Let me tell you why the Safe House was created to begin with! Because high-rankers like us can't keep our egos in check. And cause damage to everything around us! People don't trust us and they need a place to hide... Because we start fights over the dumbest sh*t and never consider the aftermath!
- Blyke to Zeke
Blyke is a major protagonist in unORDINARY. He is the a third-year student[3] at Wellston Private High School, where he is the sixth ranked student, the school's former Jack and eventually King. He is John's roommate and is often accompanied by his best friends, Remi and Isen.
After seeing how poorly low-tiers are treated[4], and wanting to protect his friends from John, he decides to grow stronger by becoming the vigilante known as Nobody.
Appearance[]
Blyke is a moderately tall, fair-skinned teenager with reddish crimson hair and golden eyes. He is a 3rd year student at Wellston. While in school he wears the normal uniform, mostly without the jacket or the vest. His eyes glow with a yellow hue when he uses his ability, and his speech and thought bubbles are pale-red.
During the turf war against Agwin, he wore a grey singlet and black running shorts. In Chapter 45, he wore a khaki Henley shirt and blue jeans. During his trip to the mall with Isen and Remi, he wore a khaki vest, black t-shirt, and dark green pants.
Personality[]
Blyke is mostly known for being loyal, empathetic, and protective towards his friends and sometimes strangers in general. He's very straightforward and open, even said from Seraphina herself. He takes his jack duties very seriously and tries to stick up for what's right; although he didn't initially pay much attention to any of the affairs pertaining to the low-tiers. He's also shown to be very protective to those near to him to the point where he even resorted to vigilantism in order to get stronger fast, and to protect his friends from John. However, his only negative trait would be his temper and his impulsiveness, when it comes to taking control of situations; which some could say makes him unfit to be King, although he does receive this title when Arlo and John turn it down. Despite this, Blyke can be very likeable.
History[]
Insert obligatory DBZ or TFS meme here.
One year before John transferred to Wellston Private High School, Blyke, as a first-year student, began arguing with Isen because the latter "stared at [him] since they entered the school." Their argument caught the attention of the school's king, Arlo, but neither Blyke nor Isen showed respect to Arlo due to Arlo's appearance. To grab their attention, Arlo threw a fork into a wall and called the two elite-tiers outside. Arlo promptly defeated both Blyke and Isen simultaneously that day.[5]
First Day[]
Blyke was seen in John's class when the latter introduced himself as a new student. He, like many other students, witnessed Elaine shun John.[3]
Perfection[]
Blyke was briefly seen as a silhouette, being told by Isen that the Triple Chocolate Cake was to be served that day.[6]
Project Partners[]
The two prospective Jacks of Wellston.
Blyke and Isen were partners when the teacher assigned a literary analysis project later that day.[7]
Sometime after Seraphina became Ace, Wellston needed a new Jack to fill in the position. Arlo wished for Cecile to take up the position, but Remi disagreed. With the King and Queen at an impasse, Seraphina chose the straight-forward Blyke to be the next Jack.[8]
Bonus Episodes[]
Childhood[]
A younger Blyke was seen watching Dragon Ball. He tried to copy Goku's Kamehameha using his ability, but ended up being scolded by his mother because he didn't clean his room beforehand.
Hot Chocolate[]
Isen asks Blyke if he would like any hot chocolate. When Blyke says he would, Isen pauses emphatically, and then tells him to go make it himself, much to Blyke's irritation.[9]
Levels and Tiers[]
Blyke is used as a comparison to Krolik in uru-chan's lesson on tiers and levels. Later, he is seen playing cards with Remi and Isen while uru-chan explains abilities.[10]
Powers & Abilities[]
Energy Discharge[]
Energy Discharge, formerly known as Energy Beam, is Blyke's ability. During his first year, Blyke was a 3.6 (extremely strong for a first year), and at the beginning of the story he is a 4.5. He later is able to reach a 5.0 due to his training as a vigilante,[11] making him a high tier. His passive ability has not yet been made obvious, though it has been implied throughout that it appears to be some kind of accelerated healing factor.
Blyke is capable of discharging red colored energy from his hands. This energy seems to be more kinetic than thermal, capable of punching holes in things rather than burning them.
Offensively, he can use his ability to fire continuous laser beams[12] with deadly precision, or volley powerful blasts of energy. He can also fire a hybrid of the two, and these have extreme propulsive power, being able to hurl John out of a window from a large distance.
Defensively, he can enhance his speed and evasion by using the energy to propel himself.[13] He can also throw smaller bursts as explosives, though he uses this ability more for distractions than actual attack. Thanks to the long-ranged capabilities of his ability, Blyke is more than capable of sniping opponents from afar without the aid of scopes or other vision-enhancing gear.
