- "As Reaper and Player alike progress through the Game, engaging in Imagination-driven combat, their Soul is refined."
Imagination is a power that every person possesses, regardless of if they are a Realground person or an Underground Reaper or Player. In essence, it is ad verbatim the creativity, ingenuity, and synonymously, imagination all humans are capable of.
Imagination is never [ ? ] directly discussed in the main story, though it is mentioned several times throughout the Secret Reports.
Imagination in the Underground[]
In the Underground, Imagination powers the pins that Players use. The type and strength of a person's Imagination, and thus the kind of psychs a Player can use, are determined by their Soul.[1]
Imagination in the Realground[]
The more Imagination a person has, the more power they have to inspire and influence others. Players with high Imagination that beat the Game and are reincarnated are then able to cause a pervasive and long-lasting impact on people and culture through their talented art, music, and other creative endeavors. This effectively refines other people's Imagination without requiring personal contact with the talented Player.[2]
Imagination and Noise[]
As a downside, Noise are especially attracted to or are inadvertently created from those with high Imagination or where large amounts of Imagination gathers along with negative emotions. Noise prey on this Imagination and essentially the Spirit energy of their host, resulting in negative manifestations and disorders in their victims, and hence continues this into a neverending cycle of creating Noise by negative reinforcement.