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Introduction
For starters, Basutādo!! Ankoku no Hakaishin or Bastard!! for short is a manga written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. The story involves Dark Schneider and his journey to kickass human, monsters, mythical creatures, devil/angels themselves and even challenge God( like really this guy would beat whoever he met
As you may all know, Bastard!! on our site has been outdated and abandoned for quite a long time. As a result, many abilities as well as terminologies are currently not being clarified. The title stated itself, this thread will bring lots of terminologies and explainations and updating stuffs. Here are some notes before we start:
1)This thread will mainly discuss things from later arcs( after the awakening of Anthrax).
2) General abilities( things that most angels/devils share in common) will be the main topic on this thread( I intend to save Stats clarification (AP, Speed,... etc) for another thread)
3)This is the first CRT I made so there may be some mistakes, just feel free to give your opinion and we'll discuss all together.
The updates
A) Astral beings(angels/devils) physiology
*Note: + Devils/demons are literally fallen angels(ones who have lost the love for God), so they would all share the same attributes as their angel/pre-fallen-counterpart.+Higher ranked angels/devils possess abilities that lower ranked ones(hierarchically) have. Since to ascend to a higher rank in the hierarchy, an increase in divine power(which is the source of angels' powers) is needed( an example of this is Michael, whose powers were extended when ascend to Seraphim rank)
*General abilities
-Incorporeality/ Intangibility: Angels/Devils are spiritual in nature and do not possess a material body. They are primarily composed of Spirit and Soul(how are these distinguished will be mentioned in the next part). Can also phase through materials.- Non-physical interaction: The battle of Angels/Devils involves destroying not only each other's physical but also astral and ideal bodies. They have shown to be capable of harming each other casually.
-Possession: Since angels/devils are non-corporeal initially, to manifest into the material world would require a vessel to contain them.
-Shapeshifting: Can change their bodies to different forms such as shields, swords...
-Blessed: As residents of Heaven, angels are blessed/given protection from Heaven and the love of God. Devils should have the same features as they are residents of Hell and the fact that they have their own God.
-Paralysis Inducement: As shown by Michael, angels can make others incapable of moving just by willing it.
-Telepathy: Mind reading: This and the fact that DS using Judas Pain( meaning he was having the power of the devils) was capable of doing the same thing. They can also communicate via sending telepathic messages.
-Holy/Light manipulation(angels only): Whatever this is
-Fusionism: Capable of fusing into one being.
-Dimension Travel: In various ways, as messengers of God, angels occasionally manifest themselves from Astral Plane(heaven/hell) to the Material Plane to purge sinful souls according to God's will. Basically the context of this scan is Satan's Augoeides break through the seal of Black Abyss which separated Hell from the physical universe, an angel mentioned the fact that he broke into this dimension/human universe(specifically at the center of Milky Way), which means Hell is a different dimension to the material universe. And even low-level demons can escape from Hell to human world.
-Portal creation: High-ranked beings could casually break the dimensional boundary through sheer force, on multiple occasions.
-Immortality( Types 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9): Type 2: Konron managed to survive with just his head for several chapters( also the fact that he seemed to only worry about DS killing him, implying even if left with just his head, he would still be alive). Type 3: This and Eternal Atoms below. Likely Type 4: Demons can't resurrect if they die in Hell aka the death/erasure of their Astral body( since everyone exists as their astral body in Hell), which implies they can comeback even when the physical body is destroyed in the Material Plane, this also gets support by the fact that even when physical bodies die, they(as they are astral in nature) will just be back to Astral Plane Type 6: Via possession. Type 9: Angels/Devils natures(spirit,soul) reside in the Astral plane, which is a different plane of existence, a seperate dimension, isolated from the material plane, which is the physical universe, also see Eternal Atoms below.
-Longevity, likely Immortality type 1: Angels exist prior to the creation of the universe. Also, the fact that they don't have a physical body to begin with, and if they do manifest to a vessel they can just comeback to the astral plane(scans above), would it qualify for immo type1?
-Immense pain tolerance: Shown on many occasions, angels/devils managed to keep their consciousness while being heavily damaged
-Limited Toon force: Minor used on several occasions
-Extra Sensory perception/ Enhanced Sense: Could sense Lucien's presence, who is just a spirit. Angels/Devils fighting each other's astral form causally
-True Flight: I mean they have wings u know
- Self-Sustenance(Types: 1 and 2): 1: Angels can travel in space with ease. 2: A large number of angels/devils has been sealed in Cocytus which is such a cold place that their bodies all get frozen since the Great war which occured many many years ago, and yet they are described as only being asleep.
-Magic: Angels/Devils are adept magic users, high-level ones can even cast spell with just normal movements.
