Side Effects( Arkanfel's Zoacrystal)

[H222G981]

I think I have a theory on this and I think maybe seeing as he was the first zoalord....that being like a prototype to the creators. It could be  that his zoacrystal can only give him so much power and it's possible that he's guzzling that power or his body is using too much of it causing him to pass out as a side effect from using vast amounts of power. 

For instance when he healed Murakami with all of his power from inside the ship (after Guyver 3 cracked Murakami's zoacrystal.) Alky passed out right after. Much like proto Murakami passes out from draining his zoacrystal and reverting back to human form. The same with how Guyot passed out shortly after having Alky sucked into a black hole. I think when they transform for extended periods of time, it also puts strain on the zoacrystal itself. 

That's what I've come to believe. Archanfel might have a lot of power. But that power must cause huge strain on Archanfel's body alone. Seeing in Guyver how almost every character has a weakness due to their powers. Like how Aptom now uses more energy from the hyper zoanoids he's eaten. It drains him and would probably be a huge difference if he had a zoacrystal to postpone those side effects. 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Rye

[Gazham]

It's possible that's what's going on. He did split his zoanoids crystal to create the other 11. Maybe that compounds to the effect.

I recall it being said that saving earth from the advents meteor took a lot of his power,  maybe he has never really recovered from it.

I think he needs a guyver unit to combat this and also needs the unit to break the mental control the advents have over him, if he is to battle them

[Sully]

I don't think Arkanfel (Alkanphel ) is a Prototype. 

Prototyping is by a full bodied test subject. You test the result and see how it works. Then you make another Prototype compare and see how it goes. Each prototype being it's own thing until you eventually reach the final product and are happy with the design. 

Alkanphel (I'm too used to the Viz spelling of his name ) is either a final Prototype or the final product, the difference being not important. He is too complex a design to be anything else and the story has a much earlier Prototype in it to support this.

Waferdanos is a prototype of Alkanphel. He is the combined bio-mass of an island full of intelligent complex plant based creatures. He is a test in control, you've the primary core and then you have the lower followers in support controlled by the core (the King). 

What's even more amazing in the way Takaya shows us this is that is not only do we see the early form of Waferdanos we saw his evolved form first. When given access to more advanced Creator technology (a Zoacrystal) Waferdanos was able to collect his complete bio-mass together into one form, named by Balcus after the island where he discovered him. 

Zoalord crystals also repair themselves over time, (Alkanphel stated as much himself) Imakarum's would have done so, but after the death of Prug'stall at the hands of the Rogues that Alkanphel triggers the Ark to use its energy to heal him. 

 

Book 15 gives us a good explanation as to why Alkanphel is so damaged, it wasn't using his shield (though that would have drained him for awhile) it was the attack from the God's themselves and being ordered to shut down. Something Alkanphel rebelled against when he saw Earth about to be destroyed,

 

 

[BlackEpyon]

Considering that Alkanphel is the very first Zoalord.  I guess it is safe to say that he is a prototype.  However I don't think that there are any side effects to his zoacrystals.  I think that after the creator's hit him with a psychic attack.  They must have cause significant damage to his body and mind, which is the reason why he can't use all the zoacrystals in his body.  As they would cause to much stress on him.  Which is the reason why he needs to go into hibernation periodically to attempt to rejuvenate his body.  As he doesn't have the knowledge and equipment to repair it.

[Larz Zahn]

I wonder if it's like a a computer (alky) receiving a shutdown order for hidden programing in that attack. His body shuts down, but his strength of will is what keeps him Awake and he exerts himself so much he passes out. Not so much a energy deal, but a psychological effect that has a physical trigger. With a unit, perhaps he can break that passive psychic command or hidden code?

[Sully]

On ‎17‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 2:54 PM, BlackEpyon said:

Considering that Alkanphel is the very first Zoalord.  I guess it is safe to say that he is a prototype.  However I don't think that there are any side effects to his zoacrystals.  I think that after the creator's hit him with a psychic attack.  They must have cause significant damage to his body and mind, which is the reason why he can't use all the zoacrystals in his body.  As they would cause to much stress on him.  Which is the reason why he needs to go into hibernation periodically to attempt to rejuvenate his body.  As he doesn't have the knowledge and equipment to repair it.

It is not safe to say "Prototype". Either you don't understand what the word really means or you never done prototyping. If Alkanphel was a prototype then there has to be other prototypes (full bodied beings) out there. There is too much of a technical leap between a zoanoid and Alkanphel for him to just come out of the blue and then say "Oh we're finished, you're the leader of all the world and the zoanoid army we command" so most likely if their were other prototypes they are dead and Alkanphel is the embodiment of their work / sacrifice. To imply that Alkanphel was the prototype and the next 11 planned zoalords of the Uranus were the finished model makes no sense as Alkanphel was their planned leader. He is no prototype, he is the finished final model and the Uranus called him the leader of their army. If there was anything else before him, the only surviving prototype is Waferdanos (we know he's compatible as when given a Zoalord crystal made from Alkanphel he took humanoid form and developed zoalord powers). But Waferdanos was probably such an old prototype that he'd have not being classed as a zoalord for experimentation and simply left alone on his island. 

Alkanphel's Illness is quite simple in the end, he was ordered to shut down. He resisted that order and has being resisting it ever since but is finding it harder and hard to do so and his sleeps are getting longer and longer and more unpredictable. So much so that he's made a guard (Imakarum). His order to Imakarum to find the Guyver units most likely isn't to repair him, but to effectively become out of control overriding finally the command he was given eons ago. IT also has the scary affect of making him into a being far beyond a demigod that he calls himself.....

 

It is possible that Alkanphel burnt himself out using his powers to the extent he did, but there is nothing to suggest that from what we've learnt from zoalords since that would lead to long term damage.  The most other zoalords have needed when damaged or after using their powers to a large extent has being time in a bio-chamber.