Did Urek nerf his own Shinsoo.....permanently?

[Ray Barracuda]

Okay from first appearance it's made clear that Urek can nerf his own Shinsoo to make himself impossibly weaker than what he is without said shinsoo like in the FOD so I've got basis for this theory.


But here I'm talking about his shinsoo..... quality? or potency? dunno what to call it.


First of all the design.


If you compare the look of his shinsoo in season 3 vs the spin-off, they're both on the yellow spectrum but season 3 looks like a faint bright yellow, like it's way too light to the point it's almost weightless.



While the spin-off looks almost like a holy sort of gold with "stars" in it and stuff and a much deeper golden hue.



It's not just artsyle polishing effect since Baam's cameo retained the same exact scheme and design bar for bar.


And then finally the behavior of his Shinsoo, kinda impossible to deny that they definitely behave very, VERY differently than what we've see before.




Leading me to believe that at some point Urek possibly permantly nerfed his own Shinsoo after learning to control it later on leading to this newer washed out quality we see in season 3.

 

[Jackjohsnon]

I think he only nerfs his reinforcement.

 

[Ray Barracuda]

I think he only nerfs his reinforcement.

This one's a given since reinforcement is supposed to be at 100% always.


But his shinsoo quality itself is definitely very different, both in looks and behavior.

 

[Realfan]

What is urek shinsoo quality anyways?
But one thing does make curious is the fact that zahard and urek have the same golden shinsoo yet nobody talking about it

 

[Ray Barracuda]

What is urek shinsoo quality anyways?
But one thing does make curious is the fact that zahard and urek have the same golden shinsoo yet nobody talking about it

Main theory of mine is the power of manifestation since he's shown multiple elements already and his body acts in a weird way too.


But also most likely definitely something to do with "Light" which in his verse had the power to do some crazy stuff so Urek might have inherited that quality as he was born from it.



Also Zahards Shinsoo just seems to be explosions.


Ability to integrate internal explosions into himself for a much greater amp or extend it outwards in thr form of bangs and stuff, there's not much theories to go around concerning that I guess.


Looks uncomplicated

 

[Demonspeed]

No.

What is urek shinsoo quality anyways?
But one thing does make curious is the fact that zahard and urek have the same golden shinsoo yet nobody talking about it

No it's not the same. Urek's is pretty clearly some kind of Light Shinsoo. SIU described Zahard as some kind of Gold Shinsoo:

For Zahard.. He seems to be using lots of gold-colored Shinsu attacks.
The ‘Gold’ in the name of Zahard’s attack,
is similar to the gold in our world but a different metal
You can think of it as a gold that is unbreakable like diamond
Regarding the Shinwonryu in the beginning,
I think I can tell you what it really is some day.

Source.

Zahard has the Golden Needle Attribute at the very least.

 

[Ray Barracuda]

No.

Really ?


Then why does it look so different in color and now behavior.



A Shinsoo that's alive and one he can amp woulda helped so much in multitasking in season 3, especially if it bears his nature or he can add something else to it with a thought.

 

[Demonspeed]

The color doesn't seem that different to me. It's probably just the art that's changed.

Urek has no reason to nerf himself permanently. No one does.

 

[Ray Barracuda]

The color doesn't seem that different to me. It's probably just the art that's changed.

But Baam retained his scheme in the cameo, like bar for bar without question so the polished art can't be it.


Also it's quite different looking at it side by side, one looks washed out and the other much deeper in color.

Urek has no reason to nerf himself permanently. No one does.

But Isn't Urek's whole gimmick the fact he's always restricting himself in one way or another anytime we see him?


Even against the FH's it was the same cause he didn't wanna hurt em.


He's consistently the only person with the always holding back a lot gimmick from SIU, permanently nerfing himself isn't out of character.


He even already nerfed his own Shinsoo down to almost nothing as per his first appearance so it's not impossible.

 

[kkck]

What is urek shinsoo quality anyways?
But one thing does make curious is the fact that zahard and urek have the same golden shinsoo yet nobody talking about it

It's not the same golden shinsoo though. Zahard's first attribute as far as I can tell is the golden needle (which he used to counter data eduan's lightning spear). Whatever urek is doing this chapter is substantially different. Maybe even alive to some capacity.

 

[Aesanhard]

I see two possibilities for why Urek restricts himself:

1. One, this crazy uncontrollable power shown in the spinoff injures someone he cares about or destroys something important during his climb, and now he limits himself. A little like how Blossom sealed off her flame after nuking a floor, but maybe not as permanent.
2. Urek does his gimmick to challenge himself. With few obstacles to his brute force, and none of them equivalent to Phanta, the only way he can keep himself sharp is to fight with one hand tied behind his back and hopping on one leg.

 

[Ray Barracuda]

I see two possibilities for why Urek restricts himself:

1. One, this crazy uncontrollable power shown in the spinoff injures someone he cares about or destroys something important during his climb, and now he limits himself. A little like how Blossom sealed off her flame after nuking a floor, but maybe not as permanent.
2. Urek does his gimmick to challenge himself. With few obstacles to his brute force, and none of them equivalent to Phanta, the only way he can keep himself sharp is to fight with one hand tied behind his back and hopping on one leg.

Hmm, two very plausible possibilities ngl.


Still I'm getting the feeling it's just gonna be more in line with his gimmick as always, but the first one would definitely be a better and much preferred as the reason for the change.