User blog comment:Lux capacitor/New Semblance Ideas/@comment-26441997-20150608220356/@comment-24617443-20150609134739

But while it sounds great, I feel that it doesn't do justice towards Akiba's personality.

Since semblances are based on one's soul, then Akiba's is cunning and somewhat cowardly (though this is just my opinion). Akiba is supposed to show honor and respect, and using a semblance that makes him invisible in combat is a rather unfair advantage. So while thinking it through I returned to the character Akiba was loosely based on.

HAKUMEN.

And after thinking it through I propose a new semblance idea. A more strategic ability that can synergize with Akiba's fighting style. Instead of turning invisible he now creates sigil similar to Weiss' glyphs but are creating anywhere around his body.

These sigils, when hit, "seals" the attacker for a very short pause (around a second or less.). Akiba can also use the sigils on himself to imbued either a part of his body or his weapon with the sigils power. The sigils can also be placed on the any surface to be used as a trap.

The sigils have three tiers. With each successing tier increasing the use of aura and burden to his body, with the third tier being the most powerful but the most taxing and costly. These sigils can also be used alongside Dust to change its properties. Like using red dust to make exploding sigils.

Of course this is just a prototype idea which needs to be cleaned up but with your help I think I can make this work.