-Energy, Soul manipulation and Portal creation: The basis of magic is to call upon the power from the spirit realm to control supernatural forces
-Matter/Vector manipulation: Power rank angels govern the movement of particles( atoms, electrons, ..)
-Law/Physics manipulation: Virtue rank angels govern the physical laws of the universe
-Limited Size manipulation: Angels of Virtue rank can change the size of their body.
-Electricity manipulation: Dominion rank angels could fire lightning bolts that reached up to 870k C.
-Transmutation: Devils could easily turn a human into slime.
-Time stop: As shown by Lucien(in his weakened state), high-ranked angels can create a space where time is stopped( ik I used gg translate but I'd love to post the raw scan if someone can help with translating that).
-Possibly Pocket Space creation: Seraphs are said to have a deep connection to the creation of space.
-Transformation: Angels can metamorphose into higher ranks, they are also able to ''fall'' which is a phenomenon that transfers an angel into devil(which includes their appearance) Seraphs have access to Executioner mode. Can also transform to Augoeides( see section D)
*The true nature of Anthrax is a dominion rank angel, so all of her abilities would scale for angels of that rank and above:
-Spatial manipulation: Can distort space to prevent attacks from hitting it.
-Empathic manipulation and Corruption: Can amplify negative emotions and turn the victim into its minion.
-BFR: BFR DS into a sealed dimension that required an energy output equal to Bigbang to open in 1/6 nanosecond.
-Passive Mind/Soul control: The instant Abigail came into contact with Anthrax, he had his soul and mind controlled by her.
-Soul absorption: This
-Teleportation: Could teleport at highspeed.
-Reactive evolution: Constantly evolved to get pass the defense system of Ten wise man
*Base Resistances to:
-Magic: Angels are highly resistant to most magical attacks/spells.-Time-space manipulation: Can fly near the Black Abyss, which traps even time and distort itself, is able to move normally in a time-stopping space. Astral bodies are unbound by time and space.
-Physics manipulation: The soul does not obey the laws of physics.
-Gravity manipulation and Deconstruction: Could move near Black Abyss/Black hole, whose gravity is so great that it can annihilate all surrounding matters.
-Sealing, Power Nullification, Purification and Soul manipulation : As shown by Porno, High-rank beings could render DS's demon sealing spell which sucks out the power of other demons and then exorcises them, which will also destroy the soul of the victim should they try to struggle, completely useless.
-Resistance negation: High-level beings resisted the sealing spell that worked on lower-level demons who are already highly resistant towards magic.
B) Regarding Planes of existence
*On second thought, we've decided to put off this section since many new issues had been found, so explainations about these Planes of existence will not be here on this thread. However, to comprehend later sections some overall clarifications are required. That's why I'm still gonna make clear some of the key factors( not going to be 100% complete but eh, more than enough for you to get the general understanding)
-Ether Element: The prime matter that is basically the true/primal essence of a being. Both Material and Spirit/Astral Body are simply Ether vibrating at different frequencies( the higher the frequency is, the more ''incorporeal'' it is).
-Material/Phyiscal Body: Pretty straight forward this one, the most basic state of being. It may be redundant to mention but obviously, humans are physical beings. Of course this is the form of existence in the Material Plane(Physical Universe).
-Ethereal/Etheric Body: An energy network that is crucial for the function(metabolism, energy creating,... etc) of the Physical Body, Ki and Chakra can be thought as two of the analogies. After the death of the body, it slowly ceases to exist. Conversely, if the Ethereal body seperates from the Physical body, the latter decays/dies as a natural result. So, pretty much equivalent to Life Energy or Life Force
-Spirit/Astral Body: This is where things got a bit confusing, but imma try explaining the basis. In short, the Spirit in Bastard!! is NOT the Soul. It is, in fact, equivalent to the Mind/Consciousness. And the Spirit/Mind is the Astral Body.
-Soul/Spiritual/Ideal Body: Weird? Yes it is. Anyway, the soul in bastard!! is kinda implied to be more ''fundamental'' than spirit, it is the ''highest aspect'' of being so far and is called the Core of Life.
C) Eternal Atoms
*Since we have gone through essential in-verse concepts this should be easy.-Multilocation: The existence is made up by the body, spirit(mind) and soul which reside in different dimensions/planes of existence. The holy trinity turned out to be constructed by Eternal Atoms, which means this ''book of fate'' exists simultaneously on separate dimensions/ planes of existence.
