Essence of Ranma 1/2
●You gain a free age and appearance change to whatever you want.
●You are an incredibly skilled martial artist and ki user, easily being peers with Ranma and Ryoga. You may specialize in any style of your choice, no matter how outlandish it may sound or be (like martial arts tea ceremony). Your style could even be the famed Anything Goes style (which will probably not make you many friends, but whatever).
●Your physical capacities become peak human in all areas, and you can reinforce yourself with ki to become even stronger, faster, and more durable. The more skilled with ki and martial arts you are, the better this effect is.
●You are a really fast learner when it comes to martial arts and related skills, and can easily adapt the moves and techniques of other martial styles you observe and analyze into your own.
●You may opt to have a Jusenkyo curse of your of design, or even a copy of an existing one. Hope you know what you are doing with this.
●You may have any characters of your choice from the Ranma 1/2 universe become your companions. You may choose what relationships and history you have with these characters (such as them being in love with you, being your friends, or whatever else).
●Optionally, you may have a one-way trip to the Ranma 1/2 universe, at any point in the story or timeline. Instead of being simply dropped in, you may also choose to get reincarnated or even gain a history and memories in that world (maybe merging with a local counterpart).
○If you do this, you are guaranteed to meet the companions chosen above and develop whatever relationships are chosen (potentially resurrecting them if they are dead by the point you enter the story, which may draw attention).
Essence of the Akamatsuverse
●You gain a free age and appearance change to whatever you like. You may also choose to be any humanoid race found in the Akamatsuverse (excluding things like vampire nobles).
●You have immense willpower. You could push through torturous training or keep fighting while in enormous pain and having most of your bones broken.
●Even without enhancements from Ki, magic, or other supernatural powers, your physical capabilities are considerably superhuman, being faster than bullets and strong and tough enough to give and take hits that destroy buildings and leave big craters on the ground. Your body has enormous potential, and with time and training you may eventually become able to punch mountains to rubble, dodge lightning, and other such feats.
●You have incredible talent for magic and an enormous amount of mana. You are already a very skilled mage in the Akamatsuverse's magic system and have mastered over two dozen spells in your chosen discipline and style. Even other styles of magic would be easy to learn, should you put the time.
●You are a very skilled and talented martial artist and Ki user, and have an amazing amount of life force. This has given you a variety of abilities, such as body enhancement, mastery of the elements, blasts of energy, and more.
●You have learned to use Kanka, combining magic and Ki to supercharge yourself and gain explosive bursts in power.
●You have amazing skill in a chosen type of weapon (such as swords or guns), and have learned to integrate your magic and ki into your fighting style.
●You have mastery of the Pactio system, allowing you to make temporary contracts with others as a Magister. You don't need outside help for this. If successful, your Ministra will receive a card representing the bond and with it a magical artifact with powers fitting their nature as a person. You are also able to make permanent contracts, which are stronger but put a heavier strain on you.
●You have a brilliant mind and incredible memory, and are skilled in several academic disciplines. Creating robots, lasers, and even technology replicating magic to a degree is all possible to you. You are also skilled in creating magic artifacts.
●You have become a very skilled ninja, having mastery of their tools and techniques. Stealth, shadow clones, illusions, disguises, and more are part of your repertoire. Your mastery of magic and Ki will only enhance and supplement this.
●You are a terrifyingly fast learner, paired with enormous ability in training your body and powers. Whether it's your magic, Ki, weapon skills, techniques, or something else, you seem to learn and improve in days what others would take months or even years of effort to match.
●You may choose a profession, such as archeology or teaching, in which you now have several years of experience.
●You are a natural born charmer, gathering attractive members of your preferred sex and making them fall for you with little effort on your part.
○You may choose to get involved in harem/romcom shenanigans, but why would you want to inflict that on yourself? In any case, such can never seriously injure you and you may turn this on and off at will.
●Optionally, you may gain a Hot Springs Turtle as a pet. They can fly for some reason.
