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The Balance Breaker (禁手(バランス・ブレイカー), Baransu Bureikā), also known as the Forbidden Move (禁手, Kin-te), is the evolved form of Sacred Gears in which their full powers can be released.

Summary[]

The reason for the potential of Balance Breaker's in Sacred Gears is unconfirmed. Azazel claims that Balance Breaker is a "bug" in the system created by the God of the Bible, while others such as Loki believe it to be an intentional feature.

The Balance Breaker is initially considered a forbidden power by the Three Factions. It is known as the ultimate state of activation for a Sacred Gear.

Balance Breaker is often triggered by high emotions combined with a change in the heart or spirit of the wielder.[1]

There are cases where a Sacred Gear user was born with the ability to use Balance Breaker, such as Tobio Ikuse. This is a rare occurrence among any type of Sacred Gear wielder, as most Sacred Gear wielders who were born with the ability to use Balance Breaker without needing to attain it died of or became unstable with their power.

According to Azazel, the possibilities of the Balance Breaker can be divided into three categories. The majority of Balance Breakers, including the Sub-Species, could be placed under the Crest Side (昇華面(クレスト・サイド), Kuresuto Saido). The Crest Side is classified under strengthening, evolving to a point of transformation. By pursuing the arrogance of themselves and the Sacred Gear, one can further evolve the Balance Breaker creating a fusion state with their Sacred Gear to produce the Abyss Side (深淵面(アビス・サイド), Abisu Saido). The third type, X Side (慮外面(イクス・サイド), Ikusu Saido) consists of the Balance Breakers that couldn’t be categorized under the previous two categories due to their sudden variations, and are considered as exceptions among exceptions.[2]

Abilities[]

Sacred Gears change and evolve while using the feelings of the possessors as a key. But there is a different territory to that. When the feelings and the wishes of the possessor does a dramatic change that it changes the flow of this world, the Sacred Gear reaches it. Yes. This is……Balance Break.

Ddraig to Issei Hyoudou, Volume 3, Life 4

The Balance Breaker is the most powerful manifestation of all Sacred Gears in which the possessor's feelings trigger this evolution.[1] Once reached, the Balance Breaker can be entered again far more easily than the first time. With proper training, it can be maintained for longer periods of time, as with the case of Vali Lucifer. While initially both Yuuto Kiba and Issei Hyoudou could only maintain it for short periods of time, undergoing intense training helped them improve this time. When first introduced, Vali could maintain his Balance Breaker for a month.[3]

As revealed in the short story "Rias in Wonderland", the Balance Breaker can also be lost. Marsilio of the Hero Faction was discovered to have lost his Balance Breaker ability after he was sent to the Underworld. The reason is quite possibly due to his feeling of "satisfaction" since he was able to retaliate against the Gremory group.[4] This means that similar to how a change in one's feelings can "unlock" the Balance Breaker ability, another change in the opposite manner could have the reverse effect.

Forms[]

Crest Side Balance Breakers[]

The Crest Side (昇華面(クレスト・サイド), Kuresuto Saido) is the regular state of Balance Breaker that is achieved through strengthening and the user experiencing a dramatic change in their spirit. It consist of a Sacred Gear's original Balance Breaker as it is the most common form of Balance Breaker, and Sub-Species Balance Breaker.

The Sub-Species Balance Breaker creates a different form than the original one, taking form and other gaining abilities too based on their wielder's desires. As such, Sub-Species Balance Breakers are considered more powerful than the standard Balance Breaker.

The method to attaining a Sub-Species Balance Breaker is currently unknown but it seems to involve the user's personality, which reflects on the obtained abilities of the Balance Breaker. Certain skilled Sacred Gear users have also shown the ability to control what abilities they can obtain from their Sub-Species, as Cao Cao stated that he would like to alter his destruction orb into a new ability, though he mentions that he cannot make the ability too different from its original form.[5]

Abyss Side Balance Breakers[]

The Abyss Side (深淵面(アビス・サイド), Abisu Saido) is an advanced form of Balance Breaker, achieved from one desiring to further improve them, to the point of fusing with their Sacred Gear, causing it to undergo a further transformation.

Tobio Ikuse achieved Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps through polishing the Night Celestial Slash Dogs to the limit. Meanwhile, Vali Lucifer achieved Empireo Juggernaut Overdrive after sealing the residual thoughts of the past possessors, thus freeing himself from the Juggernaut Drive's curse.

