Mirror Lion

Mirror Lion
Kanji	鏡獅子
Rōmaji	Kagami Jishi
Ability Information
Reference	Mirror Lion
Classification	Offensive
Range	Close range
User(s)	Ōchi Fukuchi
Appearances
Manga Debut	Chapter 83.5
Anime Debut	Episode 52

Mirror Lion (鏡獅子,, Kagami Jishi^?) is the ability of Ōchi Fukuchi.

Description

Fukuchi blasts Atsushi away with a stone.

Mirror Lion allows Fukuchi to enhance and increase the efficiency of any weapon he holds by a hundredfold. This includes any form of material within his reach, including his Hunting Dogs katana, a ship's handrail, someone's fist, and even a stone. For instance, it can launch a sword attack with a twofold force having the lightness of a feather and the cutting ability of a heat beam to the point that its sword swing is almost unnoticeable even for Atsushi Nakajima's tiger-enhanced senses.

As a result, ever since the Great War, Fukuchi has been considered as a living legend due to his efforts in thwarting his opponents in combat mostly with the use of his ability, including exterminating 100,000 experiment "werewolves" in the Republic of Kenya, dueling with a semi-immortal ability user for 50 days, and averting many other global crises countless of times in history. As commanded by the nation during the war, Fukuchi also utilized his ability in the battlefield in massacring and torturing soldiers, civilians, women, and children.

In conjunction with his ability, one of Fukuchi's most preferred weapons is the sacred blade Shintō Amenogozen (神 (しん)刀 (とう)・雨 (あめの)御 (ご)前 (ぜん),, Shintō Amenogozen^? literally "Divine Blade: In the Presence of the Rain"), a blue-bladed katana that he can summon out of thin air whose function was originally for Shinto rituals until he used it in his possession for combat. Dubbed as the "space–time sword", it can pass through airspace to a certain point by a dozen centimeters, but Fukuchi's enhancing ability extends its reaching point far beyond its natural limit. Moreover, it can cut through time and return to the past within a timeframe of a dozen seconds, a feat which essentially assured his victories in combat, particularly throughout his battles in history.

Appearances

Manga Appearances

Chapters in which the ability appeared/used

Kamui Revelation Arc

• Chapter 83.5 - Towards the Full Answer, Part 2
• Chapter 84 - Hero vs. Criminal, Part 1
• Chapter 85- Hero vs. Criminal, Part 2
• Chapter 86 - Hero vs. Criminal, Part 3
• Chapter 87 - Hero vs. Criminal, Part 4
• Chapter 88 - As If Hurtling Downward

Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc

• Chapter 89.5 - Hero War, Gang War, Part 2
• Chapter 90 - Hero War, Gang War, Final Part (mentioned)

Anime Appearances

Episodes in which the ability appeared/used

Kamui Revelation Arc

• Episode 52 - The Answer to Everything
• Episode 53 - Hero vs. Criminal

Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc

• Episode 54 - Hero War, Gang War
• Episode 55 - At the Port in the Sky (Part 1)

Derivation

The ability is a reference to Mirror Lion, a play written by Gen'ichirō Fukuchi. Premiered in 1863 at Kabuki-za Theater, it is a kabuki, a story told in the means of dances and movements. It tells the fantasy story of a young lady-in-waiting named Yayoi who, while practicing a lion dance in time for the New Year celebrations, became strangely engrossed in the task until the spirit of a lion entered into her and gained control over her limbs.

Gallery

See also: Images of Mirror Lion

Fukuchi strikes Akutagawa with the ship's handrail

Fukuchi uses Atsushi's fist to attack Akutagawa

Atsushi hit with a stone enhanced by Fukuchi

Fukuchi summons Shintō Amenogozen