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So hello everyone, as you can see, there’s going to be a rework of some of Yogiri’s abilities, starting with his Instant Death. First, let’s take a look at this
So here we see Yogiri (the Avatar version, of course) being attacked in the past (even killed), but his present-day self hasn’t been affected. This simply implies that there is no cause-and-effect relationship between his past self and his present self, which should grant Yogiri Type 1 acausality.
2) So here it’s very simple: I’ll put this and this So, through these two panels, we’re told that Yogiri’s (the Avatar’s) existence is protected by a meta-story, so normally any kind of plot manipulation shouldn’t affect Yogiri, but let’s continue. It’s already been shown several times that Yogiri (the Avatar) is in homeostasis with his True Form (the END) so normally Yogiri (the Avatar) cannot do anything that his True Form is not capable of doing, given that the Avatar is merely a manifestation. So let’s go and demonstrate this. It is stated here that Yogiri’s true form—that is, The End—is beyond fate and plot So this means that the End is above concepts such as fate and plot, and regarding fate, this has already been proven several times, notably against Aoi and against Yukimasa. So, broadly speaking, this whole section is like an anaphora/ repetition that reinforces the first part, so it’s a sort of rhetorical device to emphasise the true form of Yogiri, which should give Yogiri resistance to plot manipulation—or rather, immunity, given that the plot cannot even apply to him—so I think immunity is quite consistent
Consequently, Yogiri should also benefit from Type 2 acausality, given that not only does the manipulation of fate not affect him, but his future is also inaccessible because Aoi’s precognition didn’t work. Admittedly, his profile already includes resistance to the manipulation of fate, but it would be more consistent to apply Type 2 acausality for greater clarity
3) For this section, let’s look together at what the wiki (vsbw) says so the vsbw tells us that NEP 1 is material non-existence; in binary terms, this corresponds to 0 (non-existence), and the vsbw defines NEP 2 as idealistic non-existence, so the subject is neither 0 (non-existence) nor 1 (existence). However, the VSBW states that these kinds of beings may have a non-conventional existence, i.e. prior or opposite
Now that this is clear, let’s look at this [so here we have a situation/ an equation involving Yogiri and the Lord of Spectres, where Yogiri could not see this pseudo-being despite possessing NPI ability; Yogiri therefore had to assume the existence of this being in order to kill it; so here the being has no material existence, hence Type 1 NEP, but the being in question also has a non-conventional existence because it exists as an idea, so it has a form of idealistic existence, given that it is a hypothetical being, and basically a hypothetical being is one that exists as a hypothesis or an idea; this is therefore a form of Type 2 Nep. If we correlate this with the definition of VSBW, the wiki also specifies that this is a form of paraconsistent physiology, so obviously this is Type 2]( ) To help some people understand the situation properly, let’s take an example. Right now, I’m thinking of a being with three heads and four feet. Technically, this being is neither existent nor non-existent; it’s just an idea of mine. Its existence falls under another unconventional form, which is ‘the idea’ here, as the wiki clearly states. So it’s just a supposition (hypothesis) on my part; otherwise, the being with three heads and four feet does not exist. We can therefore call it a hypothetical being, and well, it is this type of being that our beloved Yoghurt has stumbled upon
4) Yogiri should be exempt from Type 6 immortality because he killed Iselda, who possesses parasitic immortality; indeed, she was able to switch bodies every time she was killed within a specific body, so she has Type 6 immortality, as the wiki clearly states [here is the relevant scan]( )
5) Upon entering Mitsuki’s dream world, a law was imposed stipulating that anyone killed by Yogiri cannot return to life [here]( ), so Yogiri should benefit from Law Manipulation
6) Yogiri’s true form should also benefit from physiological non-existence, given that his true form, ‘The End’, represents non-existence—where existence and non-existence
So nep 1 for true form yogiri
7) Now this part will be crucial, because I’m going to explain why UEG’s regeneration is far from being mere ‘low godly’; so, to put it simply, we’re going to define a few terms
‘A being’ is everything that exists
‘Being’ is the principle common to all beings
“Substance” is the basis of existence, and substance is also immutable (according to Aristotle)
“Accident” is everything that happens to the being but does not affect the substance. Let’s take the example of a table made of wood: here, the wood represents the substance and the table is the being
“Secondary substance/essence/ 'quiddity' is what enables the being to be what it is. Let’s take another example with a triangle: a triangle’s essence is having three sides, a square’s essence is having four sides. In other words, essence can be used in the form of predicates; for example, if I say that a triangle has three sides, I am making a predicate of the triangle.
