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[tokiro07]

Writing up that Sea Flames post reminded me of the time I made up a set of Dying Will Flames in high school, before the Earth Flames or Night Flame were introduced

I called them "the Nightside Flames" because they were aspects of the sky that show up at night

Let's see if I can remember them all...

Star Flame: Duplication; meant to oppose the Storm Flame's Destruction attribute, the Star Flame could replicate whatever it coated, with the intention of being "countless as stars in the sky"; its symbol was a slanted red star with a few smaller stars around it

Moon Flame: Reflection; as the moon reflects the light of the sun, the Moon Flame reflects anything that encounters it, physical or otherwise; its symbol was a yellow crescent moon

Nova Flame: Explosion?; like a dying star, anything coated in the Nova Flame would violently explode (I think); its symbol was a green four-pointed star within a jagged circle meant to convey an explosion

Meteor Flame: Chaos; meant to oppose the Rain Flame's Tranquility, the Meteor Flame introduced entropy, inciting random and unpredictable movement in whatever it coated; its symbol was a blue meteor complete with vapor trail

Aurora Flame: Distortion?; whatever the explanation was, I'm decently confident that it was effectively just generic illusions. I didn't understand how Mist Flames turned illusions into "Real Illusions" at the time, so I get the feeling I didn't find a good way to avoid creating overlap at the time; its symbol was three indigo waves, vaguely similar to the symbol of the Mist Village from Naruto

Nebula Flame: I have no idea what this one was. Like absolutely no clue what it did. I just remember its symbol was three overlapping purple circles, which I believe I based off of the Hourglass Nebula?

I don't even remember what the main Nightside Flame was; I don't think it was the Night Flame, though it probably was. It didn't have a specific symbol, as the Sky Flame never got its own symbol either. Instead, I used the symbol of the family I made up, the Bellemont Family, which...I'm 100% certain is French, not Italian...so way to go, high school me, for doing zero research...

Whatever notes I had for that are at my old house. If I remember to look for them next time I go back, I might try to retrieve them and upload them here, if for no other reason than to reminisce

[weeb-nectarina]

Hibari is beautifully drawn here

[jkid4]

Yuki Matsuzaki (松崎悠希) shared a tv clip from another twitter user named ゆめ from the talk show "Our Time" featuring Masako Nozawa (Voice Actor of Goku in the Dragon Ball Series) and two other voice actors talking about the The Power of Anime and the effect it had on a sick son that his father reached out to her about.

The story itself is touching by itself and so much so the doctors who handled the medical case could not understand how the boy lasted for another 6 months. 

Was it his dying will?

Source of twitter thread can be seen here: https://twitter.com/Yuki_Mats/status/1171898517381468160

[zakyuu]

Have you read (Dying Will) Flame Hero by I.W.P-chan? Its glorious and I love Tsuna!Endeavor there. Basically this is what Enji Todoroki looks like if Tsuna had been reincarnated as him. I can't muster up the strength to fully color this so have fun picking his flame combo outfit instead.

Yes that is a skirt

Yes he also has long hair

He buys shoto a dress too apparently

He also lives near the shimuras after burning his own house down coincidentally after toshinori tells him about shimura nana, one for all, and her family.

[tokiro07]

If we make the Earth Flames a part of the Tri-ni-sette and introduce Sea Flames as a concept, I think we can even take it a step further and keep only the Sky Flames as Dying Will Flames

Anime-onlys likely won't know this, but back in the gag section of Reborn, Amano introduced another type of bullet to oppose the Dying Will Bullet: the Desolation Bullet

Like in Dying Will Mode, Desolation Mode causes the "deceased" to resurrect in only their underwear, but instead of gaining the drive to fulfill their dying wish, they pitifully recount sad memories to elicit sympathy from those around them

I always thought it would be interesting if Amano revisited the gag and managed to turn it around like she did with Dying Will, introducing a Hyper Desolation Mode if you will, wherein the user's regretful mourning becomes internalized motivation to prevent the mistakes of the past from repeating

Instead of Dying Will Flames, this power would manifest as Desolation Tears, water with distinct properties based on the user

Since they're accessed by processing different emotions, willpower vs. regret, it would make sense why most people use one over the other - the method for using Dying Will simply became the more well-known and utilized form

This would in turn also explain why only the Simon use the power of the Earth, as their abilities also derive from a distinct emotional driver - Pride. Pride was the running theme of the Simon Arc, so it would make sense that the Simon themselves access their unique abilities using pride rather than willpower

