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The cosmic hierarchy of the When They Cry series (including Umineko and Higurashi) is based on perspective. The strength of an individual depends on the height of the realm/world/layer that it exists on. Anything (even infinity and violation of logic) within a lower layer is limited when comparing it with a higher layer.

Characters can have multiversal abilities (like Battler's Endless Nine) within their own layer of existence, but in the higher layer they are just characters or chess pieces from stories/books or chessboards. Stories of lower worlds (including all characters, universes, physical and spiritual realities, afterlives, mirror realms, pocket worlds, higher dimensions and all fates in linear time and even timeless events) are visualized as tiny crystals (called Kakeras/Fragments/Pieces). And even ordinary people (such as Rika) within a higher layer can literally move, merge and change these small kakeras with just their hands.

To higher layer beings these lower worlds are simply records of information. Some kakera may contain countless worlds, or endless worlds/kakeras can exists as a limited amount of regular matter of a higher layer (it is not actually physical matter, just visualized concepts, much like everything else in the higher worlds).

However, even higher beings and realms where they exist are just characters and stories to creatures from even higher layers. But these creatures are also limited compared to beings that are even higher. The upper world is an infinite hierarchical ladder. Outside of that ladder is the boundlessness that is the lack of even perspective, the status of the Creator (the identity of a being that reaches this status disappears completely, because it is not limited to even its own life, death, or anything else).

## Terminology

The Akashic Record: The Infinite Essence is the status of an all-knowing and omnipotent Sacred Being, free from its own meaning and all restrictions, which include the very forms of life and death, existence and non-being, duality and non-duality on any plane, even if it is very high, abstract and transcendental. Both infinite beings and beings that violate logic have limitations. The Creator rules, zero, one and infinity, all possibilities and all impossibilities, regardless of any real, abstract, conceptual, physical and metaphysical perspectives.

the highest point of being, cosmic force and reality itself, within which everything exists, develops and returns to its source. This is an indescribable entity, within which all the universe is located and is indirectly controlled by the Will itself and its aspects. It does not have a clear definition and form, does not have a definite consciousness, and in order to understand even a drop the nature of this force, it is necessary to become transcendental to space itself and to all concepts, being outside the universe, which has dimensions, extradimensional, imaginary and informational hierarchies, the lower levels of which already include into itself oversized ladders within other ladders, the very existence and non-existence in all their manifestations.

the force that directs all that exists along a certain path. The will determines how events will develop, and if necessary, influence what it contains. That is why one version of the description, more understandable to a person, is the will, not of the personality / consciousness, but of all that exists, partially recalling the Logos in the philosophical understanding of Plato and Heraclitus.

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It is outside of logic and understandable regularities, which ensures the uncertainty of its influence and the unprovability of the fact that the creature acted according to its will, and not the Will, since it is impossible to separate this phenomenon.

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the source of all that exists, which is an absolute emptiness," force "acting at the top of all dimensional theories, in the center of all dimensions and located" outside the world. " The source of all events and phenomena. Contains and gives a chance and birthright of a wide variety of cosmic structures, including infinite universes and spaces of higher planes. Everything that exists, including all living beings, after death, return to the Spiral of the Source.

- something unprovable and accepted as truth without any proof. The second description of Will as an essence, which is impossible to cognize and explain, but perceived and known by higher beings and a higher power without an explainable source of information. It is outside of logic and understandable patterns, which ensures the uncertainty of its influence and the unprovability of the fact that the creature acted at will, and not Will, since it is impossible to separate this phenomenon.

Akasha's Notes 「」 Is another name for the source of existence, since it exists outside of time, it stores and archives information about all the possibilities and events of the past, present and future world. Information about what was, what is and what will be, regardless of anything, is the truth of the world.

Heavens are realities that stand above the being and rule over the trichilokosmos. An extensive kamadhatta that includes wide devalokas. Six heavens, which are divided into higher and lower, surpassing each other (what this means is not really clear) where at the top is the sky of Paranirmitavashavarti, the domain of Mary, the ruler of the trichilokosmos. It is the king of the demons of the sixth heaven who resides in the sixth heaven of the six heavens of the kingdom of desires, in the heaven of control of emanations, although it is not final, since there are those who have surpassed it or are on a higher level initially keeping under supervision.

Trichilokosm 「」 - or three thousand worlds. The cosmological structure of the world order, where the great contains a thousand medium cosms, and on average a thousand small ones. Each such cosmological trichilokosm, judging by the descriptions, includes every world, every possible world, including parallel worlds. The myriads of these cosms are under the jurisdiction of the heavens (the Demon Lord of the fourth heaven already has power over them).

