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Re:Zero Od CM type 1 shenanigans

@SatellaTheWoE
Maybe add these to the OP?
Defined one's existence
The Memories eaten by Gluttony did not remain extant within the person concerned, the Names eaten by Gluttony did not remain extant within other people. That was because the Authority tore them off from the soul, which defined one’s existence in the world.

The proper cleansing of the soul by Od Lagna, which was practiced in the Hall of Memories―― acting as its agent of its own accord, the Authority of Gluttony would usurp it in stealth.

Therefore, the Memories and Names snavelled by Gluttony did not remain present within anyone.


Restrictively, though there had been ones who had only Memories or only Names stolen away, respective negative effects got applied.

If the Memories were stolen then said person, if the Name was stolen then other people, could no longer remember the person concerned. That could not be altered as long as the disposition of the soul remained within the protection of Od Lagna.

Yet, Natsuki Subaru did remember.

Did remember the ingredient, the soul which had been rendered naked, having Memories and Name both stolen. –Volume 25, Chapter 3
"Depth of a being"
――That what was termed as Synesthesia, operated via the Ods of two differing individuals being connected.

What was termed as the Od, was the source of power existing in the depths of a human being―― it could also be synonymous for the soul.

Though on instances it was also used in place of Mana as power for utilizing magic, originally, the Od was the pure property itself that made a human, human.

The consequence of having a domain that could not be trespassed by anyone, linking those born of the same womb mutually, perhaps resulted in Synesthesia, so propounded theory.

In the end, it came to be determined as folklore, and was not something that had been proven.

However, since it had been left in the Forbidden Library, it surely was not some phony spiel either. Above all else, Ram personally had taken a liking to that theory.

To have one’s own self and someone else be connected together by birth, was a lovely thing. –Volume 25, Chapter 7
"Root of self" and "essence"
Abel: “――As I stated. The Soul Marriage Technique involves ceding a portion of one’s soul to another. By soul, that would be the very root of one’s self, the Od.”

Al: “Ceding… Od.”

Ruminating on the words, Al’s voice trembled at the realization.

Od was, as Abel had stated, the root of one’s being―― the center of not only the body, but also the more spiritual part of the being, the origin of one’s Mana.

In this world, it was often treated as it was the same as the soul. So, perhaps the Soul Marriage Technique could also be called the Od Marriage Technique. Although Subaru wasn’t too sure of this.

Subaru: “But why do souls become stronger when they’re joined together?”

Abel: “A similar example would be the relationship between a Spiritual Arts User and a Spirit. By entering into a contractual relationship, User and Spirit connect to each other’s essence. Thus, those connected can be said to draw power from one another. Physical separation has nothing to do with it. This ought to ring a bell.” –Volume 29, Chapter 3

And whatever this is
Soul aflame, life fading to ash, his very destiny was on the cusp of its terminus.

All were engulfed in the blaze, and as Rowan’s self was blurring into the realm after death, he entered into a domain untread by living and undead both―― the interval between life and death, the point that ought to be called the beyond.

That was tantamount to uncovering the very nature, the true essence, of life and the soul.

A few more seconds, real as they might be, the final significance of Rowan Segmunt’s existence would overflow. –Arc 8, Chapter 64
 
I'm not that knowledge on concepts so if this is passed through what does it entail?
CM-3 for the Od (Soul) and anyone that has soul manipulation would also get CM-3 and resistance asw.
Od gets Type 1 CM
Spirit Physiology page gets updated
Characters who can manipulate souls or mind get CM type 1 manipulation
Characters who resist soul or mind manipulation get resistance to CM type 1 manipulation:
 
I agree that this isn't really type 1 concept material, it doesn't necessarily fit all the requirements (one of them isn't highlighted in the OP) and could be fulfilled by other Metaphysical stuff like Souls.

I guess I wouldn't be opposed to CM3 (?) but I think archiving it as similar to a Soul fits better.
 
Hey so, in Re: Zero, it's made pretty explicitly clear that if you alter the body, you also alter the soul.

"If the soul changes, the exterior follows suit. The converse is also true."

This means that it is impossible for the soul/Od to be an independent concept. It is not independent from the form (the exterior/body) it is claimed to have authority over. Since it changes when the body changes.

This is like if you changed a circle in reality and the Platonic Form of Circle was altered because of it.

At best, you would be able to get Type 2 concept for this verse. However, nothing outside of Type 3 seems supported at the moment.
 
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A concept doesn't have to govern universal reality in other to be type 1 or 2. "Reality" in the definition is all the particulars that participate in it even if there is only one of that thing at the moment. Defining an individual existence alone doesn't make it a personal concept however, I'm not really seeing anything that make Od a concept here
See, but there are cases where characters create multiple bodies based on their souls and affecting the soul of one of them then affects all of them.

I don't know if it qualifies as concept manipualtion but what you're describing sounds exactly like what Od does.
 
I am not Breeze!
So Breeze and not-Breeze?. Damn, this shit reach nondual level, absolute threat to the community
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