Eric Steiner
Eric Steiner is a major antagonist of the Buzzutsu Kaisen series and the current vessel of Envy.
Appearance
Eric has a tall and skinny build with messy blond hair and blue eyes. After combining with Envy, he is able to dissipate his body into a pitch-black shadow.
Personality
Outwardly, Eric appears to be a gloomy person with a cynicism for life. He prefers to keep his feelings to himself, and not even his closest friends have been able to pry them from him. In truth, he has lost touch with his humanity since losing his family and recreating his siblings as spirits. His ability to create spirits causes him to view them no differently from humans. After learning the truth about his family's deaths at the hands of Mr. C and the Olobukuns, he swore to exact revenge against the humans and usher in an era of spirits on the earth. His feelings of envy towards humankind are exacerbated by Envy's influence.
Abilities and Powers
Buzzutsu
Prior to the Incident, Eric possessed the cursed technique “Brain Nourishment” which granted him the ability to dissipate negative emotions. However, the Incident twisted something within Eric: instead of dispelling cursed spirits, he began perpetually generating them from an aura of vile, offensive, and demented opinions.
What once was “Brain Nourishment” is now “Brain Rot.” This technique allows Eric to spawn cursed spirits from his own negative opinions and corrupt the minds of others. Exposure to his twisted thoughts will lead to total neuronal brain death.
His domain expansion, “Crucible of Cancel Culture,” not only expands his Brain Rot aura to a large area, but also “cancels” all those within it for their past transgressions. Lower-level sorcerers and civilians caught in his domain will die nearly instantaneously. High-level sorcerers can defend themselves through their simple domain or brain-reinforcement but will have their cursed techniques temporarily canceled.
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Battles and Events
Trivia
Eric’s true motives are currently unknown, but it should be noted that he has taken a keen interest in our newest addition to Buzzutsu Academy: Alex.