存在をそうたらしめている本質の力とでもいうのか。アルくんにはアルくんをアルくんとして存在させるための魔力が、リーリアちゃんにもリーリアちゃんの魔力がある。さて、魔法を使えば魔力が失われる。その結果どうなるのか? 簡単に言えば薄くなる」
Translation :
"Humans can't use magic power, right? Then what is magic power for?"
"Well, that's a good question. When you hear 'magic power,' you might think of it as some kind of special ability, but in reality, magic power exists in everything. You could call it 'existence energy' or perhaps 'the essential force that defines something as what it is.'
Al-kun has the magic power that allows him to exist as Al-kun, and Lilia-chan has her own magic power as well.
Now, when magic is used, magic power is lost. And what happens as a result? Simply put, it becomes thinner."
Lilia, who died from a fall, lost her magical power, what defined her as Lilia upon her death. However, Al has the power of bringing back the dead, therefore, even if Lilia is still technically a corpse, she's now "an existence controlled by Al", replacing her original magical power.Raw :
「ふむ。アルくんの話が本当なら、元に戻るというのは骸に戻るということだが……そうだな。魔法の説明の時に言ったが、全てのものには魔力が存在する。それが存在を確定させているわけだが今のリーリアちゃんは『リーリアという存在』の魔力が失われた状態だな。そして『アルくんが操作するリーリアという存在』の魔力で生きていることになる。これを何とか『リーリアの存在』として定着させることができればあるいは……とは思うがその方法は見当もつかないな」
Translation :
"Hmm. If what Al-kun is saying is true, then 'returning to normal' would mean returning to a corpse...
Well, as I mentioned when explaining magic, everything possesses magical power, and that power is what defines its existence. Right now, Lilia-chan has lost the magical power that establishes her as 'the existence of Lilia.' Instead, she is alive through the magical power of 'Lilia as an existence controlled by Al-kun.'
If there were some way to firmly reestablish her as 'the existence of Lilia' once more, then perhaps... But I have no idea how that could be done."
TLDR : Magical power is what defines everything in existence, described as an essential force that defines everything, object or people alike. Dividing an object or a person into smaller parts would still make it so all the parts contain some magical power that defines it's existence.
4. Finality.
In simple terms, what Yogiri does is erasing the magical power of a being or an object, be it partially or completely. As a consequence, everything conditioned by that magical power would stop functioning and/or existing. Erasing the magical power of a person would result in said person losing its mind and life (physical body) without actually "directly" interfering with those two aspects.
To prove this, here's what Ultimate God explains to a new V-Road God:
The important part is the "君という存在" which from what I understood means "your existence" basically. Which again, makes sense with what I explained above.Raw :
できないと思ってるのかって? 思ってるよ。結果として君という存在が〝世界〟から排除されることになると思ってる。
MTL :
You’re asking if I think you can’t do it? Yeah, I do. I think, in the end, your existence will be erased from the "world".
Official translation (being shit again) :
I think you can’t? Of course. In the end you’ll be erased, just like everyone else.
I could bring up the fact that UEG was also stated to have "erased the existence of someone", however, it's not as big of a deal as one could think. What UEG does is the opposite of what Yogiri's can do. Instead of being able to "directly kill the source", she kills what the source is linked to, making it disappear as a result. For a human being (that's not the case here), they can't do anything when they die and will inevitably lose their magical power, however, some people with a strong willpower like Momoko can maintain some degree of existence as a ghost after death.
However, Gods absolutely can't destroy completely another god. No one, except Yogiri and perhaps Paella, can do such a feat, and it's thanks to their special status (Yogiri being a rule of the verse and Paella being Paella).
To summarize the process:
Human : Body < Mind/Soul < Existence
Ghost/Divine Spirit : Spiritual Body < Mind/Soul < Existence
Gods : Body < Mind/Soul < Existence.
The bolded part is the exact aspect that, upon erasure or death, collapses the rest. As you can see, beside the case concerning a regular human, the rest is overall not worth mentioning. It is to be noted that Gods come back after death or erasure thanks to their soul/mind and not thanks to their existence. Strong enough Gods like UEG can however come back directly after the death of the body, compared to lower-level Gods.
Similarly, when UEG died, it was stated that she started losing "her sense of self":
I could also mention the case with Hanakawa, but I think it's fine with just this.Raw:
UEGは己の形を失い、自分が何者なのかもわからなくなり、やがて闇に消えていった。
Official Translation:
Losing her form, losing her sense of self, the UEG finally vanished into the empty blackness.
I think that should be enough proof to show that what Yogiri is doing is more akin to an Unconventional Existence Erasure rather than Death Manipulation. Alternatively we could also call it "Magical Power Erasure" or whatever fits the bill.
Some people also explained to me that "Magical Power" could be some type of concepts, be it 2 or 1, I'm not too knowledgeable so I'll let people decide if it fits one or the other.
Agree : Dark_Soul20189 (Fundamental aspect but not quite CM, is fine with CM2), BestMGQScalerEver (fine with MP being CM1), Voidnether, BoastJr, Grabbing_dragon (fine with MP being CM2), Korf3ll, Ovy7, Ihsjihahxu (Fine with MP being CM2), TWILIGHT-OP (Fine with OP and CM2), ashen (Fine with OP and CM2), Ruphas_Mafahl123, The_golden_and_silver_house94, IvarUHQ, ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn, Kavliaris (fine with CM2), KingNanaya, sukuna171 (fine with EE), Robo432343, ActuallySpaceMan42 (Fine with EE and CM2), LiewtiStar, Theglassman12
Disagree :
Neutral : RitsuØ1
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