I've been having similar thoughts recently, but you've articulated it excellently. With this, we could even explain Palm's notoriously non-Enhancement-based ability, Wink Blue.

Perfectly said, I agree with the view of it as not "emitting" but actually "projecting" like moving something somewhere, whatever it may be.

That is a fantastic point. Here are my thoughts: There isn't too much merit in combining Emission with Transmutation if you're an Enhancer. Instead of Transmuting your aura into.... something and then tossing at the opponent (e.g. what someone like Silva does with his orbs, though that ability seems a lot more suited for a Transmuter than an Emitter if you ask me) simply fire off your emitted aura at the opponent (Franklin-style). While its almost certainly coincidental, the two most destructive abilities we've seen have both been Emission-based (i.e. Zero Hand and Meruem's concentrated Rage Blast). Adding Transmutation seems obsolete or even detrimental to the ability's destructive capabilities unless you're going for a very specific effect. Transmutation seems to be a much more difficult category to learn and master than Emission. While the basics of Transmutation will allow you to change the properties of your aura (i.e. make able to cut, such as Gon's Scissors), if you want more moderate to advanced applications of Transmutation, you'll need to put great effort in mimicking the properties of a specific substance (i.e. electricity, heat, rubber (and gum), etc. (unless you were tortured as a kid by it as a kid in which case go nuts)). This while the basics of Emission already include the core of the categories mechanics (emitting one's aura and hitting things with it). OK, this essay's getting out of hand. Sorry. In conclusion, while you make a great point and have given me something to seriously consider, I would argue that advanced application of Emission, paired with the moderate use of Enhancement and Manipulation, is a more optimal and lenient combination in its own right. While I'm sure there are insanely powerful or cool abilities you could come up with using the Enhancement-Emission-Transmutation combo, the Emission-Manipulation-Enhancement side seems to give you a lot more options, since we are yet to see any truly advanced combat usage of Enhancement on the level of Emission's "damage transfer" for example. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

A big part of the reason Emission and Transmutation are at the top is their proximity to Enhancement. Giving Enhancement extra credit for being next to the things that are next to Enhancement is double dipping

Also at 7:39 they aren't phasing through reality, Luini was in his portal. Phasing isn't even really a property of Emission, just a basic property of Aura in general. Emitters, for obvious reasons, can take advantage of that property better than others. Emission didn't really get much of an upgrade, it's just we've finally seen the concepts we've been told being used more.

Much appreciated!

Aww, much appreciated! I tried to add a "no copyright" jazz track to this one, to make it a bit more engaging to listen to, buuuut it god copyright claimed...

@@theoverthinker348 this sucks

​@@theoverthinker348 Just use classical music most of it isn't copyrighted Or test with dummy videos on a separate channel and just keep your audio tracks separated so you can mix and match

Its alright. Not too bad but its not anything too crazy

@@kisu_ve625 Noted. Thanks for the tip.

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Pure aura theft (effectively the opposite of what Knuckle does) would be neat ability indeed.

Told ya!

It does seem viable. I do wonder about how much someone using an ability like that would need manipulation in tandem with emission to make those fire balls a threat. For an enhancer fighting in this way I thought keeping things fairly simple like hisoka would be good. A hatsu that transmutes nen making it able to vary in density malleability/elasticity could be strong making networks of shields spikes bubbles and nets. The main trick would be creating air pockets compressing and vacuuming air simply by manipulating your Nens shape. and then using jets of air to guide strands of nen (sometimes with a solid pointy end) to lay traps or hit your opponent.

For your ability you would need to create a sort of barrier between the users body and the offensive nen though. Killua could ignore the shocks (it wasn’t stated as a 1 to 1 copy of actual electricity if I recall though he did electrocute himself with wires once to recharge) but feitan had to protect his body from the heat.

@@jacobkristensen1692 True but i think when strong enhancers like uvogin can tank rocker launchers point blank, he could survive his into fire transmuted aura.

Great example. Something like his orbs is what I had in mind. The only issue with him is that, as far as I can remember, his gimmick was that he had the physical capabilities of a regular guy. If he could've used his powera to boost his physical durability or speed, that would've been the absolute perfect example of what I had in mind.

@@theoverthinker348 True, he would have been busted if he had superhuman strength as well. But since this is nen we're talking about I guess he won't have unlimited orbs since his power doesn't come from God anymore. Now when it comes to his physical capabilities, I think the 80% in enhancement would come in handy.

There are nen beast that are not visible to non nen users, and can phase through walls, eg guardian nen beast of the princes. Therefore they are not purely conjured, and separating aura is the definition of emission.

​@@loochunkai2026phasing through walls is just a trait of Aura in general. Emitters are simply one of the few classes that can take advantage of this

@@Whodjathink I mean you do need emission to separate aura, and besides the point about phasing through walls is to show that the nen beasts are not conjured.

@@loochunkai2026 Not true, since both Hanzo and Kacho had clones that were visible and BOTH phased through the walls. The nen beasts are still aura even when conjured and can make use of that property

@@Whodjathink please point me to the panel that SHOWS they phased through walls. Conjured objects can be unconjured to allow the sure to pass through solid objects, like Shizuku did. I have not seen evidence of them phasing through matter.

The actual hell? I've never even heard of that. I have the default ad things set up and the most I've gotten on my vids (or any vids) is 30 secs. I'll look into it. Do you mind telling me which country you're viewing the vid from and if you have a VPN active?

@@theoverthinker348 i was watching from germany i heard youtube added someting so ppl wouldnt add blockers and since opera has an add blocker installed it couldve ben that it also couldve ben a normal add wich got bugged so it didnt have a skip button

@@urlocalalbanian5446 I checked, YT hasn't gone insane. 15 secs or less is the standard for unskippable ads. What you say is what most likely caused it to bug out.

@@theoverthinker348 prolly i took a pic of it+it also rrminded me of an add that was skipable so it was prolly a bug

Go home Hue, you're drunk.

Perhaps, but that was not the premise of the video. The premise was to argue for the most combat-attunable category (all other things being equal).

I'd argue that the most "boring" category is definitively Enhancement. Emission previously had 3 established gimmicks: Nen blasts, Nen beasts and teleportation. Enhancement had Ko and Shu and other variayions of hitting harded (with fist or weapon) from the very start. While it has been expanded on since, its striclty combat-centric applications have remained the same (thus far).

@@theoverthinker348 I've been split between enhancement and emission as which is the most "boring" category, but in the definition before the intro of York New arc it's said the enhancement can improve natural properties of body and objects and I thought it makes it very versatile as the user can sharpen their sword, enhance their vision and reaction..etc, I also didn't think nen beasts were actually emission based initially, so I was just talking about my first impression when I watched the series for the very first time. But now enhancement is without arguing the most "boring" category, but I hope togashi will give it the same treatment as others categories in coming chapters.

@@sabel119 Similar treatment. Some of tbe changes have not been to my taste. A bit to... JoJo-afied at times.

Meruem, Silva, Zeno and Razor make me think it doesn't really matter that much

there are always exceptions, you listed arguably 4 top ten characters.@@drsh1711

@@drsh1711are they all emitters?!?

@@drsh1711 fair point. I think that all nen veterans are like that, since they would have long died if they are dumb or too emotional. As such, I do not think they are a good representation of emitters. Even Hisoka was acting like a logical tactician in the middle of his fight against Chrollo. If the question is about the best category for top level nen combat, then emitters are the best, if not my original point still stands.