To contrast with the vaporous Flames of the Sky and the liquid Tears of the Sea, the proud Simon would use the solid Seeds of the Earth, as their pride allows them to manifest and grow physical phenomena from nature itself. Swamp and River might need some reworking for that concept, but considering that the Rain Flame has a water aesthetic, I think we can forgive a little bit of overlap

[tokiro07]

Another thing that bothers me about the Earth Flames being so rare is that they have no bearing on anything

The Tri-ni-sette are the Vongola Rings, Mare Rings and Arcobaleno Pacifiers, and together they maintain the world's balance (somehow), but the Simon Rings, which are of supposedly comparable power to the Vongola Rings, just...exist independently? For no purpose?

Then I started thinking about how Mare means "Sea." Why did the Tri-ni-sette use so much water imagery (clams, the sea, rainbows) when it represents the Dying Will Flames? It just doesn't line up very well conceptually

If I were to reboot Reborn, I would recontextualize the Tri-ni-sette specifically to represent the Dying Will Flames of the Sky, Earth and Sea

Sure, having 22 different Flame types would be a lot, but I don't think that's much worse than the 15 we already have, especially when you consider that Amano didn't care enough to elaborate on them anyway. What's another seven for her to ignore?

Anyway, here's my ideas for the Sea Flames

Sea Flame: Adaptation; as a sort of reversal of the Sky Flame's Harmonization ability to make other flames like itself, the Sea Flame changes its own properties to best match the situation, like liquid filling its container. To continue my spear example from a previous post, a Sea Flame-coated spear could become flexible to keep from breaking when hitting a particularly tough target, sturdy to block attacks, or fluid to maneuver around barriers; the Sea Flame is a deep but clear blue

Wave Flame: Conduction; like sound traveling through a medium, the Wave Flame can enter and travel through objects, though its speed may be affected by the properties of said objects. A Wave spear could be made temporarily intangible to bypass defenses or could allow the force of its strikes to propagate through a struck target; the Wave Flame is a billowing green (for the green room of a tidal wave)

Current Flame: Direction; with fluid properties, the Current Flame always flows in one direction at the user's will, able to drag anything caught in its wake in said direction. A Current spear could be thrown and controlled from afar by altering the flow, leave a trail that would force others who cross that trail to move along it, or be manipulated precisely during close-range combat; the Current Flame is a pale and somewhat cloudy yellow

Vortex Flame: Rotation; immediately upon production, Vortex Flames begin spinning around their point of origin, and similar to Current Flames can affect the movement of objects caught within, albeit in a much more specific and localized manner. A Vortex spear can be spun along its center to convert its head into a drill or spun along its length to convert its pole into a helicopter, as well as inducing a spinning motion onto whatever is struck; the Vortex Flame is a spinning, frothy orange (because I came up with its color last and orange was all that was left, though it coincidentally brings to mind Naruto)

Geyser Flame: Explosion; requiring a charge to build up pressure, the Geyser Flame creates explosive force when released. A Geyser spear can have its flame concentrated on the back to propel itself forward or on its tip to explode on impact with a target; the Geyser Flame is a boiling, glowing red

Surface Flame: Distortion; like the surface of water, the Surface Flame refracts light, allowing the user to deceive an opponent's senses by altering the position and proportion of an image. This is distinct from illusions as new images cannot be introduced, the extant image can only be warped. A Surface spear can be made to seem to disappear, teleport, become intangible, or any number of other optical tricks so long as the user is clever and skilled enough. The Surface Flame is a shimmering, rippling light blue

Depth Flame: Compression; by applying pressure from its edge towards its center, the Depth Flame's density increases inwardly. Objects that enter the Depth Flame's radius are drawn to the middle and are met with increased resistance and pressure. A Depth spear can increase the density and efficacy of its blade, draw foreign objects to itself, or create crushing pressure on the struck area; the Depth Flame is a gradient, opaque purple

With this, the Vongola, Mare and Simon Rings make up the Tri-ni-sette while the Arcobaleno are their own thing distinct from them. Kawahira says that the Arcobaleno are so massively important that the Vongola and Mare Rings are basically irrelevant anyway, so who cares if the Pacifiers aren't part of the Tri-ni-sette anymore?

[weeb-nectarina]

He truly got a great character development