Hierarchical spatial structure - in the universe there are many different space-time continua, which have a different number of measurement sections. From standard realities up to 3 spatial dimensions, 4 dimensional spiritual plane and reaching up to eight spatial planes and probably higher. The relationship between them is like between reality and drawing, fiction. The same astral, although it is the other side of the universe, the ordinary world of matter relative to this plane is represented by a flat scroll with a picture, or a text in a book, where all space-time is nothing more than an equivalent record that can be scrolled through. This order is retained further with increasing spatial sections.

Mizuhanome 「ミ ヅ ハ ノ メ」 is the designation for everything originally used as a name for a special machine. The mental realization of the subconscious of each person finds itself in this "world", where it is expressed in the form of a mask that reflects it... Each of the worlds is irrational and not logical in accordance with the mental state of the owner, as a result of which any structural parameter can be adjusted depending on the desires of Asukai herself: be it just a landscape or even space and time.

The Other Side of the World 「」- the world located directly under the top layer, a land of magical creatures and fantastic views. A world that is home to fantastic species, fairy creatures and other incredible creatures. The world that has preserved the laws of the era of the gods, where there are no laws of physics of the World of People, where the previous laws of the “World” operate. A world where the supernatural descended after the end of the era of the gods and where there is no place for the human race. The flip side also simply rejects any material body or interference, an attempt to get there is an impossible action, the spatial channel is simply "closed" for such phenomena, and it does not matter whether the creature is a fantastic species, half-human or a powerful dragon. The reverse side accepts only souls and spiritual bodies, fastened with flesh or matter, they are simply rejected by the space and laws of this world.

Underworld"」- the reality of death, the world of the dead and the so-called after life. It was here in the era of the gods that people of ancient eras came after death, where they stayed after their lives. The underworld itself consists of many "sections" corresponding to the mythological and geographical dependence on the upper world. Although it would be wrong to say "corresponds", since these worlds of the dead also have a size commensurate with the surface of the planet in terms of sheer size relative to physical, material meaning and concepts, but in terms of "mystery" and mysticism, they are located in a specific territory. Also, the sections of these worlds are spatially little connected, one can only get into close mental worlds that originate from the same origin or are similar in meaning to the essence with the help of special means or transitions. Although it is a haven for dead people and creatures,

Underworld of Egypt - The underworld of Egypt, which serves as a haven for the ancient Egyptians and their pharaohs. Little is known about this place, other than Nitocris's words that, compared to the western underworld, it is more sunny, joyful and looks more like a reward and a second life.

Irkalla- the kingdom of the dead Sumerians and Mesopotamia, the domain of the power of the goddess Ereshkigal. An endless cave, literally an "underworld" devoid of sky, with ever-stretching rock. The land is wrapped in cages, in which, like birds, many souls are imprisoned, and many ghosts walk along the passages of the dead world, envious of the living and any life that enters this world. In this world, there is also an abyss, a hole of hopeless emptiness where King Gilgamesh descended in search of immortality, endlessly stretching down, devouring ideas, soul and then completely erasing existence. Also, death in the territory of Mesopotamia was like a dream and if the body was physically intact or restored, it was possible to resurrect by pulling the soul out of the underworld. A person would be resurrected as if nothing had happened after a long sleep,

The world of the dead of the west is the world of the dead, assigned to an unnamed territory in Eastern Europe. Little is known about this place, except that it looks like Irkalla outwardly, resembling a huge cave, but instead of peace and imprisonment of the Sumerian dungeons, this place is filled with "despondency, sadness and a hopeless emptiness of existence" according to Nitokris.

Mythological worlds are worlds, oddly enough, of certain mythologies, which are the home and place of a wide variety of creatures, monsters and gods. Each mythological world is separate and represents a whole, independent texture not divided into "sections", unlike the world of the dead.

The Plot Hole (Channel Awesome) is a rip in the fabric of "The Plot" that causes inconsistencies in time and logic that can be controlled by a host.

Being the main villain of a ninjasploitation story, Bruce (Ninja the Mission Story) has the ability to end the story abruptly should he die, being fully aware of this ability.

Magician: Magicians are people who are capable of manifesting supernatural power, by turning their emotions into energy that the soul ignites and sends to the brain in order to alter reality on a small scale to make a mystical effect happen. Magicians, possess physical abilities far beyond athletes at their peak human, their strength, physiological functions, senses, and everything else, significantly exceed those of peak performing athletes. Magicians boast a strength that is far superior to a supersoldier, an experienced Magician is able to cope with an entire company of angels alone. In addition, Magicians are capable of developing the strength of their soul by fighting others or absorbing the souls of the weak. Using Grimoires, they can display unthinkable levels of power beyond common sense in combat. All this together makes Magicians the strongest human weapons of the twenty-first century. Although the technology for creating Grimoires was initially monopolized by the Fàntǒng clan and the Mage Association, after the death of William Blackwell in 2016, the technology leaked to other countries and organizations, the Coporcracy of the United States and the New Chinese Republic achieved the greatest success in developing new types of Grimoires.

