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[jrdragon2006]

quick question before his memory loss.i heard touma had a dream of what he will go through.is that true? i don't remember reading that in vol 1

[Ashaman]

Its in the manga.

I guess the manga author thought he could get away with it as a joke.

[FallenHero]

Alright guys I have a question. I know Imagine Breaker is not an esper ability, but is Touma an actual esper?

[Kirito]

Originally Posted by FallenHero

Alright guys I have a question. I know Imagine Breaker is not an esper ability, but is Touma an actual esper?

He's neither an esper or a magician just a normal teenager with a "peculiar" ability as Aleister Crowley and others have stated.

[Chaos2Frozen]

The problem is that technically he did go through the program, and we know that even Level Zeros have the smallest, of tiniest, of AIM field.

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

The problem is that technically he did go through the program, and we know that even Level Zeros have the smallest, of tiniest, of AIM field.

Yes, but doesn't Imagine Breaker negate AIM Fields?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Detective-san

Yes, but doesn't Imagine Breaker negate AIM Fields?

Yes it does, but that part of his brain that has been alter wouldn't revert back to normal.

What FallenHero asked is whether Touma is an Esper or not, well if he had gone through all the drugging and hypnosis then yes he is.

[Kirito]

Originally Posted by Detective-san

Yes, but doesn't Imagine Breaker negate AIM Fields?

I think it's possible considering that Hyouka Kazakiri is made out of AIM Fields that espers produce. It's also part of the reasons why she's nervous to go near him because of the right hand.

[Ashaman]

I have a theory that Kamijou may not have actually been through the program. After all, the people in charge know it wont do squat, so why would they waste the resources?

Especially when there's the possiblity, however remote, that it'll fuck the thing inside of him up.

So they go through the motions, tell him he's undergoing the curriculum, and he has no reason to suspect otherwise.

[kagato3]

Originally Posted by Ashaman

I have a theory that Kamijou may not have actually been through the program. After all, the people in charge know it wont do squat, so why would they waste the resources?

Especially when there's the possiblity, however remote, that it'll fuck the thing inside of him up.

So they go through the motions, tell him he's undergoing the curriculum, and he has no reason to suspect otherwise.

You may be correct Touma is classafide as a Gemstone (an esper who has got his/her power without artificial method such as Power Curriculum Program ) to even members of the board and only a very few know he isn't. It is unclear if Gemstones go through any of the body modifacation in the PCP.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by kagato3

You may be correct Touma is classafide as a Gemstone (an esper who has got his/her power without artificial method such as Power Curriculum Program ) to even members of the board and only a very few know he isn't. It is unclear if Gemstones go through any of the body modifacation in the PCP.

Touma isn't a gemstione, read th SS2 for further info.

[Ilidsor]

Originally Posted by Ashaman

I have a theory that Kamijou may not have actually been through the program. After all, the people in charge know it wont do squat, so why would they waste the resources?

Especially when there's the possiblity, however remote, that it'll fuck the thing inside of him up.

So they go through the motions, tell him he's undergoing the curriculum, and he has no reason to suspect otherwise.

This actually makes a lot of sense. It explains why Touma gives off no AIM. If he was actually a level 0 he would give off an AIM field even if it is invisible to the natural eye like the other level 0s. AIM is made by the brain right? So his right hand wouldn't have any effect on it.

I guess we'll have to wait for the explanation of Touma's power to find out for sure though.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Touma isn't a gemstione, read th SS2 for further info.

Read carefully what he wrote, "to even members of the board and only a very few know he isn't"

kagato3 knows he's not really a gemstone =_=

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

This actually makes a lot of sense. It explains why Touma gives off no AIM. If he was actually a level 0 he would give off an AIM field even if it is invisible to the natural eye like the other level 0s. AIM is made by the brain right? So his right hand wouldn't have any effect on it.

Wrong initial assumption; how do you know he doesn't give off AIM when all Level 0s have super weak AIM that is barely detected even with advance machines.

Secondly, even if AIM is produced at the brain, it seems to distribute evenly through the body, case in point the animals not wanting to go near Misaka (any).

[Ilidsor]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Wrong initial assumption; how do you know he doesn't give off AIM when all Level 0s have super weak AIM that is barely detected even with advance machines.

Secondly, even if AIM is produced at the brain, it seems to distribute evenly through the body, case in point the animals not wanting to go near Misaka (any).

We know Touma gives off no AIM because (quoting tvtropes here) "Its outright stated by Hyoka Kazakiri that Imagine Breaker cannot possibly be an Esper ability, because since she is the combination of every Esper's AIM field in Academy City, if Imagine Breaker is indeed an Esper Ability, she'd automatically be erased." So if Touma gave off any AIM at all, Hyoka would absorb it and thus be killed.

Also animals hate Misaka because of the electric field she gives off, not the AIM field.

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

We know Touma gives off no AIM because (quoting tvtropes here) "Its outright stated by Hyoka Kazakiri that Imagine Breaker cannot possibly be an Esper ability, because since she is the combination of every Esper's AIM field in Academy City, if Imagine Breaker is indeed an Esper Ability, she'd automatically be erased." So if Touma gave off any AIM at all, Hyoka would absorb it and thus be killed.

Also animals hate Misaka because of the electric field she gives off, not the AIM field.

Mikoto's AIM (An Involuntary Movement) field IS the electric field you're talking about

From Vol6 Ch1 Pt4:

“Something not too difficult. It’s AIM research, and it’s rather related to you.”

On hearing this, Kamijou wonders, what’s AIM? He never heard of it before.

Komoe-sensei seems to be rather mindful about the time as she starts to speed up. However, she still continues to maintain her teaching spirit as she says,

“When you grow older, you’ll understand that this AIM is An Involuntary Movement…which also means ‘no awareness’. And the AIM dispersal field means the same thing. It’s like body temperature, an energy field that naturally radiates out from an esper.”

“Oh, like how Misaka’s body will let out weak magnetic fields, right…?”

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

We know Touma gives off no AIM because (quoting tvtropes here) "Its outright stated by Hyoka Kazakiri that Imagine Breaker cannot possibly be an Esper ability, because since she is the combination of every Esper's AIM field in Academy City, if Imagine Breaker is indeed an Esper Ability, she'd automatically be erased." So if Touma gave off any AIM at all, Hyoka would absorb it and thus be killed.

That only proves that Imagine Breaker isn't an Esper ability, which we already knew, but doesn't prove that he doesn't have an AIM field from going through the Initial Power curriculum program.

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

Also animals hate Misaka because of the electric field she gives off, not the AIM field.

That IS her AIM field.

[Ilidsor]

"Oh, like how Misaka's body will let put weak magnetic fields right... ?"

It says like how Misaka's body puts out weak magnetic fields.

That only proves that Imagine Breaker isn't an Esper ability, which we already knew, but doesn't prove that he doesn't have an AIM field from going through the Initial Power curriculum program.

Alright, true. I guess there's really no way to know for sure until we find out more about Touma's power. (Hopefully we will next volume cause he's going to be with two people who know what his power is)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

It says like how Misaka's body puts out weak magnetic fields.

Well what exactly do you think an AIM field is?

A subconscious emission of the Esper ability in it's smallest amounts.

Misaka's ability is to produce Electricity, and so her AIM field is that electromagnetic field.

[Sumeragi]

Imagine Breaker would have negated any AIM field that might have been produced, no?

[desrtsku]

^ yeah but that doesn't change the fact that he can produce it no? ^^"