For example, Seirei-types, superior to general Ghost-types, possess greater supernatural abilities due to their evolved existence, making them perfect 'material' for a Weapon-type OS. This being because the ghost determines the properties and capabilities that an O.S. When creating an Over Soul, it's important for a shaman to make careful selection of what type of ghost they will use. * Kami-type: Kami-class shaman spirit ally * Seirei-type: Master-class shaman spirit ally
* Ghost-type: Normal-class shaman spirit ally However, the types of ghost or spirit can alter the classification of an O.S. doesn't necessarily mean it will be more effective than a lower-class O.S., just more difficult to sustain, making the overall effectiveness of any O.S. can be categorized as one of three primary classifications: Spirit-types, Weapon-types, and Armor-types. The Over Soul represents the ultimate form of furyoku manipulation, and depending on the ghost-type and skill required to engage an Over Soul, an O.S. These are not actually O.S., but artificially-created entities that can be materialized like an O.S (ie. Spirit-types, in themselves, have three sub-categories: Ghost-types, Seirei-types, and God-types which can be molded into any form imaginable and possesses great power unique mainly unto them. (Over Souls) are divided into three categories: Spirit-types, Weapon-types, and Armor-types. All shamans use this technique if they have not mastered the oversoul, but Yoh and Ren are the only ones shown using Hyoi Gattai. Ren fuses with Bason and wields a kwan dao (Chinese halberd). In the manga, he also used the spirits of dead students to help him in school (presumably with this technique), and at one point combined with a dead boxing champion, Kenji Gushi, to help his pupil find the right path. However, only swords allow Yoh to utilize Amidamaru's techniques.
In the beginning of the series, before learning oversoul, Yoh and Amidamaru use this technique, with Yoh wielding a variety of objects a steel pipe, a bokuto, and Amidamaru's sword Harusame. The strongest form of this technique is Hyoi 100%, where the spirit's and shaman's wills are fused into one, so movements are much stronger and smoother. The shaman can then use the spirit's knowledge and fighting techniques, while retaining control of their body, unlike possession. The shaman calls forth the spirit into Spirit Ball (Hitodama) mode, and shoves the ball into their chest. Hyoi Gattai (Integration in English manga, Spirit Unity in the dub) is the fundamental technique for being a shaman.
that are commonly used throughout the series by their originating characters. (Over Souls) are only introduced once during the series or are predominately used by only one character. Nonetheless, it's essential that a shaman rigorously engage in acquiring more furyoku. After such an ordeal, the shaman's soul would either be strengthened or broken, in which the shaman may never recover. Throughout the ordeal, the shaman must contend with the onslaught of negative emotion from their own being, relying only their strength of heart sustain them. Ventures such as these usually involve the shaman being stripped of their physical senses, leaving only their sixth sense. The process for increasing a shaman's furyoku usually involves a "pseudo-death" experience. These memories in turn give rise to more furyoku, allowing the planet's spirit as a whole to grow, and the cycle of life to continue.įuryoku can also be increased, but much like the five basic senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste), furyoku is an inborn power that cannot be improved merely through physical training.
During an organism's lifetime, they have experiences from which they gain memories, and once they die, their furyoku returns to the planet, taking with it the memories of the life form to which it had been attached. Every living thing (plants, animals, and human beings) is given a measure of furyoku by the Great Spirit prior to birth to live out their lives, and upon their death, that power then returns to the planet. It is generated by willpower and its integrity is contingent upon the being's conviction though it can be produced either naturally or artificially (ie. This page is a collection of fictional combat techniques in the manga and anime by Hiroyuki Takei, Shaman King.Įssential to even the most basic shaman magic,, meaning "shamanic power", is the measure of the sixth sense that an organism is born with.