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Top: Speed, Mind, Heart, Power, Technique
Bottom: Balance, Efficiency, Momentum, Soul, Grasp

The upper five are from Bleach Brave Souls and the lower five are my own derivations:

- Efficiency = Speed x Technique
- Momentum = Power x Speed
- Soul = Heart x Mind
- Grasp = Technique x Power

And Balance is exactly what it sounds like.

The order and elements I drew these in are based on an astrological "planet" I associate with the attributes and the Chinese name for said "planet":

1. Speed : Mercury : "Water star"
2. Mind : Venus : "Metal star"
3. Heart : Moon
4. Power : Mars : "Fire star"
5. Technique : Jupiter : "Wood star"
6. Balance : Saturn : "Earth star"
7. Efficiency : Uranus : "Sky lord star"
8. Momentum: Neptune : "Sea lord star"
9. Soul : Pluto : "Underworld lord star"
10. Grasp : Sun

A more detailed breakdown for why I'm putting it like this can be found on a tumblr post of mine: at.tumblr.com/20elements/my-de…

With that out of the way, I'll briefly talk about each panel.

1. Speed: Haku (Naruto)

While my favorite overall in Naruto is actually Shino Aburame, I based half of my choices here on characters I main in video games; both Haku and Kiba (younger version) are my mains in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (one of my attachments to Haku is simply sharing his birthday). And since he's both fast and wields water and ice, he was a natural choice for my speed unit here.

2. Mind: Jamil Viper (Twisted Wonderland)

Scarabia's dorm is based on Jafar's "Spirit of Mindfulness", and Jamil is all but Scarabia's true housewarden. Not only is he directly based off Aladdin's villain, but he can literally control minds as his signature spell. For this sake of this drawing, I also portray him controlling metal/gold with his mind, turning it into dust and reshaping it however he wants.

3. Heart: Dabi (My Hero Academia)

Touya Todoroki's flames are known to be emotionally fueled. In addition, his brother and rival Shoto finds that Dabi has extraordinary battle instincts when seeing how quickly Dabi copied Shoto's new technique and recalling how his brother honed his Quirk all his own. But since, I'm linking "Heart" to the moon, I wanted to go with a darker variant for Dabi's flames and also keep the panel purple to align with the attribute color. I love his canonical blue flames, but I personally had fun drawing him with purple fire.

4. Power: Takeshi Kido (Yakuza 4)

It's hard to say if he's really strictly a power type even in Yakuza, but my decision is based on Kido's pairing with Taiga Saejima (physically the strongest playable character in the game) for Y4's final boss fights. I also think Power compliments his unflinching combos and fiery red Heat aura well. By the way, I'm sorry to disappoint, but Kido does not actually have the tattoo I gave him; I just thought it'd be cool to see a nine tailed fox inked on his back, whether or not it fits him (his jacket does have such a fox design at least).

5. Technique: Lie Ren (RWBY)

Truth to be told, Ren is actually the first character to make me think of Efficiency instead (before the rest), since he has both speed and technique. However, for this artwork, I wanted to emphasize technique based on both my own experiences playing as him in Grimm Eclipse and his design. While he does move quickly in that game, I'm more focused on his attack combos, where I'm using heavier attacks from and when, and of course his ultimate of ultimate moves, Warp Strike! As for his design, not only is Ren green, he has a lotus (i.e. floral) theme, which works well with Technique's matching with the "Wood star" here.

6. Balance: Rafael Forger (Spy x Family AU)

Yes, I'm bringing my OCs again because my future AU still lives rent free in my head. While "Balance" is only meant to distribute each stat evenly, Loid and Yor's elder son has inherited a synergy of their own physical stats and instincts, while also disciplined enough to hone and develop his own techniques. Imagine Yor's monstrous strength and stamina mixed with Loid's speed and mental fortitude, then trained since his early childhood while also drawing inspiration from other sources. (I'm sorry, but as long as we're talking about the battlefield, it's going to be hard not to make him sound like a Gary Stu.) While mixed martial arts is a given, Rafael is most notorious for how easily he fractures his enemies, snapping bones like twigs with a mere pinch (and not even by the joints!) or twisting heads and necks like a doorknob while performing acrobatic flips or twirls.

