Ajin (species)

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Ajin are a species that features in Ajin.

History

Ajin (亜人, Demi-Human) were humans of unknown origins that were functionally immortal and had ties to Invisible Black Matter.

Around 17 years ago, a notable incident with an Ajin emerged in Africa in a figure that came to be known as the Soldier of God. He was operating in the field where he killed anyone that came before him and when killed he simply resurrected to continue his rampage. Locals continued to fail to stem his attack until forces from an unknown government arrived and rendered him unconscious where they took him away.

The first Ajin discovered in Japan was said to had been later taken by the American government for study. In Japan, a noted researcher in Ajin was Ikuya Ogura though his theories held no weight in the scientific community in his country. This led to him migrating to the United States of America where the government showed a great deal of research in his work. It was through his data that a great deal of knowledge was uncovered over the nature and abilities of Ajin.

This led to the establishment of the Ajin Control Commission that actively sought the capture of these demi-humans for study. To combat these immortals, the Japanese government secretly created the Anti-Ajin Special Force Anti-Ajin Special Force (対亜人特選群, Tai Ajin Tokusen-gun) whose very existence was illegal and thus they were not widely known. In time, Ajin came to be prized on the black market who sold them to companies where they could test anything on the specimens who simply regenerated after death. As a result, they became invaluable and could lead to people earning a fortune.

An Ajin known as Sato came to be known where he eventually revealed his existence to the world and claimed that he was simply seeking equal rights for his kind. He managed to assemble a group of likeminded Ajin where he spearheaded terrorist operations against the nation until the government acknowledged its treatment of their kind.

After a public threat by Sato against Hashiguchi, the Anti-Ajin Special Force was formally unveiled to the public with them being tasked with stopping the terrorist threat.

Overview

In appearance, Ajin resembled ordinary human beings with no means of truly identifying one of their kind. The primary point to locate an Ajin was when they died as their immortal nature meant that their bodies simply regenerated. Injuries did not heal unless the Ajin died whereupon the body's healing triggered to restore them. Thus, injured Ajin did not always heal from their wounds though a way to circumvent this was by the individual committing suicide thereby forcibly triggering the regeneration process. It was said that when regenerating that the closest pieces of the Ajin moved to reconnect with the larger pieces. If a piece was not present or too far away then the lost mass was simply regrown. Whilst incapable of being killed, a means of 'eliminating' an Ajin was severing the head and keeping it some distance from the body. Thus, the Ajin simply regenerated a new head and had a different set of memories from the original. The regeneration only occurred to those wounds sustained whilst being an Ajin and birth defects were not restored. A means of combating an Ajin was to use tranquilizers in order to render them unconscious and avoid killing them.

An Ajin could unleash a powerful paralysing scream that froze the nervous system of anyone within the vicinity. According to researchers, such a trait was linked to a kind of thanatosis reflex and worked best on those unaware of the Ajin. It was directional in the sense that the Ajin could free those they wished from the paralysis. A way of combating the scream was by wearing some form of noise dampener such as ear plugs thus preventing the targeting from the paralysis.

An aspect of Ajin's was a phenomena that was coined by Americans as Invisible Black Matter (IBM) (インビジブルブラックマター Inbijiburu Burakku Matā?) which could only be seen by members of their kind. It was said to be formed of tangible physical matter but one where light did not show it to ordinary senses. The appearance of a Black Ghost varied between the person with them typically being humanoid in form but some possessing wings or claws or different head configurations. They were said to be the source of the regenerative abilities of the Ajin. Every Black Ghost had different concentrations of IBM with this determining how frequently they could manifest the entity. The IBM's were said to be an unstable substance that defied physics which meant that the moment they manifested they began to slowly disintegrate. As such, it meant that the moment a Black Ghost was formed then its body slowly dissipated until it vanished forcing the Ajin to have to summon it again or wait until he could call upon it once more. Another noted trait was that IBM's consisted of radioisotopes that sent out a form of electromagnetic signal to one another with this being the link between an Ajin and a Black Ghost. The unstable nature of the Black Ghost meant that mediums such as water interfered with an Ajin's ability to control the entity with this being compared to how people lost telephone signals in certain conditions. As such, there were two ways to deal with a Black Ghost with one being either to wait until it dissipated and the other was with another Black Ghost striking a blow to the head causing its body to disappear.

The ability to control a Black Ghost tended to vary on the user as some had complete control over their actions. Some, however, were shown to struggle with them with the Black Ghost even acted on their own. An even rarer occurrence were Ajin who could not manifest their own Black Ghost.

One phenomena linked to their kind was known as a Flood whereby on the brink of death an Ajin experienced a once in a life-time state of heightened emotions. In that state, they created a 'flood' of IBM's allowing them to summon multiple Black Ghosts that they could not control and acted independently from hem. Depending on the users IBM density, as many as 10-20 such Black Ghosts could be generated and went on a rampage.

Members

• Sato :
• Kōji Tanaka :
• Izumi Shimomura :
• Carley Myers :
• Kei Nagai :
• Takeshi Kotobuki :
• Masumi Okuyama :
• Reiji Akiyama :

Notes

• Ajin were created by Gamon Sakurai and featured in the setting of Ajin: Demi-Human.

Appearances

• Ajin: Demi-Human:

External Links

• Ajin Wiki Entry

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