Shadow Control

Main article: Sunny § Dreamer Runes

Main article: Sunny § Ascended Runes

Sunny can control the movements of his shadow but can't affect the material world.^[2] He can split his shadow away from himself, which splits his perception. He can perceive the world through his shadow, allowing him to see and hear things his shadow sees and hears.^[3] He can also augment himself with his shadow to double his power, same with his memories and Shadow.^[4][5][6] The range of Shadow Control increases as he absorbs more shadow fragments.^[7]

This Aspect Ability evolved after his ascension. Due to the authority of his attribute [Master of Shadows], he can now command natural shadows to move and change shapes according to his will.^[8] He could only manipulate wild shadows (cast by inanimate objects) with Shadow Control. The deeper and older the shadow, the more concentration was required to command it. When commanding distant shadows, he also felt more strain. His command range was nearly ten kilometers long. On the other hand, his shadow sense didn't usually go quite that far unless they were his own shadows.^[9]

The range of Shadow Control increases as Sunny absorbs more shadow fragments.^[10]

When Sunny let his shadow helpers go beyond his range, the connection they shared grew faint, but he could still feel their existence. He loses the ability to perceive the world through his shadows when it goes beyond his range.^[11][12] This perception will be back when his shadow is within his range.^[13]

Once the shadows separated from him, they would always try to find their way back to their master, somehow sensing where he was.^[14]

Due to having multiple shadows, Sunny was long used to perceiving and comprehending the world from several different viewpoints, requiring him to sort of split his consciousness into multiple streams to control his shadows.^[15] However, he had a less extensive range of shadow sense than his vision.^[16]

Sunny's Aspect allowed him to augment himself, his Memories, his Echoes, his Shadows, and even inanimate objects, but not other living beings — with the sole exception of Nephis, to whom he had once been connected through Shadow Bond. He could extend augmentation to his followers (those with Mark of Shadows), though still not to outsiders.^[17] His Dormant Ability granted him this power, but unlike Nephis, whose Soul Flame could be divided freely, Sunny's augmentation was bound to his seven shadows, inherently split into seven fixed parts.^[18]

• When Sunny first used the ability in Chapter 26, he was left without a shadow.
• This ability does not require Sunny to expend essence.^[9]
• He used augmentation ability of his shadow to Rain on Chapter and Aiko