Magic Apps have a casting time and a cool down time and on top of that, they still need to buffer, just like any normal spell. They can be combined and destabilized, but most are immune to Magic Negation. With the latest upgrades that she bought, Nayuta can eliminate certain factors that can weaken her apps' attacks (e.g. air resistance, etc.) and add effects that help her in hitting her target (e.g. homing capabilities).

Soul: The soul is simultaneously a metaphysical informational phenomenon and an abstract substance that combines the thoughts, desires, needs, dreams, magic circuits, and other products of human cognition into one receptacle for an individual and is inherent in every person. It contains the experience, moral principles, and emotions accumulated over many years, everything that a person has & will ever experience is contained and shapes this phenomenon. It replaces the physical body in the imaginary space of the inner world, in dreams or after death. For supernatural beings who do not have a material vessel, the soul is the only receptacle of the essence, when, as for living people, it is secondary to their biological body. Furthermore, supernaturally obtained information cannot fade or disappear even if it doesn't fit in with the brain's memory and just gets etched into the soul. It cannot be seen with the naked eye due to the fact that it exists in an informational form that transcends the laws of physics of the 4-D Universe. The soul does not directly exist within the physical body. The soul can be considered the most important part of living beings that exists in the informational plane, as such, the soul is the person themself, while the body is a vessel for the soul, through which it interacts with the universe. Powerful souls also can maintain their own existence in the universe without a vessel, however, they are still sent back into the Akashic Records, where they enter the cycle of rebirth and either is reborn in a new universe or reborn back into their current one with their old body. Everyone's soul has its own scent and looks different depending on the owner's race. The bearer of a strong soul has resistance to harmful influences and the stronger the soul of a creature, the more it will resist. With a strong soul, a Magician can resist Absorption, Death Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Power Nullification, Power Modification, Power Absorption, Power Mimicry, Mind Control, Physical attacks, Magical attacks, Reality-warping, Resistance negation, and Soul destruction. Simply having a decently powerful soul is enough to make a person near immune to the passive powers of the Ex Nihilo. All creatures are capable of increasing the strength of their soul through numerous battles. The victor's soul will automatically increase in strength, by absorbing the power of the defeated. When females defeat foes they build up Chi in the chest, increasing bust size and parameters. They go all the way up to a ω cup. The essence of everyone subconsciously strives for strength, and you can get it in conflict, in battle, and other confrontations, which is reflected in people, increasing the thirst for violence. Humans have no limit of development, therefore they can accumulate and realize any amount of energy for their soul, expanding their powers from the level of a common mortal to the moment when they surpass the capabilities of the average angel and becomes physically and magically equal to the strongest gods and demons from the multidimensional worlds.

The general magical potential remains practically unchanged throughout life, but most male Magicians reach the peak of their own powers at the age of 23 while females don't reach their prime until they get pregnant. Usually, women have three times more Qualia than men, allowing them to cast more spells then men. Qualia is an integral and very important component of any creature, as a result of its overuse entails some negative consequences for the Magician. The complete deprivation of all Qualia can even kill them. However, this feature works in the opposite direction - the more Qualia the Magician is able to control, the stronger they become physically and spiritually. This is manifested both in survival - the Magician will become more difficult to kill, they will be able to survive with fatal wounds and will have a higher pain threshold, and in an increase in all-natural physical characteristics like stamina and durability, as well as longevity. Qualia can be spread not only through spells, but also, for example, through bodily fluids. External attractiveness is a property of the awakened bodies of Magicians, as a result of which their appearance improves, because of their higher evolution, their DNA is far more flawless than the average human, and harmful toxins are removed from the body.

* Recuperation: Mental and spiritual exhaustion is restored in the same way as physical exhaustion is and that is by resting. The recuperation process can be accelerated when multiple Magicians are in close contact with each other as their minds become more active and in sync.