Just to say that all of this contributes to existence; therefore, existence is composed of substance, quiddity, and the physical (material) body. I would remind you that essence is a metaphysical aspect, just like substance, and for us human beings, our essence is our ‘soul’, in short.
Now let’s look at Rick’s ability. Well, first of all, it’s said that Rick has a conceptual advantage in killing gods via his sacred sword; so, to put it simply, his sword isn’t ordinary but a special sword that kills on a conceptual level, and this very same sword was used to kill Vahanato, though not in the same way as with Ueg, because Vahanato already had a wound and Rick stabbed the sword right into that spot and killed him; whereas in Ueg’s case, she also had a wound and had lost her leg, but as you can see, it is literally stated that Ueg cannot be killed in that area like Vahanato, because it is not an essential part of her existence
So this implies that to kill Ueg, you have to destroy a part that is essential to his existence, but what exactly is this so-called essential part? Let’s go
So here Rick uses his exceptional sword, which has a conceptual advantage in targeting Ueg’s divine core, since technically destroying his body serves no purpose; you must therefore target the part where his essence/ quiddity, and to make this clear, it is explicitly stated that an ordinary sword cannot reach UEG’s divine core; so, of course, Rick’s sword was able to make the exception due to this conceptual advantage it possesses. So, to put it plainly, there are two options here: either the divine core represents merely a metaphysical part of Ueg, or it is the very concept of Ueg’s being, due to the nature of the sword, which holds a conceptual advantage over the gods. All things considered, this should correspond to mid-to-high-level godly regeneration, as Ueg returned immediately after his erasure
I can already see some people coming along to say, ‘Yeah, but it doesn’t say that the divine core is his soul’ or ‘it doesn’t say that the divine core is his spirit...’ Calm down. In metaphysics, particularly in Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas, and in Friedrich Nietzsche too, ‘being = human beings only’ is false; it is an unjustified false claim; it is a fabrication, because ‘being’ in the etymological sense in metaphysics represents everything that is: a tree is a being, a human being is a being, the lion is a being, a telephone is a being... Just to let you know that the soul and the spirit represent merely the metaphysical aspects of the human being, and in a fictional verse there is no need to mention these terms; indeed, metaphysical terms may have other qualifications (other names), but they all share an identical property, and that is fortunate, as the VSBW explicitly mentions this on its metaphysics page
Metaphysical equivalence: in works of fiction, it is difficult to list all metaphysical aspects, such as the Dao, essence, ether... Can represent the metaphysical elements in works of fiction but as I said, every metaphysical aspect has the same function, which is to give meaning to existence.
So, obviously, the essence/concept of UEG lies within its divine core, which was struck by a conceptual sword, because it is said that an ordinary sword (a simple sword) cannot reach this part (the essence) of UEG. I think I’ve said too much, so in short, UEG should achieve mid-godly or even high-godly regeneration (if we interpret that the concept of UEG’s being lies within its divine core and that Rick’s sword, which attacks conceptually, erases this concept) and, of course, consequently, Yogiri should be denied mid-godly or even high-godly regeneration, as UEG was unable to return after being erased by the Endless Void (which allows nothing to exist).
The novel states that he transcends the very concept of causality itself . This is further supported by the fact that it is also mentioned that his actions are not linked to causality, meaning there can be no cause-and-effect relationship behind what he does. In the end, don’t forget that the novel explicitly states again that he goes beyond the concept of causality itself.
I think Acausality Type 5 for his true form fits this context perfectly, especially since he cannot be interacted with at all and meets all the requirements for this type of acausality.
