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Welp i already did a blog explaning All Fiction. Guess Bookmaker is next. (Note: Kumagawa's uses ONLY, little is known about how it works with The End's boost)

Bookmaker

Context[]

Bookmaker is Misogi Kumagawa's original minus which Medaka Kurokami then copies and perfects. Minuses are abilities that derive from someone's emotions, mindset and desires and Bookmaker is no different. Kumagawa wants to prove he is better than the main characters and envies their ability to win, as such it's main ability is to seal special traits from someone. Just as All Fiction it sounds pretty simple on paper, but due to it's full abilities it's a pretty confusing skill which i'm going to be breaking down.

Creation[]

Bookmaker is the ability to seal peoples using screws and as such it allows the user to create screws at a moment's notice. The place where these screws appear is entirely to the user's choice, as such:

-In the user's hand:

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-Inside someone:

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-Inside the ground upwards:

Leg Eating Forest






Besides creating it is also possible to modify the screws such as making them flat headed or even modify their length. Though do note that screws are not specific to Bookmaker, Kumagawa uses other types of screws aswell, screws he usually reffers to as "All Fiction Screws". 

Another thing worth mentioning is that he doesn't need to see the screws in order to spawn or create them. Even if he can't see he can still think and visualize where he wants to spawn the screws.

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Durability Negation[]

Bookmaker is not truly a screw that pierces the body, but rather as stated in the manga "it soils the heart". The damage to the body is nearly zero (I use "nearly" because this was the word used in the manga aswell which means it does impact the body a bit, but judging from it's showings and statements it's negligible damage) and internal organs also gain some negligible damage and will be able to function. By avoiding physical damage and internal organs it negates durability when striking, furthermore as we stated above creating a screw from inside someone's body is possible as well. As such durability is not a problem.

Sealing[]

Bookmaker as we stated above is a sealing ability. It seals every special trait and drops them on Kumagawa's level. Kumagawa is a minus who is actually worse than a normal human being which is why Bookmaker is so effective. In every possible direction Kumagawa is bad, worse than anyone else and as such while it is technically possible, it is nigh-impossible to get a bookmaker screw inside you and have it not take effect. Because you can't be worse than Kumagawa. There are a lot of special traits that get affected by this so im gonna mention the most noteworthy ones and explain them 1 by 1:

Skills: I mean supernatural skills such as Abnormalities, Minuses or any superpower you can think of. Kumagawa himself stated that any skill that comes in contact with Bookmaker will get sealed and be unable to be used, this also extends to resistances, though this is not the only reason why users are unable to use skills while under the effects of Bookmaker. I will explain why down below. 

Will: All those who are hit by Bookmaker will have their will drop to Kumagawa's level. This means that things such as the will to fight, win or even try will drop and the victim will start to think of losing and is going to keep the "losing mentality" Kumagawa always suffers where he can't think of anything but losing.

Technique or Abilities: And i don't mean skills, but actual abilities. As in the "ability to be able to use your skills". Style users lack skills, as their "styles" are nothing more than words that materialize, yet they couldn't use the styles after a bookmaker becaue they lost the ability to activate those skills. A simpler example would be characters from Dragon Ball, their abilities such as Ki Blasts are not supernatural in the literal sense, as they are just capable of concentrating their Ki into a single point in their hand and then lunch it, ki is not supernatural, though if a Dragon Ball character were to be attacked with Bookmaker he wouldn't be able to use Ki Blasts, because he'd be unable to concentrate his Ki into his hand.This also explains why Bookmaker could affect Ajimu even though she has been stated time and time again to be leaps and bounds beyond everyone else. This also extends to talents or adaptability. Example a Basketball player with a bookmaker in him would be unable to play basketball any better than Kumagawa because he would lack the talent and technique, he would also be unable to learn during matches, because Bookmaker would prevent that. This also extends to resistances, as it makes people unable to activate or utilise their resistances as shown when even people who inately resist certain effects were unable to do so after getting hit with a Bookmaker screw. As such people who resist sealing effects have still been unable to remain unaffected by Bookmaker.

Stats: This includes all physical stats. Striking strength, lifting strength, travel speed, reaction speed etc. All will drop down to Kumagwa's level.

Talent and IQ: Similarly to technique this includes stuff like learning, thinking or generally stuff that would give someone the name "genius" of a certain field or anything that you would usually relate to IQ.

Incapacitation[]

This is 1 of the most debated topics on Bookmaker. Bookmaker when used on people causes an incapacitating effect though contrary to popular belief this is not done through some form of Mind Manipulation or any type of hax. This is not part of the hax, it's a result, a normal result. I will explain:

Bookmaker itself is not what causes the incapacitation, it's "turning into Kumagawa" that incapacitates. The sudden drop in stats, will, technique, IQ etc causes what i like to call a "mental shut down" as in this is too much for the brain to handle. Kind of like how too much pain or shock can incap someone (If the body experiences too much pain or a really sudden shock, the brain releases automatic signals to make the body pass out so that it won't take anymore damage from it), the same thing happens here, where the sudden shock of dropping from the normal level to a minus level causes the mind to shut down the body and itself to avoid experiencing such an effect, or it shuts itself downn because it is too much for the mind to handle. How much this lasts is a bit unknown as it is subjective and can change from person to person, but given that Kumagawa can put more than 1 screw on his victims increasing the effects, it is quite irrelevant how much the incapacitation from 1 screw lasts.

Medaka Kurokami[]

Medaka is the other user of this. She has never used bookmaker though she has "combined" it. Forsaken God Mode, as Medaka stated, is the combination of her God Mode form with Bookmaker and her Forsaken God Mode is a specialized form that makes her weaker than her opponent. This leads to believe that due to the effects of The End (which perfects abilities) she was capable of evolving Bookmaker from something that makes you equal to a minus, into something that makes you weaker than a minus.

Weakness[]

Unknown. Bookmaker is 1 of the if not the scariest ability in the whole series. It has been capable of sealing God Tier skills such as All Fiction, Real Eater and even The End. It has been able to effortlessly seal style users, incaping people with a really strong will such as Zenkichi (who could to some extent resist the effects of a non-concentrated Weighted Words), Akane and it has even been able to seal Ajimu Najimi and Hanten Shiranui

Exception:[]

There exists only 1 time when Bookmaker has failed to work properly. And that is when it was first used on Medaka. Due to being the main character Medaka managed to have her will unaffected by Bookmaker and it also didn't allow her to fall unconscious from the shock. The rest of Bookmaker did take effect though Medaka still won even though it was an equal fight because the plot wanted her to.

While this is not an applicable weakness I wanted to mention this just to make sure i have covered everything there is to cover regarding Bookmaker. Bookmaker's weaknesses remain still unknown.


Closing words[]

Welp that's all i had regarding Bookmaker. I hope this has the same effect as the last blog on Kumagawa's abilities. Hope it explains everything and turns this into basic knowledge on Bookmaker. And hope this clears any confusion and answers any question anyone may have had.

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