| “ | Even if the odds are against me, I can't just run away. | „ |
| ~ Yuma during his battle with Viza |
Summary
Yūma Kuga (Kuga Yūma) is a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger and one of the main protagonists. He is a B-Class Attacker, a Neighbor, and a member of Mikumo Unit.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A | 9-A | 8-B, higher with Boost
Key: Base | B-Rank | With Black Trigger
Name: Kuga Yuma
Origin: World Trigger
Gender: Male
Age: 11 physically, 15 Chronologically
Classification: Neighbor, Border Agent, Black Trigger user, B-class Agent by the current events of the story
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics, Regeneration (Mid-Low) (Can regenerate from having a large hole on his face), Inorganic Physiology, Self-Sustenance (Type 3), and Resistance to Pain Manipulation (His physical body is composed of Trion Energy and due to that he cannot feel pain and doesn't need to sleep), can tell when someone's lying.
All previous abilities, except Regeneration. Gains Energy Manipulation, Energy Projection, Weapon Creation (Via Scorpion, can project weapons through multiple spots of his body such as his head, feet, and back), (Can generate shields), Pseudo-Flight via Grasshopper (As seen here) .
All previous abilities to a greater extent except Weapon Creation and Regeneration. Gains Density Manipulation (via Anchor, can limit an opponent's mobility through direct contact or with bullets that generate weights, with a single one weighing about 200kg), Information Analysis and Mimicry (can analyze opponents attacks and mimic them with his black trigger), Shockwave Generation (Via Echo), Summoning (Can summon Trion Soldiers), can emergency escape via bail out, and Statistics Amplification (With "Boost" and multiplier seals).
Attack Potency: Small Building level+ (Defeated Viza outside of his combat body) | Small Building level+ (Stronger than Osamu who casually is able to take out a Bander) | City Block level (Casually defeated a Bamster, which was comparable to a 2-3 story sized building in one shot, which yielded this result), higher with Boost
Speed: Supersonic (Was able to keep up with and attack Viza outside of his combat body) | Supersonic (Is able to fight Tsuji who can react to and block Chika's sniper), higher with Grasshopper (Grasshopper propels Yuma at even higher speeds and allows him to build up velocity and momentum with the Pinball technique) | Supersonic (Kept up with the whole A-Rank Miwa squad at once), higher with Bound
Lifting Strength: Class 10 (Scaling to Osamu) | Class M (Capable of pushing a Bamster, his Trion body makes him stronger than any human, and can further enhance his strength through Boost)
Striking Strength: Small Building level+ | Small Building level+ | City Block level
Durability: Small Building level+ (Is in his trion body at all times) | Small Building level+ (Is comparable to and can take hits from those who can harm him) | City Block level (Black Trigger Mode further increases his durability)
Stamina: Large, used to fight wars in the neighborhood and fended off a portion of the large-scale invasion with no rest, Due to his Trion body he doesn't require sleep.
Range: Extended Melee Range with scorpion. Hundreds of Meters with projectiles, especially with Bolt Quinti (Quintuple)
Standard Equipment: His assistant and friend Replica, which is a special Black Trigger who can merge with Yuma to boost his stats and can act as a medium to use other abilities such as Double Boost (amps physical stats), his other Triggers, Ring, Scorpion, and Grasshopper.
Intelligence: Is somewhat naive and socially inept due to growing up in the Neighborhood, but is very adept with machinery and the use of Triggers and can easily learn how to use new Triggers proficiently after acquiring them. He's also knowledgeable of the technology used by other countries as well as Japan's.
Weaknesses: Very laid back and rarely gets serious unless necessary. He will die if his Black Trigger is destroyed.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Black Trigger: Yuma's most powerful and primary Trigger in combat. It greatly boosts his physical specs and grants him access to a variety of "seals", sigils that when activated generate a variety of effects:
- Bound: A blue seal with the kanji for "repel" which send people or objects flying at incredible speeds by repelling them.
- Bound Double: A multiplier seal of Bound, that allows Kuga to jump higher and cover more distance with a leap.
- Bound Sexta (Sextuple): A multiplier seal of Bound superior to that of double that lets Kuga reach a speed of astonishing levels.
- Boost: Seal with the kanji for "strength" which can be used to boost the physical parameters of Yuma or his allies or be used to increase the strength of an attack. This ability can be overlapped for a much sharper boost in power.
Boost
- Boost Double: A multiplier seal of Boost that enhances Kuga's strength by twofold. Using the seal made him to one-shot a Bamster.
