This is a very straightforward CRT, from our wiki standards of cm type 1
- Independent Universal Concepts: Such concepts are completely independent from the part of reality they govern, except maybe of other concepts of this nature. These concepts shape all of reality within their area of influence and at whatever level that area exists in, and everything in it "participates" in these concepts. For example, a circular object is circular because it is "participating" in the concept of "circle-ness". In this way, the alteration of these concepts will change every object of the concept across all of their area of influence, while the opposite wouldn't affect the concept.
On that note, this is already accepted on our Spirit Physiology Page:
From Olbart's feat of manipulating the od to manipulate the physical appearance of the target itself, meaning the Od has precedence over the physical manifestation
Age Manipulation,
Soul Manipulation, and
Mind Manipulation (
By meddling with the Od of his target, he can reduce them back into a younger body. This reduces the target's deduction skills and overall intellectual capabilities over time, reflecting their sudden rejuvenation in both body and mind.
The soul is the very root of one's self, the Od, and damage to the soul,
also damages the mind,
as the mental has been equated to the spiritual
——An abominable technique left behind by the Vicious Old Man, Olbart Dunkelkenn.
By meddling with the Od of others, the Shinobi’s secret infantilization technique could remarkably reverse the growth of one’s body.
All living beings were naught more than containers for that which came into existence from nothingness, the Od. Depending on the shape of the Od, the size and form of the container would vary accordingly.
Therefore, all living creatures would don different appearances, and establish themselves as unique life forms.
If this theory was correct, that the body only served as a container for the Od, then by altering the shape of one’s Od, the form of its container could be altered freely.
By compressing one’s Od, then the body, serving as the container, could also be shrunk——
–Volume 31, Chapter 2
Giving a brief answer to Subaru’s hesitant question, Olbart’s outstretched hand gently touched Subaru’s solar plexus.
Abel had conjectured that Olbart’s “infantilization” technique interfered with the Od, and perhaps that Od resided somewhere around the heart.
At the same time, a memory came back to Subaru’s mind. The previous day, he had indeed received a painless blow from Olbart as he fled from the keep right beneath where he was currently standing.
Subaru’s “infantilization” had occurred, with the interference of his Od as a trigger.
–Volume 29, Chapter 8
Olbart: “But, it’s amusin’ that the actual result and the effects deviate so much, ya know. I was sure they’d just shrink someone, ya know, but it goes as far as ta completely restore the brain ta its youthful state.”
Olbart: “Unfortunately, I really don’t understand why either. Well, guess it’s ‘cause the Od’s forcibly tampered with. Just as yer body shrinks ta fit yer Od, yer mind’d prolly shrink ta fit yer Od as well, yeah?”
–Volume 31, Chapter 2
There are also the Insect tribe which change their physical manifestation and become buglike after merging themselves with insects:
The Insect Cage Clan was a minority group that existed only in Vollachia, a tribe that included a wide variety of demi-humans.
From a young age, members of the clan ingested bugs with special powers, adopting the qualities of those creatures over time. They shared their Od, the wellspring of all life, with the insects, combining their very souls in order to share their bodies and gain the insects’ power.
This was what led to their monstrous external appearance. When the people of this clan unleashed the power of the insects, they themselves transformed into something very much like the bugs.
–EX 4, Diplomacy by Bloodshed, Section 14
Names are established as being part of the Od, and the consumption or erasure of a name by the authority of gluttony, rewrites causality to reflect the target as having never existed. This is demonstrated through effects such as letters written by the individual becoming blank and personal belongings disappearing from history itself
Od contains the Name and Memories. When the name is vanquished, the person is erased across all of history (
with the world being rewritten as though they were never there) and
wiped from everyone's minds. And such is just a singular aspect derived from the Od.
Od is mana, soul, mind, a power that defines an individual's existence in the world, contains the destiny, elemental character, memories/names (as we know when Ley steals the name of a person, the entire history is rewritten so that the person never existed, such as the note written by Rem dissappearing from the world and her room being completely empty with all of her belongings dissappearing from the world), and life force
Julius: "The phenomenon itself is exceedingly simple. Everything comprising the caster's soul– their memories, experiences, and most likely, elemental character and destiny– are seared onto the soul of another person."
–Volume 9, Chapter 1
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
――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
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
The Od is a world in and of itself, with not even the authority of gluttony being able to interfere with Anastasia when she goes inside her's
“Anastasia”: “Having ceded the body over to me, and temporarily lying dormant in your Od, you are in a state wherein you will not receive any interference from the outside world―― Because the Od, is a world of a certain kind of peculiarity.”
And by her own volition, she had secluded herself away in that place.
The reason being obvious―― Should she come outside, she would incur the effects. The abhorrent Authority of the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, she would incur its effects.
She would forget what she wished to never forget, relinquish what she wished to never relinquish.
Anastasia Hoshin would forget Julius Juukulius.
–Volume 25, Chapter 6
From the scans above, the Od is consistently treated as the underlying essence that determines the form and nature of living beings, while the body merely acts as a vessel that conforms to it. Altering the Od directly changes the corresponding physical manifestation, as shown through Olbart’s infantilization, where tampering with the Od reshapes the body and even the mind itself to match it. The same principle is seen with the Insect Cage Clan, whose bodies transform into insect-like forms after merging their Od with insects, and with Petelgeuse’s vessels gradually taking on his appearance over time.
This is further reinforced by Spirits, whose true existence is explicitly their Od rather than their manifested bodies, which can be destroyed and recreated independently.
Thus, In every shown case, the physical form is subordinate to and shaped by the Od itself, establishing the latter as the defining essence of existence rather than a byproduct of the body.
As such, the Od fulfills the standards for Conceptual Manipulation Type 1, as it exists as an incorporeal, existence-defining essence that independently governs and determines physical manifestation.
Additions:
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:
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