Share Energy Manipulation

==Summary==
Share Energy (シェアエネルギー, Shea Enerugī) is a type of energy present in Hyperdimension Neptunia that is used by a majority of the main characters. Share Energy has been prevalent since Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, and is used as a measuring stick for how powerful a Goddess is.
Share Energy derives from the general term and concept of Shares, which is used to describe the amount of faith that a nation's population has placed into their Goddess. In its in-universe history, Share Energy is a type of energy that has been used as far back as the existence of the PC Continent, meaning that they likely had the first known Goddess in recorded history. This eventually became an energy source that transferred over to the world of Gamindustri some unknown period of time after that, leading to the creation of Goddesses on the continent there as well. It serves as a precious resource to both Goddess and Human alike, for the Goddesses need it to retain their powers, and Humans need it to be given protection and infrastructure.
When enough faith is collected, individuals called "Oracles" are able to create crystallized forms of this faith through a specific process. These crystals are aptly named "Share Crystals" (シェアクリスタル, Shea Kurisutaru), and only Goddesses can use Share Crystals as they are. These Share Crystals act as the main link of Share Energy to the Goddess, being able to provide them with strength or rejuvenate them when they are in a dire state.
Though very uncommon, there are also special types of Share Crystals that can be formed when created with a different component or with different technology. Only two other types of Share Crystals currently exist: the Hyper Share Crystal, and the Infinite Share Crystal, often abbreviated to simply "IS Crystal".
The strength of a Goddess is amplified depending on how much Share Energy they currently possess.
==General Abilities==
Share Energy as an inherent energy source, regardless of who uses it - Goddess and Oracle alike - has the following abiliies:
*Abstract Existence (Type 1 - Emotions and Thoughts - Shares and Share Energy are referred to as faith numerous timesMegadimension Neptunia VII (2015)VII - Share Energy Nepedia Entry, being an invisible and intangible resource that stems from the beliefs of a nation's citizens in their Goddess or Goddesses. They are an essence of positive emotions, which encompasses wishes, desires and hopes, prayersVII - Heart Dimension Neptunia H: Trilogy Finale: Into Legend, wills / willpowerHyperdimension Neptunia mk2 (2011) - Final Chapter, and warmth and joyNeptunia: Game Maker R:Evolution (2023)Game Maker R:Evolution - Chapter 9. Share Energy also behaves as a direct antithesis to Negative Energy, which is the essence of negative emotions)
*Biological Manipulation Negation (The use of a Share Crystal was able to pull Nepgear out of aHyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 (2014) - Prologue forced state of hibernation. Later, Nepgear did the exact same thing with an even more powerful Share CrystalRe;Birth 2 - Chapter 4. A Share Crystal is the crystallized form of the people's faith, and thus using a Share Crystal is the equivalent of using Share Energy)
*Healing (Passive; Healing Fatal Injuries (Low-Mid) - The Share Energy from the IS Crystal was able to passively and very quickly heal Arfoire's wounds after a fight with seven HDD Form Goddesses, done by absorbing part of the Share Energy supply into her bodyNeptunia: Sisters VS Sisters (2022)Sisters VS Sisters - Chapter 4. This same scenario happened later on where, despite her vessel being on the verge of death, Arfoire was able to rapidly heal through Share Energy from the IS Crystal. As the IS Crystal itself does not possess this healing property — rather, it can allow even non-Goddesses to use the Share Energy it contains should they possess itSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 10 — it would instead be Share Energy which has this property, therefore applying it to all Share Energy users)
*Life Manipulation (Passive and non-combat applicable - Share Energy allows for life to bloom in a dimension, even if most of the land in said dimension is devoid of life. This is seen in Zero Dimension with the Jingu Sakura Park, where it's explained that the Share Energy is what allows for the forest to remain alive. Should that Share Energy be taken away, life will wither and eventually be lost entirelyVII - Zero Dimension Neptunia Z: Twilight of the Desperate CPU)
*Light Manipulation (Share Crystals can generate a bright light, which is capable of blinding CFW Judge, who is a robot. Share Energy is able to create paths of light through the "Route Building" procedure, allowing those to reach faraway destinations in far less time than normal. The light emitted from Share Crystals is stated to be brighter than a flash of light that can be seen from mountains away)
*Purification (Type 2 - Share Energy has displayed the ability to purify other individuals, such as when Neptune purified Affimojas of the Negative Energy inside of himVII - Hyper Dimension Neptunia G: The Golden Leaders, Reconstructors of Gamindustri, and Share Energy has been stated to have the power to purify individuals - an idea that was proposed to attempt to stop Kurome Ankokuboshi in VII)
*Power Nullification (4D - With a correct amount of it, Share Energy is able to neutralize or even completely erase Negative Energy)
*Resurrection (Possibly non-combat applicable - Share Energy is able to resurrect other beings as shown with UzumeVII - Heart Dimension Neptunia H: Trilogy Finale: Into Legend - Revival Ending. Using the IS Crystal's power as a base, ASIC was able to resurrect ArfoireSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 10)
*Sharing Field and Statistics Reduction (Share Energy can be used to create a space known as a Sharing Field, described to be a barrier and sub-dimension that is wholly made of Share Energy. Those trapped inside of a Sharing Field will be unable to gather their strength)
*Time Travel (Mass amounts of Share Energy, equivalent to that of a Goddess' life force, can be used to travel to the past and has been used by Gray Sister extensively. In a future timeline, Nepgear was able to use up the remainder of her Share Energy to help Maho (Gray Sister) time travel 11.73 years to the pastSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 9, and Gray Sister states that she took the Share Energy from the Share Crystals of other timelines' nations to time travel. The Share Energy collected by GehaburnSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 11 was used by Gray Sister to jump from the previous timeline to the current timelineSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 10)
Note: Goddesses Plutia, Peashy, Rei Kiseijou, Pipi, Jarga, and Lideo will not receive any of the above abilities excluding the inherent Abstract Existence, Healing, and Life Manipulation. These abilities are all shown off in Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 / Re;Birth 2, Megadimension Neptunia VII, and Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters, where they were all either absent or not yet planned. Whilst it should definitely be possible for them to replicate the above, they do not know that they can, hence they won't be able to.