Others Balance Breaker users, such as Gasper Vladi, Issei Hyoudou, and Genshirou Saji has managed to reach the Abyss Side.[2]

X Side Balance Breakers[]

The X Side (慮外面(イクス・サイド), Ikusu Saido) is a irregular and unique form of Balance Breaker. This class of Balance Breaker belongs to a category that can't be classified under any of the known category due to being an irregular, either due to sudden change or it being a combination of the known categories.

Issei Hyoudou's Illegal Move Triaina and Cardinal Crimson Promotion which is made possible through the Evil Pieces, Genshirou Saji's Malebolge Vritra Promotion which is formed through the combination of his 4 Sacred Gears into one, as well as Gasper Vladi's Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast are among the known examples of this category.[2]

Counter Balance[]

Counter Balance (鬼手(カウンター・バランス), Kauntā Baransu), also known as Phantom Move (鬼手, Onide), is the Artificial Sacred Gear version of Balance Breaker, allowing the user to evolve their Artificial Sacred Gears and use their full abilities. Unlike the normal Balance Breaker, which is merely the unleashment of power that destroys the balance of the world, the Counter Balance is the opposite. Compared to genuine Sacred Gears, which are already stable by nature, this state is attained by the possessor's power being used to forcibly stabilize the Artificial Sacred Gear.[6]

Known Balance Breakers[]

