Not sure if this has ever been discussed properly before so I’ll try break this down.

So we know Il-Hwan is a vessel of the Rulers but not in the generic sense like Thomas, Liu, Reed, etc.

He’s a vessel in the sense that he contains the Rulers power but he isn’t a vessel in the same sense as the others where he’s “connected” to the Rulers (Correct me if I’m wrong).

In knowing this, Il-Hwan’s relationship is somewhat nuanced.

He is described as a rather strong hunter who was completely modified by the Rulers to be a powerful human-like asset with one main purpose.

But unlike the other True Vessels we don’t necessarily know if Il-Hwan is connected to the Rulers, but rather, just a powerful machine who the Rulers augmented and lended portions of their power to.

So what is his SBM?

We know with the borrowed power by the Rulers via his modified body he can use SBM with distinct differences being not changing in appearance.

We also know that simply being a Ruler Vessel doesn’t mean access to SBM as confirmed that Liu cannot use SBM at all.

Which makes Il-Hwan even more confusing as it’s said that SBM is fully manifesting the power of the higher existence into a vessel of the lower realm, which in all cases their appearances change to match the beings origins that the vessel Manifests.

All expect Il-Hwan who remains human in appearance all way round, which intrigues me heavily, cause why does he not have an appearance in SBM?.

It’s possible that it’s just for convenience, and I’ll-Hwan case isn’t different to the others and that he simply didn’t need to change in appearance but he’s still manifesting the power of the higher existence into his own self which is most likely?.

But I’d like to think it’s cause of a different special case…

They absolutely cooked!

Anime CADs for these shots (Top to Bottom): Tomoko Sudo, Tomoko Sudo, Hirotaka Tokuda.

We know the Shadow Creation skill lets you create Shadow Equipment, but the skill's description shows it's possible to create something else too. But what?

We know Suho's Shadow powers boost the hunters following him through the creation of Shadow Equipment, so whatever else he can create should follow that same logic — but aside from Shadow Equipment, what else could boost hunters' power?

Personally, I think the second thing he can create with the Shadow Creation skill is Rune Stones. My theory is that by turning a Shadow Soldier into Rune Stones, he'd get one Rune Stone for each Skill that Shadow Soldier possessed — but that's just my personal theory.

What do you guys think he could create?

Story- entering the center passage of those ahead of you, a throne room, bare of a king, empty except for a red cladded knight now sprenting straight towards you.

Igris (HP 45) 2×(damage 1d12+5)

Rewards- roll 1d4 and I'll inform you on what gear you get.

Yes yes we know Mappa has deep pockets and stacked lists of animators and directors, but A-1 does too. Hell, look at their SAO movies for example. They always look phenomenal and from what's been going around, Beyond the System is priority number 1. I would not be surprised if it ends up being A-1's best looking movie ever. Now whether it'll look better than CSM: Reze is yet to be seen, but I get the feeling it'll at least be on the same general tier of quality.