Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.116.18.18-20131008134651/@comment-79.214.212.86-20141027170046

I think what 203.106.149.78 says can't be right, 'cause it happened too many times Touma was suprised he couldn't negate an attack (better said their side effects). I think (based on what's stated in the LNs) that IB is a power that probably originates from the wish of people to have a something like a backup/failsafe in case they ruin somthing with their magic. Though even if that isn't the case, IB might be connected with the first/original plane of the universe and that's why able to negate everthing that's different from that plane (like ESP and Magic etc) though even that plane might have "natural" supernatural features (like the ley lines) and that's why Touma isn't able to negate them. (And there must be a powersource to create the other planes in the first plane, else the planes Othinus created weren't possible in the first place). Although I think Aleister and some other instances aren't affected by the addition of new planes by Othinus, they either use them for their benefits and/or don't bother and keep continuing their plans.