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In the universe of Kagurabachi, nuanced savagery is the name of the game, and one thing that levels the playing field is the use of spirit energy. Flowing within each human, spirit energy proves to be an underrated asset in the Kagurabachi lore, as it gets taken for granted all too often. With the Enchanted Blades always there to steal the spotlight, it’s only natural to overlook the very source of power that the wonder of Datenseki hinges on.
Some, however, take the management of spirit energy very seriously and cultivate their capacity to wield it — first within, empowering various physical attributes of their bodies, and then without, manifesting a certain impact on their environment. Within the Kagurabachi power system, such practitioners are known as sorcerers, and sorcery, much like the Enchanted Blades, follows a very robust logic of its own. When it comes to innate sorcery, each sorcerer gravitates toward their unique natural disposition.
Because of this unique individual imprint, innate sorcery comes in many different forms. As a result, more and more innate sorcery techniques are revealed and alluded to as the Kagurabachi manga takes readers deeper into its universe. These are some of the strongest, and they make the highly anticipated Kagurabachi anime a macabre delight not to be missed.
Exploding Daruma Dolls Bring 'Good Fortune' to All
- Revealed Sorcerers: Norisaku Madoka
- Manga Debut: Chapter 4
In the hands of Norisaku Madoka, the concept of a Daruma doll, the famous Japanese talisman of good fortune, takes on a gruesome new layer of meaning. This innate sorcery technique allows its practitioner to swarm an area with an avalanche of exploding Daruma dolls whose navigation and detonation alike hinge on the sorcerer’s intent. Each doll packs enough menace to generate a blast that spans a radius of several meters and demolishes ordinary concrete structures.
Since it calls for a low investment of spirit energy, this innate sorcery technique is a marvel in efficiency that leaves plenty of room for creativity in battle. Its fundamental flaw, however, is the fact that these hot-tempered Daruma dolls don’t care for their master’s well-being. Chihiro can leverage this with Enten’s Aka, letting Madoka taste his “good fortune” while letting his blade take that sorcery for a dance in the spirit of the top sword and sorcery anime in existence.
Lightning Menace Acts Like a High-Voltage Total Sharpener
- Revealed Sorcerers: Natsuki Misaka
- Manga Debut: Chapter 91
Wearing a dense cover of electricity as a cloak, Natsuki Misaka is the embodiment of chain lightning. By shrouding both his body and his blades in a supercharged electrical current, this innate sorcery technique gives Natsuki’s two-sword fighting style a vicious elemental edge. Acting much like a high-voltage sharpener for his reflexes and his blades alike, Lightning Menace amplifies just about every facet of Natsuki’s pre-existing lethality as an elite sword fighter.
With that said, Lightning Menace isn’t without its flaws. Though it makes for an inferior mirror of Cloud Gouger’s potential, it still takes a heavy toll on Natsuki’s limited supply of spirit energy. The technique has no projection power and calls for careful timing to avoid the spiritual equivalent of gassing out mid-fight. Even when someone deploys it, Lightning Menace isn’t the kind of lightning to change the weather in a showdown against formidable foes like Yura.
Jikai Weaponizes Everything Metallic Just Like Marvel’s Bullseye
- Revealed Sorcerers: Ikuto Hagiwara
- Manga Debut: Chapter 13
Making expedient bladesmithing and metalworking out of thin air a reality, Jikai gives its sorcerer Ikuto Hagiwara the power to put every metal particle in the surroundings to good use. This innate sorcery technique allows its practitioner to collect and shape the iron sand from the environment into weapons, fortifications, and tools. It also gives the power to manipulate magnetism in battle to the extent of directing the trajectories of anything metallic.
Clearly, Jikai reminds us of the very special skill set of someone we know well from the trail of weaponized ordinary objects across the Marvel Multiverse. Jikai brings the vibe of powers Marvel’s Bullseye has into the Kagurabachi universe, where even the most powerful techniques have their limits. In the case of Jikai, its extensive applications cause an enormous drain on the sorcerer’s spirit energy tank, not to mention the limiting nature of its dependence on the presence of metal and time for magnetism to work.
Gansui Gives New Meaning to Losing Ground in Warfare
- Revealed Sorcerers: Shiyumi Harima
- Manga Debut: Chapter 13
From throwing boulders as deadly projectiles to tearing chunks of surface apart, Gansui allows its sorcerer, Shiyumi Harima, to make the opponent experience the literal meaning of losing the ground under one’s feet. The terraforming savagery of Gansui is bound to make Shiyumi a scary new member of the deadliest shonen anime earth users when the Kagurabachi anime decides to delight viewers with the grit and gore of battlefield manipulation sorcery.
