Vincent Nakano is the third oldest child of Nurarihyon and Tsuki Uintā. He is the current heir to his father's throne after his sister and older brother announced she didn't want the throne. His impressive skill with his unique Curse has given him aliases like The Demon Prince of Nonexistence and The Demon Who Never Was. Out of Nurarihyon's four children, Vincent is the only one to take up his father's last name rather than his mother's.
Vincent is someone who most girls his age would call cute and that is part of the reason some have for being willing to ignore the rumors about him. Physically Vincent takes after his father more than his mother. When they stand side by side it is impossible to not come to the conclusion that Itsuki is his father. They even have the same easygoing and sometimes bored demeanor and presence. He walks and holds himself like a person who in general enjoys life and has very few worries. However, underneath that there are faint traces of confidence, which manifests itself as a barely noticeable leader-like outward attitude.
Personality[]
Vincent is usually described as a loyal, eager, and impulsive person. He is very loyal to his family particularly his dad possibly more than his other siblings if the fact that he is the only child of Itsuki to take up the surname of Nakano is anything to go by. Though he might have taken up the surname because he is an idiot. However, he also dislikes how peaceful it is in his father's kingdom demonstrated by how often he calls his home boring. He doesn't argue much with his father, but he does it is a safe bet that it has something to do with how bored he is. He desperately wants to prove himself as a mage and a demon preferably by getting the chance to parade with his dad one day. As that currently feels impossible he instead vents his eagerness to prove himself by sparring often. There is rarely a day he isn't sparring and although he is a happy kid nothing compares to he excitement in his eyes when he gets to prove himself.
Due to his impulsiveness and desire to prove himself, Vincent isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. He doesn't like to think things through making him off as very rash. Not because he thinks he will, but merely for the challenge. If not for Yukitaka his impulsiveness and stupidity would lead him to always cause problems for himself and others. As it is even with Yukitaka he causes trouble often. Vincent approaches everything in life impulsively. Spars, daily tasks, life, and relationships. He is known to dive head on into relationships and the fact that in his short life he has dated more woman then some men in their 40s prove this. All of the relationships ending as suddenly and impulsively as it had begun. The longest relationship he had ever been in lasted for a mere month and it began and ended like all the others. He begins dating a girl his interest first being piqued solely for how attractive she is while the girl reciprocates usually but not always because she doesn't think he is as bad as people say, she believes she can fix him, or merely because he is a prince. Vincent gets bored or the girl finds him far too annoying. Then Vincent breaks up with them if it is because he is bored or she breaks up with him after reaching her limit. It has gotten so bad that girls in the kingdom have begun calling him an incubus. The idea of being with him is very hard to resist, but actually dating him is very draining. His friendships don't fare much better.
Relationships[]
History[]
Vincent was born a few short years after his older sister and a year before the third eldest child. Vincent has had a peaceful childhood so far. He was tutored in academics by Otohime Dragonborn just like any kid in the area and taught how to use curse power by various demons in his father's guild.
Synopsis[]
Equipment[]
Magic and Abilities[]
Eraser[]
Eraser is Vincent's trademark and the reason that he is called the "Demon Prince of Nonexistence. The Curse revolves around nonexistence transition from existence to nonexistence and thus gives him absolute control over the realm of that which does not exist. Eraser is commonly referred to as the Curse version of Nullification Magic earning it the additional name of Nullification Curse.
The activation sequence for Eraser isn't that hard to understand or complex, but actually initiating it takes a great deal of control. Much like most Curses, Eraser can be empowered by Vincent's own negative emotions and the negative emotions of anyone around him. This, however, isn't easily apparent. This is because when performing Eraser Vincent draws in the positive emotions of those around him and fuses it with his curse power careful to not let it touch his demon factor because that would be dangerous. This fusion dilutes his curse power and causes it to fade slight, which consequently brings it closer to the realm of nonexistence. From here, Vincent uses the close proximity to draw in the proprieties and traits associated with nonexistence and fills the mixture with Magical Barrier Particles. This allows him to turn his curse power into what is called nonexistence particles. Vincent can manifest or release these particles from his body and use them to perform abilities tied to nonexistence. For example: negation, create and control null energy, controlling the imaginary elements, erasing things from existence, and many more abilities.
The Curse also gives Vincent a variety of natural abilities by modifying his physiology allowing this Curse to have many subspecies abilities. The most notable of modifications is the one done to his demon factor. The modification has made his curse border between existence and nonexistence, which makes it impossible to predict or have any foreknowledge about it through stuff like danger sense or clairvoyance.
Subspecies Abilities[]
Negation:
Vincent negating a Fire Magic spell
Negation is the simplest application of Vincent's Curse. It allows him to negate any power upon physical contact by flowing nonexistence particles into it to it. This ability is more versatile than Nullification Magic as it isn't limited to just Magic. However, due to his young age there is only so much he can negate. The more powerful the target of his negation is the less likely it is that he can negate it. It appears that his current limit is a breath attack of average strength from his cousin. Vincent can use this ability alongside Law of Retrogression to attempt to weaken something enough to give him a chance to negate it. Due to how it's being negated, when something is negated the person who casted it has whatever curse or magic power that was used returned to them almost as though they had didn't use the spell. This is the greatest weakness behind this ability. It is more versatile than Nullification Magic, but if Vincent relies on it the fight will get nowhere beyond tiring himself out. The state of the fight will be just like it was prior to the spell's use except Vincent will be a little more tired.
