Chaos Child Syndrome

Chaos Child Syndrome is the name given to a set of symptoms which started appearing in numeral residents of Shibuya, since the Shibuya Earthquake in 2009. Its prominent symptoms include cell deterioration (accelerated aging, weakened muscles, green-ish skin) and severe delusional escapism. Its true causes remain undisclosed to the general public, covered as a form of PTSD appearing in those who have been traumatized by the aforementioned quake.

Some of the Chaos Child syndrome patients, in reaction to the stress of the Earthquake, gained Gigalomaniac abilities; unlike natural Gigalomaniacs, these consist of a single specific power, in addition to the ability to real-boot a Di-Sword.

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Chaos Child Syndrome patients have delusions that alter their sight, their hearing, and even their sense of touch. Scientists call this phenomenon “Delusion Synchronization”, in which people are stuck in a “dream-like world” or a “delusion” that only they can understand.

Patients at Hekiho Academy have brain waves that cause them all to share the same delusion, hence the name “Delusion Synchronization”. Takuru, who recovered from Chaos Child Syndrome, was able to break the Delusion Synchronization from Nono Kurusu, Hinae Arimura, Uki Yamazoe and Hana Kazuki. As a result, Kurusu and the others were released from their delusions but weren't able to handle the gap between delusion and reality, thus sending them into comas. Everyone who was in a coma by then was someone who was close to Takuru.

The cure for Chaos Child Syndrome came after scanning Takuru’s brainwave patterns and turning it into an image. The image would then alter all the remaining Chaos Child patients' brain waves and pull them back to reality.

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Chaos Child Syndrome patients in Hekiho Academy

Silent Sky Chaos Child Syndrome

Silent Sky Chaos Child Syndrome