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In Black Bullet all cursed children carry the Gastrea virus, basically making
them Human/Gastrea hybrids. It is shown that Varanium harm the Gastrea. Now,
the question is are cursed children vulnerable to Varanium, or does their
human side grant them immunity?


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Are cursed children vulnerable to varanium?


Varaniums are used as bullets. So far cursed children aren't shown to be
bullet proof, albeit their superior physical strength. So of course cursed
children would still get hurt if they are shot using it.

As for whether the damage would escalate due to the gastrea virus in them or
not, it can't be said for sure for there hasn't been any scene that shows a
**living** cursed children shot by it yet. I said **living** since when
Rentarou shot the type Dolphin cursed children, Kayo, she was already dying
from the damages she received and the amount of gastrea virus in her has
exceeded the critical value. The bullet used by Rentarou there would
definitely be a varanium bullet as they were in a battle against gastrea and
normal bullet don't work against gastrea, which would means that there is no
reason for him to bring normal bullet with him.

As shown in the scene where Rentarou received Enju's exam report, the critical
value or the limit of gastrea virus inside a cursed children's body before
they turned into gastrea is 50%. Thus, at the time Kayo was shot, she is
already more of a gastrea than a human. Because of that, if Kayo received a
Super Effective damage from being shot, it would be arguably because she is
already more gastrea than human.

Just touching is okay, as shown when Enju touched Rentarou's arm which is made
of Varanium, although arguably she might be okay since it wasn't a direct
contact due to Rentarou's skin.

The other use of Varanium is as monolith to prevent gastrea from entering the
populated area. As far as I recall, there was no scene where Enju or any other
cursed children touched the monolith.


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So after reading the light novel, I can now answer my own question. Cursed
Children are in fact vulnerable to Varanium.

> "But something seems strange...," said Enju. "Ever since coming here, I've
> been feeling excited for some reason." Enju opened and closed her hands
> curiously. Of course you would, agreed Rentaro silently. The Varanium that
> Gastrea so hated also had an effect on Enju and the other girls, who were
> all infected with small amounts of the virus. Most Initiators, when they
> went outside the Monoliths, felt temporarily better, or even high. Their
> wounds also healed faster.

So clearly while inside the Monoliths the Cursed Children feel their effect.
While it is clearly not deadly to them it does have an effect on them. It is
also possible for Gastrea to survive inside of the Monoliths, though it seems
impossible for them to pass between them. The difference is probably that
Cursed Children only carry a small amount of the Gastrea virus inside them
while a regular Gastrea carries a large amount.

The following passage shows that Varanium bullets have the same effect on
Cursed Children as they do on Gastrea

> Enju's wound showed no sign of healing and was still oozing blood. Varanium
> bullets prevented a Gastrea from regenerating after being wounded, and it
> was no different for Initiators who were able to regenerate thanks to the
> Gastrea virus. Facing Varanium weapons, the was as vulnerable as a regular
> human being.


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