Law of Nonexistence:
Vincent using Eraser to fire a blast of "nothingness"
Vincent can create and possesses control over the four imaginary elements: hollow, nothingness, fade, and potential. Potential is the simplest element to understand. It is an element defined as "that which is possible but is yet to be" and it can be used to influence things like potential energy. The element of fade is described as "that which only partially exists" It revolves around stuff like illusions and making things intangible. In simple terms, it is that which is fading in or out of existence; when something has not yet fully faded into existence or out of it. The element of nothingness is described as that which cannot exist but does anyway. It is a white-colored energy and the opposite of the element of fade. Nothingness energy has the ability to hit even objects and opponents that are intangible to most things such as ghosts or something made intangible by magic. Its most noticeable ability doesn't show itself until one is about to die from an attack by it. When someone is about to die from nothingness they are instead erased from existence. The last imaginary element known as hollow is described as "that which does not exist and cannot." This element has no form or function in the physical world at all beyond creating vacuums. Instead, it is an element that Vincent can use to weave in and out of to grant him the ability to completely fade in and out of existence unlike the partial fading granted by fade. Vincent often describes using this element as playing a practical joke on reality.
Jinxes[]
Apathy Mode: Apathy Mode is a jinx that allows Vincent to use nonexistence particles on himself to temporary erase compassion and empathy from his mind. Vincent usually uses this spell to think more logically by removing his emotions or when he has to do something he doesn't like or to help him use the Law of Retrogression.
Heat Eraser: Heat Eraser is a jinx that allows Vincent to temporarily erase heat of an area from existence to instantly freeze the entire area around him. To perform the jinx, Vincent carefully draws in positive emotions from the area into his body to fuse it with a bit of his curse power. This allows him to bring his curse power closer to the realm of nonexistence to give his curse power the traits and priorities of nonexistence by causing it to dilute and slightly fade. Obtaining these traits and properties along with merging the mixture with Magical Barrier Particles causes the curse power in his body to transform into nonexistence particles. From here, here releases the nonexistence particles erase the heat in the area from existence. Sometimes he releases the nonexistence particles by swiping his hand, but he doesn't need to. Most likely he does this to make fun of a certain Devil Slayer uncle. This theory is given more merit by the fact that he only started doing this after he heard from someone that his uncle used to do it. Regardless, upon erasing the heat, the area around him as well as anyone in the area is frozen instantly.
Cold Eraser:
Oxygen Eraser:
Matter Eraser: Vincent carefully draws in positive emotions from the area into his body to fuse it with a bit of his curse power. This allows him to bring his curse power closer to the realm of nonexistence to give his curse power the traits and priorities of nonexistence by causing it to dilute and slightly fade. Obtaining these traits and properties along with merging the mixture with Magical Barrier Particles causes the curse power in his body to transform into nonexistence particles. From here, Vincent must make physical contact with the inanimate object to flow the particles into the target in order to create antimatter within the target. Since matter and antimatter can't exist together the antimatter and matter destroy itself resulting in part of the target to be disintegrated. In order to disintegrate more of a target more curse power is required.
Time Eraser: When coming into contact with the target, Vincent is able to surround a target in nonexistence particles in a similar way as Territory. Once, surrounded Vincent can temporarily "erase" time from the small encircled area to freeze the opponent in time for a few short seconds.
Space Eraser: Space Eraser is a jinx that grants Vincent the ability to teleport across short distances. This jinx is performed by using nonexistence particles to erase the distance between himself and a desired location from existence allowing him to arrive there instantly. The one limitation to this jinx is that Vincent must be able to clearly see the location he wishes to teleport to.
Primordial Darkness: Primordial Darkness is a spell that allows Vincent to use his curse power to erase the light that envelops the area from existence to create a field of absolute impenetrable darkness. This field negates not only sight, but all other physical senses of the opponent to leave them vulnerable.
Black Hole:
Winter Magic[]
As a part winter demon, Vincent has inherited the Uintā Family's Bloodline Magic. His body is constantly drawing in the ambient ethernano into his body an imprinting it with the unbreakable spiritual connection he has with Arcticus and the season of winter. This transforms the drawn in ethernano into what is known as the Soul of Arcticus, which is than merged with his magic origin by his subconscious. While normally this would result in his body obtaining all of the abilities winter demons are known for it appears that in Vincent's case the only natural winter demon ability he inherited from his mother is the complete immunity to anything associated with winter.
When using this magic he will combine the properties of winter that compose his body with his magic power before emitting it from his body or summoning it from a distance. The properties of winter allows him to convert his magic power into anything he wishes as long as it has something to do with winter like ice, snow, darkness, etc. Due to the emphasis of his training being on his signature Curse, Vincent has not had a lot of time to train with this magic. As a Bloodline Magic the magic is instinctual to him, but the lack of time he has put into it has made him a novice with Winter Magic. It appears he can only make use of the darkness and dark energy side of Winter Magic with any degree of skill with other elements the magic offers being outside the range of his abilities. In addition, he with darkness and dark energy his power is limited as well as what he can do with said element.
