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Introduction:
SP; also known as Soul Power, Soul Points, or just plain "Soul" is a source of energy by which heroes in the verse use their skills (AKA their special moves).
A person can be drained of their SP and really only suffer from not being able to use these hero skills. So... if this energy source is also what constitutes a soul in the verse, this should logically mean that Humans in Shield Hero can survive without their soul (At least for a period of time, as SP naturally builds even if completely drained)
Counterargument: "SP may not necessarily be the soul itself, but be the power coming from one's soul. Like Aura in RWBY or Reiatsu in Bleach."
Response: You would think so, however there are scans which indicate that when talking about the soul and SP, those two terms are interchangeable.
Examples:
1) Naofumi's skill which drains an opponent's SP is called "Soul Eat", Naofumi got this skill by absorbing a monster who was ghost-like in nature and intangible. The only way you could touch it being with magic.
2) In order to more-quickly recover from having their SP drained, people drink or pour on themselves a substance called "Soul-Healing Water"
3) Glass is a character who is particularly weak to Soul Eat (Aka SP/Soul Absorption), her being a member of the spirit person race of people who are ghostly in nature and semi-transparent.
4) In Volume 7 Ost Horai used magic to recover Naofumi's SP, and in her incantation she says she's healing his soul. Which further supports "Soul-Healing Water" doing something similar as it produces the same effect and... is called 'Soul-Healing Water' lol.
So to recover SP, you heal your soul. Which means losing your SP = losing your soul.
What Does this Mean?
Well if we take these statements and feats to mean SP = your Soul then normal people really aren't affected by soul manipulation, at least not as a person from another verse would. Because their soul just naturally heals over time, even from having 0 SP.
In internal monologue Naofumi also says that soul-healing water doesn't even do anything for most people besides help them concentrate.
Conclusion:
SP = Soul
Therefore, Soul Manipulation is not as useful against most SH characters as they are not immediately killed by their soul being drained out of them because their soul naturally heals over time.
So...
1) Unconventional Resistance to Soul Manipulation (For everyone except Glass, ones SP/Soul will recover on its own, can survive for a short period of time without a soul)
2) Naofumi would have Soul Absorption via Soul Eat.
3) Also it should be noted that Heroes and others can heal their souls via Soul-Healing Water which, for most heroes, would be standard equipment; and optional equipment for non-heroes and those from Kizuna's world.
Also, these statements are Light Novel only. So WN profiles are unaffected by this CRT.
Scans:
SP; also known as Soul Power, Soul Points, or just plain "Soul" is a source of energy by which heroes in the verse use their skills (AKA their special moves).
A person can be drained of their SP and really only suffer from not being able to use these hero skills. So... if this energy source is also what constitutes a soul in the verse, this should logically mean that Humans in Shield Hero can survive without their soul (At least for a period of time, as SP naturally builds even if completely drained)
Counterargument: "SP may not necessarily be the soul itself, but be the power coming from one's soul. Like Aura in RWBY or Reiatsu in Bleach."
Response: You would think so, however there are scans which indicate that when talking about the soul and SP, those two terms are interchangeable.
Examples:
1) Naofumi's skill which drains an opponent's SP is called "Soul Eat", Naofumi got this skill by absorbing a monster who was ghost-like in nature and intangible. The only way you could touch it being with magic.
2) In order to more-quickly recover from having their SP drained, people drink or pour on themselves a substance called "Soul-Healing Water"
3) Glass is a character who is particularly weak to Soul Eat (Aka SP/Soul Absorption), her being a member of the spirit person race of people who are ghostly in nature and semi-transparent.
4) In Volume 7 Ost Horai used magic to recover Naofumi's SP, and in her incantation she says she's healing his soul. Which further supports "Soul-Healing Water" doing something similar as it produces the same effect and... is called 'Soul-Healing Water' lol.
So to recover SP, you heal your soul. Which means losing your SP = losing your soul.
What Does this Mean?
Well if we take these statements and feats to mean SP = your Soul then normal people really aren't affected by soul manipulation, at least not as a person from another verse would. Because their soul just naturally heals over time, even from having 0 SP.
In internal monologue Naofumi also says that soul-healing water doesn't even do anything for most people besides help them concentrate.
Conclusion:
SP = Soul
Therefore, Soul Manipulation is not as useful against most SH characters as they are not immediately killed by their soul being drained out of them because their soul naturally heals over time.
So...
1) Unconventional Resistance to Soul Manipulation (For everyone except Glass, ones SP/Soul will recover on its own, can survive for a short period of time without a soul)
2) Naofumi would have Soul Absorption via Soul Eat.
3) Also it should be noted that Heroes and others can heal their souls via Soul-Healing Water which, for most heroes, would be standard equipment; and optional equipment for non-heroes and those from Kizuna's world.
Also, these statements are Light Novel only. So WN profiles are unaffected by this CRT.
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