7. Efficiency: Goro Majima (Yakuza 0)

I'm specifically thinking of Thug-style Majima since I've been using that a lot lately for its Evasion Strike and Harsh Lesson. I'll admit it might be more objective to switch this with Ren's "Technique", but my own experiences with Thug Majima is very evasion-heavy while attacking at the same time; in that regard, it's pretty similar to Kiryu's Rush style (a speed mode). Of course, Thug is also known for its variety of situational techniques (I interpret blue Heat to be for "technique" styles); that combined with its agility will be my basis for giving Majima "Efficiency" here. And in this drawing, I gave him wind powers to compliment both the style itself and the "Sky Lord". (But if this were Slugger, Breaker, or Mad Dog, I'd respectively give them Grasp, Momentum, and Heart.)

8. Momentum: Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru (Naruto)

For this one, I couldn't really draw with Neptune's "sea god" motif though I try to at least have this duo imitate some kind of storm, since their Fang Over Fang does at least act as both whirlwinds and drills. And I don't think I need to explain why they'd be Momentum, but since it's Power x Speed, I thought I'd distribute the same elements I gave to Kido and Haku to Kiba and Akamaru, respectively. So now Kiba and Akamaru are a pair of fire and ice "twins", which I love to picture being channeled into their spiral attacks (not just their regular FoF, but the Two Headed Wolf's too)!

9. Soul: Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Since Idia is directly based of Hades from Disney's Hercules, it's clear why I have for him for Soul, not to mention Pluto. While he can channel flames in this drawing, I want to emphasize the smoke manipulation. Hades' control over that is one thing, but here, I have Idia burning Blot into an extremely toxic vapor that he can bend or reshape however he likes. He can do this to the Phantoms as well and should their souls survive, their "bodies" will just be the smoke forms you see in the drawing and no exception to what Idia can control. In other words, I mean to emphasize Idia as a poison type more so than fire and ghost, though he does possess those too.

10. Grasp: Lucius Forger (Spy x Family AU)

Yep, Loid and Yor's younger son is here too. While his older brother is generally the "brawn" of the two, Lucius has inherited Loid's intelligence cunning as well as Yor's ruthlessness (i.e. I could've just as easily given him "Mind"). However, he is a tech wizard and most of his powers and techniques center on the weapons and gadgets he has with him. So far, I've mostly been drawing him guiding lasers or creating hard light and this pic is no exception, but the harnesses on his pocket are meant to store several smaller utilities (I'm no engineer myself so I can't elaborate on how they're made, sorry).

Description
Top: Speed, Mind, Heart, Power, Technique
Bottom: Balance, Efficiency, Momentum, Soul, Grasp

The upper five are from Bleach Brave Souls and the lower five are my own derivations:

- Efficiency = Speed x Technique
- Momentum = Power x Speed
- Soul = Heart x Mind
- Grasp = Technique x Power

And Balance is exactly what it sounds like.

The order and elements I drew these in are based on an astrological "planet" I associate with the attributes and the Chinese name for said "planet":

1. Speed : Mercury : "Water star"
2. Mind : Venus : "Metal star"
3. Heart : Moon
4. Power : Mars : "Fire star"
5. Technique : Jupiter : "Wood star"
6. Balance : Saturn : "Earth star"
7. Efficiency : Uranus : "Sky lord star"
8. Momentum: Neptune : "Sea lord star"
9. Soul : Pluto : "Underworld lord star"
10. Grasp : Sun

A more detailed breakdown for why I'm putting it like this can be found on a tumblr post of mine: at.tumblr.com/20elements/my-de…

With that out of the way, I'll briefly talk about each panel.

1. Speed: Haku (Naruto)

While my favorite overall in Naruto is actually Shino Aburame, I based half of my choices here on characters I main in video games; both Haku and Kiba (younger version) are my mains in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (one of my attachments to Haku is simply sharing his birthday). And since he's both fast and wields water and ice, he was a natural choice for my speed unit here.

2. Mind: Jamil Viper (Twisted Wonderland)

Scarabia's dorm is based on Jafar's "Spirit of Mindfulness", and Jamil is all but Scarabia's true housewarden. Not only is he directly based off Aladdin's villain, but he can literally control minds as his signature spell. For this sake of this drawing, I also portray him controlling metal/gold with his mind, turning it into dust and reshaping it however he wants.

3. Heart: Dabi (My Hero Academia)

Touya Todoroki's flames are known to be emotionally fueled. In addition, his brother and rival Shoto finds that Dabi has extraordinary battle instincts when seeing how quickly Dabi copied Shoto's new technique and recalling how his brother honed his Quirk all his own. But since, I'm linking "Heart" to the moon, I wanted to go with a darker variant for Dabi's flames and also keep the panel purple to align with the attribute color. I love his canonical blue flames, but I personally had fun drawing him with purple fire.

