Ability

Ability (異能力) is a special force possessed by many individuals throughout the world. A person who possesses an ability is called an ability user (能力者). This is the main power system of Bungō Stray Dogs: ALTERNATIVE.

=History=

"Conflict is carved into our blood and hatred is carved into our souls. Such are Abilities, a plight to humanity's existence and a suffering we must endure."

- Leo Tolstoy

Since the dawn of man, Abilities have coexisted with humanity. Often they were called magic or sorcery due to the often wondrous nature of their skills. Those who possess these abilities then gained the name of Ability Users, often synonymous as a powerful person.

A Japanese researcher named Yanagita Kunio was one of the ones responsible for discovering the true origin of Abilities. Yanagita deems that Abilities is pure energy manifested by the Universal Will taking form as the ability to control or manipulate the laws of the world not limited only to physical and metaphysical things but abstract concepts such as 'disasters' or even 'karma'.

By the late 20th century, countries all over the world have employed Ability users as members of the military and when the Great War broke out by the end of the century due to the fear of the as countries started to scramble for a solution. The Great War spanned all over the world bringing countless victims both military and civilian deaths alike. The war ended by the end of the year 2000 when The Seven Traitors, Ability users of great influence and power, forced the nations involved in the war to end it immediately. With this they also established laws which require countries to respect the human rights of Ability Users.

After the end of the Great War, many veterans of the war went into hiding. In Japan, Prime Minister Fukuzawa Yukichi allowed the creation of the Hunting Dogs program which entailed the creation of artificial Ability users, forcing the Universal Will in order to create humans with Abilities and enhance those with abilities even further. Under the supervision of Dr. Yanagita, the first person to be tested was a war veteran named Toda Kindō whose telepathic powers were increased to the point where the true distortions of the person's soul was able to be manifested in the world. Minister of Defence, Fukuchi Ōchi would then be tasked with leading this task force.

While Abilities and their users became increasingly more public, their line of work continued to edge and become more illegal as time goes on. While civilians still fear Ability Users due to their involvement during the Great War, public opinion has shifted as of late with the continued discrimination faced by Ability Users.

Singularity
A Singularity occurs when two abilities cancel each other out and create something different from either. Research from Dr. Yanagita suggests that this phenomenon is caused by the Universal Will not being able to compute the end result of two Abilities cancelling one another. As a result, both Ability users may receive severe mental backlash.

=List of Abilities=

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