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In Tsukihime, Tohno Shiki is able to see "death" with his Mystic Eyes of Death
Perception in not just living things but in objects as well. Aoko explains to
him that all objects, both living and inanimate, inherently have "death" when
they are created. In parts of Tsukihime it's shown that Tohno Shiki can cut
these lines of "death" to destroy objects. For example, when he fights Roa at
the school in the Arcuied Route/Anime he destroys an entire hall with just his
knife.

Ryougi Shiki, after she woke up from her coma as obtained the Mystic Eyes of
Death Perception. However we only ever see her use it on living things or
things that were once alive (like the Ghosts that were with Kirie Fujou or her
Ghost Body, the Corpse the Wraiths possessed, or the Wraiths themselves when
they were in Ryougi Shiki). The only time we ever see her "cut" anything which
wasn't alive is when she fights Fujino Asagami and "cuts" the incoming use of
her Mystic Eyes of Distortion or when she cuts Souren Araya's Rokudou Kyoukai.
However these are more "conceptual things" rather than "inanimate things".

Tohno Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were essentially broken because
he couldn't turn them off and had to use Touko's Mystic Eye Killers, which
Aoko had stolen. He also gets headaches when he isn't wearing the Mystic Eye
Killers or when he tries to understand the Existence of Inanimate Objects (the
dot where the lines of death meet), the latter causing even worse headaches.
Ryougi Shiki's however seem to be normal. Touko ends up teaching her how to
turn them off (they were always on when she woke up in The Hollow Shrine,
turned off temporarily when she damaged her eyes but by Overlooking the
Scenery she could turn them on and off at will) and would have told her about
seeing death in other things explaining her ability to understand cutting
Rokudou Kyoukai or Fujino's attack.

Can Ryougi Shiki see "death" in inanimate objects like Tohno Shiki can?


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Can Ryougi Shiki see "Death" in inanimate objects?


It depends on what you mean by "inanimate."

Generally, intangible objects like words cannot be "killed" because they do
not exist. A phenomenon like a storm cannot be killed, but the particular
event (rain/wind/clouds) can be dispersed.

In the _[Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus
Period](http://www.tsukikan.com/tmdb/tsukihime-dokuhon-plus-period)_ book,
Nasu makes mention that:

> Ryougi's Shiki Mystic Eyes is superior to Tohno's. She (unlike Tohno) is
> able to perceive the death of just about anything, however she is limited to
> what she perceives as "alive."

So take something like a chair, which is seen as "alive," because it's not
broken. Ryougi would see lines on a new chair, but not on a broken chair,
because she believes that it is already "dead."

Note that this notion only applies to her perception of the "living" as
opposed to if something "has life." Even though Kirie Fujou's ghosts were
"dead," they could still be killed because they are "alive" in the sense that
they could interact and interfere with the real world, as if they were alive.

As a side note, Araya's barrier is linked to his body, so when Ryougi cut it,
it's like cutting a part of Araya (this is why he is in pain).


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