Nen research file · Borrowed

The Sun and Moon

unknownUser: Chrollo LucilferactiveCanonical
Borrowed
Mechanics diagram
Activation
  • Touch the target with either palm to impress its mark; detonation when a sun mark meets a moon mark.
Conditions
  • Instant touch leaves a weak mark (small blast); a full-power bomb needs 3–5 seconds of contact — chargeable even after application by further touch.
  • Both marks must touch to detonate.
Effects
  • Turns people, corpses, and Nen copies into contact-triggered bombs; a full charge kills bystanders, not just the bearer.
  • Post-mortem protection transfers: a Gallery Fake copy bearing a mark does not vanish when the copy ability deactivates (ch 354) — the loophole that beat Hisoka's deductions.
  • A marked body stays a bomb even in pieces: the severed head Hisoka carried took his fingers (ch 355), the body it came from took his leg (ch 356).
Restrictions
  • Marks cannot be removed — they persist until detonation, book open or closed.
  • Two-handed use normally conflicts with holding the book; Double Face (or bookmarking the other ability and marking one-handed) is the workaround.
Assessment
Description

Stolen from Meteor City's late elder ('Paired Destruction'): a sun-plus mark on Chrollo's left palm, a moon-minus on his right. Marked targets become bombs — the two symbols detonate on contact. Because the elder's Nen intensified after his death, the ability survives in Bandit's Secret against Skill Hunter's owner-death rule, and its marks are indelible until they explode.

Observed output
Effects
  • Turns people, corpses, and Nen copies into contact-triggered bombs; a full charge kills bystanders, not just the bearer.
  • Post-mortem protection transfers: a Gallery Fake copy bearing a mark does not vanish when the copy ability deactivates (ch 354) — the loophole that beat Hisoka's deductions.
  • A marked body stays a bomb even in pieces: the severed head Hisoka carried took his fingers (ch 355), the body it came from took his leg (ch 356).
Field record
Recorded uses
  1. CH.351Debut: the judge's hand and back marked mid-melee; first small blast startles Hisoka off the corpse.
  2. CH.353Sun marks stamped across the Gallery Fake crowd — every puppet chasing Hisoka is also a bomb.
  3. CH.355The severed head in Hisoka's left hand detonates on a Black Voice puppet's touch, destroying four fingers.
  4. CH.356Maximum-power body bomb takes Hisoka's right lower leg; self-destruct orders to the swarm bury him in explosions.
Sourcing
Evidence
  • CH.351CanonicalMechanics — plus/minus palms, instant vs 3–5 second charge — explained by Chrollo on-page.
  • CH.352CanonicalOrigin (Meteor City's elder, message-bombs against outsiders) and the post-mortem retention rule stated.
  • CH.354CanonicalMarked copies persist beyond Gallery Fake's deactivation — post-death Nen overriding another ability's restriction.
File data
Parameters
Activation
Touch the target with either palm to impress its mark; detonation when a sun mark meets a moon mark.
First seen
Mechanics known
Bindings
Conditions
  • Instant touch leaves a weak mark (small blast); a full-power bomb needs 3–5 seconds of contact — chargeable even after application by further touch.
  • Both marks must touch to detonate.
Bindings
Restrictions
  • Marks cannot be removed — they persist until detonation, book open or closed.
  • Two-handed use normally conflicts with holding the book; Double Face (or bookmarking the other ability and marking one-handed) is the workaround.
Exposure register
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