Aka Manah

**Aka Manah** (生得邪の覚醒アカ・マナフ, *Aka Manafu*?, lit. "Innate Evil Awakening") is a unique term used for people and creatures who have shattered the chains of fate that bound them.

## Abilities

### Angra Aka Manah

There exist a second lesser-known transformation available to Aka Manah said to have used too much power attained through their "Innate Awakening", which causes them to change to a shape that resembles their soul as beings who existed in-between the border of human and demon, crossing over to a demon. Accessing the Angra Aka Manah grants them enormous power, increasing their magic at the cost of their humanity.

The appearance of those that have undergone **Angra Aka Manah** (生得魔人化アングラ・アカ・マナフ, *Angura Aka Manafu*?, lit. "Innate Demonic Personification") resembles that of a demon, Some have black skin, feathers, horns, wings, tail, golden eyes, as well as increasing their size. The exact changes, however, varies between users. It seems that the transformation can be activated and deactivated at will, at least by experienced users. It is also shown that the transformation clouds the user's intellect, though this only seemed to be a problem with an inexperienced user.

The transformation is extremely rare, being more of a rumor between Aka Manahs. The ways to access the form are not fully revealed, though the user needs to cast their humanity behind. Soujirou was capable of accessing the form in his fight with Lancelot Du Lac, after his ego as a human was destroyed. Fuyumi was able to access an derived form after seeing Ieyasu being killed in front of her, however, he was revived by Kurozou Sanzou and Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

Those that have undergone Angra Aka Manah, receive an enormous increase in magic power. Lancelot in his form had a larger amount of magic than Fuyumi, who has thirty times the amount of magic than other person and is considered to be the strongest in the Tsukihime Family. Their physical strength alone is beyond the realm of other powerful people as well as retain their original techniques and abilities, which are also empowered.

## List of Aka Manahs

* Three Great Families
* Avalon Council
* G.O.C.
* Insurrection
* Other Aka Manahs

 Douglas Appleton
 Great Teacher
 Fu Xiaoli
 Li Xiaoshu

 Chika Tokugawa | Hannya World's Second Strongest Swordswoman
 Gogyou Stoicheion | Zarathustra Puppet King
 Siggeir Gothland

 Lancelot Du Lac | Chevalier du Aride Lac Strongest Mercenary in History  World's Strongest Warmonger
 Tendou Harima | Great Disaster The Founder
 Ripper Roo
 Zirnitra

## Trivia

* The name Aka Manah is taken from the evil god with the same name in Zoroastrianism, who is opposed by Vohu Manah. He is the demon of sensual desire sent by Ahriman to seduce the prophet Zoroaster.
	+ The Angra Aka Manah is named after the fellow Zoroastrian evil god Angra Mainyu, also known as Ahriman.
	+ The term of a Aka Manah are based on the Desperado from the *Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan* series.
* Kryme Takizawa was just a step away from becoming a Aka Manah in her youth but refused becoming one due to not wanting to throw away her fate with her husband. However, she finally reached this realm of non-humans when she obtained the resolve to fight for her families.
* Akamanahs are a highly concealed subject by the Three Great Families, the Avalon Council and the G.O.C., with only a few select individuals in the three organizations knowing about them.
* Aka Manahs are called Xian in Shinryuu Temple, and are mostly likely named after the concept of Xian (仙; pinyin: *xiān*; Wade–Giles: *hsien*; Romaji: *sen*) from Taoism.
* Carl Islands when into detail stating that true Aka Manah couldn't be created such as he tried to attempt in creating Elias Carter using DNA from Alarane Malphas and only those who could become akamanah are those who're born naturally.
* According to Miyatsuko, Taketori, Ryujirou and Edelweiss, all members of the Daimyō Trio, past or present, have become Aka Manahs, with Taketori and Edelweiss stating the first of them to become one though, is usually the first of the three to die.
	+ This came true as in Volume 22, Ieyasu died at the hands of Gogyou Stoicheion, a fellow Aka Manah, though he was later revived.
	+ It is currently Nobunaga Oda's and Hideyoshi Toyotomi's goal to become Aka Manahs.