●Huh? Why is this harem comedy all shonen now? You now have a choice to turn harem / romcom settings you go to significantly more battle- and action-oriented if they have elements that could be used for such (sci-fi or fantasy worlds, supernatural powers, etc.). Such settings may or may not remain just as fanservicey even after the genre change/addition (they probably will). You may also choose this to be a more gradual process.
●Optionally, you may learn the Shinmei-ryu style of swordsmanship, gaining a high level of skill in it. This style is known for its use of Ki for various effects and its ability to harm and exorcise spirits.
●Optionally, you may become a user of the Magic Erebea spell, allowing you to absorb spells and take on their properties for the duration while also gaining increased physical and magical power. With this you may transform into various forms that have different abilities depending on the spell absorbed. Transforming into a living lightning bolt is one such possibility.
●Optionally, you may gain the Magic Cancel ability, giving you enormous resistance to magic and spells. With time and training you may obtain other uses for it, such as nullifying magic on others or making barriers that cancel magic that touch it.
●You have the option to become an Immortal. You may choose to have a copy of any immortality found in this universe, or design your own so long as the end result could fit within UQ Holder. Some examples of this include Karin's divine invulnerability or Kyrie's save points. This may also have other effects depending on the immortality (such as if you became an Artificial Vampire). Some of the other choices here may also give you a form of immortality.
●You may have any characters of your choice from the Akamatsuverse (Negima, UQ Holder, Love Hina, and others) become your companions. You may choose what relationships and history you have with these characters (such as them being in love with you, being your friends, or whatever else).
●Optionally, you may have a one-way trip to the Akamatsuverse, appearing in any timeline and world of your choice, at any point you want. Instead of being simply dropped in, you may also choose to get reincarnated or even gain a history and memories in that world (maybe merging with a local counterpart).
○If you do this, you are guaranteed to meet the companions chosen above and develop whatever relationships are chosen (potentially resurrecting them if they are dead by the point you enter the story, which may draw attention).
Essence of the Beautiful Fighter (Queen's Blade)
●You gain a one-time body transformation. It defaults to a beautiful girl/woman, but it may be whatever you want (you don't need to become female, but the end result is always at least 8/10 in appearance). You may also be any race found in the Queen's Blade setting (such as an elf or angel). You may also change your age with this.
●Your body becomes at least peak human in all areas (strength, reflexes, stamina, etc.). You are a degree of superhuman in several areas, being able to shatter stone with your fists and jump several meters into the air.
●You become highly skilled in a weapon or fighting style of your choice.
●You become reasonably skilled in any forms of magic available to the setting.
●You may have any characters of your choice from the Queen's Blade universe become your companions. You may choose what relationships and history you have with these characters (such as them being in love with you, being your friends, or whatever else).
●Optionally, you may have a one-way trip to the Queen's Blade setting, at any point in its timeline. This may be the main setting or any of its alternate universes/timelines. Instead of being simply dropped in, you may also choose to get reincarnated or even gain a history and memories in that world (maybe merging with a local counterpart).
○If you do this, you are guaranteed to meet the companions chosen above and develop whatever relationships are chosen (potentially resurrecting them if they are dead by the point you enter the story, which may draw attention).
Essence of the Cultivator Expanded
This Essence becomes available only after you drink the Essence of the Cultivator, expanding its capabilities to grant the following benefits:
1.You may insert yourself into the setting of the chosen system if you want to.
2.You can never suffer cultivation deviation or similar.
3.You gain any number of techniques of your choice from the chosen system, from battle arts to cultivation methods. Techniques you learn this way are always their complete/final versions (or as complete as possible, if there is no fully complete version).
4.You gain any number of bloodlines, constitutions, physiques, or other special traits of your choice from the chosen system. You never suffer any problems or incompatibilities from this (even if it's impossible or dangerous in the chosen system).