==Goddess-exclusive Abilities==
There are specific uses of Share Energy that only Goddesses whom wield it have been shown and stated to use. In addition to the general abilities that Share Energy inherently has, the following abilities are granted to the Goddesses:
*Hard Drive Divinity (The primary function that Share Energy is known for is that it allows a Goddess to transform into a different form through a phenomenon known as "Hard Drive Divinity", or "HDD" for short. This makes the user undergo an appearance change, sometimes a personality change, increases the statistics of the Goddess, and equips them with various pieces of technological armor and accessories known as a Processor Unit. These Processor Units can grant different benefits, such as providing more strength, decreasing damage taken from certain elements, or minute health and stamina restoration properties. The strength of the form varies depending on how much Share Energy the user hasVII - HDD Form Nepedia Entry. This can even be taken one step further with the Next Forms, an evolution of the HDD Form usable only by the Guardian Goddesses of Hyper DimensionVII - Next Form Nepedia Entry)
*Immortality (Type 8 - A Goddess uses Share Energy - even just the slightest amount, whether from a Share Crystal or their own bodies - to sustain their existencesVII - Heart Dimension Neptunia H: Trilogy Finale: Into Legend - Heart Dimension Route, for it constitutes as their life force; without Share Energy, they will perish, and their existence will be no more. Additionally, as said by Histoire in Chapter 11 of Sisters VS Sisters, there are very few things that are capable of killing a Goddess, and given prior knowledge from previous games, is implicitly stating that the Share Energy used by said Goddess or Goddesses protects them from perishing, therefore meaning that Goddesses can only perish due to a lack of Share Energy (which is shown through both Uzume in VII, and Future Nepgear in Sisters VS Sisters) or through a select few alternative methods, such as the use of Gehaburn)
**Applicable only to Goddesses born from Share Energy: Immortality (Type 4 - Goddesses are capable of resurrecting through the acquisition of Share Energy, occurring within the span of at least a minute, if they have lost their Shares and ceased to existGame Maker R:Evolution - Prologue)
*Empowerment (Share Energy is stated to be a Goddess' main source of strength, and that a Goddess' power is adjusted in coordination with how much faith is put into them by their followers)
*Sealing (Goddesses are able to seal things away, whether it's an enemyRe;Birth 2 - Chapter 7, or themselves, by using Share Energy or themselves as a crux. In the Normal Ending of Re;Birth 2, the Goddesses sealed away the Deity of Sin's soulRe;Birth 2 - Chapter 6, Normal Ending)
Note: Sealing will not be applied to Peashy, Plutia, or Rei Kiseijou for the same reasoning above. Additionally, Immortality (Type 4) will not apply to them either, as they are Goddesses with completely different physiology and functions compared to all of the other Goddesses due to the way their dimensions work. See this blog post for more information on the differences.
==Oracle-exclusive Abilities==
Much like the Goddesses, there are some abilities from Share Energy that can only be used by Oracles. In addition to the general abilities from Share Energy, the Oracles are granted the following abilities:
*Creation (Oracles are able to create Share Crystals from Share Energy)
*Portal Creation and Dimensional Travel (Share Energy can be used to create portals to other dimensions)
==Resistances==
All Share Energy users have Resistances to the following abilities:
*Power Nullification (4D - After collecting enough Share Energy, Nepgear and Uzume were able to overpower the Share Energy cancelling ability of Rei's powers and create a Sharing Field. Should apply to the Goddesses as well, as they possess Share Energy within their bodies)
*Empathic Manipulation (4D - Users of Share Energy are able to overpower the effects of Negative Energy which was used to corrupt the Goddesses and distort their emotions to kill the cast. The Goddesses were seen fighting back against having their emotions twisted a second time)
*Mind Manipulation (Brainwashing / Mind Control - Linda states that Rom was able to be brainwashed because of how low her Shares were. Broccoli suggests that if Rom were to receive more Shares, then she wouldn't be brainwashed anymore. This eventually occurred when Nepgear used a Share Crystal to give Shares to Rom and Ram. Mina states that there exists no record of a Goddess being brainwashed before, implying that they couldn't be brainwashed because of the Share Energy they heldRe;Birth 2 - Chapter 3)
*Biological Manipulation (Share Energy was able to pull the Goddesses and Nepgear out of a state of forced hibernation. Even though this was initially induced on them, this might be due to the fact that their Share reserves were extremely low because of the crisis that ASIC was causing around Gamindustri, causing 80% of all students to put their beliefs towards Arfoire, and thus higher Share levels would mean they could resist the effects of this forced hibernation)
==References==
Category:Verse-specific Powers and Abilities
Category:Hyperdimension Neptunia