4. Power: Takeshi Kido (Yakuza 4)

It's hard to say if he's really strictly a power type even in Yakuza, but my decision is based on Kido's pairing with Taiga Saejima (physically the strongest playable character in the game) for Y4's final boss fights. I also think Power compliments his unflinching combos and fiery red Heat aura well. By the way, I'm sorry to disappoint, but Kido does not actually have the tattoo I gave him; I just thought it'd be cool to see a nine tailed fox inked on his back, whether or not it fits him (his jacket does have such a fox design at least).

5. Technique: Lie Ren (RWBY)

Truth to be told, Ren is actually the first character to make me think of Efficiency instead (before the rest), since he has both speed and technique. However, for this artwork, I wanted to emphasize technique based on both my own experiences playing as him in Grimm Eclipse and his design. While he does move quickly in that game, I'm more focused on his attack combos, where I'm using heavier attacks from and when, and of course his ultimate of ultimate moves, Warp Strike! As for his design, not only is Ren green, he has a lotus (i.e. floral) theme, which works well with Technique's matching with the "Wood star" here.

6. Balance: Rafael Forger (Spy x Family AU)

Yes, I'm bringing my OCs again because my future AU still lives rent free in my head. While "Balance" is only meant to distribute each stat evenly, Loid and Yor's elder son has inherited a synergy of their own physical stats and instincts, while also disciplined enough to hone and develop his own techniques. Imagine Yor's monstrous strength and stamina mixed with Loid's speed and mental fortitude, then trained since his early childhood while also drawing inspiration from other sources. (I'm sorry, but as long as we're talking about the battlefield, it's going to be hard not to make him sound like a Gary Stu.) While mixed martial arts is a given, Rafael is most notorious for how easily he fractures his enemies, snapping bones like twigs with a mere pinch (and not even by the joints!) or twisting heads and necks like a doorknob while performing acrobatic flips or twirls.

7. Efficiency: Goro Majima (Yakuza 0)

I'm specifically thinking of Thug-style Majima since I've been using that a lot lately for its Evasion Strike and Harsh Lesson. I'll admit it might be more objective to switch this with Ren's "Technique", but my own experiences with Thug Majima is very evasion-heavy while attacking at the same time; in that regard, it's pretty similar to Kiryu's Rush style (a speed mode). Of course, Thug is also known for its variety of situational techniques (I interpret blue Heat to be for "technique" styles); that combined with its agility will be my basis for giving Majima "Efficiency" here. And in this drawing, I gave him wind powers to compliment both the style itself and the "Sky Lord". (But if this were Slugger, Breaker, or Mad Dog, I'd respectively give them Grasp, Momentum, and Heart.)

8. Momentum: Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru (Naruto)

For this one, I couldn't really draw with Neptune's "sea god" motif though I try to at least have this duo imitate some kind of storm, since their Fang Over Fang does at least act as both whirlwinds and drills. And I don't think I need to explain why they'd be Momentum, but since it's Power x Speed, I thought I'd distribute the same elements I gave to Kido and Haku to Kiba and Akamaru, respectively. So now Kiba and Akamaru are a pair of fire and ice "twins", which I love to picture being channeled into their spiral attacks (not just their regular FoF, but the Two Headed Wolf's too)!

9. Soul: Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Since Idia is directly based of Hades from Disney's Hercules, it's clear why I have for him for Soul, not to mention Pluto. While he can channel flames in this drawing, I want to emphasize the smoke manipulation. Hades' control over that is one thing, but here, I have Idia burning Blot into an extremely toxic vapor that he can bend or reshape however he likes. He can do this to the Phantoms as well and should their souls survive, their "bodies" will just be the smoke forms you see in the drawing and no exception to what Idia can control. In other words, I mean to emphasize Idia as a poison type more so than fire and ghost, though he does possess those too.

10. Grasp: Lucius Forger (Spy x Family AU)

Yep, Loid and Yor's younger son is here too. While his older brother is generally the "brawn" of the two, Lucius has inherited Loid's intelligence cunning as well as Yor's ruthlessness (i.e. I could've just as easily given him "Mind"). However, he is a tech wizard and most of his powers and techniques center on the weapons and gadgets he has with him. So far, I've mostly been drawing him guiding lasers or creating hard light and this pic is no exception, but the harnesses on his pocket are meant to store several smaller utilities (I'm no engineer myself so I can't elaborate on how they're made, sorry).