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Unsorted Notes

 * Chapter 3 Part 5
 * Seems to have partial knowledge (seems not complete)(not properly comprehend)

Appearance

 * Obscured silhouette
 * Obscured silhouette

Personality

 * Described by Yokosuka as an intellectual with a hobby,
 * Looking down, claim need to do themselves, safe zone, arbitrarily decides cannot do without help
 * Presumption?
 * Looking down, claim need to do themselves, safe zone, arbitrarily decides cannot do without help
 * Presumption?

Chronology, Christmas Day Arc

 * Approaching Touma, offer, rejected, exchange/defeated
 * On Christmas Day, Aihana Etsu approached the heavily injured and dying Kamijou Touma, who was attempting to leave hospital to stop Anna Sprengel, despite his condition. Though he had negative view of Touma and had avoided making contact before then, Aihana apparently deemed supporting Touma with his power the best choice for fighting R&C Occultics. He attempted to have Touma take on his name and power like he usually did with others, but Touma rejected his offer and called out his attitude. Both unwilling to budge, Aihana stood in Touma's way and was quickly knocked out.

Abilities
Sections:
 * Basic gist of ability: Make into ideal self, if possibility within city

Aihana's ability allows him to give others power and make them into their 'ideal self'. The exact mechanisms at work are not entirely clear, but by having his target accept his offer and envision their ideal self, the version of themself that they wish to be, Aihana can make them become that ideal self, granting them the power they wish for. It has been compared to instantly transforming anyone into a protagonist without any annoying training or leveling up.

The process is affected by several factors, one of which is the target's imagination. Aihana generally does not give suggestions as they would narrow the imagination. According to Aihana, although he can give someone power, he can't say he actually 'creates' the power. It may also be limited by certain external conditions. Aihana lends people his name and identity of Aihana Etsu when aiding them, either directly or indirectly, by himself or through a proxy. Whether this is a necessary part of the empowerment process is not fully confirmed.

When trying to get Kamijou Touma to accept his offer, Aihana gave an example of what his power might be able to accomplish - pointing to the whistle which Touma had received from Shokuhou Misaki, which and whom he could no longer remember. Aihana claimed that if Touma wished to know the meaning behind the whistle or was interested in recovering his lost memories, he could do it as long as he arranged the necessary conditions in the city. Aihana also claimed that it was more convenient than what Rensa had.


 * Affected by imagination and conditions in city
 * Not create power, conditions in the city

The nature of this ability is not one suited for direct combat, meaning Aihana has to use or work with others to achieve his goals. When forced to step outside of his safe zone and face an injured Kamijou Touma in a physical clash, he was easily knocked out.

When Aihana approached a ravaged Kamijou Touma, the latter experienced audio and visual distortions in his perception of his surroundings. As he was descending the stairs (which seemed not to change no matter how many flights he went down), he felt a sensation described like walking on fluffy clouds, with light blurring and the deafening noise around him becoming distorted. When Aihana appeared on the landing before him and spoke, Touma was fairly sure they had not been there before and he could only see a vague outline, like a scene filmed through an out-of-focus video camera. At the same time, the surrounding noise disappeared. When he tried to slip past and descend the next flight of stairs (not seeming to make progress), he found Aihana waiting for him on the next landing (even after placing his right hand to his head). After Aihana's introduction, the visual distortions spread out with the walls and floors (which had calming colors for the benefit of patients) flashing with bright colors and stairs starting to bend and undulate. The illusion disappeared after Aihana was knocked out.

Aihana's voice during this encounter was described as a genderless soprano, likely intentionally modified to make it difficult to discern with a distortion sometimes running through it, which dropped terrifyingly deep when angered.

Quotes

 * "Now, picture the you that you wish to be. Picture your ideal self.”[...]“You can be that version of yourself. Now, I will lend you Aihana Etsu."

=Extract= Aihana Etsu

Opening
Aihana Etsu (藍花 悦), also referred to as the Number Six, is the sixth ranked Level 5 esper in Academy City. A recurring joke in the series is the mystery surrounding their identity.

Etymology
The three kanji for Aihana Etsu's name mean "indigo", "flower", and "pleasure", respectively.

Personality

 * NT12, GT2

Agitate Halation Arc
During the riots in Academy City's Learning Core involving 7,500 "heroes", a group of people assume that a boy claiming to be Aihana Etsu is the Number Six since he defeated them with only his fists and without any apparent ability. Shokuhou Misaki, noticing him, claims that he is pretending to be the Number Six Level 5, and therefore has no connection to her, indicating that she probably knows the real Aihana Etsu.

In the conclusion of the arc, Kihara Noukan states that "the Level 5s gathered in one place", hinting either that the real Aihana Etsu actually was present in Learning Core, that Noukan was simply only referring to the other Level 5s, or that Noukan was fooled by the impostor's acting.

Magic God Othinus Arc
Aihana officially debuts in person in this arc, though their features are kept nondescript and they are referred to as the Number Six rather than by name. When Academy City sends an email to the seven Level 5s "requesting the death of Magic God Othinus and Kamijou Touma who is traveling with her", Aihana silently toys with the phone.

St. Germain Arc
Following the events at the Dianoid, during which Kanou Shinka made use of Aihana's name, the real Aihana speaks with Yokosuka, who has been assisting Aihana (hoping that he could learn how to beat Sogiita Gunha) with their plans of helping people solve their problems by allowing them to use Aihana's name as the sixth ranked Level 5 on Aihana's behalf, Yokosuka having passed the name on to another.

Christmas Day Arc
On Christmas Day, Aihana Etsu approached the heavily injured and dying Kamijou Touma, who was attempting to leave hospital to stop Anna Sprengel, despite his condition. Though he had negative view of Touma and had avoided making contact before then, Aihana apparently deemed supporting Touma with his power the best choice for fighting R&C Occultics. He attempted to have Touma take on his name and grant power like he usually did with others, but Touma rejected his offer and called out his attitude. Both unwilling to budge, Aihana stood in Touma's way and was quickly knocked out.

Daihasei Festival Arc
The Number Six is mentioned when Yamane, who is part of a group tasked with convincing the seven Level 5s to hold demonstrations during the Daihasei Festival, tries to track them down, but he is unable to find any trace of them.

Toaru Jihanki no Fanfare
Aihana Etsu is mentioned when a pirated broadcast lists off the epithets of the seven Level 5s. Humorously, they are introduced as "Eh, who's that Number Six...? Well, forget about it".

Abilities

 * GT2

Trivia

 * In , Kamijou Touma stumbles upon the esper names of the seven Level 5s in documents related to the Level 6 Shift project, but he skips past those names.
 * Some fans speculate that the Number Six is Aogami Pierce (thus making "Aihana Etsu" his real name), since pre-memory loss Touma considered him and Misaka Mikoto "tough people who he would not have to worry about getting involved" in the trouble revolving around Index.
 * After the release of ', there was confusion over whether the name "Aihana Etsu" was the Number Six's real name or just the impostor's name. In ', Yokosuka confirmed it as the former.

Quotes

 * "Now, picture the you that you wish to be. Picture your ideal self.”[...]“You can be that version of yourself. Now, I will lend you Aihana Etsu."