No doubt, wielding Gansui comes with immense potential, which the Kagurabachi power system obliges to walk hand in hand with an immense energetic cost. This innate sorcery technique calls for setting records at not only concentration but also stillness in the heat of battle. As such, it proves unwieldy against extremely fast adversaries and makes the sorcerer completely dependent on staying protected by others throughout the technique’s deployment.
Isou Has a Crossover With the Early Days of Kagurabachi
- Revealed Sorcerers: The Sazanami Clan
- Manga Debut: Chapter 19
Stepping into the dangerous realm of innate sorcery techniques honed from generation to generation, Isou is the bread and butter of the sorcery lineage within the Sazanami Clan. Beyond the raw aggression of its shockwaves, Isou boasts sheer practicality, as the essence of this technique isn’t bound to any specific application. The technique leaves the purpose and the manner of its deployment up to the sorcerer’s agenda and creativity.
Owing to its versatile nature, Isou lends itself to many combat applications. With the help of its kinetic force, the sorcerer can generate focused shockwaves to shatter the structural integrity of objects and body parts alike. The sorcerer can just as easily deploy Isou in the form of a kinetic barrier against someone’s attack. More so, the sorcerers who wield Isou propel themselves with the recoil from the technique’s kinetic blast.
Coin Has a Killer Flip Side in Soshiro’s Hands
- Revealed Sorcerers: Soshiro Azami
- Manga Debut: Chapter 96
Ironed out by the Azami Clan as a healing technique, Coin was never intended to double as something that kills. This changed when Soshiro Azami, a former prominent member of the clan, reverse-engineered the original technique to give it a combat application. If the original Coin acts as a relief against muscle stiffness and pain, Soshiro’s Coin leverages the same mechanic to tear the opponent’s muscles apart from within.
In addition, Soshiro’s martial take on Coin can manipulate his own physiology to give his body’s attributes a superhuman edge in combat. Taking more from the body than what it has to give, Soshiro’s altered version of Coin can traumatize the muscular system to the point of losing the capacity to fight.
Pine Tree Sorcery Offers a Wild Take on Tree Hugging
- Revealed Sorcerers: The Hishaku
- Manga Debut: Chapter 1
Having killed Chihiro’s father and having almost killed Chihiro himself, Pine Tree Sorcery is the signature innate sorcery technique of the Hishaku, with Yura himself being its most notorious practitioner. The technique manifests a wall of sturdy pine tree branches that can entrap, maim, and kill the target. It may even kill with imploding pine tree seeds if the sorcerer gets to sneak them into the target’s body. With its savagery launching the manga's story, Pine Tree Sorcery is proof that Kagurabachi is well worth a read from Chapter 1.
To survive the deployment of this innate sorcery technique, Chihiro had to go as far as sacrificing the remaining power of Cloud Gouger to escape Yura’s deadly trap. Once Chihiro resorts to Mei: Shred and evades Yura’s clutch of death, the soft spots of Pine Tree Sorcery reveal themselves. Despite their extreme sturdiness and capacity for regeneration, the constructs generated by Pine Tree Sorcery are too slow and static for violent bursts of hyperfocused devastating power.
Flame Bone Could Obliterate the Whole Kagurabachi Universe
- Revealed Sorcerers: Hiyuki Kagari
- Manga Debut: Chapter 18
Being the Kagurabachi universe’s own version of a nuke, Flame Bone of the Starving is hands down the most awe-inspiring innate sorcery technique, whose unrestrained deployment may well lead to an apocalyptic outcome. Though the Kagari Clan is the sole keeper of this technique and Hiyuki Kagari is its only practitioner, the wielding of Flame Bone remains under strict control by the Kamunabi.
As a case in point, Hiyuki’s minimalist deployment of just a fraction of Flame Bone’s potential is quick to overwhelm Chihiro’s Aka during their fight. This fragment of Flame Bone’s power turns out to be enough to get right through Enten’s defense. With this partial demonstration of Flame Bone’s capacity for destruction alone, we get to see the reason why this innate sorcery technique is the most lethal in the Kagurabachi lore. It is the only sorcery match for an Enchanted Blade.