-Regeneration( High up to Low-Godly): Thanks to EA, high-level beings can reconstruct/regenerate at molecule level at all planes of existence(from physical to astral and spiritual). Additionally, the regenerative capability of an angel/devil will continue endlessly if their Eternal Atoms don't get destroyed completely(which means to destroy all of the physical, astral, and spiritual body on different planes at the same time)
*Additional abilities for (High-rank) Angels/Devils:
-Enhanced Non-Physical Interaction: Can destroy the spiritual/ideal body(soul) which is more incorporeal than spirit( will be explained in the next section)
-Regeneration(Up to Low-Godly) and Immortality(Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9) Negation: Battles between High-rank beings level involves destroying each other's Eternal Atoms, they can also(obviously) nullify EA's regeneration
-Existence Erasure/ Limited Causality Manipulation: Capable of annihilating EA, which would lead to the soul's existence being erased from the law of cause and effect.
D) Augoeides
*A body of spiritual energy that is basically the true form as well as the ultimate/strongest of an astral being. The size of an augoeides is determined by the amount of spiritual energy that angel/devil possesses ( or simply the strength of that being's soul). And since the soul is where feelings and emotions( fear, anger, hatred, ...) are born, Augoeides can also be considered as the emotional body that represents the potency(both positive and negative) of the energy created by one's emotion. Can only be destroyed by beings with an equal amount of (spiritual) energy.-Enhanced Incorporeality: Augoeides is the spiritual body or the soul of a angel/devil, which is more fundamental than the spirit/astral body, where the lower aspects will served as a medium, ''the flesh'' for higher ones in lower planes of existence( e.g: the physical body serves as a medium for the spirit which has a higher ether's frequency vibration/ more incorporeal in the material plane)
-Large size(Type 2, 3, and up to 6): As explained above, the size of Augoeides is proportional to the amount of energy a being has. This can also be inferred from Dark Schneider vs Uriel fight, when Uriel constantly arise negative emotions( specifically hatred, anger and sadness) toward DS, his energy/power level went up and Augoeides's size grew accordingly. A viscount rank devil would have this size of Augoeides, which is although lesser still can be comparable to that of a Seraphim rank angel. Fallen Uriel Augoeides being above them considerably and Satan's is just hilarious.
-Energy Manipulation/ Likely Self-Sustenance Type 3: Augoeides can control the infinite energies of the universe( which means they can somehow supply them with that infinite source of energy?)
-Light and Darkness manipulation: Should be upscale from their base form
-Possibly Reality Warping: In the form of Augoeides, angels/devils can reshape the Earth and perform miracles.
-Attack reflection via Vector Manipulation: Can reflect physical attacks via inertial manipulation
-Passive Magic Nullification/Forcefield creation and Spatial manipulation: Can nullify magical attacks thanks to countless multi-layered barriers, can also reverse space.
-Aura Fear/Paralysis/Status effect Inducement and Transmutation: Release an aura that makes beings suffer from fear, paralysis, confusion and many other negative effects. Ones with weaker resistance may even turn to a pillar of salt.
E) Dispel Bounds
*Edit: Thank you @Waqsed for helping out with categorizing the hax. Let's conclude this all at once.
*Dispel Bounds is a power mechanic used by High-rank beings, they are countless barriers/shields/forcefields that protect the user from external harm. They can be used for both defensive and offensive purposes. The only way to break Dispel Bounds at close-range is by using your body as the vessel to contain a sufficient amount of magical energy and wreck through each layer one by one. Dispelling-magic techniques can potentially do the work though it would be extremely challenging as these shields also constantly repair themselves when do getting destroyed.
-Via Forcefield Creation, they gain resistance to the following: Magic, Deconstruction, Body Puppetry, Poison Manipulation, Smoke Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Reality Warping, Mind Manipulation, Biological Absorption, Radio Waves, Sound Manipulation, Precognition, and Extrasensory Perception Possibly to: Physical Attacks and Probability/Fate/Causality Manipulation... and likely much more.
-Dispel Bounds have shown to be resistant to:
+Non-Physical Interaction: DB also prevent attacks from interacting with the user's Eternal Atoms( they have to get rid of DB first in order to affect EA), which turn out to be the user's spirit/mind and soul
+Air/Heat/Matter/Light/Space Absorption and Void manipulation: DB could protect the user from Uriel's Body of Colossal mass.
+Time, Gravity Manipulation and Deconstruction: Lower-order angels used Dispel bounds to fly near Black Abyss
-Negation of the following: Magic, Poison Manipulation, Camouflage, Plant Manipulation, Energy Projection/Energy Manipulation, Blessed, Immortality( Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9), Regeneration(up to Low Godly). Possibly to: Reactive Evolution
-Offensive purposes: Can be used to crush other dispel bounds and harm the Eternal Atoms. Can grant Enhanced Senses that detect treasure, lies, traps... Potentially many more.
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