Reflect

Reflect
Quirk Information
Japanese Name	リフレクト
Rōmaji Name	Rifurekuto
Quirk Description
User	Flect Turn
Quirk Type	Emitter
Quirk Range	Contact
First Appearance
Anime Debut	World Heroes' Mission

This article is about Flect Turn's Quirk. For Tomura Shigaraki's version, see Reflect (Tomura Shigaraki).

Reflect (リフレクト, Rifurekuto^?) is the Quirk used by Flect Turn.

Description

Reflect allows the user to absorb energy and send it back in the opposite direction. When something strikes them, a spiraling wave of energy forms from behind, and the same attack is rebound back at the opponent.

Flect can automatically use this Quirk to counter both physical and ranged attacks, making it very difficult to harm him. It also has a side-effect of making his skin glow blue, which turns into a white complexion once he is defeated.

Weaknesses

Deku bypasses Reflect with a rapid barrage of punches.

This Quirk is always active, and anytime the user makes contact with anyone and anything, they will be reflected away, even without the user's intent. Because of this, he could never develop any sort of emotional bond with anyone, directly leading to his ostracization from society and his extreme hatred of Quirks.

This Quirk also reflects light from the user's eyes, preventing them from seeing and rendering them blind. To counter this, Flect wears special eye masks to prevent his Quirk from impeding his vision.

Reflect drains Flect's stamina proportionally to the strength of the energy reflected, and while he didn't realize this for most of his life, he eventually learned that it is difficult for him to deal with sustained attacks for an extended period of time. Because of this, he was unable to handle the amount of hits from Deku's United States of World Smash, with the flurry of his powerful attacks completely overloading the Quirk.

Usage

Flect uses Reflect in conjunction with his Arachne exoskeleton, which he can use to control the reflections, changing their directions, as well as redirecting the energy to act as thrusters, enabling flight. In combat, his strategy involves hovering in one spot and relying on his base's turrets to wear down the opponent while automatically reflecting any attack that comes his way.

Trivia

• Reflect shares its English name with a stolen Quirk used by Tomura Shigaraki; however, their Japanese names are spelled differently, as Flect Turn's is written in katakana, while Tomura's is written in kanji.
  • The two Quirks also share somewhat similar effects, as both of them allow their users to send an attack back at an opponent. However, Flect Turn's version redirects any physical force he is subjected to back at the attacker, while Tomura's version allows him to recreate a projectile he's been struck by.
• Reflect is similar to the U.S.J. Nomu's Shock Absorption Quirk, with both of them granting the ability to withstand powerful blows unscathed. Coincidentally, both Quirks are overpowered by a user of the One For All Quirk (Deku and All Might, respectively).
• Reflect serves as a symbolic antithesis to Rody Soul's Quirk, Soul. Reflect repels anything that touches Flect, whereas Soul displays Rody's true feelings through Pino. Reflect caused Flect to hurt anyone who touched him, even without meaning to, resulting in his ostracization from society, while Soul provides Rody with a companion.