5.You gain any number of artifacts of your choice from the chosen system. If you have storage spaces or treasures, you may selectively put artifacts you gain there instead of on your person. If you insert yourself into the setting of the chosen system (via this essence or otherwise), it is up to you if the artifacts are copies or the originals (on a per artifact basis); any originals suddenly disappear from their current locations and lose any connection to their current owners, as well as any traps added to them.
Essence of the Unneeded Soul
By consuming this essence, you gain the following benefits:
○You no longer need a soul to live or to maintain your identity, regardless of what local metaphysics may say.
○Having your soul be destroyed, harmed, consumed, stolen, traded, sold, removed, altered, or corrupted no longer kills, harms, or affects you at all (so long as either your body or mind are still alive). Note that losing your soul may still result in losing abilities that depend on it (like AT Fields).
○Your body and mind are as much "you" as your soul is, making spiritual possession effectively useless on you. While you can still be possessed, you remain completely in control of yourself unless you allow yourself to be controlled or influenced (in which case you remain fully aware and can take control back at any moment).
○Attempts to use your soul to control, influence, or manipulate you automatically fail.
Essence of Touhou
●You gain a free age and appearance change to whatever you want. You may also be any race found in the Touhou Project setting (vampire, lunarian, fairy, youkai, kami, and so on), giving you the inherent abilities of said race.
●You gain access to the Spell card system, created by one Reimu Hakurei. This allows you to have non-lethal duels with others and makes you become skilled at danmaku. You have several different attacks patterns and may design Spell Cards based on other abilities or equipment you have.
●To aid you with the above, you also gain the ability to fly and become highly skilled at dodging and 3D maneuvering.
●Optionally, you may drink the Hourai elixir and obtain the immortality it grants. You no longer age or need to eat, are immune to illness, and become fundamentally deathless. Your whole body could be vaporized and you would be back in just moments. Even attacks and powers that target the soul would find it difficult to actually harm you. However, this offers no protection against being sealed, so be careful about that.
●You may have any characters of your choice from the Touhou universe become your companions. You may choose what relationships and history you have with these characters (such as them being in love with you, being your friends, or whatever else).
●Optionally (and incompatibly with the option below), you may have a one-way trip to the Touhou universe, at any point in the story. Instead of being simply dropped in, you may also choose to get reincarnated or even gain a history and memories in that world (maybe merging with a local counterpart).
○If you do this, you are guaranteed to meet the companions chosen above and develop whatever relationships are chosen (potentially resurrecting them if they are dead by the point you enter the story, which may draw attention).
●Optionally (and incompatibly with the option above), you may drop Gensokyo and its inhabitants into your world or any world you insert yourself into. If you do this, you are guaranteed to meet the companions chosen above and develop whatever relationships are chosen.
Essence of Anti-Collateral Damage
Upon drinking this your body feels a shock but there is no pain, a vague taste of cool mint brushes your taste buds. You receive these boons:
○You can now avoid causing any collateral damage, in any way you want.
○You could use the full might of all your sun busting Ki powers on a single person standing on the ground and nothing and no one else will be harmed, there wouldn't even be a crater.
○And if you want to cause huge property damage but not actually kill anyone, no one will die as long as you're involved. You could split the continent and no one would die.
○You could even throw around huge winds that make trees and branches sway to make yourself look suitably scary and powerful without actually doing harm to the environment.
○Anytime you do cause property damage, everything is fixed by morning. This won't work if you destroy the planet, there still has to be something left to count as property.
○Hilariously, you can also throw the full might of your powers at someone to make a fight look convincing without actually damaging them. This essentially means that you can thrust your hand through their chest and any blood or wounds would just be cosmetic.
○As you have full control of how much collateral you cause, you are able to turn these effects off when you need to, but the level of collateral it defaults to when active is in property damage. You will not harm other people as long as you don't intend it.
○Note: this essence will not resurrect anyone you kill. If you want to pretend to have killed people they'll only be knocked out but with suitable cosmetic effects to make it look real. They might even believe you actually killed them until they wake.