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In the world of Blue Archive, a halo (ヘイロー) is a disk, ring or abstract pattern floating above a humanoid girl's head. Halos vary in colors, shapes, and designs, mostly referencing their respective students' personalities or just general character theme. The halo's concept is as easy as it is mysterious and obscure as how it actually works completely is still unclear.
General Information[]
Seeing a halo is nearly as common as seeing gunfire happening in Kivotos. Halos act as a student's form of consciousness. If a student is unconscious e.g., sleeping or knocked out, her halo will disappear temporarily and will return once she regains her consciousness.
Although it's generally believed and accepted by the students of Kivotos that halos belong to students as only they are seen with halos while other citizens aren't, it doesn't seem to be the case as other exceptions have been proven to exist with halos.
One example is Tendou Alice, an android with a halo before being enlisted as a Millennium student. For her case, it's believed that she has a halo because she retains a connection to the Nameless Gods.
Another example is Decagrammaton's Prophets, giant robots/mecha roaming around Kivotos with each of their own halos despite being mechanical.
A few creatures, neither humanoids nor robots, also have halos of their own, such as Beatrice in her Ascended Form.
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Design[]
Although halos are generally believed to normally represent students it belongs to in a way, whether they be by their personality, design or history, the halos' designs themselves can be quite abstract, being hard to understand their connections with their respective students at first glance. The halos' designs can also vary from a plain, classic angelic single-colored two-dimensional shape to a highly-detailed three-dimensional figure.
There are certain cases where halos would have such simple designs that it makes them a bit tougher to distinguish from other halos, as seen in the examples below.
As previously mentioned, some students have three-dimensional halos or aspects of it which is a bit unusual considering most students only have two-dimensional ones. The reason as to why this happens is currently unknown. Here are a few examples.
Abilities[]
The halos are the main reason why students are normally seen with firearms and other military-related objects as they provide outstanding offensive and defensive capabilities, giving students more physical strength and allowing them to withstand bullets and even tank shells.
Halos also provide regenerative abilities, allowing scratches from bullets to heal by themselves, though certain extreme cases would still require medical assistance. Besides strength and regeneration, halos are speculated to also provide other superpowers such as super luck believed to be owned by Ichinose Asuna.
Like most things, the halos have a limit. Although it provides regenerative abilities, a halo can only regenerate when given time. If a student receives massive continuous damage, her halo would eventually shatter, causing her to "die". There are also some weapons that can presumably destroy a halo in an instant, such as the halo-destroying bomb although it's later proven to be a failed experiment.[1]
Trivia[]
- There is currently only one student in the current timeline who is confirmed to have a shattered halo in the game, which is Yume from Abydos High School.
- Shiroko Terror's halo was cracked when she appeared in Volume F. After she became playable however, her halo was restored while still retaining a dark color.
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