shattered reality

DOUBLE | This is an enhanced version of spiritual pressure that Kariya has perfected in the course of combat. By intentionally displacing his spiritual pressure and masking the other side, Kariya creates the illusion that his physical presence is not the same as his spiritual presence. In other words, his physical body seems to be an illusion, whereas his spiritual pressure emulates the actual body. This is especially useful in stealth, but completely disorienting to almost every individual he combats with.

HEART AND MIND HARMONY | Kariya's senses are not simply just his spiritual awareness, his physical senses such as touch, hearing, smell and gut instincts are far above the average human being. This is to the point that he can coordinate things such as sweat, usage of spiritual energy, stamina that the opponent has used so far, minute muscle movemets, heartbeat, emotional status and comprehension of subjects to give him a detailed analysis and prediction to what the opponent may do next.

心渡 KOKOROWATARI | Kokorowatari (lit. Transient Heart) is a property of Katanagatari that essentially turns Kariya's force of will into a weaponized nullifying boundary. Kariya marks one individual as a foe in which he much duel to the death, the mark is detectable as a field of immense pressure emanating from Kariya, with an approximate radius of fifty meters (with up to a 25 meter differential, depending on the amount of spiritual pressure Kariya is releasing). The skill forces anyone incapable of resisting Kariya's spiritual pressure (read, anyone below Kariya's level of skill in spiritual pressure) to submit to the duel. During this period, the opponent is incapable of using anything other than their release abilities. The only ways to break Kokorowatari are to concede in defeat, or forcibly release oneself from it, if the other individual has greater spiritual affinity.

千流 SENRYU | Senryu (lit. Thousand Ways) is the other multi-dimensional refractionary technique in which Kariya utilizes. A technique borne of Katanagatari's enhancement of Kariya's natural skill, it literally allows Kariya redirect the arc, acceleration, angle and number of his blade slashes by breaking the laws of physics within the the greatest possible span of his blade swing. For example, Kariya can create three concurrent arching blades close on the enemy from all sides to create a prison, allowing no chance for defense or evasion. It is actually bending the laws of physics to multiply its existence. It starts with a single slash, followed by two absolutely simultaneous, over-lapping arcs that disregard the concept of time and space, producing a slash attack that arrives from three different directions.