Fujii Ren

**Fujii Ren** (藤井 蓮, *Fujī Ren*?) is a character introduced in *Toaru Majutsu no Index SS2* as a Gemstone esper.

## Appearance

Ren is a young man with shoulder length blue hair and matching eyes. He usually wears dark blue jacket over a white shirt and a long scarf around his neck.

## Personality

Ren Fujii is a timid but well-meaning boy, caring about others and how his powers will benefit the citizens of Academy City. He also tends to react strongly and believe things at face value, trusting others' judgment above his own and even abandoning his own instincts. He shows concern for those around him, and tries not to destroy things around him. Ren is shown to look up to Sogiita Gunha, being a fellow gemstone and one of seven Level 5s. He strives to become a Level 5 and stand as an equal to Gunha in that regard.

## Chronology

### Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2

*Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2*
## Abilities

Fujii Ren's main esper ability is to absorb the abilities of other espers, which he discovers after encountering a crashed conduit transport vehicle. This gives him the potential to be one of the most versatile espers ever in existence, due to the fact that he can have multiple powers at any point and can always absorb more.

The abilities he has absorbed includes:

* **Typhokinesis**: Ren's first powers seem to be based on smoke and ember, having taken it from Hank. He suddenly gains the capacity to shoot smoke out of his hands, or even turn into smoke and travel quickly around the city through the use of air ducts. He can also deploy smoke grenades, which, after explosion, cover affected enemies in smoke and incapacitate them. Ren can use the chain on his arm as a whip, seemingly imbuing it with burning ash. Additionally, he can make use of a smoke dash ability for heightened motion and produce lateral propulsion for a short while via Smoke Thrusters. His smoke dash can also be used offensively, as he dashes through an enemy and rematerializes behind them, choke-slamming them to the ground in the process. Ren also replenishes his power by absorbing smoke from chimneys, cars, and DUP tear gas canisters.
	+ **Smoke Shot** (スモークショット, *Sumōku Shotto*?): Ren's basic attack that fires a low-damaging bolt of smoke and embers.
		- **Sustained Fire** (持続火災, *Jizoku Kasai*?): Sustained Fire increases the amount of shots that can be fired in one burst, although there is still a limit.
		- **Sulfur Headshot** (サルファーヘッドショット, *Sarufā Heddoshotto*?): This power allows Ren to shoot an enemy in the head, the effect choking them with a cloud of smoke for a small amount of time, allowing them to be easily subdued.
	+ **Cinder Blast** (シンダーブラスト, *Shindā Burasuto*?): Cinder Blast is a charged attack that shoots a barrage of smoke pellets, dealing heavy damage in a short cone.
		- **Obliterating Blast** (オブリテレーティング・ブラスト, *Oburiterētingu Burasuto*?): Obliterating Blast will obliterate enemies hit with the Cinder Blast.
	+ **Sulfur Bomb** (硫黄爆弾 ( サルファー・ボム) , *Iō Bakudan (Sarufā Bomu)*?): the special ability of Smoke. Throws a condensed ball of smoke which explodes after a short delay. Enemies affected by the explosion will be covered in clouds of smoke, opening an opportunity to execute or subdue them.
		- **Corrosive Fumes** (腐食性ヒューム, *Fushoku-sei Hyūmu*?): Corrosive Fumes extends the time that enemies are left coughing.
		- **Giant Sulfur Bomb** (巨大硫黄爆弾 ( ジャイアント・サルファー・ボム) , *Kyodai Iō Bakudan (Jaianto Sarufā Bomu)*?): Giant Sulfur Bomb greatly increases the explosive radius of the power of the regular Sulfur Bomb, enabling more enemies to be ensnared at a time.
	+ **Cinder Missile** (シンダーミサイル, *Shindā Misairu*?): Cinder Missile is the heavy attack of Smoke. It fires a compressed smoke projectile that greatly damages upon impact in a wide area, and it consumes heavy ammo.
	+ **Orbital Drop** (オービタルドロップ, *Ōbitaru Doroppu*?): Ren's special ability. It allows him to soar to an orbit-like height, and then crash into the ground which causes a massive explosion which genuinely destroys cars, and D.U.P buildings nearby

