Nov 15, 2017 1:15 PM
Ootori, "The Phoenix"
Anime Relations:
Seikon no Qwaser, Seikon no Qwaser II
The first assumption one would have about the reason behind Ootori’s nickname, “The Phoenix”, is that it comes from the fact that his fighting style involves fire and his name means “Big bird”.
However, there is a far more interesting reason behind said nickname. To understand it we need some basic information regarding a few topics:
1st- A phoenix is a mythological flame-covered bird that turns to ash once it dies and, from the ashes, a new phoenix is born. The flames turn into ashes and, from those, flames appear again.
2nd-During Lizzie’s last fight with Ootori’s regen, we learn that the original Ootori used mono-atomic wires made from sodium chloride.
When sodium metal is in contact with chlorine gas it reacts (usually requiring some energy to be applied, most commonly in the form of heating up the sodium or dropping water on it). The reaction creates a flame and results in sodium chloride which, in a way, is the “ashes” of the sodium.
The 5th qwaser power stage allows the user to separate their element from compounds containing it. Ootori is most definitely at that stage since he has to make elemental sodium inside someone’s body to make them spontaneously combust.
When Ootori uses fire, without making someone spontaneously combust, it follows his sodium chloride wires (easy to see in chapters 18-20). That happens because Ootori is using his qwaser powers to separate the sodium from the chlorine, resulting in metallic sodium and either chlorine molecules (Cl2) or chlorine radicals (both are very reactive). Immediately after separating the elements, he makes them react again, which makes the sodium burn, creating flames.
Ootori’s fighting style is based on him taking the “ashes” of the reaction between sodium and chlorine and creating a new flame from it, which turns back into “ashes” from which flames are born once again. That is the reason behind his nickname of “The Phoenix”.
However, there is a far more interesting reason behind said nickname. To understand it we need some basic information regarding a few topics:
1st- A phoenix is a mythological flame-covered bird that turns to ash once it dies and, from the ashes, a new phoenix is born. The flames turn into ashes and, from those, flames appear again.
2nd-During Lizzie’s last fight with Ootori’s regen, we learn that the original Ootori used mono-atomic wires made from sodium chloride.
When sodium metal is in contact with chlorine gas it reacts (usually requiring some energy to be applied, most commonly in the form of heating up the sodium or dropping water on it). The reaction creates a flame and results in sodium chloride which, in a way, is the “ashes” of the sodium.
The 5th qwaser power stage allows the user to separate their element from compounds containing it. Ootori is most definitely at that stage since he has to make elemental sodium inside someone’s body to make them spontaneously combust.
When Ootori uses fire, without making someone spontaneously combust, it follows his sodium chloride wires (easy to see in chapters 18-20). That happens because Ootori is using his qwaser powers to separate the sodium from the chlorine, resulting in metallic sodium and either chlorine molecules (Cl2) or chlorine radicals (both are very reactive). Immediately after separating the elements, he makes them react again, which makes the sodium burn, creating flames.
Ootori’s fighting style is based on him taking the “ashes” of the reaction between sodium and chlorine and creating a new flame from it, which turns back into “ashes” from which flames are born once again. That is the reason behind his nickname of “The Phoenix”.
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