Re:Zero Existence Erasure Removal

[MrTayman616]

Introduction​

This is a thread to remove Existence Erasure from Reinhard Van Astrea and Reid Astrea.

Current Justifications
Reinhard's Existence Erasure was added with this thread and his current justification is:

Existence Erasure (He completely erased all traces of Puck from the world, to the degree that there was no hint that a battle had even taken place. Comparable to Reid Astrea)

Light Novel version:

And the enormous beast that had been bathed in that slash had been annihilated from the world without a trace. There were not even side effects of destruction to be seen; that a battle had even taken place seemed like nothing but a dream.

Web Novel version:

While the colossal beast that was rent by that strike vanished without a trace. Indisputably present only moments ago, the enormous body was gone, and no indication of its destruction remained.

Puck's a spirit, his physical body is a mana body that he keeps intact. His Od is destroyed, his physical body disappears. Even a strong attack can make his physical body disappear, like how Roswaal did to him(Anime version). So EE isn't required or anything for him to vanish without a trace when his Od itself gets destroyed.

There was "no trace" of the fight left, but that's specifically because the world itself heals there. That's Restoration/Reconstruction. He didn't "erase" everything there or something like that either as the ground still existed, just shattered. Same for the sky, the air around them. The description in the novel shows it, same for the manga version which shows the scene here seemingly accurate to novel.

The next instant, Reinhard raised the Dragon Blade above his head, and there was a single flash of light—the sky split, cracks running through the very air; the ground crumbled; mana swirled in a vortex; and along the arc of his slash, the world…slid.
“—”
The moment after that cascading slash settled down, the white, cold air covering the world…recovered.
The slide in the world was repaired, the parts that had become a swirling vortex of mana reverted to their proper forms, flowers budded forth from the shattered ground, and peace spread through the cracked air. From the sky, dazzling sunrays poured down.
And the enormous beast that had been bathed in that slash had been annihilated from the world without a trace. There were not even side effects of destruction to be seen; that a battle had even taken place seemed like nothing but a dream.

Literally says that the white cold air covering the world still remained after the world slid by his slash, but then recovered. Ground just shattered but it still remained, which later healed. Just Restoration feat.

It talks about Puck being annihilated, but that isn't really an EE feat to begin with as destroying his Od itself is enough for that, or a powerful attack by itself. That alone isn't a justification for EE.

Same for Reid Astrea. Other than being compared to Reinhard, his only justification is

(Those who are slashed down by the true might of the Sword Saint vanish into nothing. Comparable to Reinhard)

Which is literally from just this line:

Reid: “Don’t be complainin’ even if ya vanish to nothin’.”

This is definitely not enough to be a justification of EE.

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Additional Stuff:Range&AOE​

Something i'm also wondering is that why do we use this slash as an omnidirectional AOE Existence Erasure? I assume it's because of the anime version?

But neither the manga or novel version shows such thing to begin with as far as i'm aware. And even the anime version of the slash just got big enough to attack Puck, then hasn't shown any growth at all.

If anything, the novel says:

LN:
The next instant, Reinhard raised the Dragon Blade above his head, and there was a single flash of light—the sky split, cracks running through the very air; the ground crumbled; mana swirled in a vortex; and along the arc of his slash, the world…slid.

WN:
With the fall of the last syllable, Reinhard lifted his sword over his head, and in a single flash of his swordsmanship―― from the glint of his blade’s edge, an intense heat shot out.
It cleaves through the sky, drills through the air, shatters the ground, roils the ambient mana, rending everything which was in the blade’s path in two―― And, as the light settled, the world parted before Subaru’s disembodied eyes.
Reinhard: “――――”
At the close of the torrential sword slash, the world that was covered in the white, encompassing cold was born anew.

The sword affects the surrounding, sure. But doesn't appear to be in a omnidirectional AOE style...

Even if the restoration reaches that far, that doesn't mean his attack range does as we don't even see such a thing in any of the feats there.

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Conclusion:

Existence Erasure should be removed from Reinhard and Reid. The range should get clarified in their profile.

Reinhard killed Puck with Dragon Sword Reid, which should give him NPI for Elemental, Mind, & Soul (Same reasoning as Puck who killed Melakuera).

 

[Sonoftanavast9]

Agree with everything

 

[Ball_of_light]

Hmm.

 

[Mommyleona]

AOE EE nuke no more