* **Neon Manipulation**: Ren eventually absorbs from Abigail Walker the ability to control neon. With it, he is shown to have powers similar to his smoke dispersal abilities yet instead dissolves and reforms from gaseous energy based semblance. He can discharge Neon stream lasers from his hands, which also blow up upon contact to deal more damage to enemies than the smoke projectile as well as simulate a light dash, which when used dissolves him into Neon itself and enables him, and brief after images of him, to sprint up or around walls and literally run on air from a starting jump for brief periods of time. Ren's chain can also be covered in neon and made rigid, allowing it to be used like in sword-like fashion; he can also use neon to charge it directly into enemies, knocking them over, similar to his smoke choke slam. He also has neon grenades which suspend enemies in air for a short amount of time. Aiming while using the Neon power set utilizes a mode similar to Precision, time slows down and it highlights certain weak points around specific enemy body parts. He also has some kind of propulsion ability honed by a force field situated at the lower legs. He can replenish his Neon reserves by absorbing it from the brightly lit neon signs situated around the city.
	+ **Neon Beam** (ネオンビーム, *Neon Bīmu*?): It is a basic attack that fires a powerful concentrated beam of neon.
		- **Rapid Refire** (ラピッドリファイア, *Rapiddo Rifaia*?): An upgrade that allows Ren to shoot Neon Beams at a faster fire rate.
	+ **Phosphor Beam** (フォスフォ・ビーム, *Fosufo Bīmu*?): An extremely powerful attack that fires a supercharged neon beam, dealing heavy damage in a narrow area.
	+ **Light Speed** (光速, *Kōsoku*?): A Neon variation of the dash move and allows Ren to be transformed into a being of neon light, increasing his speed and allowing him to run over obstacles and up walls.
		- **Photon Jump** (フォトンジャンプ, *Foton Janpu*?): An upgrade to Light Speed that allows user to perform an extremely high jump when dashing.
		- **Endless Speed** (エンドレススピード, *Endoresu Supīdo*?): An upgrade that allows Ren to use Light Speed indefinitely.
	+ **Laser Insight** (レーザーインサイト, *Rēzā Insaito*?): An ability that allows Ren to perceive enemies' weak spots. Shooting the head will obliterate the target while shooting the shin will subdue it.
		- **Laser Focus** (レーザーフォーカス, *Rēzā Fōkasu*?): An upgrade to Laser Insight that slows down time briefly when aiming.
		- **Speed Loader** (スピードローダー, *Supīdo Rōdā*?): An upgrade to Laser Insight that allows the meter to be instantly recharged when using Light Speed.
	+ **Stasis Bubble** (スタシスバブル, *Sutashisu Baburu*?): A neon grenade that levitates affected enemies and freezes them in time, allowing Ren more time to target the enemies' weak spots.
		- **Deadly Stasis** (デッドリー・スタシス , *Deddorī Sutashisu*?): an upgrade to Stasis Bubble that allows Ren to instantly execute any enemy he hits with Neon Beam while they are trapped within the Stasis Bubble.
	+ **Radiant Sweep** (ラディアントスイープ, *Radianto Suīpu*?): When using this attack, Ren explodes into a neon vortex until a large supply of the gas swirls to reform Ren and makes him as light as the substance. When enemies are raised into Stasis Bubbles, Ren releases the empowered Neon into twin gattling gun-like shots which will either subdue or obliterate his enemies and the attack will eventually end, reverting Ren's anti-gravity effects and the usage of the specified power

