The third season of the anime "World Trigger" will begin airing in October. Despite some mishaps, such as the author suddenly becoming ill and the series becoming a monthly serialization, the original work is the one I'm most interested in seeing continue. The anime is also interesting in that it makes the messy parts of the original work easy to understand, so I'm looking forward to the third season. This time, I would like to introduce the source of energy in World Trigger, "Trion"!
What exactly is the keyword "Trion" that is the core of World Trigger?
Trion is the biological energy that powers the weapon "Trigger" used in the work. To give an easy-to-understand comparison with other works, it can be thought of as the Force in Star Wars, chakra in Naruto, or MP in role-playing games. Everyone has an organ that produces trion next to their heart, but the amount produced varies from person to person.
You could say that World Trigger is a story about "trion"
In World Trigger, the characters fight against the Neighbors who are invading our world (Genkai) using weapons that use trion, but the main reason the Neighbors invade our world is to recover trion. One of their goals is to kidnap ordinary people and recover trion.
Those with high trion are targeted?
The Neighbors use autonomous weapons called trion soldiers to kidnap ordinary people, but those with high trion abilities are particularly targeted. One of the characters, Chika Amatori, was targeted by the Neighbors because of her extremely high trion abilities. Those with particularly high Trion abilities are valuable people who have the potential to become "gods" in the Near World, so they are willing to carry out large-scale operations to kidnap them.
About Trion-based weapons, "Triggers"
Weapons that use Trion, or rather, technologies that use Trion, are collectively called triggers. In the story, triggers are mainly weapons that use Trion and devices that replace Trion bodies. The standardized triggers used by Border are called normal triggers. Among the triggers are black triggers, which are used in exchange for the user's life, and enhanced triggers made with Near World technology.
About the Trion-based body, the "Trion body"
A combat body that uses Trion is called a "Trion body" or "Combat body". It can be converted by activating the trigger, and can be returned to a normal body by turning off the trigger. The Trion body has the characteristic of greatly improving physical abilities, and attacks other than Trion are nullified.
Trigger off specifications
When turning off the trigger and converting to a normal body, there is a concern that being inside a stone in a small space could result in instant death, so the normal body appears in an empty space. Therefore, it is possible to turn off the trigger as a means of emergency escape, but it takes a certain amount of time to release and then re-attach the trion body (several hours for Mikumo Osamu), so it is almost suicidal if you are in combat.
Trion body activity limit and emergency escape (bailout)
When the trion body is damaged, it leaks something like black smoke. If the leakage becomes excessive or the transmission brain or supply organs that are in the vital points are destroyed, the trion body will collapse and return to flesh. Even if an arm or leg is cut off, it will not immediately reach its activity limit, and leakage from the cut part will stop after a certain amount of time has passed. Also, if a leg is missing, it seems that although mobility will be greatly reduced, it will not be so severe that it will be unable to move.
About Emergency Escape (Bailout)
Emergency Escape (Bailout) is a technology unique to Border. This is an escape mechanism system that is always equipped on Border's normal triggers, and when the trion body is destroyed, it instantly transfers the member to the base. This can greatly increase the survival rate of members on the front lines. It can also be used at will, and after escaping, the member will be transferred to the operator room at Border's headquarters. This technology is unique to Border, and is a key system in the defense of Mikado City. However, emergency escape (bailout) is a system that consumes a considerable amount of trion just by installing it, and those with low trion ability will be limited in the amount of trion they can use for other equipment. In addition, this system itself seems to cost a lot of money and time, so currently only B-rank and above members are equipped with it.
Looks great! Fascinating Trion Body
In fact, the Trion body can be set to any shape, so there are characters whose appearances differ before and after the conversion. However, if the body shape is changed, it becomes difficult to move the Trion body due to the difference from the original form, so it is generally set to the original form. Katori Yoko, captain of the Katori Squad, has a clearly exaggerated bust size when she becomes a Trion body, raising suspicions that she has fake breasts.
Does the black trigger have the effect of increasing the amount of Trion?
Data shows that users of black triggers, which are created by skilled users at the cost of their lives, have an increased amount of trion. There are also depictions of Kuga Yuma's black trigger boosting the trion of others, so it seems reasonable to see black triggers as having a trion enhancing effect.
Who has the most trion in Border?
Currently, among the members of Border, the top 5 characters with the most Trion (excluding Hughes who has been strengthened by his horns) and the overwhelming first place are Amatori Chika with an astonishing value of 38, followed by Ninomiya Masataka (14), Izumi Kohei (12), Kizaki Reiji (11), and Hayashito Takumi (9). Hayashito Takumi's Trion value is 9, which is the same value as Kako Nozomi and Kitazoe Hiro, but it is thought that Hayashito is the highest among them.
Is it also related to side effects?
People with high trion abilities can manifest superhuman abilities called side effects. In the data, people with side effects have a trion ability of 7 or more, which is probably the line at which side effects manifest. In addition, Kuga Yuma's side effect is acquired, but it is unknown whether people with low trion abilities can acquire side effects acquired.
[World Trigger 3rd] Summary of Trion
I have summarized information about trion, an important keyword in World Trigger. Although it is a technical term unique to the work, I think it is no exaggeration to say that this trion forms the basis of the story. There are still many mysteries surrounding the story, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they will be explored in the future!
