Talk:Riku Dola/@comment-32222412-20180520205102/@comment-38890376-20200729163323

Weakness was the definning trait of Immanity.

I think the author didn't balance out the humanity by giving them 'special abilities' is because it was aimed to represent us. Although we can create machines, and sent people to the moon, in front of everchanging nature, we are still weak. We don't grow genes like x-men, we don't recieve concrete blessings from gods, we're just humans. It was also explained by Tet that immanity wasn't a race made by a god, no one tried to balance out their ability.

I think the trademark or immanity that other races can't replicate was their weakness of not having any ability to pose a threat to any other races. It's like what Sora said, "In every world, while the strong polish their fangs, the weak polish their wits." So I think the other races didn't know how to use underhanded means because they can always use their power to overcome it. Now that the world was ruled by games, some races are trying to develop their wit to win, but immanity was the primary users of it.

I think you can look at it this way if you are familiar with OP cultivations. Immanity is like the MC who always train with their lives on the line. The progress of their growth is faster when they are training with their lives on the line, than when they are confident they can win easily. The people who always have a backup life saving power won't have the same mentality as those who can always die with a wrong step.