His vigilante fights further improved his ability to the point where he can shoot highly-concentrated beams from eight of his fingers and repel objects with an energy pulse. He demonstrates his energy pulse against a fight with Zeke, where he proves that he has surpassed Zeke's ability. He is the sixth most powerful student in Wellston and the former Jack on the Turf Wars roster.
Physical Abilities[]
Blyke is an extremely competent fighter. Physically, Blyke is shown to be extremely resilient, capable of staying conscious after getting punched in the face and getting up after being sent flying through a wall.[12] He is capable of some basic hand-to-hand combat as shown when he fought Joker.[14] Most recently, he has been able to heal very fast, being able to use his arm after it got sliced up by Lennon's disks within minutes.
However, arguably, Blyke's greatest strength is his presence of mind in battle and his rapid tactics, that allow him to keep enemies at a higher level than himself at bay, as was seen in his battle with Lennon and John when he copied Phase Shift and Energy Discharge. This makes him a natural fighter.
Accuracy[]
Additionally, Blyke has proven that he has great accuracy in his fights. This is shown when he snipes three members of Waldo's Gang in a warehouse at once, as well as when he snipes Raddix, despite being unable to see him.
Intelligence[]
Despite his tendency to act impulsively, Blyke is actually very intelligent. Academically, he is a model student who pays attention during lessons and does well in schoolwork and exams as a result.[15] He was also able to piece together the identity of the masked Joker who was running amok in Wellston High, and realized that Isen had known who it was before anybody else did as well.[16][17]
However, Blyke's aforementioned impulsiveness gets the better of him more often than not. The calm, collected thinking he's capable of is never his first course of action, as he prefers to power through problems with brute force. This direct approach to life's problems gets him into trouble, as even his sound strategy to fight Joker without activating his ability fell through when Joker came prepared for such a contingency.[14] As a result, he usually only takes the time to give problems thought after he fails to resolve them quickly. Blyke recognizes his short-sightedness as a weakness, showing he is capable of learning from his mistakes. This sets him apart from his best friend Isen. While Blyke is smarter academically, Isen is more savvy when it comes to dealing with people and the volatile situations they can cause However, arguably, Blyke's greatest strength is his presence of mind in battle and his rapid tactics, that allow him to keep enemies at a higher level than himself at bay, as was seen in his battle with Lennon and John when he copied Phase Shift and Energy Discharge. This makes him a natural fighter.
Quotes[]
- (Multiple instances) "DODGE THIS!"[12][18]
- (On Isen nearly getting run over by a truck) "You gotta look both ways, idiot!" [19]
- (In response to Isen's incredulity of Remi's code names) "Shut up, Orange!"[20]
- (To Isen telling him to look at a building) "I can't see through walls dude..."[21]
- (On the subject of low vs high-tiers) "This treatment...it isn't right." [4]
- (On using the ability amplifiers to defeat John) "I hate his guts. But I'm not gonna risk losing myself... just so that I can win a fight against this assh*le! A jackass who takes his anger out of everyone and treats his only friend like sh*t... It's not worth it. If I have to get beaten by him every time I try to defend the Safe House, then so be it!".[22]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Blyke is apparently one of the few who is left handed. The other one is Rei.
- The Energy Beam technique used by Blyke is inspired by the Kamehameha from Dragon Ball.[9]
- Blyke was a big fan of the Dragon Ball Series as a child.[9]
Blyke with John's "helmet."
- Fans of unORDINARY noted that Blyke's appearance is similar to an un-gelled John. Uru-chan has joked about this and gave Blyke John's "helmet" on her Twitter.
- Blyke likes to listen to chillstep and classical music, as well as motivational music. [23]
- Prior to Chapter 199, Blyke was an Elite tier with the ability Energy Beam of level 4.5.
- Blyke's ability is now called "Energy Discharge", possibly due to the fact that he has learnt to manipulate it in ways other than energy beams. He is now officially a High-Tier, since his level increased to 5.0 due to him gaining greater mastery. However, unlike other high-tiers, it isn't exactly clear how his ability functions passively yet.
- Blyke is the first and one of the few characters whose level increased during the series.
- After his level changed from 4.5 to 5.0, all of his stats except Power received an increase.
- He is one of the six current high-tiers of Wellston High, including himself, Cecile, Remi, Arlo, Seraphina and John.
- Blyke used to live on 1689 Post Dr. in Croquette (53720).
External Links[]
Blyke on All around feats and thread wiki
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Chapter 236
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 7
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 99
- ↑ Chapter 137
- ↑ Chapter 20
- ↑ Chapter 36
- ↑ Chapter 80
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bonus Episode
- ↑ Bonus Episode 2
- ↑ Chapter 199
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Chapter 14
- ↑ Chapter 15
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 138
- ↑ Chapter 59
- ↑ Chapter 145
- ↑ Chapter 146
- ↑ Dodgeball
- ↑ Chapter 49
- ↑ Chapter 96
- ↑ Chapter 98
- ↑ Chapter 211
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FOpYCA6ll/