In conclusion, we have
1) Type 1 acausality
3) Immunity to plot manipulation
4) Negation of Type 6 immortality
5) Negation of Type 2 nep
6) Law manipulation
7) nep type 1 for yogiri TF
8) type 5 acausality
9) mid- or high-godly regeneration for UEG
10) negation of mid- or high-godly regeneration for Yogiri
So here we see Yogiri (the Avatar version, of course) being attacked in the past (even killed), but his present-day self hasn’t been affected. This simply implies that there is no cause-and-effect relationship between his past self and his present self, which should grant Yogiri Type 1 acausality.
2) So here it’s very simple: I’ll put this and this So, through these two panels, we’re told that Yogiri’s (the Avatar’s) existence is protected by a meta-story, so normally any kind of plot manipulation shouldn’t affect Yogiri, but let’s continue. It’s already been shown several times that Yogiri (the Avatar) is in homeostasis with his True Form (the END) so normally Yogiri (the Avatar) cannot do anything that his True Form is not capable of doing, given that the Avatar is merely a manifestation. So let’s go and demonstrate this. It is stated here that Yogiri’s true form—that is, The End—is beyond fate and plot So this means that the End is above concepts such as fate and plot, and regarding fate, this has already been proven several times, notably against Aoi and against Yukimasa. So, broadly speaking, this whole section is like an anaphora/ repetition that reinforces the first part, so it’s a sort of rhetorical device to emphasise the true form of Yogiri, which should give Yogiri resistance to plot manipulation—or rather, immunity, given that the plot cannot even apply to him—so I think immunity is quite consistent
Consequently, Yogiri should also benefit from Type 2 acausality, given that not only does the manipulation of fate not affect him, but his future is also inaccessible because Aoi’s precognition didn’t work. Admittedly, his profile already includes resistance to the manipulation of fate, but it would be more consistent to apply Type 2 acausality for greater clarity
3) For this section, let’s look together at what the wiki (vsbw) says so the vsbw tells us that NEP 1 is material non-existence; in binary terms, this corresponds to 0 (non-existence), and the vsbw defines NEP 2 as idealistic non-existence, so the subject is neither 0 (non-existence) nor 1 (existence). However, the VSBW states that these kinds of beings may have a non-conventional existence, i.e. prior or opposite
Now that this is clear, let’s look at this [so here we have a situation/ an equation involving Yogiri and the Lord of Spectres, where Yogiri could not see this pseudo-being despite possessing NPI ability; Yogiri therefore had to assume the existence of this being in order to kill it; so here the being has no material existence, hence Type 1 NEP, but the being in question also has a non-conventional existence because it exists as an idea, so it has a form of idealistic existence, given that it is a hypothetical being, and basically a hypothetical being is one that exists as a hypothesis or an idea; this is therefore a form of Type 2 Nep. If we correlate this with the definition of VSBW, the wiki also specifies that this is a form of paraconsistent physiology, so obviously this is Type 2]( ) To help some people understand the situation properly, let’s take an example. Right now, I’m thinking of a being with three heads and four feet. Technically, this being is neither existent nor non-existent; it’s just an idea of mine. Its existence falls under another unconventional form, which is ‘the idea’ here, as the wiki clearly states. So it’s just a supposition (hypothesis) on my part; otherwise, the being with three heads and four feet does not exist. We can therefore call it a hypothetical being, and well, it is this type of being that our beloved Yoghurt has stumbled upon
4) Yogiri should be exempt from Type 6 immortality because he killed Iselda, who possesses parasitic immortality; indeed, she was able to switch bodies every time she was killed within a specific body, so she has Type 6 immortality, as the wiki clearly states [here is the relevant scan]( )
5) Upon entering Mitsuki’s dream world, a law was imposed stipulating that anyone killed by Yogiri cannot return to life [here]( ), so Yogiri should benefit from Law Manipulation
6) Yogiri’s true form should also benefit from physiological non-existence, given that his true form, ‘The End’, represents non-existence—where existence and non-existence
So nep 1 for true form yogiri
7) Now this part will be crucial, because I’m going to explain why UEG’s regeneration is far from being mere ‘low godly’; so, to put it simply, we’re going to define a few terms
‘A being’ is everything that exists
‘Being’ is the principle common to all beings
“Substance” is the basis of existence, and substance is also immutable (according to Aristotle)
“Accident” is everything that happens to the being but does not affect the substance. Let’s take the example of a table made of wood: here, the wood represents the substance and the table is the being
“Secondary substance/essence/ 'quiddity' is what enables the being to be what it is. Let’s take another example with a triangle: a triangle’s essence is having three sides, a square’s essence is having four sides. In other words, essence can be used in the form of predicates; for example, if I say that a triangle has three sides, I am making a predicate of the triangle.