Mana Crystals: Mana Crystals are a source of renewable energy in the Destinéverse. The physical properties of Mana Crystals make it incredibly useful for a variety of purposes, particularly as the main power source of nearly every appliance in Destiny City. Mana Crystals can be found in seven basic types. These seven types can be combined both artificially and naturally to form other types of Mana Crystals, each with their own unique properties. Different colors of Mana Crystals appear to correspond to their different natures or effects. The seven basic colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (or purple). Other known colors include cyan, white, rainbow, radiating orange, and dark red. Each color has its own unique property. Mana Crystals have been in use even since Reisys Marvell first created them and introduced them to Destiny City as a gift to the first generation of Wizard Saints.

Magician Rank: Each Magician has its own rank, obtained from the assessment of the Mage Association, based on the strength and functionality of their Magic and how well the magician can adapt and perform under stressful situations. Ranks are divided from E to ★ with the usual plus/minus modifiers for the letter ranks, so even at a young age, Magicians with a ★ Rank can easily destroy low-ranking Angels and lay siege to countries by themselves.

threat to the Post-War Administration Bureau.

There's also the EX rank, which is shorthand for "unclassifiable" powers that, due to their nature, simply don't fit on the Ranking scale.

For people who have achieved feats beyond that, like the sisters Touko and Aoko, they get colors Orange and Blue, respectively. The closer your color to the primary colors red, blue, and yellow, the more amazing your achievement.

E-Rank, considered incredibly weak. F-Rank D-Rank C-Rank, Ghouls and Junior Rank Investigators (Ranks 1 - 3) possess moderate strength, and are roughly equal to each other. The average Mook is from this ranking. B-Rank, Ghouls are considered Dangerous predators, and equal in strength to a senior First Class Investigator. They serve as the Elite Mooks of the series. A-Rank, are high-level threats and serial predators, equal to the senior Associate Special Class Investigators. S-Rank, are extremely dangerous, equal in strength to the elite Special Class Investigators. EX-Rank, are beings of abnormal strength, typically leaders of major groups or otherwise possessed of extreme abilities. An entire team including at least one Special Class Investigator are suggested for hunting them. ★-Rank, the rarest and most dangerous beings. Only two characters in the series hold this rank, being the Big Bad and Big Good, respectively. Operations to challenge them are the largest in scale, often making use of an entire squad of Special Class Investigators and the best equipment available.

All worlds that need to be saved are ranked by letters to denote the difficulty of the task. It's also possible for the difficulty rank to increase if the Demon Lord of that world successfully conquers it.

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missions in Naruto are ranked anywhere from D (picking up trash, catching stray cats) to S (there's a very high chance you'll die.)

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The reason however was that missions are ranked not just by difficulty of the task but also the strength of the ninja assigned to the task; in this case, one had a team of three fresh Genin and a slightly out-of-shape Jounin, the other involved teams of seasoned Chuunin and a more in-shape Jounin with another such group behind them as back-up.

Hibiki Units: The field of robotics, as well as artificial intelligence, is incredibly advanced in Destiny City thanks to Reiko Liladan. Androids built specifically for combat are known to be a mainstay of Destiny City, with units such as the Hibiki being capable of operating autonomously and adapting to any level of threat. However, the most remarkable achievement in the field of robotics is the creation of synthetic people capable of producing and harnessing mana (for which a soul is believed to be necessary). The Weiß series are the first and currently only such robots are known to exist, not including the Hibiki Units. The Weiß series are able to mimic targets it sees, as well. As they can increase its bust size seen from a billboard, effectively confusing targets. Their synthesized skin is protected by malleable, crystalline, ceramic armor interlaced with nano-fibers of carbon and titanium, the Weiß series is practically unstoppable on the battlefield, capable of sustaining vast amounts of damage with little to no effect. Destiny City also has the Anti-Jewel Units that are robotic humanoid life-forms, that requires a human body as a raw material for their creation. The science incorporated in its creation is extremely complicated, and its greatest characteristic is the ability to directly connect to the Z-Dimensional Energy, harnessing virtually unlimited amounts of power.

Observers: somebody who chronicles the progression of humanity and always appears near the time a crisis that kickstarts the progression and cessation of humanity. to spur the numerous unwilling pieces into action. Observers are the eyes of the Akashic Records in the multiverse, and they realize its desire, broadcast by the collective human consciousness on the information plane. Messiahs are chosen beings who are able to unconsciously connect with the Great Will and receive certain powers that exceed the all-creator aspects. For example, Will can choose any creature inside the universe of its particle and direct it to the path leading to the destruction of the aspect. The chosen creature is inexplicably endowed with the ability to destroy any enemy, including non-aspect.

Azathoth: A quantum computer is a new generation of technology that harnesses the phenomenon of quantum mechanics to achieve tremendous multitasking computational power. Unlike computers of Newman architecture, it uses the smallest particles, quanta (probably of any kind), whose movement occurs at the level of the microcosm, close to Planck's constant.

