Crime and Punishment

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Crime and Punishment
Kanji	罪 (つみ)と罰 (ばつ)
Rōmaji	Tsumi to Batsu
Ability Information
Reference	Crime and Punishment
Range	Varies
User(s)	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Activation	When killed
Appearances
Manga Debut	Chapter 42 (initial) Chapter 114.5 (full ability)
Anime Debut	Episode 29 (initial)

Crime and Punishment (罪 (つみ)と罰 (ばつ),, Tsumi to Batsu^?, Russian: Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye) is the Ability of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Description

Crime and Punishment allows Fyodor to steal the body of the person who killed him and turns them into a copy of "Fyodor Dostoevsky", completely removing the former looks and skin of the person and giving them his appearance. As shown after Fyodor had killed Bram Stoker using his ability, Crime and Punishment, it completely erases the original personality and characteristics of the victim’s body and replaces them with Fyodor's own. This is further demonstrated when Fyodor did not gain Bram’s ability despite stealing his body, with the ability seemingly dying alongside Bram and reversing its effects, returning his vampires back to normal.

Although the Ability is activated when Fyodor is killed by someone, it will also activate when the killer is controlling a person using their Ability like they're nothing more than a puppet or a weapon and have them kill Fyodor. Crime and Punishment will then activate upon the killer controlling the person with their powers and not the person who delivered the finishing blow. As shown, this ability also acts as a form of teleportation. When Bram had used his connection to one of his vampires to kill Fyodor, Fyodor immediately took over Bram’s body, who was in the other side of the world from where he had “died”.

Crime and Punishment along with Fyodor in the fog incident.

Crime and Punishment was also the only Ability that didn't turn against Fyodor when he was affected by Shibusawa's fog. Crime and Punishment even declared itself to be the "punishment" to Fyodor's "crime" and said that they were closely linked. In simple terms, the reason "Punishment" (Fyodor's Ability) didn't turn against "Crime" (Fyodor himself) is because the Ability had to be killed in order to activate and "Punishment" cannot exist without "Crime".

Appearances

Manga Appearances

The Guild Aftermath Arc

• Chapter 42 - Sins Granted by the Hand of God

Cannibalism Arc

• Chapter 53 - Echo, Part 3

Resurrection Arc

• Chapter 114.5 - Resurrectio, Part 2

Anime Appearances

The Guild Aftermath Arc

• Episode 29 - My Ill Deeds Are the Work of God

Cannibalism Arc

• Episode 37 - Echo

Derivation

Crime and Punishment (Novel by Fyodor Dostevsky) The ability is based on Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye), a novel by Fyodor's real-life counterpart, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Told from the perspective of its protagonist Rodion Raskolnikov, the story depicts the impoverished student's mental anguish and moral dilemmas as he kills a pawnbroker for her money, after which his initial justifications to his act dissipate, and he becomes filled with guilt upon facing the consequences of his action.

Gallery

See also: Images of Crime and Punishment