![]() ![]() hack//SIGN: A blue flame symbolically appears in the background when Bear explains to Mimiru that their enemy is not an entity that can be simply attacked but is both nowhere and everywhere. See also Spark Fairy (fairies or magical insects depicted as a point of light) and Will-o'-the-Wisp (a light that leads unwary travelers into danger). Subtrope to Faux Flame for "flames" that aren't actually fire. Although these lights give a ghostly/comical atmosphere on TV, it's perfectly possible to witness them in real life by this explanation, and who knows what they mean then. Interestingly, hitodama (or kitsunebi or onibi) are created by rotting compounds of a body. Sometimes, when a character is "possessed" by mortification or depression about something, they will be portrayed as squatting in a (possibly nonexistent) corner, back turned to the main cast, with a black halo and ghost lights. (Usually three, because Japanese tradition assigns humans three 'higher souls' and seven 'base souls' and the latter stay with the body after death.) Some ghosts can use this form as Ball of Light Transformation. Being surrounded by ghost lights are a visual indicator of someone who is already a ghost. People dressing as a ghost will usually tie burning candles to their heads to simulate the light. The possession part is rarely played straight in anime. The victims of possession traditionally tend to keep their free will, but are plagued with fatal bad luck. Japanese ghosts and those they possess are traditionally depicted as surrounded by floating blue flames known as hitodama. ![]()
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