True Longinus
True Longinus Götterdämmerung
Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin: Cao Cao's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates a ring of light and seven orbs around him. Each orb providing him with a special ability, and the True Longinus is still a spear which he can use.
Zenith Tempest
Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno, Speranza di Briscola: Dulio Gesualdo's Sub-Species Balance Breaker of Zenith Tempest. In this form Dulio possesses 12 golden wings, and four halos above his head. Dulio creates countless bubbles, trapping his opponents within them. Dulio then controls the climate within these bubbles to attack those trapped within, creating intensely swirling flames, violent hurricanes, freezing cold air which freezes everything, and vicious torrents of lightning.
Annihilation Maker
Bandersnatch and Jabberwocky: Leonardo's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates thirteen gigantic monsters (one Jabberwocky and twelve Bandersnatches). Both type of monsters have the ability to create smaller copies of themselves, while the Jabberwocky has enhanced regenerative abilities allowing it to heal rapidly from any external injury and reattach severed limbs.
Dimension Lost
Dimension Create: creates a much stronger barrier than the Dimension Lost and it can also create numerous barrier-related devices.
Boosted Gear
Boosted Gear Scale Mail: The standard Balance Breaker of Booster Gear. It covers the user in a red armor that embodies the power of the Red Dragon Emperor.
Divine Dividing
Divine Dividing Scale Mail: The standard Balance Breaker of Divine Dividing. It covers the user in a white armor that embodies the power of the White Dragon Emperor.
Regulus Nemea
Regulus Rey Leather Rex: Sairaorg Bael's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It covers the user in a Golden Lion Armor that highly augments the wielder's power. It also provides him protection from projectile attacks.
Canis Lykaon
Night Celestial Slash Dogs: Tobio Ikuse's original Balance Breaker. Tobio transforms with darkness into a humanoid black Hound with six tails and Jin transforms into a big Black Hound, in this form not only does Tobio gain enhanced strength he can create an innumerable amount of blades, capable of tinging the sky and earth in darkness.
Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps: Tobio Ikuse's Abyss Side Balance Breaker. He achieved this form after training and becoming accustomed to using his Sacred Gear. By reciting a curse-like chant, Tobio’s entire body becomes covered in darkness, and he takes the form of a humanoid beast clad in darkness and he gains a long and immensely sharp scythe and can also create jet-black gigantic blades from the ground.
Incinerate Anthem
Incinerate Antiphona Calvario: Walburga's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. Its characteristics and capabilities may vary depending on the crucified soul Walburga imbues it with. The forms are able to move independently from her and acts like an independent-avatar type.
Lovely Heavenly Angels: Lint Sellzen's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates 3 huge angels (2 males and 1 female representing Siegfried, Freed, and Lint) covered in purple flames. The angels can combine with each other to become one large angel.
Absolute Demise
Assoluto Argento Mondo: Lavinia Reni's Balance Breaker. It has the ability to create a strong blizzard that can make a distinction between between friend and foe.
Innovate Clear Telos Karma
Transcendental Arrival: Mitsuya Kanzaki's Balance Breaker of Innovate Clear and Telos Karma. Mitsuya's body becomes clad in a futuristic-looking powered exoskeleton.
Forbidden Balor View/Aeon Balor
Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast: Gasper Vladi's X Side Balance Breaker. It allows him to transform into a dark beast and control darkness, which can also utilize his time-stopping ability.
Sword Birth
Sword of Betrayer: Yuuto Kiba's X Side Balance Breaker. It allows him to create Holy Demonic Swords.
Twilight Healing
Twilight Saint Affection: Asia Argento's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It takes the form of a Golden Dragon Armor with red jewels that covers her body and has the ability to cover a field with tremendous healing property that can negate any damage from virtually any sources.
Blade Blacksmith
Blade Knight Mass: Blade Blacksmith's Balance Breaker. It creates multiple armored knights equipped with a Holy Sword.
Stake Victim Dragoon: Jeanne's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates an artificial Dragon made entirely of Holy Swords.
Glory Drag Trooper: Yuuto Kiba's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. Similar to Blade Knight Mass, it creates armored knights equipped with a Holy Sword. It differs from the Blade Knight Mass as Glory Drag Trooper's knight's armor are dragon-themed and they reflect Yuuto's speed and technique. Due to his inexperience, the Dragon Knights can only reflect his speed and not his techniques.
Twice Critical
Chaos Edge Asura Ravage: Siegfried's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates four Dragon arms coming out of his back; each doubling his power for a total of sixteen times.
Variant Detonation
Detonation Mighty Comet: Heracles' Balance Breaker. It creates missile-like protrusions from the user's body that they can shoot with.
Night Reflection
Night Reflection Death Cross: Connla Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates an armor made out of shadows. It grants the user to become like a shadow, gaining its intangible properties and allowing physical attacks to pass right through him, although the user is still susceptible to most forms of energy (heat/cold).
Absorption Line + Blaze Black Flare + Delete Field + Shadow Prison
Malebolge Vritra Promotion: Genshirou Saji's combined Sacred Gear's X Side Balance Breaker. It covers the Saji in a black Dragon armor with tentacle-like things growing from it. In this state, Saji and Vritra's consciousness is fused into one and Vritra's powers can be displayed more than when using Vritra Promotion.
Mirror Alice
Nostalgia Mad Tea Party: Tsubaki Shinra's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It creates demons that came through her mirror that each have different abilities.
Down Fall Dragon Spear (Artificial Sacred Gear)
Down Fall Dragon Another Armor: Down Fall Dragon Spear's burst-state Balance Breaker. It covers the user in a golden armor much like Issei and Vali's Scale Mails. It mainly strengthens the user's overall power using Fafnir's power.
Holy Resuscitation
Fourteen Holy Salvation: Diethelm Waldseemüller's Balance Breaker. This Balance Breaker allows user to increase the area of effect of the healing as well as allowing a wider range of symptoms to be cured. If the target was a believer, even a serious illness could be completely cured.
Sturdy Saint
Sturdy Saint Withstand: Nero Raimondi's Balance Breaker. In this state, the user's defense is enhanced to the point that they can survive an attack equivalent to Xenovia's Cross Crisis after the latter had been greatly strengthened by Crimson Destruction Dragonar.
Dreamlike Curse
Paraselene Utopia: Marsilio's Balance Breaker. It has the ability to send a targeted individual into a barrier space of his creation (a seemingly parallel world). One of the rarer Balance Breaker abilities, as it doesn't seem to have direct attack powers, it is often used in conjunction with illusions to create a sense of despair for both the targeted victim (as well as crumbling their mentality) and those from the other world who they share a connection with.

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Trivia[]

  • Currently, the number of Subspecies Balance Breakers outnumber the actual ones.
  • Balance Breakers that take shape as armor are considered the closest to the "ultimate" for those who use close-combat. In this, the user wears a mass-of-power, then attacks using it.
  • Ichiei Ishibumi based the Balance Breaker on the Super Saiyan transformation in Dragon Ball Z and the Bankai transformation in Bleach.[7]
  • Balance Breaker was named so because it has the possibility to "break the balance" of the world.[7]

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