* **Video Manipulation**: Ren then gains the ability of Video by absorbing a Conduit named Eugene Sims. Ren can drain this power from television monitors to computer screens on satellite dishes. When using Video, Ren can shoot out a stream of pixelated projectiles in a rapid fire motion similar to Cole's Bolt Stream. Also gaining the ability to transform himself into faint pixels, becoming invisible to enemies for a certain time period. When using melee attacks, Ren doesn't seem to use his chain. Instead, he creates a digital sword or claws to hack and slash. Furthermore, when dashing he can create wings for himself to fly over obstacles and directly up walls. Dashing into satellite dishes will cause him to launch higher up in the air. Ren can also mark and summon three Bloodthirsty Blades. When the blades are summoned, they then seek out the target that has been marked. With Video power active, Ren can use his special Video Karma Bomb called Hellfire Swarm: in which he summons both angels and demons, from the game Heaven's Hellfire, to swoop down and carpet bombing enemies. When over, the Karma Bomb will either subdue (good) or obliterate (evil) enemies depending on Ren's decisions.
	+ **Video Torrent** (ビデオトレント, *Bideo Torento*?): a basic attack that fires a continuous stream of pixelated projectiles.
		- **Extended Torrent**: fires Video Torrent for a longer amount.
		- **Narrow Band** (ナローバンド, *Narō Bando*?): Narrow Band tightens the stream of Video Torrent, basically making the accuracy better, and increases the overall range.
	+ **Bloodthirsty Blades** (ブラッドサースティブレード, *Buraddosāsuti Burēdo*?): Bloodthirsty Blades is a powerful attack that hits a marked enemy with exploding digital blades.
		- **Blade Flurry** (ブレード・フラリー, *Burēdo Furarī*?): Blade Flurry launches a larger number of Bloodthirsty Blades during each shot.
		- **Blade Storm** (ブレードストーム, *Burēdo Sutōmu*?): Blade Storm launches an even larger amount of blades than Blade Flurry.
	+ **Video Surge** (ビデオサージ, *Bideo Sāji*?): Video Surge is a video variant of the dash move. It gives Ren a pair of digital wings, allowing him to swing swoop across the city.
		- **Air Wave** (エアウェーブ, *Eawēbu*?): Air Wave upgrades the potency of the Video Thrusters, which allows them to gain forward momentum or keep Ren in the air for longer amounts of time.
	+ **Shroud of Invisibility** (不可視の覆い, *Fukashi no Ōi*?): the special ability of the Video power. It turns Ren invisible, allowing him to sneak up on enemies and either execute or subdue them.
		- **Summon Wingman** (ウィングマンの召喚する, *Uinguman no Shōkan Suru*?): Ren can summon one Angel or Demon while activating the Shroud of Invisibility.
			* **Demon Twins** (悪魔双子, *Akuma Futago*?): Ren summon two Demons while activating Shroud of Invisibility.
			* **Unholy Trinity** (不聖三位一体, *Fuseisanmiittai*?): Unholy Trinity allows Ren to summon three demons at once while activating Shroud of Invisibility.
		- **Hellfire Swarm** (ヘルファイアスウォーム, *Herufaia Suōmu*?): Ren sticks his arms forward as the sky grows dark. Shortly afterward, an Angel or Demon will fly past him into the air, then another, then a massive group of them. Once a large enough group of Angels/Demons have formed, Ren raises his arms and swiftly brings them down, signaling the flying army to divebomb a large area in front of him, subduing enemies and leaving civilians uninjured or obliterating everyone in sight.
	+ **Concrete Manipulation**: Ren absorbs this power from Brooke Augustine, gaining her unique ability to manipulate Concrete. Ren can drain this power from any down members of the D.U.P. he comes across. What also makes concrete separate itself from the other powers is that while using it, Ren automatically takes less damage from enemy fire. While using the power he can shoot out a shrapnel of concrete in a burst fire manner. Ren can also fire off slabs of concrete, very similar to one of Augustine's attacks and those used by the weaponless DUP soldiers. Like Video, Ren doesn't seem to use the chain either when using concrete. Instead, Ren smashes his hand on the ground, creating a miniature tremor that knocks enemies back﻿. When dashing Ren is covered in concrete wearing it like armor, making himself a living boulder. Ren can also travel around using concrete thrusters, similar to Cole's Static Thrusters, where stones are surrounded under him. Every time the thrusters are used, they initially lift him higher in the air, causing him to glide even farther.
		- **Concrete Punch** (コンクリートパンチ, *Konkurīto Panchi*?): Ren can imbune his fists with concrete and use it to strike his enemies. He can smash the ground with his right hand, sending out a shock wave that causes a massive amount of damage.
		- **Concrete Shrapnel** (コンクリート榴散弾 ( シュラプネル) , *Konkurīto Shurapuneru (Ryūsandan)*?): Concrete Shrapnel is a basic attack which rapidly fires small concrete projectiles.
		- **Boulder Dash** (ボルダーダッシュ, *Borudā Dasshu*?): The Boulder Dash is a Concrete variation of the Dash move. It allows Ren to be encased in Concrete armor, increasing their speed and allowing them to knock over enemies.
		- **Concrete Barrage** (コンクリートバラージ, *Konkurīto Barāji*?): Concrete Barrage is a powerful attack that fires five disk-like concrete projectiles.
			* **Wide Barrage** (ワイドバラージ, *Waido Barāji*?): Wide Barrage is a basic upgrade which makes the Concrete Barrage wider.