Undead Unluck: Who Is Shen Xiang & What Are His Powers? Untruth Explained!

Undead Unluck is a manga series written and illustrated by Yoshifumi Tozuka, which has been ongoing since January 20, 2020, and has now been collected in 18 volumes as of the time of writing. The story is a supernatural adventure filled with humor, so you can imagine the series will be filled with ridiculous powers and abilities. These abilities are collectively called Negator Abilities; one such ability is the Untruth ability. In this article, as you might have already deduced, we are going to discuss this Untruth ability, and you will find out everything you need to know about it.

Shen Xiang is one of the more interesting members of Union

Fans of Undead Unluck know what kind of a series Undead Unluck is. It is, more or less, a collection of one ridiculous scene after another. While fans might appreciate the somewhat morbid humor and the overall ridiculousness of the plot, Undead Unluck is primarily a fanservice festival with as much exaggeration as one can have without becoming kitsch. The series does get better later, but there’s still a lot of the former, although that is not really important here. Now, the characters in Undead Unluck are quite specific and in this article, we are going to tell you about one of them – Shen Xiang, who is known as the Negator Untruth.

Shen’s appearance in the story was a very bombastic one, as he was introduced in the Intro Arc, alongside Void. The two of them were sent by the Union to capture and kill Andy and Fuuko, as her meteorite caused the Union to be concerned about them and their powers. Shen had an easy time capturing Fuuko, while Void was defeated and killed by Andy. Shen then, to their surprise, offered Andy and Fuuko to join Union.

Fuuko was initially given a place at the Roundtable, after which Andy and her got into a fight over who should take the place in the organization. In order to stop their bickering, Shen told them the location of another Union member and told them that if they were to kill that person, Andy would also get a place at the Roundtable, just like Fuuko.

Shen later told Mui that he had a lot of fun with Fuuko and Andy, more fun than he had in a long time. This showed that he was a very unconventional character in that sense, as he was – from the very start – inclined towards the two new Negators and was even ready to go against the orders of Union to talk to them. In fact, as soon as he captured Fuuko, he started chatting and flirting with her, and while Void quickly warned him that his goal was to kill Fuuko, Shen simply ignored him and continued flirting with the girl.

His unconventional nature is something that definitely made him stand out. He himself is a loyal member of the Union and the Negator with the Untruth ability. His ability would later be passed on to Mui, while he himself would return in a non-human form, which was similar to his original human appearance, but had blue-ish skin and was without Shen’s original ability.

What does Untruth do in Undead Unluck?

Now that we have explained Shen Xiang’s story, we can actually explain his ability, the power known as – Untruth. As you will see, Untruth is one of the more powerful abilities and has been owned by two characters who have been part of the Union group, Shen Xiang and Mui. So, what does Untruth actually do?

As the name suggests, Untruth negates the truth as a phenomenon, so whenever the user targets someone, the “truth” will disappear. In that aspect, it is an externalizing and voluntary type of ability, which makes sense. And while the latter conclusion is true, there are some conditions, as far as we can tell.

Namely, Shen Xiang, the first known user of the Untruth ability, had to reach a level where he was subconsciously fond of his target, and the only way he could maintain it was by keeping eye contact with the target; this meant, in his case, that if the target managed to hide or run away, the effect would cease.

On the other hand, Mui seems to have a much easier time, as she seemingly only has to look at her target to activate her ability without any other conditions.

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