Alright, let’s get started.
Des-Sed (Yami no Tankyuusha):
Shikai:
1) Is there any selection process for choosing the fear or memory? Is it entirely random? Does this work at all in reverse?
2) I’ve mentioned this on a variety of blades, but this is ridiculously difficult to define. When one discusses employing a person’s fear against them, it’s so highly personalized that there’s a lot of issues that can arise. How would one materialize “death”? Not everything materializes into something visible, nor is it simple to understand what effect certain fears would have based simply on sight. A person might be afraid of needles, but only seeing those needles does little if any harm to their psyche. I’m not saying this is necessarily overpowered, since they are just illusions and an opponent might quickly discover that such is the case, but it still needs lot of definition.
Bankai:
1) Again, this is highly specific to the opponent and situation. I get how it works, but it seems like the wielder (having the opponent’s appearance, memories and fears in mind) could just as easily claim to be the opponent themselves, which means they could at least force the zanpakuto spirit to not do anything for fear of harming the wielder. It also seems to me that illusions might have a distinctly different meaning in a world full of them, though I’m not certain whether there’s a difference between these illusions and the ones already in their world.
Des-Sed (Yami no Tankyuusha):
Shikai:
1) Is there any selection process for choosing the fear or memory? Is it entirely random? Does this work at all in reverse?
2) I’ve mentioned this on a variety of blades, but this is ridiculously difficult to define. When one discusses employing a person’s fear against them, it’s so highly personalized that there’s a lot of issues that can arise. How would one materialize “death”? Not everything materializes into something visible, nor is it simple to understand what effect certain fears would have based simply on sight. A person might be afraid of needles, but only seeing those needles does little if any harm to their psyche. I’m not saying this is necessarily overpowered, since they are just illusions and an opponent might quickly discover that such is the case, but it still needs lot of definition.
Bankai:
1) Again, this is highly specific to the opponent and situation. I get how it works, but it seems like the wielder (having the opponent’s appearance, memories and fears in mind) could just as easily claim to be the opponent themselves, which means they could at least force the zanpakuto spirit to not do anything for fear of harming the wielder. It also seems to me that illusions might have a distinctly different meaning in a world full of them, though I’m not certain whether there’s a difference between these illusions and the ones already in their world.