Demon Blast: When using the spell Vincent combines the properties of winter that compose his body with his magic power while extending his hands out in front of him. From here, he uses the properties to transform his magic power into dark energy. He uses the dark energy to form a sphere of dark energy in front of his hands, which is then fired in the form of a beam that does concussive damage to the opponent as they are launched away from Vincent. At full power, the beam was once able to destroy an entire house.
Dark Moment: When using the spell Vincent combines the properties of winter that compose his body with his magic power while extending his hands out in front of him. From here, he uses the properties to transform his magic power into darkness, which he then releases from his body to cut the lights in the room or general area he is in. The darkness that that an area is plunged in by Dark Moment isn't as impenetrable as Primordial Darkness, but in exchange he can use Dark Moment to plunge a large area in darkness than he can with Primordial Darkness.
Darkness Flare Bomb:
Law of Retrogression[]
Vincent using Law of Retrogression on a powerful spell to allow himself to easily punch it out of the way
Law of Retrogression is a type of Caster Magic that revolves around the manipulation of abilities specifically weakening them. He can use this magic to slightly weaken physical abilities, the power of an enemy's magic, or the skills of the target. Normally, Vincent only uses this magic in quick bursts to weaken spells or jinxes that would normally be to powerful for him to negate.
Strengthening Magic[]
Strengthening Magic is a very simple Caster Magic. It allows him to flow magic power to certain parts of the body to enhance its functions so long as he continues flowing magic power to the body part. He can also use the magic to enhance objects or other people by flowing his magic into them just as he would when enhancing his own body. Like with most things, this magic does have drawbacks. The first is that the power gained is equivalent to how much energy is used for the enhancement. Using a little bit of magic power would lead to a small enhancement and using a lot of magic power would lead to a larger enhancement. In addition, due to how his training with this magic isn't complete Vincent most continually flow magic power into what is being enhanced meaning the longer he uses this magic the more tiring it becomes. There is also a clear limit to how much he can enhance something, which is demonstrated by how he hasn't been able to enhance something beyond twice its base capabilities.
Demon-blooded Physiology[]
Titanic Strength:
Sonic Speed:
Enhanced Durability:
Winter Immunity: As with all winter demons, Vincent is absolutely immune to anything associated with winter such as cold temperatures and elements or darkness and dark energy. Anything that uses such things are useless against him even if they stem from Devil Slayer Magic. His immunity doesn't just include the normal effects things have, but if a unique form of them were to hit him Vincent would be immune to whatever unique effects that unique form has simply because it came from something associated with winter.
Enhanced Senses:
Immature Danger Sense: Danger sense is an ability that Vincent inherited from his father though it operates in a different way from his father's. His subconscious periodically peers into the Potential, the source of the Potential element, and when it detects a potential danger it causes the hair on the back of Vincent's neck to stand up on end. Vincent can only detect immediate and impending danger and when he does his body tends to react on its own to avoid the danger. Aside from how far into the future his subconscious can peer another weakness is unlike his father he cannot detect non-physical threats. Even with its limitations, this sixth sense makes it very difficult to hit Vincent with an attack, which is demonstrated by how the demons who have spared with him have said trying to hit him is like trying to capture a stream of water with your bare hands. Currently, the best countermeasure to this ability is to get him into a situation that makes dodging danger impossible.
Demon Form:
Vincent's demon form
Augmented Physical Capabilities:
Augmented Curse Pressure: In his demon form the effects of his curse pressure is enhanced making it harder to feel positive emotions when he is exerting it and allowing it to corrupt ethernano at a slightly faster rate.
Curse Power[]
Vincent has a lot of curse power at his disposal by the standards of demons his age. The amount of curse power at his disposal and its potency makes it seem as though he received his sibling's share of curse power because he has roughly four times as much curse power as an average demon child. That being said he is nothing compared to an adult. It is so potent that his curse pressure alone can be slightly dangerous as exerting it makes slightly harder to feel positive emotions and it slowly corrupts the ethernano around him into Magical Barrier Particles when he is exerting it. It almost as though he were using a vastly inferior variant of his father's curse. It is possible this cold be a hint that he has the potential to awaken his father's very powerful curse. If his current curse power reserves are anything to go by he might have the potential to surpass even his father's demon form one day. Of course, assuming he works on control which he has a lot of trouble with.
Quotes[]
"I know a name has power, but that power comes from the reputation of the ones who have the name. I define what it means for me to be a Nakano not my stupid relatives. If I fall down the wrong path it is because I made the wrong decisions and not because I was born inherently evil due to my surname. I am my own person not just a descendant of people who caused a lot of problems. One day when people hear my full name they won't think of a demon who is related to another member of my family they will think of me as an individual. I want people to love me for who I am, hate me for who I am, and want me dead for who I am instead of who I am related to." - Vincent's reason for taking up his father's surname.
