Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25814498-20150505201606/@comment-5780397-20160218212037

DinoTaur wrote: Pigzillion wrote: Martialmaniac wrote: Incidentally, Killua's ability to turn aura into electricity (and Genthru's to turn aura into explosions) seems to be on a totally different level, because he copies every single property of electricity with his aura. Perhaps the sheer amount of qualities he has to reproduce is the reason why he electrocutes himself before using his abilities: instead of understanding the theory, he analyzes what electricity does to his body and mimics it. It is the only explanation I can find, since storing electricity in one's body does not seem to be related to Transmutation at all. Sorry, this last part was a bit of an off-topic. I think your misunderstanding what Killua is doing with his Aura. He isn't mimicking the properties of electricity with his aura; if he did why would he have to recharge at a power outlet? Couldn't he just synthesise it himself? Instead, I think he's changing his aura into a battery of sorts, which allows him to store electricity for later use; therefore he isn't turning his aura into electricity, but letting it be stored inside of him. If not he would have to change his aura on a subatomic level to take on the properties of highly charged electrons. Which doesn't seem that easy for a 14 year old. But then where did he get the electricity before (such as against Sub and Shoot)? It's more like Togashi didn't think this through. I agree with Dino. I mean, I still think Killua shocked himself while learning to transmute his aura in electricity to copy its properties through experience and not theory, but this really is my way to save Togashi's face. In the cA arc he says he actually charges up. If I wanted to save Togashi's face again, I would say that Killua has set a Limitation on himself that forces him to be electrocuted in order to use his Hatsu ability, turning aura into electricity until he has discharged as much electricty as he has been electrocuted, but this is a stretch, since it is not even implied anywhere in the manga.

Anyway, perhaps it's better if we do not theorize about aura here, it is a bit of an off-topic.