Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9051002-20170820023748/@comment-25814498-20170820114936

"Manifests his thoughts"

"Manifests his thoughts"

"MANIFESTS  his thoughts"

The main difference between Conjuration and Transmutation is that non-Nen Users are unable to see transmuted Nen. If Texture Surprise were transmutation, it would be impossible for the audience of Heaven's Arena to be tricked in the same way that Kastro was. Hence Conjuration, as he is conjuring a 2D image onto a physical surface.

Another thing of note is that Morel shows a similar ability when using Deep Purple, changing the appearance of his smoke puppets, so if it were truly transmutation, it would be incredibly difficult for Morel to do so with only a 40% proficiency in the category.