Moon cell automaton(Eye of God, Divine Automatic Recorder) - A massive structure of photonic crystals that makes up a quantum supercomputer. The creation of an unknown civilization, created more than four and a half billion years ago. The oldest object in the solar system, observing the Earth since its birth. It scans the planet about once every nanosecond and stores all information (such as ideas, history and even the souls of humanity) in its database. Completely fulfilling its function, it acts as a database of human history, simulating all life on the planet. Initially being only an observer, with the passage of time it received its current functions. Based on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, the observer determines the outcome of events, what is not observed is not determined, and the enormous computing power makes it possible to "guess" the future and thus predetermine the result. This is a pseudo-intelligent creature that allows you to influence the world with your inner calculations. It guarantees god-like power for creatures advanced enough to gain control of its functions.

SE.RA.PH (Serial Phantasm, Photon Abyss, Angelic Cage) - the basis of the Moon Cell, a system similar to Akashain terms of "recording and storing" the entire history of mankind. The observation device should be impartial, but nevertheless nothing should be visible to the observer. In order to record everything without bias, you need the performance of a much superior surveillance device. And then it deliberately made a giant leap in evolution, significantly strengthening its observing abilities. It is also responsible for the reproduction of internal space. Contains the Core of the Moon Cell, the enormous computing power of which allows the simulation of parallel worlds, calculating all possible outcomes of events in the past, present and future at the same time. All servants created by SE.RA.PH are automatically programmed to protect the Core, regardless of the will of the Master.

Advanced Level AI - a creature that is granted the right to independent judgment. They are created with souls, like a perfect reproduction of a person, but at the same time, their content inside is "colorless". BB is a high-level artificial intelligence whose initial functions were to control the state of candidates to control the Moon Cell.

Near Side is an information space inside the lunar cage, which can only be entered by digitizing your body. At the same time, the soul is stored in a memory cell and can be erased if it does not meet the conditions of stay. The whole space is an independent "pocket universes", huge Soul Mirrors. Even the most powerful computer on earth would not be able to maintain the only such Soul Mirror for any significant time. These areas also obey the "observable space" rule.

Far Side is an imaginary space used to store malicious information and "imaginary numbers". It exists according to the laws of "archival space", from the position of which the past, present and future are already determined and exist simultaneously as a flat fabric. Nothing can exist there, since this is the "territory of zero", intelligent life forms are unable to exist within this space.

Computational Ability - A quantum computer has endless computational power to instantly solve any equations and problems that require an immeasurable amount of time using standard computers.

Non - duality - calculations of Marduk occur not on the usual bases of information from ones and zeros, which are a form of existence and non-existence - duality, but on possibilities and probabilities, whose number is equivalent to infinity. Its entire system is built in the same way.

Artificial intelligence - a quantum computer is practically analogous to the human brain, and by its activity it creates a semblance of a personality, when adding "life" (the phenomenon of creativity) to which an identical consciousness appears with the ability to think like a human, with all the pluses and minuses. For Marduk, it is a little girl who, like a person, grows and develops.

Memory - Marduk has an immeasurable amount of memory, where an infinite amount of information can be stored, multiplied by an infinity of infinities (judging by the internal world order).

Development - with the accumulation and implementation of information with its "awareness" within the framework of the human concept, a quantum computer evolves and becomes more and more ideal intelligence.

Manipulation of information - a quantum computer is able not only to store information, but also to change, create it in various variations and scales. And since for Marduk, reality is just an array of information, this ability acquires the ability to manipulate reality in its various variations.

Absorption - a quantum computer can assimilate any information and make it part of its system. Thus, Marduk has the ability to absorb worlds and split them into elementary structures.

Simulation- huge computational abilities allow us to create entire worlds similar to ours, taking into account all possible laws of physics and concepts that go beyond it. Marduk without any problems creates a world order, consisting of: an endless multiverse, which is only one layer in an endless chain of a multi-layered world. Each "upper" layer differs from the "lower" one like a dimension (the upper layer is identical to the four-dimensional space for the three-dimensional lower one) and represents a combination of reality-imagination / dream, where each level is real, but for the "older" analogs it is only a two-dimensional picture on the screen. Each individual world has unlimited possibilities, alternative time (going in all directions) and spatial axes, as well as a full-fledged population in any variation. Destruction of Marduk,

Meta-existence - the consciousness of Marduk got out of its own system and became part of a space that surpasses the previous layers-dimensions, where many concepts no longer matter. This is the plane of information, the highest stage of evolution, surpassing reality, and Marduk has become a walking universe, an information creature close to God.