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Magic Casting Techniques are ways that magicians can cast magic in a faster or more efficient way.
The most commonly used way magicians cast magic is with the use of Casting Assistant Device (CAD), but throughout the series we see other ways that magic can be cast and used.
Background[]
Ever since World War Three and the rise of the use of Magicians as weapons, Japan established the Magician Research and Development Institutes that not only focuses on the development of Magicians, they also focused on the development of streamlining Ancient Magic with Modern Magic and creation of Magic Casting Techniques which later became secret techniques of prominent Magician Families like the Ten Master Clans.[1]
List of Magic Casting Techniques[]
Flash Cast[]
- The Yotsuba Family's secret magic casting technique.
'Delayed sequence suspended prior activation' technique[]
- The Shippou Family's secret magic casting technique that Million Edge is based on. [2]
Unnamed technique[]
- The ability to use the half activated spell as a "stepping stone" to creating one's own magic from the same system. This was used during Tomitsuka and Tatsuya's fight. [3]
Cyclical Breathing[]
- When continuously using the same magic, Cyclical Breathing refers to the space between when one magic ends and the next one begins. The less overlap between the first and second magic, the less stress is placed upon the Magician. Magician who excelled in shortening the dead time between the two were known as "Adept at Cyclical Breathing".
- Miyuki is mentioned to be "adept at cyclical breathing", and Tatsuya compares Masaki's talent as rivaling to that of Miyuki. Tatsuya mentions that Masaki's cyclical breathing is more like an innate talent.
- To be able to freely wield powerful magics without breathing raggedly, also requires more than a large capacity within the Magic Calculation Area. [4]
Speed Loader[]
Speed Loader in the Manga
- Speed Loader is a Magic Casting Technique developed in the 7th Research Institute which allow its user to perform up to a maximum of 9 different Magic Sequences at the same time then store them to allow a simultaneous instantaneous release of all of them. Speed Loader, using Kouichi's "Octet", allowed him to maintain 8 different Magics from 4 different Systems on stand-by and which magic he needed to deal with a variety of situations instantly. [5]
Herd Control[]
Million Edge using the Herd Control technique
- Herd Control also known as Colony Control is the magic technique developed at 7th Research Institute. Herd referring to an aggregate with no physical laws tying it together. The technique controls several independent objects or phenomona individually as though they were a single unit which is used in the magic of the Shippou Family like Million Edge and Stone Shower.[6]