- Boost Quinti (Quintuple): A multiplier seal of Boost that enhances Kuga's strength further by fivefold.
- Boost Septa (Septuple): A multiplier seal of Boost that enhances Kuga's strength further by sevenfold. It gave him enough strength to pull down an Ilgar.
- Shield: A green seal for the kanji "shield", Yuma generates a barrier that absorbs attacks. However, while it can resist the attacks of most Neighbors, it can easily be penetrated by bullets. Can be used with Boost to increase the durability of the shield.
- Shield Double: A multiplier seal of Shield that makes the surface area of the shield increase by double.
- Chain: A seal with the kanji for "Chain", it can be used to trap enemies or link other seals together. Overlapping seals make this ability stronger. Can be used with Boost to control the position of the opponent.
- Chain Triple: A multiplier seal of Chain that increases its length and width, enough to resist the force of a Boost and reach an airborne Ilgar.
- Anchor: A blue seal with kanji for "Anchor", it can be used to create heavy projectiles to immobilize the opponent. It requires physical contact unless Yuma uses Bolt to activate it remotely.
- Bolt: A red seal with the kanji for "Shoot," which can be used to shoot a flurry of Trion-based projectiles.
- Bolt Quadra (Quadruple): A multiplier seal of Bolt that increases the number of bullets.
- Bolt Quinti (Quintuple): A multiplier seal of Bolt that increases the range of bullets, allowing him to be able to hit opponents from several hundreds of meters away.
- Gate: A seal used by replica with the kanji for "gate," which can be used to summon Trion Warriors to defend Yuma in combat.
- Echo: A seal with the Kanji for "Sound" which creates a small earthquake using sound waves.
- Bound: A blue seal with the kanji for "repel" which send people or objects flying at incredible speeds by repelling them.
- Seal Combinations
- Anchor + Bolt Quadra (Quadruple): A combination of the Anchor seal and Bolt Quadra, enabling the use of Anchor through the barrage of Bolt projectiles.
- Bolt + Boost: A combination of the Bolt seal and Boost, increasing every bullets' power.
- Boost + Bolt Quinti: A combination of the Boost seal and the multiplier seal Bolt Quinti, enabling to deal damage to enemies from hundreds of meters away with a barrage of boosted bolts.
- Scorpion Trigger: Border's first attacking Trigger but has low durability, this causing it to break easily. capable of many shapeshifting forms in size and shape depending on the user.
- Mole Claw: A form of Scorpion used from the body, usually going into the ground or wall to surprise attack the enemy. like Scorpion, it can change into another form to attack underground.
- Branch Blade: A multi-bladed form of Scorpion that can be used to form blades from the head (for protection), hands, forearms, shins, and feet.
- Mantis: A single multi-directional/range extension of Scorpion by combining 2 Scorpion Triggers together.
- Curving Blade Throw: Yūma morphs one Scorpion into a throwing blade with three spikes and a circular protrusion at the back. At the moment of the throw, he extrudes a second Scorpion from his palm, so thin it may be invisible to unsuspecting eyes. This second blade serves as a rail for the first, allowing Yūma to alter its trajectory even after it leaves his hand.
- Defense Trigger: Triggers used for erecting barriers to protect the user and/or its user's allies.
- Shield: Similar to the seal of Kuga's seal "Shield", both more durable when stationary but with the difference of not having a seal on it.
- Full Guard: A combination of two shields stacked on top of each other that takes the form of a hexagon which gives a higher defense than a regular shield.
- Shield: Similar to the seal of Kuga's seal "Shield", both more durable when stationary but with the difference of not having a seal on it.
- Optional Trigger: Triggers that add flexibility in combat, though lacks offensive and defensive capabilities.
- Grasshopper: A Trigger that generates a Trion square that propels the user in the direction they desire, allowing for high-speed movements and hairpin turns, similar to the "Bound" ability, but Grasshopper is less effective than "Bound" but multiple platforms can be summoned at once, unlike "Bound".
- Pinball: A technique that creates dozens of Grasshopper Trion squares around a target to dash around them at high speeds to confuse the target and eventually strike them with the built-up momentum and speed.
- Grasshopper: A Trigger that generates a Trion square that propels the user in the direction they desire, allowing for high-speed movements and hairpin turns, similar to the "Bound" ability, but Grasshopper is less effective than "Bound" but multiple platforms can be summoned at once, unlike "Bound".
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