Rank: Forbidden
Type: Defensive/Supplementary/Offensive
Range: The whole field.
Chakra cost: 60 (10 every round)
Damage points: N/A
Description: Kyoku is a technique that allows the user to drastically increase the natural effects music has on all living beings by using his chakra and very life-force as a catalyst. To utilize this technique the user will need an instrument, almost everything can be used for this task, including the users own voice and the ability to whistle. By playing different genres of music, and music with different paces and beats, the user is able to invoke several effects. In general, responses to music are able to be observed. It has been proven that music influences humans both in good and bad ways. These effects are instant and some long lasting. Music can be used to change a person’s mood, and has been found to cause physical responses in many people simultaneously. Music also has the ability to strengthen or weaken emotions. To remove the factor of perception, which would otherwise often causes the listener(s) and the performer to perceive the music in completely different ways, the user will infuse every tune with chakra. This is not sound-related, since it doesn’t involve any manipulation of sound; it is merely a chakra infusion of the sound-waves produced by the instrument, which strengthens the effects they have on the listener(s). Generally, the chakra-enhanced effects produced by the user are rooted in the ability to feel different moods and emotions; the overall technique is therefore called Mood. There is a limit to how many beings the user can affect with the chakra-enhanced sound waves, for the rest of the listeners it will be like listening to perfectly normal music.
機嫌 (Kibun) | Mood
Music can be used to change a person’s mood, with or without his cooperation and willingness to listen. Music can be used to induce several moods, it can rob the most bloodthirsty warrior of his will to fight, and give even the lowest human the courage to fight a God. There are an infinite amount of moods and emotions, but the general overview of Kibuns mood-inducing abilities during battle looks as such:
娯楽 (Goraku) | Entertainment – At the most fundamental level, music provides stimulation. This branch of Kibun gives the affected a strong will to fight that cannot be quelled. This branch of Kibun also slightly increases the effectiveness of the affected, giving them a slight boost of strength and speed due to their induced will to fight and survive.
再生 (Saisei) | Revival – When used correctly, music can decrease the negative backlash of injuries. This branch of Kibun serves as a strong painkiller; it can calm the affected down and release the tension in their bodies. Without being so tense, the affected will become more flexibility, and the music will assist them in getting a calm overview of their surroundings.
強い感じ (Tsuyoi Kanji) | Strong Sensation – If the right music is played, it is possible for music to provoke strong sensations in the affected. This branch of Kibun can send the affected into a state similar to that of a mad adrenaline rush, simply by awakening their bloodlust with music. It is also possible to cause a painful sensation to hit the affected; the pain can affect almost any point on the affected bodies and can easily be mistaken for an attack. The strong sensation can also be one of pure ecstasy and glee; such a strong sensation can overwhelm all but the most strong willed, and will often cause the affected to act rashly and interrupt their current action.
転換 (Tenkan) | Diversion – Music naturally distracts the mind from unpleasant thoughts, this can be finely tuned to serve a number of purposes. This branch of Kibun can momentarily distract and interrupt the affected. Diversion can also be used to slightly manipulate the affected beings thoughts to use another tactic. The distraction music creates can also be used to avoid negative emotions and feelings temporarily. With mastery of music, it is also possible to slightly project the music towards another area to mask the user’s precise location.
排出 (Haishutsu) | Discharge – When used correctly, it is possible to release emotions with music and free the mind. This branch of Kibun allows the user to rid the affected persons of any undesirable emotions and replace them with another. Discharge can also be used to free the affected from illusions by rearranging the emotions they feel, thereby shattering the illusion, or by simply playing a very loud sound that will induce pain in the affected beings eardrums.
精神作品 (Seishin Sakuhin) | Mental Work – Music can affect the memory and brain in a number of ways. This branch of Kibun allows the user to manipulate the memory slightly. Some genres of music, and especially classical music, are able to activate both the left and right half of the brain. The simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and retention of information. The information being studied activates the left brain while the music activates the right brain. The simultaneous usage of both half’s of the brain allows the affected beings brain to process information much easier, and therefore react faster. This branch of Kibun can also be used to place affected in states similar to illusion, this can be achieved by making the affected explore their minds and become lost in old memories, or simply by inducing daydreams.
慰安 (Ian) | Solace – Music can be a great source of solace for the lost. This branch of Kibun allows the user to greatly increase a group’s efficiency. Solace forges a bond between the affected that binds them together and strengthens them as a whole. The strengthening isn’t as much physical as it is psychological. It involves making the affected share some of their immediate and more obvious emotions through the music and by forcibly making their bodies release more adrenaline into their system, making it feel natural due to their sudden urge to protect their comrades. Solace also allows the affected to feel a greater degree of acceptance towards the possible outcome of the battle they are participating in, removing the chance of hesitation and other lingering doubts.
Restrictions:
-The user must be playing some kind of music at all times as long as this technique is active.
-This technique can only be used once.
-This technique lasts until deactivated.
-This technique can maximally affect 5 beings. When the technique is activated the user chooses maximally 5 targets and thereafter he can only change 1 target once per turn.
-All illusion and illusion-like states this technique employs can be broken free of through pain, though not through a chakra infusion/foreign source of chakra or by the usage of Kai.
-The usage of one of the branches of Kibun counts as 1 of the 3 moves that can be used per turn, the same counts for the abilities of each branch.
-Elemental Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Fuuinjutsu, clones and summoning technique cannot be utilized while Kyoku is active, and all existing clones will disappear during activation, as will all summonings.
-Elemental Taijutsu can be used, but there is a 15+ added chakra cost to every technique utilized.
-As it is the very life-force of the user that is used for this technique, the users body will shut down and he go into a coma 2 turns after the technique ends, only fully trained medical personnel will be able to stabilize him. If stabilized, the user will awaken exactly 1 week after the technique ends.
-Ather the technique ends, the user will be unable to use S-ranked and above techniques.
-No more than 1 branch of Kibun can be activated simultaneously.
-Can only be taught by Zero Kelvin.