Just to say that all of this contributes to existence; therefore, existence is composed of substance, quiddity, and the physical (material) body. I would remind you that essence is a metaphysical aspect, just like substance, and for us human beings, our essence is our ‘soul’, in short.
Now let’s look at Rick’s ability. Well, first of all, it’s said that Rick has a conceptual advantage in killing gods via his sacred sword; so, to put it simply, his sword isn’t ordinary but a special sword that kills on a conceptual level, and this very same sword was used to kill Vahanato, though not in the same way as with Ueg, because Vahanato already had a wound and Rick stabbed the sword right into that spot and killed him; whereas in Ueg’s case, she also had a wound and had lost her leg, but as you can see, it is literally stated that Ueg cannot be killed in that area like Vahanato, because it is not an essential part of her existence
So this implies that to kill Ueg, you have to destroy a part that is essential to his existence, but what exactly is this so-called essential part? Let’s go
So here Rick uses his exceptional sword, which has a conceptual advantage in targeting Ueg’s divine core, since technically destroying his body serves no purpose; you must therefore target the part where his essence/ quiddity, and to make this clear, it is explicitly stated that an ordinary sword cannot reach UEG’s divine core; so, of course, Rick’s sword was able to make the exception due to this conceptual advantage it possesses. So, to put it plainly, there are two options here: either the divine core represents merely a metaphysical part of Ueg, or it is the very concept of Ueg’s being, due to the nature of the sword, which holds a conceptual advantage over the gods. All things considered, this should correspond to mid-to-high-level godly regeneration, as Ueg returned immediately after his erasure
I can already see some people coming along to say, ‘Yeah, but it doesn’t say that the divine core is his soul’ or ‘it doesn’t say that the divine core is his spirit...’ Calm down. In metaphysics, particularly in Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas, and in Friedrich Nietzsche too, ‘being = human beings only’ is false; it is an unjustified false claim; it is a fabrication, because ‘being’ in the etymological sense in metaphysics represents everything that is: a tree is a being, a human being is a being, the lion is a being, a telephone is a being... Just to let you know that the soul and the spirit represent merely the metaphysical aspects of the human being, and in a fictional verse there is no need to mention these terms; indeed, metaphysical terms may have other qualifications (other names), but they all share an identical property, and that is fortunate, as the VSBW explicitly mentions this on its metaphysics page
Metaphysical equivalence: in works of fiction, it is difficult to list all metaphysical aspects, such as the Dao, essence, ether... Can represent the metaphysical elements in works of fiction but as I said, every metaphysical aspect has the same function, which is to give meaning to existence.
So, obviously, the essence/concept of UEG lies within its divine core, which was struck by a conceptual sword, because it is said that an ordinary sword (a simple sword) cannot reach this part (the essence) of UEG. I think I’ve said too much, so in short, UEG should achieve mid-godly or even high-godly regeneration (if we interpret that the concept of UEG’s being lies within its divine core and that Rick’s sword, which attacks conceptually, erases this concept) and, of course, consequently, Yogiri should be denied mid-godly or even high-godly regeneration, as UEG was unable to return after being erased by the Endless Void (which allows nothing to exist).
The novel states that he transcends the very concept of causality itself . This is further supported by the fact that it is also mentioned that his actions are not linked to causality, meaning there can be no cause-and-effect relationship behind what he does. In the end, don’t forget that the novel explicitly states again that he goes beyond the concept of causality itself.
I think Acausality Type 5 for his true form fits this context perfectly, especially since he cannot be interacted with at all and meets all the requirements for this type of acausality.
In conclusion, we have
1) Type 1 acausality
3) Immunity to plot manipulation
4) Negation of Type 6 immortality
5) Negation of Type 2 nep
6) Law manipulation
7) nep type 1 for yogiri TF
8) type 5 acausality
9) mid- or high-godly regeneration for UEG
10) negation of mid- or high-godly regeneration for Yogiri
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