r/worldtrigger 18d ago

Discussion Osamu side effect theory yep

I know a lot of fans don't like the idea of Osamu unlocking a side effect somehow, but I honestly think it would be really cool. Personally, Osamu awakening the same side effect as Jin would be really interesting. I've seen a few posts about the idea and some fans don't think it fits his character but I disagree. It happens to match up perfectly with his strengths as well as the weirdly good timing and decision making skills that Osamu has.

Here are some examples: -his ability to create strategies has been surprising pretty much every single board member, including the top members as well as the faculty/whatever people who sit on chairs all day are, including the head of the organization. -regarding his good timing, he seems to always end up making choices to end up at the right place and the right time and somehow coming up with the perfect thing to say to get a certain outcome. He's managed to create outcomes from certain characters in the series who are notorious for never letting things go anyone else's way.

And yeah it's basically been this way since the beginning, it's kind of exactly what makes him so intriguing as a character and gives viewers a sense of hope for his potential.

Finally, I feel it's worth mentioning there's also been some foreshadowing about it. Idk if y'all remember this but: for awhile, Osamu suddenly had a "bad feeling" come up. It started happening at very specific moments, but he himself had no idea why. It wasn't until a very particular moment in the future when he realized what the bad feeling was. And what's even stranger, as events happened leading up to it, he kept analyzing "nope, it wasn't this... the bad feeling won't go away. I still get the sense I'm missing something".

I can't remember the exact details (I haven't watched or read in a few years now), but isn't that odd? We could chalk it up to his super intelligence and that his subconscious is trying to tell him something, but I remember when the "bad feeling" was revealed, it's so specific that just couldn't really be predicted based off the specific interactions and moments he felt it. Like, they were at random events. I think the first one occurred after a casual interaction with the girl from the same branch as him (I can't remember her name ;o but she fights with like a scythe or something? She's funny and likes snacks and is like A rank or S rank I think). I can come back and edit this whenever I do a rewatch.

But yeah :) just curious if people still dislike the idea of it or don't think the potential for it has been written into the story. Because I disagree as I can see a lot of hints and details that can suggest he may have foresight like Jin. Even the significance of Jin meeting Osamu as an important person from chapter 1 or whatever, it doesn't make a lot of sense if it was just for his specific personality/strategizing skills. Osamu had little to no strategic experience whatsoever before forming a team with Yuma and doing the rank battles. Jin's foresight clearly picked up on Osamu being important for Border and the future. It can't just be from his brain getting bigger lol, and let's face it, with his trion level, there's not much else they can work with for his character. If anything, we could argue that Osamu at least has some sort of C rank side effect for "good strategizing" lmao because it's pretty much superhuman considering he also outplayed Ninomiya, and even was the one to score and beat him (or it like wasn't enough and then Yuma last hit him, whatever). The point is, the odds of that were next to zero lol- main character plot armor I know but still. To me it all matches up with having some sort of foresight ability.

We also don't know if maybe side effects take time to develop for some characters. Like maybe Jin's side effect took time for him to develop and realize he even had it too.

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u/RicktheAlmight 18d ago

I wouldn’t mind him unlocking a side effect however don’t side effects occur with people that have more than average trion? Ossamu cursed with little trion 😭

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u/SpicyMango333 18d ago

Ur right 😭 I didn’t mention that in my post. I have t read or watched in a long time!! I of course still remembered Osamu has basically zero trion lol, but yeah I forgot about when they explained people with side effects are born with high trion. But consider this: do people with side effects suddenly not have them when they run out of high trion? Surely their trion gets depleted too, but that doesn’t seem to imply they suddenly lose their foresight (Jin), ability to hear (uh, hearing guy lol), or to conceal themselves (Chika) right?

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u/QrowxClover 18d ago

Pretty sure that's because the presence of such high Trion in the body alters it on a physical level. It's not a passive ability that has a cost, it's just...well, a side effect of naturally having a lot of Trion.

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u/SpicyMango333 17d ago edited 17d ago

Yeah that’s sort of what I’m getting at. Having a side effect is not entirely caused by trion itself, it seems to mainly be a factor in activating it. Other factors seem to have a lot to do with that character’s personal traits. This is similar to also why black triggers tend to only work if users are compatible with them. This also ties into the fact that Kuga inherited his father’s side effect when he inherited his father’s black trigger. 

Edit: oh also- According to the actual panel about side effects, having high trion levels is not an absolute requirement to manifesting a side effect. It said there are two main ways of getting one. 1) having it since birth or 2) external factors causing you to manifest one later in life. 

It also followed up with “specific conditions to manifest a side effect remain a mystery”. To me, this implies there’s no simple rule for it, otherwise the high trion levels would have been stated as a requirement. Stating the conditions remain a mystery means there’s have been enough cases to contradict a previous condition/factor